We the People America 250: Country at a Crossroads - Part 1

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🗓️ 4 July 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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A special celebration of America’s 250th anniversary with Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, and Ali Velshi from MS NOW’s live community event in Philadelphia. In this hour Ali Velshi presents his acclaimed retracing of 250 years of American history. And Jen Psaki interviews Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.

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0:00.0	He said no kings.
0:01.9	Philly is the city where we first said no kings
0:04.2	250 years ago.
0:05.9	By the third No Kings Day, Americans managed to pull off
0:08.9	the largest single day protest in American history.
0:11.8	We're in a moment right now.
0:14.3	A moment that will be written about, argued about.
0:16.5	Pushback doesn't always work.
0:18.5	Tonight, we sent a message.
0:22.6	And sometimes when you do fight, you win. I don't view patriotism as something that belongs to one person.
0:27.6	It belongs to we, the people. Oh, oh, wow.
0:43.3	Wow.
0:44.3	Wow. Oh my goodness.
0:49.3	Oh! Wow. Wow. Hello.
1:01.0	Hello, Philadelphia!
1:04.0	Oh my goodness, there are so many of you here.
1:09.0	It's unnerving.
1:17.1	Ah, wow. Well, it is great to see you all here. We're so grateful that you've come out to be here in real life, in the flesh, in person. I fully believe that is magic. And we are hoping
1:23.4	to make magic with you guys here tonight.
1:32.6	Let me start by wishing you happy birthday all year long.
1:39.6	You get to wish every American you know happy birthday since this is our country's 250th.
1:49.3	You get to do that all over the country with everyone, but particularly you get to do that here in Philly, since this is where our country was built.
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