"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicolle. thanks so much. welcome to "the beat." i'm ari melber. it is good to be back with you. we're tracking several stories at this hour. donald trump just made his unusual appeal to the supreme court in the classified documents probe. i also have some important civil rights developments for you later tonight. our top story right now is how women's rights and abortion continue to upsend these midterms. it's a story that in politics tonight has two lanes. first, the growing mobilization of women and women's rights supporters eyeing the midterms as we have an election here that they say will be the chief way in the nation to oppose the overturning a roe, a dynamic you see on display here that already registered in the traditionally republican state of kansas. it's also an issue in many races around the nation. we are 35 days out from these midterms, and right now the scandal engulfing republican herschel walker in one race, but tells a similar story. he follows a report that states he has backed abortion in

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i am joined by ari melber, nicole reid, lawrence o'donnell. obviously, i would not have put it on my bingo card if i had to pick surprise action today, that it would be a subpoena for trump. i think i, like most, people thought that this was too late in the game for them to try. i thought they would have to go to a criminal referral. instead, they announced the subpoena, and did so with lots of reference to other legal factors here. what did you make of it nicole? >> i think the committee has been driven, since the beginning, of a true investigative principle. the politics are clear. democracy is the issue of all voters, and especially independents. it has political ramifications. i'm not saying they're separate from that, but they have been driven by the investigative theory of connecting the dots. abundantly, it is clear, they have tied the violence to a premeditated campaign of lies that trump knew, or lies to trump. it was the of -- >> we got that word, premeditated, several times. >> what they did, today, was wallpapered ten different lay

i'm ari melber with more on the fight to free this man who was in prison all those years for sellingcannabis is a multi-billion dollar industry for entrepreneurs, business people and even some former lawmakers who wrote the laws incarcerating these individuals. to advance our discussion, we're now joined by paul butler, a former federal prosecutor and civil rights advocate. and those two filmmakers we heard from haley elizabeth anderson and kyle thrash. your thoughts. thank you for making this enraging, eloquent cry that helps us understand why not a lot of us don't say "criminal justice system." we talked about a criminal legal system because what happened to mr. thompson was a travesty of injustices from the macro being sentenced to die in prison. in 2038, when he was supposed to get out, he would have been 90 years old. that's 20 years past the life expectancy for most black men. and of course when you're locked up, you go even quicker to the petty just dumb stuff like calling the parole board over and over. nobody is answering the telephone. mr. thompson has to do his laundry in

and nbc chief legal correspondent and host of "the beat" on msnbc, ari melber is with us as well.ve you all. >> former bureau chief in london, we have so much -- >> oh, no. >> uk finance minister, jeremy hutton, and courtesy of jonathan lemire, who sent this to me, meanwhile in the uk tab loilds, , they ask a question, lin truss with a head of lettuce, can liz truss outlast this lettuce. things are devolving quickly -- >> little eyes on it. >> pretty funny. >> exactly. >> it's very bad. >> it's very bad. it's very bad over here as well, because what we saw yesterday, there's a lot to be obviously very concerned about and -- but i want to talk about something that i think you'd be able to help us with, and that is you teach georgetown, you talk about not only domestic terrorism but also undermining american democracy. and i must say, there's so much to be concerned about from yesterday, but i really am haunted. we talked about it last hour. i'm really haunted by what the secret service new before january 6th and what they did not do. the fbi agents begged them to be prepared for th

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, thank you so much. i'm ari melber tonight we have a lot for you, including the justice department trying to get the supreme court itself, the highest court in the land, of course, to slap down donald trump as he tries to appeal in that mar-a-lago case. we have that for you. and michael cohen live on "the beat" tonight talking about how trump and others have tried to subvert justice and what matter rights now. i also have one of my special reports for you tonight. this one is about justice in america and rikers island. we have been working on this. it's our special report. we think it matters and by the end of the hour we will share that with you. but we begin with this battle for the control of congress right now. hear that music and you know we are into the season, the midterms. exactly one month away. early voting under way with issues like abortion and inflation driing people to the polls. many say democracy itself is on the ballot. we have special stuff planned. want to get right to it with michael

