we are grateful, "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi ari. >> i have a question for you, you asked me about the law. i want to ask you something you know a lot about which is government and accountability. we can do the narrow legal thing and that's what happens in the courtroom. what does it mean to you, what should it mean to america that this person gotten away so much is facing a type of broader accountability today? what does it mean? >> i am disturbed by this idea that this is less than what people thought it would be or not a big deal or it is just company. if this were anybody else and if we were not numbed to his constant criminality, to the ex-president constant of being revealed as being corrupt. the folks that you have on your show have been the best nar narrators because he was there. that whole thing be charged as a criminal enterprise is a bomb shell and the fact for the first time being held accountable, looks like many years of crimes is a huge deal. it tells who today the republican party is. i am betting if they cove

"the beat" with ari melber starts with us now. >> hi, nicole. we begin with donald trump's kids speaking out. it was 15 counts of the charges we have been running through our coverage starting yesterday afternoon. growing pressure and heat on allen weisselberg, the money man to talk and flip. now, there are many ways to count this up, there are debates how typical this set of charges is. a practical legal matter he could face over a decade in prison and if convicted those are numbers that could get anyone's attention. trump's children are speaking out about the indictment. donald trump jr. posted a 13-minute video on facebook discussing of the intent, tried to defend the company where he works and his family business. some of what he said may have made matters worse. >> my father after almost 50 years of employment paid for his grand kids' private school in the city and their employees. my dad did that because he's a good guy. well, that may not be helpful. he's linking his father and he's providing a testimony and admitting it was trump who per

"the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> thank you very much. i am ari melber. president biden delivers a major address of what came late today of what he calls the pandemic for the unvaccinated. >> every federal government employee will be asked to attest their vaccination status. a mask is not a political statement, it is about protecting yourself and others. >> biden using his federal power to tighten vaccine participation instead of standards as we are going through a period where other employees and local governments are weighing in on what to do and how hard to push employees on this new approach is moderate to a policy viewer. get vaccinated or get tested later. it is also a contrast to many poor countries around the world where vaccines is not widely available even today and people are clambering just to get one. not waiting around to see or waiting to get paid. i want to be clear with you, some real talk. it is striking that we live in a country where the government determines it needs to give out incentives for vaccinations because i want you to rememb

this is not ari melber's signature. well, you know your signature.ur signature twice if you sign it a million times. those are the things we left the state of texas for. if it was a bill we'll have a fair election, fine. no problem. we have persons who are doing two jobs in order to make ends meet. everyone you heard so many stories of head of household and particularly women. in harris county where i am from, houston, we have drive-thru voting. you can drive through and cash your vote. you don't have to get your kids out of the car, you leave them then and drive-through. listen to this -- >> well, representative -- i was always educated not to interrupt my elder. but i am supposed to give in a break. i will give you a final sentence summation and i will go to break. >> well, if they did by accident, they can get a sentence up to a year in jail and $2,000 fine. that's the bill. >> understood. i think you have given a lot of us an education here, walking us through why this is so vital to you and as well as what's in this bill. state representative th

thank you, michael. >> i am ari melber. speaker pelosi leading this charge on january 6th probe which relates to the story michael was covering. >> it is my responsibility as speaker of the house to make sure we get to the truth on this and we'll not let their antics stand in the way. these people are going to act up, cause a problem and if people say you put them on and when they act up, we can take them off. why should we waste time on something as predictable. she's suggesting she does not care gop leaders. mccarthy's respond is to yank all five republican nominees. this thing is real and the seat starts next week. mccarthy is focusing on the outside. any post should focus on pelosi. many would rather look away or lie about it because to face it is to see the attacks and the violence and something should be done. >> those are just a few seconds of it. leader mccarthy recently huddled with trump who's now offering a false defense about those acts you just saw with your own eyes. all the clash over committee assignments ma

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> thank you very much, i am ari melber. we are tracking a vote that could come this hour. we have a special high-ranking guest from the biden administration joining us later hour. we start with the quest for accountability for this capitol riot. one of donald trump's defender in congress who's not allowed in committee. he talked to trump on that faithful day. >> did you talk to the former president that day? >> i talked to the former president. >> i mean on january 6th. >> i talk to the president countless times. i don't think it is appropriate. i talk to the president numerous times and i continue to talk to the president. >> i mean on january 6th. >> yes. i have talked to the president so many times, i can't remember but i certainly have talked to the president. >> which raised questions whether this was during the violence caught on tape. did trump reveal his action during realtime. it could make congressman jim jordan a witness. as for yesterday's hearing, jordan is one of several republicans trying this out saying we m

