Today on Velshi, it's day 74 of an invasion that Russia planned to finish in three days,

and now all eyes are on Vladimir Putin on the eve of victory day. It's a major Russian military

holiday starting in nine hours that Ukrainian's fear could inspire Putin to escalate his war

of choice. Plus, we've talked a lot about the end of Roe v. Wade,

but the leaked draft opinion striking down Roe also strikes down another landmark

abortion rights decision.

We'll talk about the turning point in the abortion wars represented by Planned

Parenthood v. Casey with the lawyer who argued that case. And election deniers

trying to take over the supervising of elections and sitting election officials are under

investigation for suspected security breaches. The story of the peril that lies ahead as Donald

Trump's big lie about the 2020 election lives on. And then a white professor wrote a book to explain racism to other white people,

including tips and tools on how to be less racist.

Controversy expectedly ensued.

The Velshi Band Book Club convenes again with Robin DiAngelo, the author of the book,

White Fragility.

Velshi, starts now.

Good morning, I'm Ali Velshi. It is Sunday, May the 8th. Happy Mother's Day. The future of

abortion rights is starting to look a lot like its past. Justice Samuel Alito's leaked

draft opinion, while not final, confirms a fear that's held by many supporters of abortion

rights that the conservative movement has achieved its aim of installing a majority of justices

to the Supreme Court ready to erase abortion rights entirely. If, as expected, Roe is overturned,

it would be the culmination of decades of efforts to undo its protections. The fact is,

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