Velshi

Trump vs. Federalism

Episode Summary

Ali Velshi is joined by Senior Correspondent at Vox Zack Beauchamp, MSNBC Senior Enterprise Reporter Brandy Zadrozny, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, Columnist with The New York Times Nicholas Kristof, host of MSNBC’s PoliticsNation Rev. Al Sharpton

Episode Notes

How the Trump administration is trying to seize power from states and is actively trying to consolidate those powers within the executive branch; Brandy Zadrozny breaks down her new reporting on how entire offices at the CDC have been wiped out and why one former CDC employee says the agency “is over”; Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield discusses his lawsuit against the Trump administration for violating the state’s sovereignty; Rev. Al Sharpton describes what will happen if the Supreme Court upends what remains of the Voting Rights Act