"the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> welcome to "the beat," i am ari melber, we begin with breaking news of domestic terror. two men charged in plot to attack democratic party headquarters in sacramento. they had detailed plans to attack. one of the men found with five pipe bombs and 40 rounds of ammunition. this was an active plot intended to kill. one suspect saying to the other according to this information, "do you think something is wrong with me how i am excited to attack the democrats." the suspect writing "after the 20th we go to war." all of this investigators investigators -- basically, we know what's going on out there. we also know from the government warnings about domestic terrorism and white national groups. these false claims that biden lost and trump won, these claims that somehow trump may return to power during these four years, he won't. all of these are context of ongoing threats and attempted attacks on democracy that we are seeing. here is more of the context i mention. 216 bills introduced in 41 different states that basically allowing legislatures to politic

ari melber with "the beat" starts right now. >> so many m's, these hand offs getting richer and richer. you are good at it. we begin with breaking news on a new indictment hitting trump world. the feds indicted one of donald trump's top adviser and money men, we are talking about brand new member, arrested for influencing and obstruction of justice. that makes this a legal double shot. prosecutors say tom barret lied. now this comes at a terrible time for donald trump in the courts battling these separate indictments of his own entire company of the trump organization and the cfo. that probe is ongoing. we have more on how this exec intersects for you over night. all of this dates back to the 2016 campaign. prosecutors say this is about far more than failing to register as a lobbyist. handed off to this foreign government and its intermediaries. barack is accused of shaping trump's policy. the candidate donald trump would pledge to work together with supportive allies in the gulf. that's from the filing or the tapes suggest the plan worked. >> we'll work with our gulf allies to develop

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> hi nicole. i am ari melber. we have this breaking news, donald trump overthrows the election and the government. all of this enabled by republican lawmakers. some of this may sound familiar. i am going to show you why it is new. the new york times has the goods. they have the evidence, they're reporting in late december, donald trump was secretly pressing top justice officials to join him in what would have been a soft coup to try to compare this election to those who have been validated for other reasons that there would be wide enough corrupt fraud to be nullified. this is proven. these are now public today, you can see the note here. this is damming evidence revealing, relief of the first time at this level of internal pressure that trump was ordering the justice department to say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congress. i am going to read that again, this is evidence that we do not have during the impeachment trial about this very issue. these are independent notes withi

or go to ww ari melber .com where you can connect with me. many americans will also not only go to restaurants but also hit the movies for the first time in a while. lynn manuel miranda's in the heights movie is one of the options. we recently sat down and talked with one of the film stars, joshua pathankot. >> i think it is so important to have a movie to come back. it is a celebratory joyous, it's about dreams. it is about unity. it's about community, inspiration. there are so many uplifting things evoked through the strict screen. the film is such a weak universal languish i we can all connect to, dreams, a sense of belonging. we all have dreams, we all want to be empowered, we want to be proud of where we come from. i think that's what lin-manuel did within the heights. >> that's one of the themes of in the heights as you look at your summer plans. now we're going to break but i am with you live for the next hour. at 7 pm eastern hour. we've got love more including a trump insider speaking out for the first time here with us on those new

ari melber with the beat starts now. >> you told me that, making me think how do you spell dope. >> that's how it's spelled. >>> good to see you, sir. i want to welcome every one to the beat. we begin with breaking news. a judge just handed ot first felon sentence today stemming from the january 6th insurrection in is one of first steps to what the doj says is key. pall hodge kins will be behind bars for eight months with many eyes the first sentences as a potential pres dent for the many cases to come. there's hundreds of people charged in connection with january 6th. here, is what he did in plain sight that day. photos and evidence in the case says he illegally rushed the senate chambers and sporting a trump 2020 shirt while carrying a trump 2020 flag. a look the prosecutors say he happily showed off while posing for selfies to his friends. he's now a convicted felon. he's going jail mp in court he claimed a naivety. claiming if he had any idea that the protest would escalate he would nef have ventured farther than the sidewalk. you can decide whether to take that as face value. he broke

