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-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 cru ....
sir? those famous lines ordered by the lawyer, joseph wells, on june 9th, 1954, effectively marked the end of mccarthy-ism, and the investigations that wisconsin senator joseph mccarthy was conducting as chair of the senate permit cup subcommittee on investigations, created initially to investigate government fraud and waste, but he quickly turned into a political pet project to investigate what mccarthy claimed was communist infiltration at all levels of the government. the origins of the mccarthy investigation could be traced back to the post world war i overmine committee, a subcommittee of the senate judiciary committee, and to the house special committee to investigate communist activities in the united states, aka, the fish committee, formed and chaired by new york representative hamilton fish. the fish committee walked into the famous house on american activities committee, formed in 1938, and chaired by texas representative merchandise. much like mccarthy, 12 ....
stalemate over sending tanks to ukraine. we re going to take you there and report on why this aid is so crucial. not sharing, at least for now. the gop rebuffs an investigation, a move certain to frustrate newly empowered republicans. three active duty marines have been arrested for taking part in the january 6th insurrection. how they landed on the fbi s radar. and new developments in the death of elijah mcclain. the charges. that s coming up on cbs this morning. welcome to weekend, saturday, january 21st. we re grateful to have you with us. our weekend is starting out great. mine is. i get to be with amara walker. and me with you. and i got my chocolate cupcake my daughter baked. please send one in my direction. we ve got a lot to get to. up first, a plea from ukraine. german officials says they won t send their leopard 2 tanks unless the u.s. agrees to send theirs to the battlefield. and president volodymyr zelenskyy said there s no alternative. he ....
rebuffing the efforts on the ongoing giggss, a move that s bound to frustrate newly empowered republicans. investigations, fingerprint analysis, and the supreme court doesn t know who leaked the report of who turned over the investigation on roe v. wade. and why chip toe is still driving them crazy ahead on cnn this morning. good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, january 21st. great to be with you, boris. great to be with you always, amara. up first, a plea from ukraine and a standoff over tanks. german officials say they will not send their leopard 2 tanks to ukraine unless the united states also agrees to send its m-1 abrams tanks into the battlefield. volodymyr zelenskyy says there s a need to send them. it s a message to all of our allies to be frank. in order to have this capability of the tanks as well as the long range and everything else we are discussing is very much needed now so that our brave defenders can ....
investigations. a move certain to frustrate newly-empowered republicans. plus, alec baldwin s lawyers say they were blind-sided when the actor was set to be charged with manslaughter this week. that has many wondering, do prosecutors actually have a case? are they overreaching? we ll discuss. and the desantis administration blocks an a.p. african american studies course from being taught in high schools. we re joined by one professor for a look at what s actually in that course and why she feels it s critical for students. your weekend is finally here. we are glad to have you. it s saturday, january 21st. good morning. good morning. good to see you. we are going to begin with the war in ukraine this morning. a stalemate over tanks. ukraine s president says the country desperately needs them and there s no alternative. but germany failed to reach an agreement on sending its leopard tanks to ukraine because german officials say they will not send those tanks unl ....