''Velshi'' is a weekend morning news program hosted by
Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi (born October 29, 1968 or 1969) is a Canadian television journalist, a senior economic and business correspondent for NBC News since October 2016. He was also substitute anchor for '' Top Story with Tom Llamas'' on NBC News Now at we ...
on
MSNBC
MSNBC (originally the Microsoft National Broadcasting Company) is an American news-based pay television cable channel. It is owned by NBCUniversala subsidiary of Comcast. Headquartered in New York City, it provides news coverage and political ...
. The program debuted on February 15, 2020. The show displaced '' Up with David Gura'' and airs from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
The new weekend show also coincided with MSNBC's hiring of
Alicia Menendez
Alicia Jacobsen Menendez ( ; born July 2, 1983)