i'm ari melber. we are tracking news on the prosecution of donald trump with the development that doj seeking a january trial date for the coup case. proposing to start the year with the trial. just weeks out from the gop primary, the first one, a plan that may concern trump and the republican party. now, a judge will make that final call, but this is the frame work for our special report, which begins right now. the trump coup and insurrection were some of the greatest attacks on democracy in u.s. history, yet it can be easy to forget that all the horror, reaction, discussion, and coverage, for all the trials of people that stormed the capitol and the convictions of seditionists there was no coup probe of indictment for years. the man who led the january 6th rally, impeached for inciting an insurrection, that man, two years after those events, the person at the center of it all was not facing a serious coup probe let alone charges. reporting shows quite the opposite. not only was he not facing that,

findahandspecialist.com. >>> we are back for more legal analysis on this historic arraignment day with msnbc's own ari melberi, i was just speaking with the former trump defense lawyer tim parlatore. the thing that struck me was this notion he believes the trial it's without debate in his eyes that a federal trial will take much, much longer than i think most of public believes it will. and he pegged it as 15 months from now and that was a reasonable time line for this trial to begin. do you think that is wishful thinking on the part of someone who used to be part of trump's defense team or is there some accuracy there? >> yeah, i think it's wishful thinking and a stretch and i don't think he's going to get the judge to agree on setting that trial date. i thought it was a newsworthy interview on a night like this. that said, i don't think everything that he claimed tracks. i was a little bit reminded of in "wedding crashers" where the guy is giving a toast and it's going left, that would be trump. and then tim parlatore grabs the mic. i think what he's trying to say is love is beautiful, love endures. >> i t

"the beat" with my colleague ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, noik coalle. there's something i have been meaning to mention to you. i choose tonight's booking night to mention it. as you probably know, rico is so well known in the movies, mobster films, music, drake famously said, everyone's home for the summer, so let's not do nothing illegal, or we might just get hit with the rico. and i have been thinking about it. here we are in the summer and there's a lot of rico bookings this week. i know you got to go and i'm going to see you in roughly an hour, but i wanted to share that with you and give you thoughts for what might be the biggest booking yet. >> i invoked you in the first hour of my show, or second hour, when he told me donald trump switched lawyers in georgia from cardi b.'s lawyer to usher's lawyer, and i said, where is ari melber when you need him? i'm sure there's some journey analysis when you go from the lawyer who helped cardi b. to the lawyer that helped usher. >> you're so right. georgia and atlanta have a rich history, some go through the

ari melber, thank you my friend for playing troubled triple duty this evening.when we come back, hot indictment summer. not yet over. an investigation in georgia is heating up, and one prosecutor says she is ready to go. and ready to decide if donald trump is going to face a fourth set of charges. >> i took a oath. the oath requires that i follow the law that is someone broke the law in fulton county, georgia, i have a duty to prosecute. that's exactly what i plan to do. just between us, you know what's better than mopping? anything! ugh. well, i switched to swiffer wetjet, and it's awesome. it's an all-in-one, that absorbs dirt and grime deep inside. and it helps prevent streaks and haze. wetjet is so worth it. love it, or your money back. type 2 diabetes? discover the ozempic® tri-zone. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart

"the beat" with ari melber continues. sel jack smith, we are expecting those in a few minutes. ari? >> eamon, good to be with you on this breaking news day. thank you for your coverage. welcome to "the beat." i'm ari melber. as discussed we are awaiting jack smith here who will speak on the breaking news of donald trump indicted in the election probe. special counsel jack smith has charged donald trump now on four counts, conspiracy to defraud the u.s., conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding obstruction and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. those are four different crimes that donald trump has now been indict on. this is a huge and significant development. if you've heard about legal issues with donald trump before, if you've heard about him being indicted before, this is the

"the beat" with ari melber continues. first comments from special counsel jack smith, we are expecting those in a few minutes. ari? >> eamon, good to be with you on this breaking news day. thank you for your coverage. welcome to "the beat." i'm ari melber. as discussed we are awaiting jack smith here who will speak on the breaking news of donald trump indicted in the election probe. special counsel jack smith has charged donald trump now on four counts, conspiracy to defraud the u.s., conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding obstruction and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. those are four different crimes that donald trump has now been indict on. this is a huge and significant development. if you've heard about legal issues with donald trump before, if you've heard about him being indicted before, this is the large interest most significant federal indictment of donald trump ever. this is in a way that we'll document more significantly than the legal headaches he already has. th

