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The Life and Times of an Unpopular President

Velshi

MS NOW, Ali Velshi

Politics, News, News Commentary, Ms Now, Versant Media, Versant, Ali Velshi, Government, Weekend News

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

MS NOW Political Contributor Steve Benen; SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah; MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde; Democratic Nominee for Governor of Georgia Keisha Lance Bottoms

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0:00.0

Hey, good morning. It's Sunday, May the 24th. I'm Ali Velsche. We're following two major

0:11.2

developing stories this morning. President Trump is saying a deal to end the war with Iran has

0:16.5

been largely negotiated and will be announced shortly. We're watching for that announcement.

0:21.6

We have full coverage and we will go live to the region for the latest reporting if that

0:26.1

actually does happen because there is a lot of room for skepticism at this hour, as there has been

0:31.3

for the entirety of this war. This morning, despite his earlier comments about the closeness

0:37.0

of a deal, the president posted

0:38.9

an AI-generated image of a U.S. plane striking Iranian flagged ships captioned Adios.

0:47.6

And Iranian state media is saying that Iran will not accept restrictions on its nuclear

0:51.9

program as part of this deal.

0:54.0

Iran's nuclear program,

0:55.1

you might remember, was ostensibly Donald Trump's reason for launching this illegal war.

1:00.4

So we're staying on that story. Plus, we're learning more about the gunman who opened fire

1:05.0

at a security checkpoint near the White House and was shot and killed by secret service agents

1:10.1

last night.

1:15.7

MS now's Mark Santilla has new reporting on the gunman's history with law enforcement.

1:18.7

He's going to bring us up to date on that in just a few minutes.

1:23.3

President Trump is, quite predictably, pointing to the incident as another reason that Congress and your taxpayer dollars should pay for his billion dollar ballroom.

1:29.6

And while Georgia Republicans fight it out in an ugly primary runoff, the Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms

1:34.8

campaigning for governor is now fully underway following her decisive primary victory on Tuesday.

1:40.6

She's going to join me live this hour to talk about running a competitive race in the

1:44.6

shadow of a Republican gerrymandering program that is meant specifically to roll back

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