sorry, to celebrate patriotism, to honor sacrifice, and to be grateful for those who serve. that is all for tonight. with le be back tomorrow with more "meet the press daily." "the beat with ari melber" starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, katy. amen and thank you, as always. we begin "the beat" with breaking impeachment news. brand-new testimony tonight from an impeachment witness that has just come out alleging evidence of bribery. a pentagon official telling congress about trump appointees pushing for ukraine to commit to prosecuting election interference and tieing that back to the now infamously frozen usa money and the aide confirming yes, that's what the plot was. the testimony going public right now as mick mulvaney is asking a judge today to determine if he can testify against trump in the impeachment probe. if it sounds odd that trump's top aide is now trying to sue trump, it is odd, and i have a special breakdown on all of that coming up that we've been working on all day. but we begin with the countdown