@ari melber, where you can connect with me. the "the reidout" is next. >>> tonight on "the reidout." >> family values, people, four kids, four different women. wasn't in the house raising one of them. he was out having sex with other women. do you care about family lives. lie after lie after lie, the abortion part drops yesterday, it's his handwriting on the card, they say he has receipts, he gets on twitter. he lies about it. >> his own son tells herschel walker to stop the lies after new allegations suggest serious hypocrisy on abortion and reveal the scam of the christian rights family values brand. >>> trump called the three justices, he picked my justices, he asked the supreme court to intervene on his classified documents, and i have two very special guests tonight, former attorney general eric holder joins me as the supreme court hears a case with major implications for what's left of the voting rights act, and john fetterman on his race for united states senate in pennsylvania. it is getting tighter and could decide whi

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> can we try -- i kopt hear. is nicolle there. can i hear her? she's gone. hi, everyone. welcome to "the beat." i'm ari melber, and we're going through some technical difficulties, but i think we're going to be okay. you can hear the music. that means we'red in midterms homestretch. tomorrow marks three weaks from election day. tonight there are some high stakes. marquee debates, stacy adams versus governor kemp. and j.d. vance will be facing off in ohio with tim ryan. everyone knows why these races matter, control of congress, the first election since the supreme court ended the right to choice, and the premise here is of course the votes will decide the outcome. i shouldn't have to say that, right? the reason i shouldn't have to say that is this is still a democracy. so here we are tonighted in midterms homestretch, and this is america. it's not like many other countries where you have authoritarians or december cots that make it clear they don't intend to follow any outcome except the one where they win. take

we are gratefulle "the beat" with ari melber start right now. >> thank you so much. welcome to "the beat." i'm ari melber. our top story is a midterm set of races that are now 33 days out. and while we have covered what the candidates are saying and doing and we'll continue to do that, the top story is what the president today says is democracy on the ballot itself. because some of these candidates are so anti-democracy at a time of rising authoritarianism, that's the story. here are the latest updated facts. we can tell you a majority of republican nominees, 299 are on record running to oversee the government and sometimes elections, but they deny the 2020 election results. if they are denying about the past while seeking power you can bet they will act on those lies in the future. you can see the quote here from "the washington post." they are running in every region of the country and nearly every state. over half, 174, are running for what are called safely republican seats, while another 51 are in tightly contested races. a sobering account from "the washington

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> hi. thank you so much. i am ari melber and -- ♪♪ whoop there it is. election day within three weeks. early voting has begun, including in new key states. and we begin with something special. i'm not going to hide the ball. i'm going to show you the two chairs. howard dean who ran the dnc. michael steele who ran the rnc. in our opinion, no two better people to walk us through and it, they are here right now. let me tell you the context. 2 million people cast ballots. when we say election day, it's like rhetoric. this is election month. early voting is showing records smashed in certain states. fluid dynamics. new polls show the house leaning slightly towards republicans, depending on what happens. democrats believe they are still in a strong position to hold the senate majority. and as we've told you, we cannot accurately cover 400 plus races at once. we will bring you the highlights, the context, the facts and the music. but i will show you some of the debate highlights that show how these issues -- guns, a

"the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> i am ari melber, we're tracking breaking news. donald trump just hit with a subpoena, and we have it. so the nation is now seeing very literally the written road map according to the january 6th committee to donald trump's coup culpability for the first time. in this new legally binding document cites evidence to show why trump must, they say, legally cooperate. setting deadlines for evidence, november 4th. deadlines for testifying, november 14th. and this new material puts trump at the center of the coup plot to overturn the election. the committee writing that he maliciously disseminated false allegations of voter fraud, corrupted the justice department, ran the effort to transmit false electoral certificates, that may yet yield more indictments. it's basically saying he committed crimes, and pressured pence to help the coup even though according to the committee, trump knew at the time in advance that the pence plot was illegal. and then of course summoning supporters who trump knew were armed, according to the committee's inve

