the last word, ali velshi in for lawrence o donnell tonight. ali velshi, my knight in shining armor. good evening. we ve got the squirrels under control, rachel, which is good and glad we were able to get you back. have yourself a happy belated birk, maybe get a little celebration in this weekend because it s going to be another busy week next week. thank you, my friend. and thank you, thank you, thank you for rescuing me, i really appreciate it. always my pleasure, friend. have a good weekend. thank you, rachele. thanks. and thank you, to you at home, today the defenders of the united states capitol were attacked again. just 86 days after a pro-trump mob invaded the capitol in an attempt to stop congress from fulfilling its democratic duties. today s attack was much smaller. but it was as tragic. because the united states lost a martyr for our democracy in this new attack. that s how house speaker nancy pelosi described the police officer welcome billy evans who
i have been away from the show for a few weeks. i took a hiatus to give myself a little recess and work on some other msnbc projects that i ve got cooking. i got to say you the hiatus has been fantastic. i m really grateful for it. i know it s hard to get in this business. i m grateful to msnbc and the president of msnbc for letting me do this. and grateful for the staff for doing such great work while i was gone and grateful beyond words for ali velshi in particular and other colleagues who filled in while i was away. if you can t tell from the way the rest of us talk about him, you should know that ali velshi is really a prince among men, he has been in ukraine and in bordering countries for five straight weeks. covering the war. hosting this show. hosting his own show. he has beenin doing incredible work. literally around the clock. all the while just being a great and generous and upstanding person and a great co worker to everyoneat who works with him a you should be so