vacant at the moment. tuesday s election may offer some clarity as to where the american people are, how they are thinking ahead of the 2024 general election. this week, we are also finding out more about whether donald trump plans to run for president again. according to sources familiar with trump s thinking, the fifth former president will likely announce another bid for the white house this month. this is a move he ll but confirmed on thursday. the election was rigged and stolen. our country is being destroyed. iran twice, i won twice. i did much better the second time and i did the first. now, in order to make our country successful, and make it safe and glorious, i will very, very, very, probably do it again. i went twice, i won twice. as trump teases another bid, we know there is one republican who will try to thwart his return to the white house. that is only interest of saving democracy in the future of her own party. since the insurrection, wyoming congressman l
committee more than 30 witnesses like roger stone on the left, john eastman on the right, and their fifth amendment right and when they were asked about their interactions for the former president. with the subpoena, the committee is giving the opportunity for trump to clear things up, but the chances of that happening are slim to none. considering all trump knows how to do is deflect, then i, and ally. he plays fast and loose with the facts until he s made to make responsible with the actions under oath. and trump himself invokes a fifth amendment right, more than 400 times and he was deposed but the new york state attorney general letitia james and our investigation and handed his business. that is just one of a half a dozen civil or criminal cases involving trump at the moment, and things are not looking great for him. this week, the supreme court rejects the trump team s emergency repeal regarding the special master at the mar-a-lago case. and yesterday, the department ju
grown into something larger an more fruitful than we uppe match and. the velshi banned book club wa created in response to the targeting a removal of so many important books from libraries and school curricula across th country. according to p.e.n. america, and nonprofit organization the champions the freedom to rea and write in the united states from july 2021 to june 2022, there were 2532 instances of individual books been banned that s a shocking number what the figure doesn t make clear is the types of book that have been fans. as we begin to compile our own list of banned literature, or feature for you, with author from margaret atwood to a clear pattern emerged. it became apparent that th most frequently targeted boo shared at least one of the sam three topics sexuality or gender, and sexua identity, race, and bodily autonomy including sexual and physica violence we re moving books that deal with these three very real topics sends a clear message t readers that those
boxes of classified documents from mar-a-lago almost two weeks ago, even more republicans have rallied to his side. his vice grip on the party seem to be confirmed this past week. it is the results of one of the highest profile republican races of this entire cycle. on tuesday, congresswoman liz cheney, the vice chair of the january six committee, the republican party s top critic of the twice impeached ex president lost her reelection bid for wyoming s lone seat in the house of representatives. it was a blowout. she has been in office since 2017. during wyoming s last republican primary in 2020, she won handedly. back then, she got more than 70% of the vote. this time around, she did not even crack 30%. even with record turnout. more people cassoday vote for her opponent, harriet hagman then the ones who participated in the entire primary or two years ago in 2020. she knows perfectly well what she lost. her integrity and vowed to uphold democracy would not allow her to have
assassination attempt. another hour of velshi begins right now. ght now. good morning, saturday august 20th. not am in the 6 am in the west, i m ali bell. she hardly a day passes without a development in the investigation that is somewhat connected to donald. trump that is because there are no fewer than four current and ongoing criminal investigations. related to the president himself, relative to have ever set of inquiries across multiple states. it all culminated in an fbi search of his private awaits us in palm beach florida. let s go to, new york where trump spent the vast majority of his life and career before he became president. he is facing a pair of inquiries into his company s business practices. when is a civil case which is headed by the new york, state attorney general letitia james. he was looking into whether the trump organization lied about the value of its assets, either to receive loans from the bank or to avoid paying its fair share of taxes. trump appear