Today on Velshi, the very latest on that suspected Chinese spy balloon that's making its way across the continental United States and the diplomatic fallout that's trailing behind it.

We're going to go right to Beijing for the latest. Plus, if Republicans plan to use their House majority to target Democrats and the Biden administration with bogus politically motivated investigations,

they're going to have to get through veteran Trump impeachment manager Stacey Plask at

first. She was just named the top Democrat on a key panel created by the newly empowered

House Republicans. I'll talk to her later in the show. And in the wake of Tyree Nichols

killing in Memphis, another push for real reform.

Why Congress fell just short of making history with the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act

and why you shouldn't believe the reason you're hearing from so many Republicans who want to sound reasonable,

but who will not support that bill.

Then the crucial advancement separating post-Roe America from pre-Roe America is

medication abortion. The abortion pill. And now the anti-abortion forces who got abortion rights

wiped out. They're coming for the pill, too. Plus, we've got a special meeting of the Velshi

Band Book Club today. We're marking one year of resisting through reading. One year of chronicling

the dangerous targeting of books, education, and identity. One year of resisting through reading, one year of chronicling the dangerous targeting of books,

education, and identity, one year of diving into the literature and taking your questions to

some of our favorite authors whose work has been targeted. And we will mark this milestone

with the award-winning writer who helped us start the band book club, the singular Nicole Hannah-Jones,

joins me right here in studio. Velshi starts now.

Good morning. It's Saturday, February the 4th. I'm Ali Velshi. An entire month has passed

since the new Congress began, or at least

when it was scheduled to begin. As you probably remember, the start of the 118th Congress was

delayed by a contentious and prolonged battle amongst House Republicans over who should be

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