Today on Velschia, fresh round of subpoenas from the January 6th Select Committee. What we stand to learn about the scheme to install a fraudulent Republican slate of electors in states that Donald Trump lost. Then President Biden says he is sending American troops to NATO countries in Eastern Europe soon as the world watches and waits for a Russian invasion

of Ukraine. Plus, she will make history. But what else can we expect from Joe Biden's first

Supreme Court nominee? I'll be joined by some very smart lawyers, including a former Supreme Court

clerk, to talk about who's on the shortlist and how a new justice could make a difference

politically or on the Trump stacked high court. Also, 65 million Americans on winter weather

alert this morning, many bracing for blizzard conditions as a potentially dangerous and

disruptive winter storm hits the East Coast. We'll have the very latest on the storm just ahead.

And then disturbing movement that might be sweeping through a school district near you,

what is behind the sudden epidemic of book banning in America,

why you should be even more concerned about it than you are and what it'll take to stop it?

Velshi starts now.

Good morning. It is Saturday, January the 29th. I'm Ali Velshi. We have got a heaping plate of news developments for you this morning. So let's get right to it.

Number one, the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus is driving the COVID-related

death toll higher than last fall's Delta wave, even as new cases begin to decline.

The weekly average four deaths grew to over 2,500 per day, the highest since February the 12th of

2021. In some states, such as Alaska, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Florida, fatalities have been

increasing by more than 100% or more over the past two weeks. As of this morning, the United States has surpassed

over 74 million cases and more than 866,000 lives have been lost since the pandemic began.

Meanwhile, in an ironic twist of fate, a 52-year-old bridge in Pennsylvania collapsed just hours before President

Biden was due to visit the area to tout his infrastructure agenda. Rescue crews repelled down

over 100 feet into the flattened mess of concrete and rubble to help those who were injured in the

collapse. But thankfully,

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