Hey, good morning. It is Saturday, November the 15th. I'm Ali Valshi, coming to you from the brand

new MS Now studios in Times Square in New York. We've got a new name and we've got a new home,

but the same mission to equip you, our viewers for citizenship in unprecedented times, to bear witness, to break down complex stories, to strip away disinformation and distractions, and to get smarter together.

Today I'll talk to a Reagan appointed federal judge who feels called by the urgency of Donald Trump's assault on the rule of law to step down from a lifetime

appointment so that he'll be free to speak out about the threat to democracy and to join the fight

to preserve it. Plus, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee will be here to talk about

that explosive trove of Epstein emails the committee released this week and what they're working on for next week

as the House prepares to vote on a bill to force the Justice Department to release all the files.

And then there's the alarming pattern in the tactics being employed by ICE against American citizens.

Beyond the deliberate brutality, it's a flashing red warning light of an authoritarian slide.

And I want to talk to you about the alternative to Trump that's taking shape.

I've got your guide to the Democratic Party movement and messaging as the opposition party

gathers itself ahead of next year's midterms.

We'll talk retirements, primaries, new voices, and what you can expect.

But we begin this hour with what appear to be the

actions of a man desperate to outrun a scandal that continues to erupt all around him. Donald

Trump is watching the clock as it counts down to the moment of the most intense bipartisan

pressure his administration has yet faced with what promises to be a damning vote in the

House on his handling of the

Epstein file scheduled for next week, and a bombshell 20,000 pages of new Epstein emails and

texts released this week by the House Oversight Committee, including hundreds that mentioned

Donald Trump by name. The president is directing the Justice Department to investigate a handful of prominent

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