investigating donald trump s role in the january six insurrection has finally secured the testimony of former vice president, mike pence. i will talk to one of pence s former top aides and the day after i last spoke with volodymyr carr moussa, the russian opposition figure was arrested for speaking out against russia s invasion of ukraine. he has now been sentenced to 25 years in prison. his wife, the afghan-y tara bosa, goings me this morning. today s meeting of the velshi book club futures award-winning author, lauren broths, who is acclaimed story of marriage and identity with was removed from public shelves in her home state of. florida chill talked me about the book and the ban. velshi starts now. good morning to, you it is saturday april 29th and i m ali velshi. back in 2020, most of the country had not heard of his always ever. but as the montana legislature was in session that, year she was playing close attention to the bills that were being introduced. and she was
on the saturday afternoon. i m yasmin vossoughian. boy, we have a lot to cover over the next couple of hours. spewing qanon conspiracies, the former president, once again, using these blatant lies at a political rally last night. plus, what his lawyers are doing to stop the federal grand jury that is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 elections. plus, the fate of the former president and his organization. i m going to ask michael cohen, you see him right there, what he thinks is going to happen to his former boss after that fraud lawsuit was filed against him and his family by new york s attorney general. and then his reaction to laetitia james s shout out and the inside information he gave during a congressional hearing. tracking 20 storms, everybody. right now, more than half 1 million canadians without power, as the nation s east coast takes the brunt of what was hurricane fiona. the dangerous problems residents are facing their and separate from that, by the way,
Of violent clashes with protesters breaking barricades and Fire Crackers going off. Where do things go from here . Plus, Columbia University asking police to stay on campus for weeks after a chaotic night where officers went into a building where protesters were barricaded. The school now going remote for the rest of the semester. And donald trump taking advantage of a day off from court. The former president plans miz his First Campaign rally since his criminal trial began. Were live in battleground, wisconsin. And a new decision from the Federal Reserve on Interest Rates. What it means for your bottom line and the never ending battle against inflation. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbcs Steve Patterson who is at ucla where police are standing by. Steve, whats the latest there . Chris, the latest is happening behind me right now. Its the most action we have seen all day. Im going to step off and show it to you. Take a look. You can