i'm ari melber. tomorrow marks just two weeks out until these midterms. ♪♪ we got the music and the star. our leadoff hitter is none other than james carville here to make sense of it all. it is election month, and we say that because we're seeing this shift to longer voting windows is becoming a habit for many people. i'll give you one quick example. over 7 million people voted early. that number is up from the same point in the last midterms, 2018. but some people are making up their minds and locking in their votes even as candidates try to close the deal or make their case in these high stakes debates. >> dr. oz has never done one single issue towards crime. he uses it as a photo pop. he shows up and pretends to care. >> joe biden with the almost 100% support of senator masto have passed policies that are killing the american dream in las vegas. >> we have the best governor in the whole country. >> so you're a desantis fan. >> absolutely. i don't know anybody really that likes charlie. >> the fac

i'm ari melber. here is how you know we're in new territory in this year's midterm home stretch. look who it is. barack obama will be visiting, georgia, michigan, wisconsin, today adding nevada. the former president is the surrogate most in demand in his party right now, but there are other names who we know can galvanize crowds like this. you're looking at some of the large young and often diverse crowds that we saw gather for bernie sanders on his campaign trail. you see this is him out back on the presidential primary. i want to give you the context of why some democrats are excited about this announcement. when you look at crowds like that in so many parts of the country, bernie announced today he'll hit eight states for 19 events in this last stretch. the 81-year-old showing his stamina. meanwhile republicans siamak crow trends they think can matter far more than any surrogate or any big crowd. massive economic problems continue to top voters' minds. forecasts favor republicans in many races right now. 81% of voters prioritize the economy and rising prices here as their top

you can always hit me at ari melber. my question is, do you think people should be let out of these sentences if states are going to legalize and profit off marijuana? do you think that has to be part of the reform? as always, you can find me at ari melber or arimelber.com. "the reidout" with joy reid is up next. >>> tonight on "the reidout" -- >> this house and the speaker herself were specifically targets of the defendant. >> can you definitively say this was politically motivated? >> yes, it appears as those this was based on his statements and comments made in that house during his encounter with mr. pelosi that this was politically motivated. >> after years of targeting nancy pelosi with violent rhetoric and imagery, right wing republicans are resorting to vile conspiracy theories and what aboutism to try to downplay their role in the violent attack on her husband. plus, the right wing majority on the supreme court seems poised to dismantle yet another icon of 20th century progress. taking aim today at affirmative a

when it comes to the harpercollins edition afford their buy msnbc legal correspondent ari melber the. when it comes to the costs of printing these books is that the publishing houses are are paying the money to have a name forward written. they don't have to pay for the congressional report itself. yeah. well that's the how. and it's interesting that you bring up the paper situation because, again, if any of you were watchers of viewers probably aware that, you know, last there was a lot of problems with the book publishing supply chain was a paper shortage still going on now it's not as severe as it used to be. so i there was a little bit of concern about whether there'll be enough production capability and enough paper around to get these sort of interesting books done. but obviously that they found a way. and, you know, their determination to go ahead, do this, i think speaks volumes for the kind of interest they think there's going to be there. i mean, look at what i think the ratings that cnn and everybody else who's showing the showing of the hearings you know, they were very we

right now, though "the beat" with ari melber starts. hello, ari. >> hello, nicolle. nicolle was mentioning what's coming up. we've also got the music. why? because it's on. we are in the middle of early voting. the election now just 12 days ow. in a moment we'll be joined by two former obama campaign insiders with the scoop on what's really going down with obama himself hitting the campaign trail. here are the numbers. 14 million people have already turned out to cast early ballots. that outpaces the same turnout in 2018 by over-1 million votes. it's easy to forget because a lot happened become you 2018 was the first election after trump became president that was a huge, huge resistance mobilization, but we are above that. meanwhile, voters today also very concern about rising prices and inflation. the economy did grow last quarter, ending what was a nix month documented slump. is that what people are feeling? not yet. meanwhile, the candidates are out trying to make their closing arguments. >> by january i'm going to be feeling even better. [ cheers and applause ] b