ari melber, thanks very much to. "the beat" tonight for much more of his reporting on police reform in the country. that's 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. you do not want to miss that. olympian gymnast simone biles pulls out of another event to focus on her mental health. three-time olympian and gold medalist dominique dawes joins me to talk about how important biles' decisions have been and how they can affect sports going forward. first, let's get a quick check of the market before trading closes for the day. the s&p 500 turned hour after the federal reserve chairman jerome powell sailed substantial economic improve is needed for the central bank to start dialing back its easy monetary policies. the dow has dipped throughout the day. we'll see what happens in the next couple of minutes. you're watching msnbc. e next couple of minutes you're watching msnbc. it's a thirteen-hour flight, that's not a weekend trip. fifteen minutes until we board. oh yeah, we gotta take off. you downloaded the td ameritrade mobil

big news now, "the beat" with ari melber is back in the chair. hi ari, welcome back. >> thank you, nicole. i will see you soon. >> have a good show. >> i want to thank everyone for joining me. i am energized to be back for work. i want to thank jason johnson for filling in. this is an interesting day coming back working here in the newsroom. just before we began, this news broke that weisselberg is out . for the first time he's exiting his influential position which runs the trust that controls the money which gave him that outside power. >> president biden today with a meeting with democrats. >> this is my homecoming? >> we are going to get this done. >> we are getting this done. >> that's what it looked like. this will be a $3.5 trillion plan. if you are keeping track and plenty of historians do would pass the largest since fdr's new deal. it shows something that could get lost these days. this new president has a rush ambition when it comes to the domestic agenda. biden says you have to spend this much to meet the scale of america's post pandem

"the beat with ari melber" starts now. hi, ari. >> thank you. we have an important show tonight. chairman schiff joins us on the eve of the first january 6th committee's hearing. sometimes we have a new story that echoes an old one. the news tonight is starting to look a lot like last summer if you look around and pay attention. it's looking like other periods where america has been battling this rising covid problem, even when there are available solutions to curb it. covid is surging today among the unvaccinated. >> this pandemic is spiraling out of control yet again. and it's spiraling out of control because we don't have enough people vaccinated. there is real harm to you. because guess what, more mitigation is coming, whether it's masking or closures or kids having to return to virtual learning. that is coming. >> the u.s. daily case count has more than doubled to 50,000. and people who need hospital care, a sign that they're in a bad covid situation, has surged 58% over the last two weeks alone. these are numbers you need to know. the hardest-hit places are often areas with

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>>> welcome to "the beat," i am ari melber. covid is surging. it is worse for areas not getting vaccinated much leading the governor of alabama to say this. >> almost 100 of new hospitalizations are with unvaccinated folks. >> what is it going to take to get people to get shots in arms? >> i don't know, you tell me. folks are supposed to have common sense. it is time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks and not the regular folks. the unvaccinated folks with letting us down. >> common sense as she put there dealing the fact of this is as problem among the unvaccinated. that makes it a problem for everyone. politics and ignorance shakes so many of this debate or dialogue and fox news, the governor here does not have the luxury of treating this as another avenue for content or another place for political posturing. people are getting sick and dying. her constituents are getting sick and dying in case of skyrocketing. people going to the hospital almost doubling in a place. take florida, the worse state for vaccination rate. the case count triple

"the beat" with jason johnson in for ari melber starts now. >> good evening, i'm jason johnson. right now texans are en route to washington, d.c., some by plane, some by bus. they are fleeing to d.c. for blocking the voter suppression bill. because of this protest of stopping the bill from passing and shining a light on the natural threat of voting rights, mainly threatening black voters in states across the country. at least 58 lawmakers pushing bills based on trump's election lie. they are urging democrats and congress to step up and pass a federal voting rights bill. a democrat rep speaking to msnbc news on her way to the airport earlier today. >> the house democrats here in texas decided enough was enough, you know? we came back in good faith once again trying to always be the bigger people. the republicans had their marching orders from the governor. it didn't matter what anyone said, they were going to pass this bill. i can tell you that so long as i'm the elected house rep for house district 100, it's going to be a fight till the end. >> it's going to be a fight till the

