THANK YOU Ali Velshi and all of the MSNBC staff for working so hard and so honestly

[spooky3]

to keep us informed. Those of us who WANT to be informed, that is. I wish you could reach everyone.

Ali was on the air very early this AM and surely was preparing several hours before that. He must be exhausted, but here he is on live TV doing a great job as always.

We appreciate it! You are saving lives and may be saving the nation.

[Hekate]

1. Kicking this

And would all those Debby Downers here predicting the demise of Rachel Maddow ( " ack! she looks sick! " ) just please stfu.

[spooky3]

5. They are overworked, grieving, and may not have access to all the support staff help

they usually have (including makeup artists). I am so grateful to all of them.

[Hekate]

8. This

[2naSalit]

2. They are really pissed too

since one of their sound techs, a well loved member of the team, just died from the virus late last week. I expect they will be holding these fuckers accountable relentlessly.

[True Blue American]

6. Ali used to be on CNN

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Quit to go to Current, al Gore. He was asked why he said he wanted to be a real Journalist. Al sold to Aljazeera. I watched Ali all the time. I am so glad he is on MSNBC but worry they are spreading him too thin.

[2naSalit]

10. I never knew his history

but he's a good journalist and MSNBC isn't his only gig. He is on at least two NPR programs that I listen to. I think the scheduling is somewhat by choice and he may just be a workaholic.

[spooky3]

14. He just said that he is subbing for Kasie Hunt who is self-isolating out of caution.

She recently had a baby, so my guess is that he had not planned to work tonight and probably would prefer not to, but wanted to help her to make sure she would be OK and that she did not put her family at risk. No question he works hard (probably too hard) all the time.

[demigoddess]

21. I love him. He is so gentlemanly with the women he works with.

[napi21]

24. I love Ali. Listen to him every time he's on. Even some of MSNBC's shows I don't usually

watch, I watch when Ali's subbing.

[True Blue American]

25. When I heard Ali

Explain why he left a very successful show on CNN to go with a start up that is when I knew Ali had the ethics of a true Journalist.

He would be perfect to replace Todd on MTP. I wonder if that may not be why he is on Weekends. There are rumors the PTB are not happy with Todd. Gregory was better.

[2naSalit]

26. Ha!

It's pretty difficult to be worse than Gregory! I suspect he could be the next MTP host. That show has been an icon over the yeas,I wonder if they'll keep it. Regardless, Velshi is a widely respected voice these days. I don't always agree with his views but he's very articulate and well reasoned at all times.

[uponit7771]

7. +1, I don't know how they do it ... I would've been livid and talked about testing every minute

[2naSalit]

9. It's what made

Katy Tur and Rachel Maddow cry during their shows the other day, Friday? The man was only 61.

Yeah, I think there will be no mercy from them anymore.

[malaise]

3. True

but one of them should have called it what it was - lies and madness

[Evolve Dammit]

12. Rachel has been doing that since before the "election." Tirelessly. Read "Blowout" if you can.

[malaise]

13. Ali hasn't been bad today

He did call out some of the lies and called out the word salad

[Evolve Dammit]

17. I wish the rest of the networks had the talent MSNBC has after Toad signs off. Kinda miss

Matthews as he was pretty good for the last year or more. Hayes, Maddow and O'Donnell are all excellent. What I've seen on some other networks is really poor. And of course the media fawning is what put him in there, with some Ruski help of course. But that never happened as Barr has dismissed Mueller's indictment of the St. Petersburg troll farms orchestrating the pro-Drumpf/ anti-H propaganda. But I digress...

[BComplex]

27. Our household loves Ari Melber, too.

He's one of our favorites, and has a really good way of explaining things.

[octoberlib]

4. I miss Ali Velshi on week day afternoons.

[davekriss]

11. Thank you, Ali, and thanks to the entire MSNBC team

[drray23]

15. Ali is one of the hardest worker at MSNBC.

He has two daily shows and yet sub for others all over the map.

[spooky3]

16. I really hopes he gets rest so that he does not come down with something. I hope

someone else can step in later tonight and tomorrow.

I remember Howard Dean's saying he had no idea how hard it was to do what these hosts do, until he guest hosted. And that's with a normal workday.

[Evolve Dammit]

18. Just wanted to thank Ali, and also remind that Mike Pence filled in for Laura Ingraham's talk show.

[djacq]

19. Work in Gov't Sector, get fed Fox News... Not on my shift!

MSNBC or CNN.

Hard being a Democrat working in the Gov't Sector.

[KT2000]

20. He really spoke for the people today

He was great!

[jbchicago]

22. Ali Velshi is just what is needed right now

I haven't really had an opportunity to watch Ali Velshi in the past, but tonight I was watching and made a comment to my hubby on how impressive he is.

He understands finance and can deconstruct the bullshit.

His presence is vital right now. We are so lucky to have someone like him on our side.

I'm going to send him a thank you note .

[Alex4Martinez]

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