i'm ari melber. tonight we have a special report on a story that we broke and we have been bringing you updates on -- a report on the meaning of these roger stone tapes, why they go out more widely than just his own criminal exposure, and in writing a response from him tonight. he's not on the program, but he wrote a response to what we broke last night. i will share that with you as well as the hour continues. we begin with major news involving the georgia case against donald trump's many indicted coconspirators. because we are seeing the wheels of justice turn, and if you have been living through this in america and you've followed, say, the case in new york, which is mostly about donald trump's business history, and perhaps some of his potential campaign finance shenanigans or the case in federal courts in washington, which involve donald trump and one or two other people, well, now we're seeing the wheels of justice grind in a very different way. it is, and i say this with all seriousness, not ne

video, you saw some of it or want to see it again, we're going to be posting it on "the beat" with ari melber social accounts or youtube. go to msnbc.com/ari where you can see that newly obtained roger stone video in full. we'll be right back. nfl sunday ticket. (josh allen) it's not your best plan. but you know what is? myplan from verizon. (vo) for a limited time get nfl sunday ticket from youtubetv on us. a $449 value. plus, get a free samsung galaxy z flip5. only on verizon. after advil dual action back pain... yo! uh! ha! ha! [dog bark] what? my back feels better. before advil... new advil dual action back pain fights back pain two ways. for 8 hours of relief. meet the future. a chef. a designer. and, ooh, an engineer. all learning to save and spend their money with chase. the chef's cooking up firsts with her new debit card. hungry? -uhuh. the designer's eyeing sequins. uh no plaid. while mom is eyeing his spending. nice. and the engineer? she's taking control with her own account for college. three futures, all with chase. freedom for kids. control for parents. one bank for both. chase

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hey, ari. >> hey, alicia, thank you so much. welcome to "the beat." i'm ari melber. we have a lot in tonight's show. we begin with the case by jack smith building against donald trump. amidst the smith case i need to tell you up top, up front about something quite serious and we'll go through it with great precision. there's a new threat that led the fbi to shooting and killing a man in utah. this was hours ahead of biden's scheduled visit to that state. the agents executed a search warrant for a suspect who had been caught making threats against the president, which itself can be a federal crime, as well as -- and this connects to the wider environment we're in right now as well as the d.a. of manhattan, alvin bragg. i want to give you one piece of context here. that's an individual at a law enforcement level who's not been nationally famous. indeed, most people around the country following the show in utah, for example, wouldn't be able to name the random d.a.s in random cities. yet, this is the d.a. that donald trump has been

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi again, ari. >> hi again, nicolle. hang with me again for a minute. i know you're working late, but so am i. i just wanted to ask you, we lived through it today, and we have this saying at the passover, the seder, why is this night different from other nights? and basically i was curious how you felt about it the other night. we've all gone through the indictment and arraignment process several times. did feel to me partly because we were discussing because we could see so much. >> first of all, hats off to you. i was on three sets yesterday. i think you were on even more, helming even more hours. >> thank you. >> what's so extraordinary about the georgia case is for a lot of these we need translators, former prosecutors. what fani willis charged was the clearest thing we all saw with our own eyes. and i had this conversation in the 8:00 hour. what trump told his voters his first year as president in 2017 from a podium was don't believe what you see, don't believe what you hear, only believe me. and what fani willis in

"the beat" with ari melber air never before seen footage last night of trump ally roger stone dictating an outline of that plot to his assistant that was then supposed to be sent to a group chat on the signal app that was recorded by the danish filmmaker who is making a documentary about stone. you might remember this from a year or so back. here's a part of that video. >> the final decision as to who the state legislatures authorize be sent to the electoral college is a decision made solely by the legislature. we must be prepared to lobby our republican legislatures. >> the filmmaker says that clip was recorded on november 5, 2020, which was two days before joe biden was officially declared the winner of the election. did seem, though, he was well on his way of doing so. it was also a munch before trump lawyer ken chesebro outlined that very plot. stone's representatives declined to comment on the story when reached by msnbc. >>> still ahead here on "way too early," we'll bring you the very latest on the wildfires in hawaii as the death toll climbs and recovery efforts continue across

we have not seen the likes of an ari melber in the news media space.cating you culturally, and also reaching the depth of seriousness and journalistic integrity that we all deserve. >> you're very kind, very kind. and this is why -- this is why you can only be in so many newsrooms. we need to be around musicians pause then you get the energy up. they call it the hype man in hip-hop, the band leader, whatever you want to call it, you get the energy up. let's take it to world music radio. tell us about the new album. >> it took ten years, not 11 or 12 years to get to this. but i just couldn't do this until we had the support and the success that's allowed for this record to happen. it's an expansive global popular music album. and it really is a concept record. you're guided through the album. >> what's the concept? >> you're guided through by a character that i play named billy bob. billy bob bobob. he's a traveling interstellar grillo. >> billy bob bobob. >> that's right, b4. b4 is taking you through this expansive radio broadcast, a supernatural radio