"the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> hi nicole. we begin with the testimonies of four officers attacked on january 6th. today is the day the official investigation hearing begins. if you have watched the news, you have seen much of the entry leading up to it. we are at the actual fact-finding, probing, what led to the insurrection and how it happened and what was president trump's role was? one officer made this striking comment about who sent the hit man. >> if a hit man is hired and he kills somebody, the hit man goes to jail, but not only does the hitman goes to jail, the person who hires them does. it was an attack on january 6th and a hitman sent them, i want you to get to the bottom of that. >> a hitman sent them. >> that's a legal statement there. it goes to the fact that in our system of laws, there is accountability above and beyond just the individual people who may carry out of that or beat someone or pull a trigger, those who went them. that mob was summoned directly by donald trump. the officers recounted their stories

"the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> welcome to "the beat," i am ari melber, we begin with breaking

thank you, michael. >> i am ari melber. speaker pelosi leading

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> thank you very much, i am ari melber.istration joining us later hour. we start with the quest for accountability for this capitol riot. one of donald trump's defender in congress who's not allowed in committee. he talked to trump on that faithful day. >> did you talk to the former president that day? >> i talked to t

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"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> hi nicole. i am ari melber. going to show you why it is new. the new york times has the goods. they have

welcome to "the beat," i am jason johnson in for ari melber. tonight over 50 texas democrats in washington, d.c. and facing the threat of arrest after leaving their home state, they left and block a voter suppression bill, back in austin, texas republicans today voting to arrest the democrats. this is some stuff that's going to chase them around the country. the sergeants at arms had to jurisdictions in d.c. >> we need congress to act now and pass the for the people act. texas democrats will use everything in our power to fight back but we need congress to act now. >> coming up, i will talk to one of those texas democrats, excuse me. today in philadelphia and what the white house bill as a major speech, biden ripping the voter suppression efforts in texas and beyond. >> we are facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. it is not hyperbole. >> the 21st century, jim crow assault is real. it is unrelenting. we'll challenge it vigorously. >> the big lie is just that. a big lie. have you no shame? >> no, i have no shame.

i'm jason johnson in for ari melber, really big show tonight.uss how he wants all americans to vax that thing up this summer. but we begin tonight with a new warning from the doj that donald trump is inflaming the same right wing lies and paranoia that led to the insurrection and new video showing

"the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> thank you very much. i am ari melber.t came late today of what he calls the pandemic for the unvaccinated. >> every federal government employee will be asked to attest their vaccination status. a mask is not a political statement, it is about protecting yourself and others. >> biden using his federal power to tighten vaccine participation instead of standards as

i'm jason johnson in for ari melber, really big show tonight. new details in the trump organization indictment and the legal pressure on trump's adult children. plus juvenile will be here to discuss how he wants all americans to vax that thing up this summer. but we begin tonight with a new warning from the doj that donald trump is inflaming the same right wing lies and paranoia that led to the insurrection and new video showing rioters dragging capitol police officers. this was released at the request of nbc and other organizations. i will warn you, it's hard to watch. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> that video comes as crews remove the fencing around the capitol erected following the attack. even as trump fuels the big lie fuelling conspiracy theories that spill over onto tv networks like fox. quote, trump continues to make false claims about the election and minimize the violent attack and television networks continue to carry and report on these claims. and here's tuck last night sympathizing with the insurrectionists. >> at some

going over the indictments, and now joining us is ken delainian, and also chief legal correspondent ari melber mcquaid. so, now as the indictments are unsealed, and we are getting the reports from the pool reporter and we understand that the lawyer for allen weisselberg are going over the indictments right now, and we have a sense that the hearing is moving along on schedule, and what should we be anticipating? >> we talked about how this is a lavish tax evasion scheme, but i am going to be looking for the aspects to this investigation that have not been mentioned as much in recent days, but we know that part of the manhattan d.a.'s investigation of hush money payments to women who alleged affairs with donald trump and other bank issues, and we don't know if this is charged today, but we know that these were lines of inquiry in the manhattan d.a.'s investigation, and so the question is arising, is that continuing or did the lines fade away, and we may not get an answer today, but that is what i am looking for, ayman? >> and as far as the timing, the court proceeding, and the arraignment is und

