not unexpected. what the kyle rittenhouse verdict means for a country already awash with armed white men that see fit to dep u advertise themselves as amateur police. and pitching herself as donald trump in heels, says she s using glen youngkin s winning play book to oust a moderate democrat from congress. what to expect from the next wave of republicans. and president biden signature plan is close to the finish line at a time he could use a win. and deniers of history, the groundbreaking 1619 project is a best selling book. the pulitzer prize winning author and genius that created it joins me to talk about resevering american history, becoming a human flashpoint in the process. velshi starts now. good morning. it is saturday, november 20th. i m ali velshi.
the one judge who could stand in the way seems at this point unreadied to do that. appearing skeptical yesterday of donald trump s request to block the document release based on executive privilege stressing the significance it has already been denied by the current executive, president joe biden. desperate attempts to conceal the conspiracy behind what was all a big lie failing its leader today is where we start with some of our favorite reporters and friends. jackie alemany is here. also joining us, mike schmidt of the new york times and anz msnbc national security contributor. and robert costa is here, washington post, national political reporter and coauthor of the best selling book, peril . you are all reporters. this committee is investigating facts on the ground in arizona, michigan, and pennsylvania, and doing one to two depositions a day? that is a that is a lot of investigative work. that is a lot of interviews. and that is a pace that is at
depositions the following week. cnn has reached out to meadows, scavino and bannon for comment. patel said in a statement late thursday that he was disappointed but not surprised that the committee had subpoenaed him before seeking voluntary cooperation. the white house says president biden is not inclined to invoke executive privilege to block any of these requests and that is bad news for trump and his associates as this committee s investigation is really broad, and the subpoenas to this group of advisers is likely just the beginning. you re absolutely right, paula reid reporting for us, thank you very much. there s a lot to discuss with our guests this hour. journalist bob woodward and robert costa, coauthors of the best selling book spientitled peril. excellent book, thank you very much for writing it. you report extensively in this book peril about trump s developments during, leading up to january 6th, since january 6th and all of that.