i am ari melber. new developments, including the suspicious claim by trump's defense later in a new coup case. >> we didn't do is send in the tanks. >> send in the tanks, yeah. we'll get to that news in a moment. >>> first, as we mark the end of this historic week in america tonight that brought defendant donald trump's third arraignment this year -- just think about this as we start the hour. the new york case on his finances, which may not even bring jail time if convicted. then there was the more serious federal espionage case brought by special counsel jack smith. and then thursday's arraignment on the most grave case of all, this new indictment and arraignment for donald trump, the defendant, over his failed effort to overthrow democracy. we begin there tonight because we have a special for you tonight. it's called "indicted: the coup conspiracy." a detailed look into trump's failed coup plot with new reporting and context from that detailed speaking indictment this week. if you've been following

ari melber where use his legal expertise to detect the various cases against the ex president and whatng legal battles. he'll be joined by msnbc legal analysts and federal and veteran federal prosecutors andrew weissmann and mary mccord who will offer their insights into how his prosecutors might build their cases. watch prosecuting donald trump, sunday at 10:00 pm eastern on msnbc. we will also be streaming on peacock. thank you for making time for us tonight. make sure to catch us back here tomorrow at nine pm eastern. on msnbc. i'll be speaking with arizona secretary of state adrian fontes about new threats of election interference from republicans, and how to fight it ahead of the 2024 races. until then, i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york, have a good night. have a good night ed with h-i-v, i didn't know who i would be. but here i am... being me. keep being you... and ask your healthcare provider about the number one prescribed h-i-v treatment, biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in many people whether you're 18 or 80. with one small pill, b

you can always find me online at ari melber. tell me, who did we miss?with joy reid starts now. >>> tonight on "the reidout" -- >>> we are not going to have a justice system in this country where the political left is immunized for any crime, while the political right is framed and incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. >> maga world still showing no contrition for the alleged crimes of their master. in fact, they're doubling and triple down on the election lies that made trump an accused felon. >>> also tonight, the rise and

. >> i want to dig into what these co-conspirators could mean with-ary melber and our msnbc correspondenty greenberg is still here. that was dave kelly with you last night. we watched rudy giuliani openly doing what he did after the election. maybe most famously tell four seasons landscaping where he was outside in that press conference. it was arguments he would hold on to for months. did this indictment tell us anything we didn't know about his role, first of all? or about any opportunity jack smith might see to indict him down the road? >> well, it's a great question. i would say it does not add a ton of information about many of the new co-conspirators, it was laid out by the january 6th committee, by journal journalis. and as to whether or not they charge him, everyone has just got a crash course in law school on procedure, because we've seen the same case against the same defendant, donald trump and those co-conspirators were charged. going into court getting their arraignment. tomorrow, one person goes in, donald trump, no co-conspirators. whether that's a strategy for speed, as yo

indictment ari melber is hosting this eric will use his legal expertise to dissect the various casese next for trump's legal battles. he'll be joined by legal analyst and federal former prosecutor andrew weissmann and a. court watch prosecuting donald trump right here in a moment an msnbc. it's of course streaming on peacock. thank you for making time for us. make sure to catch ayman and you see back here son is it it, and tiktok at eamonn as aim in msnbc. until we meet again i am ayman mohyeldin in new york. prosecuting donald trump begins right now. have a good night. donaldwhen it welcome to msnbc special prosecuting donald trump at this pivotal extraordinary moment of the trials of the former president, current candidate and defend donald trump. i'm ari melber and our aim is to go beyond the daily headlines a look at the stakes, criminal justice priorities of these unprecedented cases. to do that, i'm joined by doj

the reasons we don't yet know. >> ari melber who we'll see a lot for the rest of the afternoon and intoahead, will former president trump see more record-breaking fund-raising numbers in the wake of this indictment? you're watching special coverage of the indictment of donald trump right here on msnbc. (♪♪) astepro allergy, steroid free allergy relief that starts working in 30 minutes, while other allergy sprays take hours. with astepro's unbeatably fast allergy relief you can astepro and go! ♪ tourists tourists that turn into scientists. tourists taking photos that are analyzed by ai. so researchers can help life underwater flourish. - you like that bone? i got a great price on it. - did you see my tail when that chewy box showed up? - oh, i saw it. - my tail goes bonkers for treats at great prices. sorry about the vase. - [announcer] save more on what they love with everyday great prices at chewy. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ what do we always say, son? liberty mutual customizes your car insurance... so you only pay for what you need. that's my boy. now you get out there, and you make us proud

