is seeking to stop the january six committee from obtaining to handwritten notes that he allegedly received from the former president his self. the lawyers have characterized the notes as quintessential privileged material. such communications are protected by attorney client privilege. no word yet on whether the argument will hold up. as the january six committee prepares to take its pro public, it becomes every day that the attack on the capitol was part of a larger scheme to overturn the election results, and that there was a lot more going on behind the scenes. you remember that the ex president and his allies focus most of the detention and election lies on battleground states like arizona, georgia, pennsylvania, where biden s margins a victim were relatively narrow. one wave did not get of way with it was because the governors of those states decide to not be complacent in helping the fraudsters overturn the will of the majority of their voters. those actions, a fire wa
won t say. but we will just blame the lawyers. now not you, charles coleman. you are good lawyer [laughs] ! have some fun this. morning thanks, katie. always good to see you! good morning. it is saturday november 25th, you are watching velshi on msnbc. i m charles coleman junior filling in this weekend for my friend and colleague, ali velshi. we have got a lot to talk about. first off, we are following breaking news this morning on day two of our fragile pause in the war between israel and hamas. nbc news is reporting 13 more israeli hostages are expected to be released today by hamas. 42 palestinian prisoners are also expected to be released as well according to israel channel 13. we are awaiting word on when this exchange is actually going to happen. if it is successful, it will be the second batch of hostages and prisoners released by the two countries as part of a deal that involves a four-day pause in fighting. over the course of these four days, hamas has a agreed t
annoying. i just strongly believe you have to follow the law. alex, the mayor has continued to express his support, but we have says nothing wrong, again, at this point, he has not been accused of any wrongdoing. no charges have been filed. alex? okay, thanks for both of those points as well. george police, appreciate that. there s a lot of ground to cover in this next hour for you. first, up donald trump s testimony in court. did he help the prosecution instead of himself? you re going to hear from a courtroom insider. plus, what if trump wins the election? a chilling new article about what could come next. plus, my election officials are on high alert, and whether it is this is a new normal. as i bid you all a very good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. drama on capitol hill this afternoon, as house republicans will hold a meeting in an effort to avoid a looming government shutdown. the details of the gop funding plans
and shelling around that city. if they do manage to capture separated nets, which is a big if at this point, because ukrainians are fighting back. that means that the russians will have control of the entire luhansk region, which building on their victory over the city of mariupol, which russians that claim complete control over, we get a strategic advantage in this fight. ali. erin, thank you for reporting, i appreciated. and good to see you my friend, erin loughlin live in ukraine. well i got word christ gets tossed read a lot, but for tens of millions of americans the baby formula shortage is an actual crisis. the biden administration has finally got a plan to alleviate some of that pain. we are going to talk about it next. an velshi. velshi. velshi. crossed the desert s bare, man. i ve breathed the mountain air, man. of travel i ve had my share, man. i ve been everywhere.
an enormous convoy. i was 16 hours ago. erin loughlin joins us now from the view of and western ukraine with the latest. erin, what is the latest at least in kyiv to start off. hey, chris. while speaking to ukraine s former defense minister, and he says that rain well, the countless firmly in control of the government with ukrainian military as well as the territorial defense, as well as the national police, securing the city. although, when i was there on saturday traveling through the city, i couldn t see any sign of any of those things. it was pretty much empty streets. they have implemented a curfew because they are concerned that russian special forces have been traveling to the city, wreaking havoc. so, they created those curfew to get people off the streets so that they can, quote, huntsville russian forces down. that coffee is lifted, but it forced many people into other