our coverage continues on "the beat" with ari melber. hi, ari. >> hi, see you soon. >> yep, see you soon. >> this is a special edition of "the beat" as we follow with our experts assembled here tonight, some breaking news. the january 6th committee has subpoenaed donald trump today. using its final hearing to make this historic move, which paves a path to the first ever clash between donald trump and the congress over whether he will show up, speak under oath, tell the truth. that's our top story. tonight we will also be covering other breaking news coming out of the supreme court this afternoon. the supreme court rejecting donald trump's filing in that mar-a-lago stolen documents case. this ruling rebuffs trump's attempt to try to slow down any review of the classified documents, which the government says he stole, and this came out with no dissents, meaning no justice siding with or on behalf of donald trump's position nor his effort to involve the high court in what would be a standard review of stolen stuff. later tonight we'll report

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari, happy monday. >> welcome to "the beat," everyone. our top story begins with a midterm campaign ad as a republican senator talks about violence and crackheads. >> violent crime is surging in louisiana. woke leaders blame the police. if you hate cops just because they're cops, the next time you get in trouble, call a crackhead. >> next time you get in trouble, call a crackhead. we're going to get into this. we're in the midterm homestretch. what you see from senator kennedy is not actually an aberration at this point. many republicans are turning to fear tactics, tropes, racial references, and sometimes outright documented racism in this part of the final weeks of this campaign. some candidates are used in the past racial dog whistles. that's the tactic where you're signaling a type of racism to one audience while preserving your deniability. but lately the right wing relied on social sirens than any dual whistling. crime is up in america and that could be a valid issue for camp

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicolle. thanks so much.l stories at this hour. donald trump just made his unusual appeal to the supreme court in the classified documents probe. i also have some important civil rights developments for you later tonight. our top story right now is how women's rights and abortion continue to upsend these midterms. it's a story that in politics tonight has two lanes. first, the growing mobilization of women and women's rights supporters eyeing the midterms as we have an election here that they say will be the chief way in the nation to oppose the overturning a roe, a dynamic you see on display here that already registered in the traditionally republican s

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, thank you so much.elf, the highest court in the land, of course, to slap down donald trump as he tries to appeal in that mar-a-lago case. we have that for you. and michael cohen live on "the beat" tonight talking about how trump and others have tried to subvert justice and what matter rights now. i also have one of my special reports for you tonight. this one is about justice in america and rikers island. we have been working on this. it's our special report. we think it matters and by the end of the hour we will share that with you. but we begin with this battle for the control of congress right now. hear that music and you know we

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> can we try -- i kopt hear.we're going through some technical difficulties, but i think we're going to be okay. you can hear the music. that means we'red in midterms homestretch. tomorrow marks three weaks from election day. tonight there are some high stakes. marquee debates, stacy adams versus governor kemp. and j.d. vance will be facing

"the beat" with ari melber starts rite now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicolle. tonight marks two week out from election day. steve kornacki is here at the big board. we're tracking the critical night in pennsylvania, republican dr. oz facing off with fetterman in pennsylvania. pennsylvania is one of the few states that could decide who runs the united states senate. right now over five senate races are basically tide. polling showing no statistical difference between the candidates. democrats attacking the economy in some of their closing arguments they're trying to get ahead of what could be that push back, while republican campaigns seize on crime. "the new york times" reporting on that. and a lot more that we're watching for you tonight. >> after roe i've never lived in this type of era. >> you're the most anti-business governor i've ever seen. >> that's time. >> his running mate has said this in the past that teaching the united states was built on stolen land. that is inappropriate for our schools. it's not true. >> everything is so expensive now. >> guys l