i'm ari melber and our aim is to go beyond the daily headlines a look at the stakes, criminal justice priorities of these unprecedented cases. to do that, i'm joined by doj veteran former mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, seem right there back at work andrew weissmann. we are teeing off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord who is also with us tonight. that is right here on your screen prosecuting donald trump. before we get in any further, i want to begin with an open question to you that i think is on a lot of people's minds in all fairness, can defended trump get a fair trial with these primaries approaching? >> great question. i would broaden that question out. i would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial? the answer to that is yes, that is going to put a lot of pressure on the judge in the d.c. case, in the florida case, in the manhattan case. it's remarkable that we're talking about three separate criminal cases and maybe even another one. but it's important to know that both sides are need her entitle to a fair tru

but ari melber has blessed it and now it is a legal term. ask anybody. they'll tell you. thank you, ari. >> see you later, joy. >> and we do continue to follow the breaking news tonight that donald trump has received indictment number three, courtesy of the d.c. grand jury investigating his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and let us just be clear, this is an historic moment in this country. never has a president of the united states refused to relinquish power until trump. never has a former president come up with a conspiracy that involves having their vice president overturn the will of the people through the use of fake electors until trump. never has a former president incited an insurrection with armed extremists to storm the u.s. capitol until trump. and no u.s. president has ever been indicted before trump. and again for trump, this is indictment number three. and in many ways, it is the most historically significant one because it's not just about his personal conduct. it is about us, our democracy. and now to the substance. donald trump has been charged wit

i'm ari melber capping off a big week on "the beat."e fun stuff by the end of the hour. i invite you to spend this hour with us. several developing stories out of the doj and a breakdown tonight on the road to trump's indictments and where we go from here. we have a lot cooking. i'll also mention we have something about obama's theme music as well. >>> we begin with this striking day in court. the first hearing before the federal judge overseeing trump's coup trial occurred today. so yes, there's been a lot of news developments. there was back and forth about the evidence. rachel and i were discussing there was going to be an evidence clash. today it went to court and the judge gave defendant trump very blunt warnings about h

i am ari melber.ump's defense later in a new coup case. >> we didn't do is send in the tanks. >> send in the tanks, yeah. we'll get to that news in a moment. >>> first, as we mark the end of this historic week in america tonight that brought defendant donald trump's third arraignment this year -- just think about this as we start the hour. the new york case on his finances, which may not even bring jail time if convicted. then there was the more serious federal

coverage of donald trump's third and counting arraignment continues now on "the beat" with our friend ari melber. hello, again, ari. >> hello, again, rachelle it was really something to sit and watch you realtime take us through this. this was a historic day, and so thank you for that, and good to be with you. >> couldn't do it without you my friend. good luck. >> thank you. our this can to rachel and the whole team. our special coverage of this arraignment of donald trump continues on this edition of "the beat." we have new details on what just happened in federal court and what was different about this arraignment. there were specific things we just learned. as we have been discussing with rachel and our colleagues. there's also news on what kind of trial clash we are going to see. we learned the next hearing date. we learned signals on the legal fight to come. so we're going to do it the way we try to do it around here, which is with the facts and details first, and then we'll discuss them together. today's proceeding began around 4:15 p.m. eastern. defendant trump was seated with his lawyers

xt >> tonight we have new footage, courtesy of our colleagues at the beat with ari melber. showing one of donald trump's oldest advisers dictating a plan to steal the election. before the presidential race had a been called. we're going to play that for you in a bit. but first it is worth remembering exactly who that advisor is and what role he played in the attempted coup. i'll tell you about longtime republican operative roger stone, self-described dirty trickster, a man with nixon tattooed on his back. stone's name has not come up much recently. surprisingly he does not appear in either of the election related indictments of the ex president. he has been a key figure in donald trump's biggest plots. ahead of the 2016 election roger stone was a go between for trump world and those seek to disseminate the illegally stolen emails. stone admitted he had direct contract with contact with julian assange and wikileaks, which published the lakes he had hacked from democrats. >> i have communicated with assange. i believe the next tranche of documents pertain to the clinton found

among our guests -- "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. u. appreciate it. >>> welcome to "the beat." i'm ari melber. we're tracking the push for streedy trials for donald trump and his codefendants. new today, trump's rico prosecutor in the atlanta case, d.a. willis formally moving to fast track all of the 19 defendants in that racketeering case. so after the judge scheduled october 23rd for this gentleman you see in his mug shot, former trump lawyer ken cheseboro, the new motion pushes to judge to go past other defendants. asking the court to set aside that lee way for other defendants saying those deadlines do not apply to other codefendants. now, if you want to translate that, it is legal speak for saying, if the d.a. wins this effort, the fast deadlines will apply to everyone. that prospect has trump's current lawyers concerned, which we know, because just yesterday they were in federal court with jack smith emphatically arguing that a fast trial would become an unfair show trial,

