Today on Velshi, a packed week ahead in Congress will bring the fight over the Biden agenda into focus

with everything from health care, education, basic food security, and voting rights on the line.

And one man who keeps standing in the way will discuss Senator Joe Manchin and whom he's really serving. Plus, a San

Antonio doctor is now standing up in open defiance of the Texas abortion ban. We'll hear from

the woman responsible for defending him in court. And the COVID crisis still feels bleak. But what

have I told you the anti-vaxxers are actually losing right now?

I'll explain ahead.

Then, the fight for a new eviction moratorium is about to get personal.

We'll talk to a man who will be bringing his real-life story of pandemic eviction to Washington this week.

Velshi starts now.

Good morning. It's Sunday, September 19th. I'm Anand Girdar Das filling in for the man,

the myth. Dare I even say the legend, Ali Valsi, this morning. If you're missing Allie,

just think of me as his very distant cousin, but with hair. Yesterday may be remembered for many things, the latest billionaire

space joyride, for instance. But the pro-insurrectionist rally at the Capitol won't be one

of those things. The far right pro-insurrectionist crowd was small and was seemingly outnumbered by police,

journalists, and counter-protesters.

Traditionally, protests in defense of prisoners, in this case those jailed for their role

in the January 6th terrorism.

Traditionally, at these things, the number of protesters out exceeds the number of

prisoners. But here the ratio was reversed, meaning that on average, there was not even one

concerned citizen per imprisoned insurrectionist. The rally itself was relatively short and

peaceful. Four people were arrested mainly for weapons violations. Meanwhile, at the

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