Today on Velshi, how to stop the next coup. An election law expert shows how easy it would be for a certain failed ex-president to succeed in stealing the next presidential election where he failed in the last. We'll talk about what needs to be done and has not been done yet to safeguard the next election. Plus, Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee

has not even been named yet, and she's already facing an onslaught of racist, sexist attacks

from conservatives. We'll talk about Biden's promise to put the first ever black woman on the

high court and what it would be like for her to get the job at this moment in history when the court is poised to roll back the rights of women and minorities.

And a chilling sign that a Russian attack on Ukraine could be imminent.

New reporting that Russia's military buildup around the border now includes blood and other medical supplies that would be needed to treat casualties.

Then you'd be forgiven if you lost track of the details of Donald Trump's Ukraine scandal.

It was, after all, several potentially criminal schemes ago, but it is what got him impeached

the first time, and one of the key participants in that plot believes that what Donald Trump did

then is key to understanding what's happening now. Lev Parnas, the former Rudy Giuliani

associate who famously spilled all the Trumpian tea to Rachel Maddo in 2020, joins me later

in the show. Velshi starts now.

Good morning to you. It is Sunday, January the 30th. I'm Ali Velshi. We may still be weeks

away from President Biden choosing a nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer,

who announced his plans to retire this past Thursday.

But it's already generated plenty of attention and speculation. So it comes as no surprise that conservatives are already voicing opposition to the yet to be named Black woman that President Biden has vowed to nominate to replace Justice Breyer.

None of those arguments are worth quoting, but you probably already have an idea of the kind

of arguments they're making because they're the same sort of arguments that show up anytime

a person from a marginalized group enters the conversation.

But that brings to mind the fact that the president has been

quietly changing the face of Washington, D.C. during his first year in office, the Biden administration

looks unlike any other administration that came before it. The vice president, Kamala Harris,

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