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hey, ari. >> hey, alicia, thank you so much.how. we begin with the case by jack smith building against donald trump. amidst the smith case i need to tell you up top, up front about something quite serious and we'll go through it with great precision. there's a new threat that led the fbi to shooting and killing a man in utah. this was hours ahead of biden's scheduled visit to that state. the agents executed a search warrant for a suspect who had been caught making threats against the president, which itself can be a federal crime, as well as -- and this connects to the wider environment we're in right now as

i'm ari melber.velopment that doj seeking a january trial date for the coup case. proposing to start the year with the trial. just weeks out from the gop primary, the first one, a plan that may concern trump and the republican party. now, a judge will make that final call, but this is the frame work for our special report, which begins right now. the trumpp

>>> i'm ari melber. it is 7:00 p.m. on the east coast. welcome back to our live continuing coverage of the trump indictments. we have been looking at these new charges of defendant trump. i have a breakdown of why the rico case is so strong. if you happened to be watching earlier, this continues with new information, some of what we raised. if you're joining us for the first time, you're going to get the conclusion of this special report followed by our special legal experts tonight. we're discussing rico is a powerful charge because it is so broad. it is one of the broadest laws in the nation, the way georgia uses it, as "the washington post" explains, because prosecutors can weave together alleged crimes, violations of state and federal laws, activities in other states, the law as this d.a. knows well, does not require a defendant to set foot in georgia to be charged. why? because rico is that broad, you do need, of course, something to happen in the state, in georgia, but you could be a person who stayed out of state. maybe you're a bu

"the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> hi, nicolle. we are covering more than one topic tonight, including the story coming out of this tropical storm idalia. we have to latest on that and what is being estimated as this damage in florida. this storm has barrelled toward the carolinas. we are going to be on that and give you the information you need over the course of this news hour. also later tonight, we have a new special report on trump adviser roger stone. an infamous dirty trickster and his decades long relationship, how that's not only culminated with the new tapes tonight. that's one of the special reports we work on around here. that's coming up if you want to stay with me. as for the top story tonight it is another win in accountability, a new defeat for one of donald trump's closest indicted aides. today a federal judge in washington ruling giuliani, trump lawyer giuliani defamed two georgia election workers with lies with legally false claims. that's a legal determination. he did that on his way to trying to get the electio

tacopina went on msnbc yesterday, and things got a little spicy when host ari melber played video frome ex-president clearly lying to reporters about the hush money. >> did you know about the $130,000? >> no. >> then why did michael cohen say this? >> you have to ask michael. michael is my attorney, and you have to ask him. >> ari, a lie is material under oath in a proceeding. >> doesn't count unless it's in court! that's in the constitution. okay, i just lied about that, but we're not in court, so it doesn't count! and since there's no judge here, i'm not the one who clogged the toilet in our men's room." then... tacopina. tacopina. tacopina. then tacopina did what you should always do when someone brings the receipts. try to grab te receipts. >> that's not a lie. >> that's not a lie? >> here's why it's not a lie. >> that's not a lie? >> here's why it's not a lie. >> did you know about this? did you know about this? >> put the paper down. we don't need that. >> stephen: he tried to grab the evidence! i'd like to see this guy in court. "judge, judge, shut up for a second! gimme that!"

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> see you at 11:00. >> gang's getting together at 11:00. it's late for us. >> get the popcorn. i'll see you there. right now we're following breaking news out of the trump rico case. rudy giuliani's mug shot. here it is. from a rico prosecutor to a rico defendant, from america's mayor to what you see on your screen, and we're going to leave it up so you can take it in tonight, because this is new, this is a legal precedent, this is a rarity. you can see defendant giuliani looking fairly stern. this is a new mug shot we got today. he was released on $150,000 bond. the d.a., fani willis, charged giuliani with 13 counts that includes rico, false statements, solicitation of a violation of oath and the pierce to commit forgery. what we're seeing tonight, and we're going to go through it together with our experts, marks the ultimate visualization as well as a defenestration of r.j. r.j. we're looking at the scene outside the jail where he, under likely rejecting advice of council or what would be the advice, speaking out publicly. he was booked

i'm jason johnson in for ari melber. we start today with legal news out of georgia. donald trump pleading not guilty in the georgia rico case. his attorneys noting he will not appear in person for the scheduled arraignment last week. it's a sign trump did not enjoy getting his mugshot taken and does not want to visit to georgia unless he has to, presumely when he goes on trial. trump revealed how he felt about it after he got booked. >> terrible experience. i came in, i was treated very nicely. it is what it is. i took a mugshot. which i never heard the words mugshot. they didn't teach me that at the wharton school of finance. went through an experience today i never thould i'd have to. >> the arraignment for trump's codefendants is set for next wednesday, september 6th trump filing a motion to sever his case from the other defendants. the lawyers saying he won't have enough time to prepare for the october 23rd trial date, which was set after his former lawyer asked for a speedy trial. three of trump's codefendants pleaded not guilty and waved their appearance. to da