. >> we are a genius toddler, ari melber. thank you very much, my friend. you said fashion and so i'm fascinated by whatever that is about. thank you very much for being here this evening. we begin "the reidout" on our one-year anniversary with another day, another member of the disgraced, twice impeached former president's inner circle in trouble with the law. tom barrack, the former chair of the 2017 inaugural committee was arrested on charges of illegally lobbying the campaign and the trump administration on behalf of the united arab emirates and for failing to register as a foreign lobbyist. a seven-count indictment unsealed in a new york federal court today accuses barrack and two other individuals as acting and conspiring as agents of the uae between 2016 and 2018. the indictment alleges that barrack provided uae officials with sensitive nonpublic information about developments within the administration. barrack is also charged with counts of obstruction of justice and for lying to the fbi about his dealings with the emirates. barrack is a long-time f

supreme court as part of the 25th year anniversary watch tomorrow and you can find me online at ari melber and on social media. we will be send inout that piece on our socials tomorrow in addition to our regular broadcast. "the reidout" starts now. hi, joy. >> how doing? happy 25th birthday to msnbc. >> thank you, and to you. >> thank you. we begin "the reidout" tonight with good trouble in the fight against voter suppression. days after the one-year anniversary of the death of the late, great john lewis, a civil rights icon who spent his entire life fighting for human and civil rights, beaten as a young man marching for the rights of black americans across the south and across the country to vote and have that vote counted. now lewis's home state, georgia, is at the epicenter of the republican assault on voting rights. home to one of the nation's most draconian voter suppression laws, implemented after black and brown voters in georgia gave joe biden the presidency and democrats control of the united states senate. a lot of people were hailing lewis on this anniversary including arizona c

. >>> thanks for spending the hour with us, "the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> hey, ari. >> hey we'll be monitoring that. dr. fauci is here live, as covid rises and new varian posed challenges for the delta variant. >>> we begin with the insurrection. speaker pelosi scored a victory here. earlier this month was july 1st, pelosi made her selection for this important committee. some experienced investigators from within her party and some what unusual move to use democratic spots for a prominent and conservative republican liz cheney. pelosi was powered

we are grateful, "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. to ask you something you know a lot about which is government and accountability. we can do the narrow legal thing and that's what happens in the courtroom. what does it mean to you, what should it mean to america that this person gotten away so much is facing a type of broader accountability today? what does it mean?

big news now, "the beat" with ari melber is back in the chair. good show. >> i want to thank everyone for joining me. i am energized to be back for work. i want to thank jason johnson for filling in. this is an interesting day coming back working here in the newsroom. just before we began, this news broke that weisselberg is out . for the first time he's exiting his influential position which runs the trust that controls the money which gave him that outside

"the beat with ari melber" starts now. hi, ari. >> thank you. we have an important show tonight.tonight is starting to look a lot like last summer if you look around and pay attention. it's looking like other periods where america has been battling this rising covid problem, even when there are available solutions to

"the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> hi nicole.oday is the day the official investigation hearing begins. if you have watched the news, you have seen much of the entry leading up to it. we are at the actual fact-finding, probing,

"the beat" with ari melber starts with us now. >> hi, nicole.tarting yesterday afternoon. growing pressure and heat on allen weisselberg, the money man to talk and flip. now, there are many ways to count this up, there are

"the beat" with jason johnson in for ari melber starts now. >> good evening, i'm jason johnson.uppression bill. because of this protest of stopping the bill from passing and shining a light on the natural threat of voting rights, mainly threatening black voters in states across the country. at least 58 lawmakers pushing bills based on trump's election lie.

ari melber with the beat starts now. >> you told me that, making me think how do you spell dope. >> that'sfelon sentence today stemming from the january 6th insurrection in is one of first steps to what the doj says is key. pall hodge kins will be behind bars for

welcome to "the beat," i am jason johnson in for ari melber.ng the threat of arrest after leaving their home state, they left and block a voter suppression bill, back in austin, texas republicans today voting to arrest the democrats. this is some stuff that's going to chase them around the country. the sergeants at arms had to jurisdictions in d.c. >> we need congress to act now and pass the for the people act. texas democrats

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> we begin with president biden's historic move to reduces we have republican leaders literally building on what nicole was recorded on. the idea that donald trump busted all these legalities and

ari melber with "the beat" starts right now. >> so many m's, these hand offs getting richer and richernd money men, we are talking about brand new member, arrested for influencing and obstruction of justice. that makes this a legal double shot. prosecutors say tom