i'm katie fang, in for ari melber. we begin with the disturbing, violent rhetoric that's surging on the far right about a quote civil war. "the new york times" reporting, talk of civil war ignited by the mar-a-lago search, is flaring online. that search happened on august 8th. just hours after trump made the search public, mentions of civil war on twitter spiked a whopping 3,000%. the times says similar spikes happened on facebook, reddit, parlor, gab, and truth social. of course, some trump allies are fanning the flames. at a campaign event in arizona, michael flynn talked about governors declaring war. >> states rights, did you know that a governor can declare war? a governor can declare war, okay? and we're going to probably see that. >> that comes after margorie taylor greene said this at a trump rally in michigan. >> i'm not going to mince words with you all. democrats won't republicans dead, and they've already started the killing. >> when joe biden gave a speech describing the "semi fascism" in the maga movement

i'm ari melber. our top story is a midterm set of races that are now 33 days out.cy on the ballot itself. because some of these candidates are so anti-democracy at a time of rising authoritarianism, that's the story. here are the latest updated facts. we can tell you a majority of republican nominees, 299 are on record running to oversee the government and sometimes elections, but they deny the

i am ari melber and we have a lot to get to.'s start with what everyone knows on the political calendar. we're eight days away from these midterm elections while there is a new and grave warning that comes from the domestic security agencies of the united states. friday the same day that the speaker of the house's husband was brutally attacked in his home a joint bulletin was issued. it warns of the elevated threat of violence including directed at people involved with the machinery of these midterm elections. the poll workers, election workers, as well as public officials or politicians. it states that "domestic violent extremists across the ideological spectrum pose what they call a heightened threat to the midterm elections. some continue to amplify narratives to the perception of fraud in the general election and varied perceptions of divisive topics linked to the midterms lead to calls for justified violence." you have a very carefully worded warning hear. these warnings are not designed to interfere with or be involved wit

. >>> good evening, i am ari melber. there is more footage from inside the insurrection. speaker pelosi is someone who has experience with many different aspects of government leadership. but boy, was this a test. and there's video from inside. it is real. it is authentic. it is striking. we should note as journalists, that it was not captured independently. it was captured by her daughter. you can factor that into the context because i always want you to know where we're getting what we show you. but no one is denying the authenticity, the vigor, the seriousness of these moments. house speaker pelosi and chuck schumer dealing with a physical security emergency. you have to remember, i'm about to show you one of the new pieces of footage. no one in that room knew what was going to happen. no one knew whether these calls were going to bring in the help that was urgently needed. or whether more people would be attacked, hurt, like some of those police officers who were tragically wounded. or whether politicians would start to be assassinated by donald trump's mob. here's ne

i'm ari melber.e music and the star. our leadoff hitter is none other than james carville here to make sense of it all. it is election month, and we say that because we're seeing this shift to longer voting windows is becoming a habit for many people. i'll give you one quick example. over

"the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> i am ari melber, we're tracking breaking news.ion is now seeing very literally the written road map according to the january 6th committee to donald trump's coup

the beat with ari melber starts right now. >> we will cue it. we're now really 13 days outside these mid-terms. control of congress clearly hangs in the balance. we're in the homestretch, people fighting for the votes and have this record breaking early turnout. what does it mean? we're going to go to one of the national experts who's been exactly in this position 13 days out. michael steele, look around left, right, center. he's here in one second. michael stands by. over 12 million people have now voted. that smashes the turnout totals at this point in 2018, which was the first election since trump became president. you remember how energized people were then. i can only tell you what's happening as it happens. i can't predict. but right now as of tonight we're seeing huge intensity in these mid-terms. we're also seeing reaction in isthese big debates, pennsylvania senate, new questions for fetterman and the democrats, and dr. oz going at something that will be tested in this election. where do these politicians stand on your personal choices,

>>> this doesn't happen very often around here buck the great ari melber is dealing with some technical issues so you get a couple more minutes of me, and i am thrilled to get to show you more of this conversation with rosie perez. she talked about her childhood trauma, about grappling with ptsd and also talked about something my colleague rachel maddow and i talked about last night, and that is the mental stress and pain of what happens in the news. here she is talking about the dobbs decision. >> whey thought about were all the children that could potentially come into this world that will be unwanted, unloved, and abused. there's such a greater -- you know, it's such a great sin to do that to a child, because when a parent doesn't want a child, the child knows it. i knew it. i knew it. and i just think about all of that, and it breaks my heart. i even called -- i even called one of my sisters, i call her, from the children's home when that decision came down. and i was like, oh, my god, all those kids. all those kids that are going to come to this earth unwanted, unloved, and pushed

