Today on Velshi, the Senate could soon vote on whether to form an independent commission

to look into the January 6th insurrection.

Most Republicans want nothing to do with it.

Even Congressman Greg Pence, despite the fact that they threatened to hang his brother.

After leaks to the Associated Press, the Louisiana State Police has finally released

body cam video

showing the brutal 2019 arrest of a black man at the hands of white cops. The family's lawyer

joins me live to talk about the delayed release of the footage and how they plan to achieve

justice. The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel seems to be holding for now, but only time will

tell. Our Richard Engel is on the ground in Gaza where locals are both optimistic, but also fear

that the worst may be yet to come.

And the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up Mississippi's renewed effort to ban abortion

after 15 weeks.

If it is successful, we can surely expect a wave of laws in red states try to chip away at a woman's

right to choose. Velshi starts now. Good morning. It's Saturday, May 22nd. I'm Ali Valshi. In just

minutes, I'll be joined by the lawyer for Ronald Green's family and another heartbreaking yet all too familiar story.

But we begin this hour with the latest in the ongoing infrastructure negotiations.

Republicans have rejected outright President Biden's latest proposal, which would lower the total cost of the infrastructure package,

from his original $2.25 trillion to $1.7 trillion.

A spokesperson for Senator Shelley Moore Capital, one of the GOP's lead negotiators on this bill,

says they're now farther apart than they were before.

Now, this comes as the GOP also remains staunchly against an independent commission

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