that an institution charged with protecting our children is tearing families apart. then, can social media helped dismantle democracy? we are about to find out. two of the smartest people i know we ll explain why. velshi starts now. good morning! it is saturday april the 30th. day 66 of russia s unprovoked invasion of ukraine. i am a velshi. this morning, we will go back in time to talk about a tiny place in eastern europe that could become key to the war that is now ranging across ukraine. geographically, transnistria is a in area in eastern moldova. it is looking between the east and the west and the ukrainian border in the east. the area encompassing transnistria and present a model that was touched taken by the soviet union in the early part of world war ii. it was then captured by the access powers and controlled by romania for a period of time. it was taken once again by the soviets in 1944, becoming the moldovan soviet socialist republic. months before the offi
that we ve together a narrative of what led to the insurrection. democratic congressman, and january six committee member jamie raskin said, quote, it will really blow the roof off the house. the committee is setting the bar high for what people can expect to come out of these hearings. especially, as more bombshell to revelations continue to leak about the conduct of the key gop figures. in the past week, audio recordings and text messages between republican members of congress, members of the trump administration, and other conservative firebrands have exposed the extent of the right-wing coordination to deny joe biden the presidency. they have also exposed disunity and rancor within the republican party in the days after the insurrection. that was most apparent in the comments made by house minority leader, kevin mccarthy. this happened just days after trump supporters breached the capitol. listen to this. let me be very clear to all of you. i am very clear to the presid
how conservatives and liberals think this country should raise and spend its money is a very, very valid discussion to have. sadly, that s not the one we re having. thanks to both of you, and solar and political economy in the american enterprise institute. he s the author of a dream is not dead, but populism could kill it. jennifer reuben is an opinion writer at the washington post, and msnbc political analyst host of the new podcast, jen reuben s green room. all right, straight ahead, we ll continue our breaking news coverage of the debt ceiling negotiations, which are ongoing right now. i ll be joined by congressman lloyd doggett, democrat of texas, and a member of the budget committee, as well as congressman adam smith, democrat of washington, and ranking member of the armed services committee. another hour of velshi begins right now. of velshi begin right now. and good morning to you, it is saturday may the 27th, i m ali velshi, the full faith and credit of the united
things were developing. that default was not an honest. and mccarthy even had said that it would be, quote, possible to get a deal by the end of the week, last week. this past week. signs of renewed discourse bill back out yesterday when republican aides paused the discussion saying that it was, quote, not productive. democrats and republicans remain far apart a number of issues including spending cuts and work requirements for federal mccarthy said is a red line for him. talks between congressional republicans and the white house have yet to resume. yesterday mccarthy made his disadvantage faction public, reading, 12. president biden doesn t think that there is a think oh-dollar saving to be found in the federal budget. he would rather be the first president in history to default on the debt rather than upsetting the radical socialist calling the shots for democrats right now. mccarthy s three conveniently of re-norms the fact that republicans nor democrats under a presi
speaker kevin mccarthy left the meeting sounding optimistic about how things were developing. biden told reporters that he was confident about reaching a deal, and that all parties were in agreement that default was not an option. mccarthy had even said that it, was, quote possible to get a deal for the end of the, week but signs of renewed discord svelte back out on friday. republican aides pause the discussion, and saying that it was, quote, not productive. democrats and republicans remain far apart on a number of issues, including spending cuts, and work requirements for federal benefits, which mccarthy has said is a red line for him. talks between congressional republicans in the white house have yet to, presuming yesterday, mccarthy s made his dissatisfaction public. tweeting, quote, president biden does think that there was a single dollar of savings to be found in the federal government s budget. he d rather be the first president in history to default in the death tha