Today on Velshi, breaking news from Ukraine where a series of explosions rocked the capital city of Kiev this morning.

Ukraine says the Russian missile attack is targeting critical infrastructure.

We'll go live to Ukraine for the latest.

Plus, the House under Republican rule, we're going to look at the chaos the GOP has wrought in Congress in its first week in charge of the House.

And the latest on the investigation into President Biden's handling of classified documents

and what's behind the double standard in how the Biden case is being treated compared to the case of a certain twice impeached ex-president.

Then the featured author for today's edition of the Velshi Band Book Club is a story unto herself.

An author, yes, but also a filmmaker, ethnographer, folklorist, and voodoo expert, among many other things.

We're going to dive into Zora Neil Hurstens, their eyes were watching God next hour.

Velshi starts now.

And good morning. It's Saturday, January the 14th. I'm Ali Velshi. We're one week into the 118th Congress and four weeks into uncovering the many lies of George Santos, the freshman Republican representative from Long Island, New York, who's facing many calls to step down. Just days after he was sworn into office, no less, his story's been a

distraction for the country, and especially for Republicans, as they prepared to take back the House.

It's been a rough transition. The start of the 118th Congress, as you know, was delayed as House Republicans clashed during 15 rounds of voting over four days before they finally gathered enough votes to officially elect Kevin McCarthy, the new Speaker of the House.

And now that that matter is settled, it's time to govern.

Despite the initial turmoil in their party, Republicans accurately got quite a bit done

during their first full week in office. The House had a relatively easy time passing its rules

package on Monday as its very first order of business. But that rules package includes provisions

like the motion to vacate, which makes it easier to remove the speaker.

It also gets rid of pandemic-era changes like proxy voting.

It imposes rules aimed at limiting spending and blocking tax increases.

Beyond that, the House also passed a pair of manipulative misleading and meritless anti-abortion

bills that have zero chance of passing the Democratic-led Senate or

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