The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi

An anonymous letter from a U.S. Capitol Police officer outlined the failures of leadership at the agency leading up to and during the riot. While this weekend, former President Trump renewed his false claim of 2020 election fraud. Meanwhile, the Biden agenda remains stalled on the hill. Philip Rucker, Jackie Alemany, Paul Butler, Robert Gibbs, Mike Murphy and Dr. Nahid Bhadelia all join.

The Biden Administration denied former President Trump’s attempt to use executive privilege to prevent his former allies from appearing before the January 6 Select Committee. The leaders of the committee have threatened to issue criminal referrals for at least Steve Bannon. And as Capitol Hill moves past the debt crisis, Democrats are still at odds with each other over the Biden Agenda. Eugene Daniels, Jeremy Peters, Cynthia Alksne, Don Calloway, Michael Steele and Fiona Hill all join.

A new Senate report lays out, in stunning detail, the work Trump did has he tried to subvert the 2020 election just as the former president is reportedly pressuring aides to not cooperate with the House select committee investigating January 6th. Plus, Pfizer is now seeking approval for its Covid vaccine on kids ages 5-11 years old. Joining the program is Sam Stein, Daniel Goldman, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, James Carville, Mark McKinnon, and Dr. Vin Gupta.

A federal judge has temporarily halted the Texas law nearly banning all abortion. The state has appealed that judge's decision. Plus, Mitch McConnell has finally given Democrats the offer of a deal to keep the United States from defaulting on its debt, something economic experts say would be economically devastating for the globe. We discuss that and more with Peter Baker, Susan Page, Claire McCaskill, Eugene Robinson, Tim Miller, and Dr. Kavita Patel.

Mitch McConnell is still standing in the way of raising the U.S. debt ceiling on money Republicans spent under Trump while blaming Democrats. But the Senate veteran in the White House knows the game the minority leader is playing. We discuss that and more with Yamiche Alcindor, Robert Costa, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, David Plouffe, and Stuart Stevens. Plus, former Trump White House Secretary Stephanie Grisham joins to discuss her book about the chaos of the Trump White House.

A Facebook whistleblower set to testify to a Senate panel says the company put profits over safety as the social media giant experiences an hours long outage. Plus, the president and Congress are still at odds over his agenda as Democrats and Republicans trade shots over the debt limit. We're joined by Philip Rucker, Kara Swisher, A.B. Stoddard, Cornell Belcher, Al Franken, Susan Del Percio, and Dr. Céline Gounder.

Democrats are still divided over dollar amounts on the Biden agenda, despite a visit from the president to Capitol Hill. We discuss with Peter Baker, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Evan Osnos, Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, Bill Kristol, and Michael Osterholm.

After speaker Pelosi pledged a Thursday vote on Biden's infrastructure plan, a divide between progressives and Sens. Manchin and Sinema seemed to completely derail that plan. We discuss with and much more with Shannon Pettypiece, Ashley Parker, Robert Costa, Juanita Tolliver, Matthew Dowd, and Dr. Vin Gupta.

Democrats on Capitol Hill are struggling to come to an agreement with their fellow senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin as Biden's economic agenda hangs in the balance. Plus, as the House Select Committee investigating January 6th issues new subpoenas, the FBI and Homeland Security Department issued warnings about domestic extremism. We discuss that and more with Peter Baker, Susan Page, Frank Figliuzzi, Eugene Robinson, Stuart Stevens, and Dr. Murtaza Akther.

Military leaders testified on Capitol Hill about the withdrawal on Afghanistan as lawmakers continue to wrangle over the possibilities of a government shutdown and the nation going into default. Plus, legendary musician Stevie Van Zandt joins the program to discuss his new memoir, 'Unrequited Infatuations.' Also joining the program is Eugene Daniels, A.B. Stoddard, Gen. Barry McCaffrey, and Dr. Irwin Redlener.