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> hey, alicia, thank you so much. welcome to "the beat." we have a lot tonight, including one of the special reports we have been working on. this one is about how donald trump sealed his own fate and played himself. we're going to get from that to the greek tragedy oedipus rex by the middle of the hour and i promise i'll trike to make it make sense. that's coming up. but we begin with the news about the ongoing special counsel probe. jack smith is working ahead with these probes, these investigations, other investigative techniques, even as he prepares for what we expect to be two trump trials. a grand jury reconveing today, the panel that returned an indictment for trump against the coup. and this comes after investigators interviewed someone i've spoken to about criminal justice reform before, a machine who's been in and out of a lot of stories here. bernie carrick facing questions about the efforts to capitalize on the big efforts after election day, including a kind of grift and questions of wire fraud. jack myth

i'm jason johnson in for ari melber. a brand-new revelation dropping today involving a key architect of trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is a legitimate breakthrough. across multiple investigations into the coup efforts, across multiple indictments for those efforts, there was never reporting putting any of the masterminds directly on the capitol grounds during the day of the insurrection. until now. today photos and videos emerging that appear to place an architect of the fake elector plot, kenneth chesebro, in a restricted area outside the capital on january 6th. cnn breaking this, "new york times" reporting on it. chesebro named an unindicted coconspirator by special counsel jack smith charged with seven counts of conspiracy. here it is, everybody. this video from outside the capitol on january 6th that appears to be chesebro on your screen in a red maga hat and dark jacket. he's captured in several clips along with infowars host and fake tan enthusiast alex jones. some of the photos and videos, quo

you can always find me online at ari melber. tell me, who did we miss? who should we interview for a future mavericks? we'll read them. "the reidout" with joy reid starts now. >>> tonight on "the reidout" -- >>> we are not going to have a justice system in this country where the political left is immunized for any crime, while the political right is framed and incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. >> maga world still showing no contrition for the alleged crimes of their master. in fact, they're doubling and triple down on the election lies that made trump an accused felon. >>> also tonight, the rise and steep humiliating fall of trump co-defendant rudy giuliani. the title america's mayor was always mostly a myth. and now, reports say he's begging trump for help to pay his mounting legal bills. >>> plus, president biden is touring the devastation left by the deadly maui wildfires. as the search continues for hundreds of people who are still missing. >>> but we begin tonight with a manhunt for a man named christopher woral. he's a florida proud boy

joining us now are stephanie ruhle, and chris hayes, and alex wagner, and ari melber, also joy reid, and jenn psaki are joining us from washington. jenn, let me start with you because you have not been part of our discussions, at least while i have been here this evening. alex wagner raised a good point earlier on, which is at the timeline is going to line right up with the presidential election process and the campaign. you know, these claims are going to be tested in court but they are also going to be tested in the court of politics. i know that president biden went to a movie tonight and isn't commenting, and i have to ask, what do you think this does to the campaign? >> the first thing is, we don't know yet, because this is going to have to play out in the public, whether this is seeing some of the trial, reporting on some of the trial, or all the events that are going to happen between now in november 2024. what we do know is while we've seen in recent polls, including the new york times siena poll, this is startling to me, 22% of respondents who thought that trump had done som

. >> lisa, i also want to ask you about my colleague ari melber's exclusive clip, he played it from a documentary on roger stone, and it shows stone discussing the fake elector plot just two days after the 2020 election. here it is. >> any legislative body may decide on the basis of overwhelming evidence of fraud to send electors to the electoral college who accurately reflect the president's legitimate victory in their state, which was illegally denied him through fraud. >> it's a lot of ifs that were not true. so, look, when that was being dictated, the race wouldn't even be called for biden for several more days, so he's discussing this plot when trump isn't evenly the loser. is it helpful to prosecutors in any way, particularly obviously related to the fake elector scheme. >> it is helpful to prosecutors, and one of the reasons it's helpful to prosecutors, is it's not the only time on that day, november 5th, 2020, that someone in trump's orbit was talking about the fake elector scheme. we look at that and say, oh, my god, the election hadn't been decided and they were already talk

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> i'm going to let you leave, not hold you over as we sometimes do in the tosses. but i will see fact check true as to your word "extraordinary". >> right? right? have a good show. >> have a good weekend. thanks nicolle wallace. >>> welcome to "the beat." we begin with the visual news that most americans, most news viewers, most people with an internet connection have now seen. you're looking at it. maybe you've absorbed it. maybe you've discussed it. unlike so many facts and stories and developments in our modern life, this is something we are all seeing together. it's an image we've seen, and americans have seen it, i would argue, based on the information we have, even if many typically use different sources for media and information and have different ideas about what the big story of the day is or what they've heard or what's important. this unprecedented mug shot of the indicted former president, legally presumed innocent, has pierced the filters and polarized experiences of our area. just about everyone, i think, has seen what is now an inde