i'm katie fang in for ari melber. we begin with a reminder of the violent threats facing our country's political leaders. paul pelosi, husband of house speaker nancy pelosi was violent aassaulted in his san francisco home with the assailant reportedly shouting, quote, where is nancy? mr. pelosi, aged 82, was home alone. police say the attacker struck him multiple times in the head with a hammer. he had a successful surgery for a skull fracture, according to the speaker's office. and doctors expect a full recovery. the united states capitol police say nancy pelosi was in d.c. at the time of the attack guarded by security, as she is at all times. a pelosi family member telling nbc news the suspect was trying to tie up paul, quote, until nancy got home. it was when the suspect wasn't looking that paul called 911. when the police came, the suspect said, quote, we are waiting for nancy. sources identified the suspect as a 42-year-old berkeley resident. there were posts where he posted right wing conspiracy theories about t

"the beat" with katie phang in for ari melber starts right now. hi, katie. >> hi, nicole. thank you so much. i appreciate it. welcome to "the beat." we start with newly enflamed fears of political violence just over a month before the midterms. donald trump unleashing violent and racist attacks on his perceived political opponents. trump writing mitch mcconnell as a, quote, death wish, because he negotiated a government funding deal with democrats. trump also going after mcconnell's wife, elaine chao, saying quote, must immediately seek help and advise from his china loving wife coco chao. "the wall street journal's" editorial board condemning trump, saying it's all too easy to see trump taking trump literally and attempting to kill mr. mcconnell. mcconnell himself has not publicly responded but watch gop leader rick scott repeatedly dodge when pressed about donald trump. >> you're a member of the senate gop leadership. are you okay with this? >> well, look, i can never talk about -- respond to why anybody else says what they say. >> the language is what i'm talking about.

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"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. at," everyone. our top story begins with a midterm campaign ad as a republican senator talks about violence and crackheads. >> violent crime is surging in louisiana. woke leaders blame the police. if you hate cops just because they're cops, the next time you get in trouble, call a crackhead.

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. happy friday. >> thank you so much.eaction now pouring in as president biden pardons all federal marijuana possession crimes. unburdening thousands of people of the criminal records that they were carrying and the associated setbacks of that history. >> i'm announcing a pardon for all prior federal offenses for the simple possession of marijuana. >> i thought it was monumental. >> there are thousands people that are convicted for marijuana possession who may be denied employment, housing or educational opportunities as a result of that conviction. my pardon will remove this burden on them. >> it starts with marijuana but where does it go from there. >> i'm asking the secretary of health and human sfrss an the attorneys from the state of process to review how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. >> i think it is a great decision. it is a smart move.

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"the beat" with katie phang in for ari melber starts right now. hi, katie. >> hi, nicole.. donald trump unleashing violent and racist attacks on his perceived political opponents. trump writing mitch mcconnell as a, quote, death wish, because he negotiated a government funding deal with democrats. trump also going after mcconnell's wife, elaine chao, saying quote, must

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melber billy porter on youtube. if you're looking for me, you can always connect with me at ari meler or go to arimelber.com. so mavericks, me, or just keep it locked on msnbc because "the reidout" starts now. >>> tonight on "the reidout" -- >> we were getting ready for a big celebration. we were winning everything, and all of a sudden, it was just called off. so we'll be going to the u.s. supreme court. we want all voting to stop. we don't want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning and add them to the list. >> that, of course, was donald trump on election night, calling for the nullification of mail-in ballots. that was part of the plot to overturn the election. and now, text messages have surfaced from former georgia senator kelly loeffler revealing even more details of that plot. >> plus, the phony republican narrative that abortion rights is fading as an issue. they're gaslighting women about what's at stake in the midterms and tonight's democracy defender is taking on the powerful maga forces in arizona. who want to control how votes are cast and counted, as the threat of violence increases ag