-led congress, and why it really matters for everything from health care to global and national security, to the balance in your 401k. plus, i will talk to yuri salk, the adviser to ukraine defense minister about a very important week for ukraine, and a new evidence that ending roe was not enough for the anti abortion lobby in this country. the war against reproductive rights rages on, and it s worse than you would think. i will call this week s meeting of the velshi banned book club comes together. it is a celebration of mother daughter love and it has been banned. i will talk to the author, graceland, about why the story is so important. ahead. velshi starts now. . good morning, i m ali velshi, it is saturday january 21st. it is two years of the day since president biden s presidential moderation. we begin with a dire warning to the present day, but to do so, let s go back in history to this famous exchange. little did i dream you could be so reckless and so cruel ask
matt gates s of the world in the far-right, as many people of, said it s not just that they re willing to take hostages, they re willing to shoot them. and so what is going to happen? if they try to shut down the entire government every time they don t get something they want? it s going to be an ongoing fight, and we democratic to make sure that we stand up for the principles of governance and passing legislation in the interest of the american people in the face of that. adam smith, good to talk to, you thank you for being with us this morning. that s representative adam smith of washington, and we will keep this conversation going at the top of next hour with the texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee, we will dive into her new legislation by the way to fight white supremacy and america, but she has some strong views on how these committees can work together with democrats and republicans on them, particularly in this incarnation. plus with the latest on the war in ukraine. a co
-led congress, and why it really matters for everything from health care to global and national security, to the balance in your 401k. plus, i will talk to yuri salk, the adviser to ukraine defense minister about a very important week for ukraine, and a new evidence that ending roe was not enough for the anti abortion lobby in this country. the war against reproductive rights rages on, and it s worse than you would think. i will call this week s meeting of the velshi banned book club comes together. it is a celebration of mother daughter love and it has been banned. i will talk to the author, graceland, about why the story is so important. ahead. velshi starts now. . good morning, i m ali velshi, it is saturday january 21st. it is two years of the day since president biden s presidential moderation. we begin with a dire warning to the present day, but to do so,