. >> you can find me on tiktok at ari melber or right here on msnbc. "the reidout" with joy reid is up next. . >>> tonight on "the reidout" -- >> i was so offended the minute i read page one of trump's filing when they were asking for that absurd trial date of april 2026, because on page one, they cite powell versing alabama. the powell case involved nine african american teenagers ages 12 to 19, who were accused of sexually assaulting a white woman. they were arrested, arraigned, and forced to go to trial in less than two weeks without qualified counsel in a death penalty case. >> glenn kirschner last night on this show, pointing out the absurdity of the idea that donald trump is just like a persecuted black teenager in the 1930s. as the right pushes a laughably racist narrative that being an accused felon gives trump street cred with the blacks. >> also tonight, tennessee state representative justin jones is again silenced by republican house leaders for passionately fighting for gun reform, after a mass murder at a nashville school. representative j

"the beat" with ari melber start right now. hi, friend. >> hi, nicole. so good to see you again. when this all happened last night, i thought of many things, but i did think of you, and i'll tell you why. it's evidence related. you have used your knowledge, your program over the many months of this to talk about how initially it was pretty clear that the justice department was not going beyond the events of that day, and you and i talked about that. other reporters have weighed in, and i'm curious -- even though i know you have been talking about it for two hours -- how you think we got here. because what we saw in this indictment that i thought was both strong, gripping and bad for the indicted donald trump, was how long and repeatedly they tried to end democracy in america. >> yeah, the indictment is so harrowing, and i think that jack smith was at this for just ten months, obviously he built on all of the good work of the committee. i have learned that things are never as clean as what they appear, and we don't always have all the facts before them. but i think there's been so

you can let me know at ari melber on any social media or visit me at arimelber.com. you can share your email with me and that's a way i kept in touch with so many of you. thank you for spending time with us. "the reidout" with joy reid starts now. >>> tonight on "the reidout" -- >> you're entitled to believe and trust advice of counsel. you have one of the leading constitutional scholars in the united states, john eastman, say to president trump, this is a protocol that you can follow. it's legal. that eliminates criminal intent. >> trump's emerging defense, the lawyer said i could do it. and what it tells us about the emerging crisis of lawyering in america. >>> plus, you just knew it was going to get worse. new reporting out today on even more lavish gifts bestowed upon clarence thomas by his wealthy right-wing benefactors. >>> but we begin tonight with a pop quiz. where did president abraham lincoln go to law school? the answer may surprise you. and the answer is nowhere. that is correct. he was a self-taught lawyer. and yet, his judgment that seceding from the un

. ♪ >> we are back for more legal analysis on this historic arraignment day with msnbc's own ari melberpeaking with the former defense lawyer, tim parlatore, an interesting things he talked, about the thing that really struck me was this notion, he believes the trial, it's a sort of, it's without debate, in his eyes, that a federal trial will take much longer than i think most of the public believes it will. he pegged it at 15 months from now, and that that was a reasonable timeline for this trial to begin. do you think that is wishful thinking on the part of some of the somebody used to be part of trump's defense team? or is there some accuracy there? >> yes, i think it's wishful thinking, and a stretch, and i don't think he's going to be able to get the judge, who's the only person that matters, to agree. i thought it was a newsworthy interview on a big night like this. >> thanks. >> you're welcome. and you raise the points, we heard that perspective. that's interesting. that said, i don't think everything that he claimed tracks. i was a bit reminded of in wedding crashers, where the

thanks as always for spending time with us here on "the beat" with ari melber. "the reidout" with joy reid starts now. ♪♪ >>> tonight on "the reidout" -- >> this is ridiculous application, racketeering statute. probably no one that knows it better than i do. probably some that know it as well. i was the first one to use it in white collar cases. >> the irony. rudy julianmy who put dozens of mobsters behind bars using rico back in the day is now indicted under a similar rico statute along with donald trump in georgia. indicted with them, trump's white house chief of staff, mark meadows who could face the same fate as nixon's chief of staff who went to prison helping carry out his boss's crimes. >>> trump now facing 91 felony counts, most of his rivals for the republican presidential nomination still can't muster the courage to condemn him. >>> and we begin tonight on that very note, donald trump drawing his fourth indictment. that is four more indictments than any prior president of the united states has ever faced. and true to form, trump is having an absolute m

