americas diplomatic personne from the u.s. embassy in the capital city of khartoum there are still thousands of private american citizens stuc amid the fighting. we re following the stor closely. going to bring in the latest throughout the next two hours. mike pence is finally come out strongly against donald trum on one key issue, not the on you think. we ll get the latest from iowa where they both spoke to conservative evangelicals last night. for today s meeting of the velshi banned book club, we re paying tribute to the public library. once a community fixture, safe haven to explore differen worlds and learn new ideas, it has become the battleground fo the ideological fight over books. nowhere are libraries unde greater threat than in texas that s where we re heading t talk to shirley robinson executive director of the texa library association about th fight for the freedom to redeveloped she starts now it is sunday april 23rd, i m ali velshi we begin with the republican
i always appreciate you and th time you take to be with us. some are jones s an emmy antibody award winning journalist, the host of th trends last forecast straight ahead, democratic representative stacey plaskett is in the house right now. she s with me here in th studio she s going to be joining us she was a house manager for th second impeachment of donald trump. she joins me live to discuss the possibility of a crimina indictment for the forme president relates in his hus money payments for storm daniels and why there it has not been a criminal indictment for january 6th. another hour of velshi begin right now. good morning it s sunday, march 12. i m ali velshi we begin with an important warning from the biden administration the white house has publicly announced that russian actor with direct ties to russia intelligence operations ar seeking to sow belittle unrest in moldova, a nation that wa formerly part of the - according to john kirby [inaudible fomenting manufactu
have been hit the hardest. this is the first earthquake of such magnitude to hit the area in more than 100 years. let s go right to nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. what do we know about the efforts that are underway? yes so far we are seeing local authorities and the military trying to bring people out of the wreckage. as you, said the death toll is now at 8000. it was only a couple hours ago the death toll is at 800. a couple hours before it was at 600. as you know from the earthquake that happened in turkey back in february, they have a way of climbing very high after rescue workers are able to get in and extracting dead bodies. that s when we start to see these numbers going up and up. as you mentioned this is a 6.8 magnitude earthquake according to the geological survey. that is the strongest earthquake to strike this country and 123 years. as you mentioned, this was in the high atlas mountains. about 50 miles away from the historic city america. there was
How conservatives and liberals think this country should raise and spend its money is a very, very valid discussion to have. sadly, that s not the one we re having. thanks to both of you, and solar and political economy in the american enterprise institute. he s the author of a dream is not dead, but populism could kill it. jennifer reuben is an opinion writer at the washington post, and msnbc political analyst host of the new podcast, jen reuben s green room. all right, straight ahead, we ll continue our breaking news coverage of the debt ceiling negotiations, which are ongoing right now. i ll be joined by congressman lloyd doggett, democrat of texas, and a member of the budget committee, as well as congressman adam smith, democrat of washington, and ranking member of the armed services committee. another hour of velshi begins right now. of velshi begin right now. and good morning to you, it is saturday may the 27th, i m ali velshi, the full faith and credit of the united states is
Legal scholars are lifting the debt ceiling without the authority from congress. it is not at all clear the if they do there will likely be vague legal challenges. that is the debt that the united states needs to be paid. jeff, thank you so much. we appreciate. if jeff rosen is the president and ceo of the national constitution center. straight ahead, i will be joined by democratic member of the financing budget committee. another hour of velshi begins right now. velshi begin right now. a president biden is back to the united states cutting his g7 trip short in order to restart the critical debt limit discussions the breakdown of the talks are so much surprising considering that just five days ago both biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy left a meeting sounding optimistic about how