I’m Ali Velsky live outside the heavily fortified capital. Live in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. To live this morning from Fort Myers Beach, Florida, one of the cities that was hardest hit by Hurricane Ian. Look at this, this was all a beach. The storm and the flooding is what the story is going to be.

Let’s just listen, the sirens are now underway in Kiev. The city of Kiev is under attack. Is it even conceivable that Russia could invade a NATO state? We will pray for your father. You’re not alone. Thank you. You’re not alone for sure. Thank you for being with us. Thank you. Can I hug you? If the United States were to take a more aggressive military stance against Iran, much of it would come from right here in Qatar.

It’s hard not to come to the conclusion that the White House is absent a strategy on turkey and Syria and possibly the broader Middle East. We are two and a half miles from Gaza and in fact we just saw an interception. You can tell from the shape of this crater that came in over here, this is the point of impact. What is the thing that you want her captors to know? We’re waiting for him. Do you think the conviction of Derek Chauvin was justice? I think justice would have been not seeing George Floyd murdered. Step back, get back, get back, get back, your head, your head, he’s head. They’re now moving toward us.

They’re now moving toward us. Today’s meeting of the Vellci band book club is underway. Joining me now is the hugely celebrated author, Margaret Atwood, the incomparable George Takeda. The prolific Jodie Peacote. Thank you so much for starting this band book club. You are an OG in this fight. This is essentially the Doomsday Threshold for global warming. Even a fraction of a degree can have blistering consequences. Americans want gay and lesbian trans and non-binary people to be able to live their lives because no one wants to live in an America that is not free and when freedoms are taken from some of us, then none of us are free. Bell Shoot starts now.