i'm ari melber capping off a big week on "the beat." a busy night, we are live, we have a lot of news, we have some fun stuff by the end of the hour. i invite you to spend this hour with us. several developing stories out of the doj and a breakdown tonight on the road to trump's indictments and where we go from here. we have a lot cooking. i'll also mention we have something about obama's theme music as well. >>> we begin with this striking day in court. the first hearing before the federal judge overseeing trump's coup trial occurred today. so yes, there's been a lot of news developments. there was back and forth about the evidence. rachel and i were discussing there was going to be an evidence clash. today it went to court and the judge gave defendant trump very blunt warnings about his behavior and the stakes. it was a bracing message. he will be treated like any other defendant. trump did not attend the hearing in washington today, and that's fine. you can have these kind of hearings among lawyers. his defense team entered this morn

we have to get to the truth through this process. >> ari melber, busy day ahead. nbc. ari, thanks so much. neal, before we let you go, you've been emphasizing this point, that we need transparency here. this trial has to be televised. why is it so important? and number two, what is the likelihood it will be? >> i understand ari to be making a descriptive point saying this trial will likely not be televised. darn it. i don't think we can settle for this. this is the most momentous case. and one of the most important procedures in the history of the united states. the idea it will take place in a closed courtroom, where americans can't see this for their own -- with their own eyes, i think is unforgivable and undemocratic to the extreme. this is run by the chief justice and authorizing it or a law passed by congress. that raises its own issues because congress seems incapable of acting in any way, shape or form when it comes to this or any other issues. i think a judicial conference is the way to go. there's a precedent here. in the george floyd murder, minnesota nev

all right, i want to bring in ari melber right now, nbc news senior legal correspondent. re you there? >> i'm there, how are you? >> i am great, ari. the grand jury its voting right now. what can you tell us? >> we can't say much. we do know this is this long running investigation. we do know, as we've been covering today, there's been a lot of interest, all the witnesses coming in. and we have this reporting from our team now that they are voting. beyond that, of course, we can't get ahead of how long that process takes, what exactly they are voting on. you can imagine for example a scenario where the d.a. submits charges that were related to, say, one individual or more than one individual, that wallets to a small number of charges, or a large number of charges. we know from the grand jury process that basically, this is the instrument of charging. we heard a lot about the earlier special purpose grand jury, that was the investigation side. if you want to simplify it, what's been leading up until tonight, you had a process of a local system for grand juries, investigator

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> hey, ayman. thanks very much. welcome to "the beat." we're following some of the same late-breaking news. the big clash between jackson and donald trump. this is the first new trump filing since the arraignment, and there are threats and there is accountability for that. i actually a special report that we've been planning on that news, and that's coming up tonight. we actually begin with our top story and a special guest. it's an individual, an attorney making his "the beat" debut. he has a front row seat to some of these crucial legal clashes in this set of charges against defendant donald trump and the alleged co-conspirators in that indictment. charles burnham, defense attorney for co-conspirator number 2 from the recent indictment. this is a person who has been confirmed and identified as john eastman, the lawyer, who advised donald trump, who spoke at the january 6th rally there next to rudy giuliani, and was a key architect of much of what the president and his aides were trying to push heading into the jan

joining us now are stephanie ruhle, and chris hayes, and alex wagner, and ari melber, also joy reid, and jim psaki are joining us from washington. let me start with you because you have not been part of our discussions, at least while i have been here this evening. alex wagner raised a good point earlier on, which is at the timeline is going to line right up with the presidential election process and the campaign. you know, these claims are going to be tested in court but they are also going to be tested in the court of politics. i know that president biden went to a movie, and i have to ask, what do you think this does to the campaign? >> the first thing is, we don't know yet, because this is going to have to play out in the public, whether this is seeing some of the trial, reporting on some of the trial, or all the events that are going to happen between now in november 2024. what we do know is while we've seen in recent polls, including the siena poll, this is startling to me, 22% of respondents who thought that trump had done something criminally wrong, also supported him. so tha

i'm joined by my friends alex wagner, nicolle wallace, joy reid, ari melber. these are live shots. this is the fourth time that we have covered the arrest and booking of former president trump. it doesn't get less weird. i know that you all have been covering this today for your shows that have happened around and your shows that are about to happen this evening. i feel a little bit of suspense in terms of what's going to happen here, in part because of the presence of cameras, in part because this is the last time as far as we know trump is going to be arrested and booked. and he's very aware of the media impact, the television impact of these sorts of moments. i feel like his actions, his potential remarks tonight are unpredictable in an interesting way. >> i feel like this is the culmination of trump as spectacle. if trump did anything to our politics besides corrupt them fundamentally and corrupt our democracy, he really did solidify a trend that had begin with jfk, the kind of, you know, became famous before he became president, the father funding that film, and his being a so