thanks so much. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. a we begin with this ongoing and conservative hunt for some kind of evidence or damning narrative about political opponents and how this keeps coming up empty in revealing ways. this is one a those stories that s crested this week because we had the trump era investigation end. i have new material on that, including how it s playing on the right and why that matters. at the same time, house republicans are struggling with their own investigations into the biden family. but it is telling to watch how people are dealing with the evidence this week, especially evident that was channelled but none other than a trump/barr hand picked prosecutor. part of this is playing out on a platform that s been recently discredited. i m talk about fox news, which was caught lying to their own audience and lying so badly and blatantly they were worried they broke illegal lies and they broke history the bad way work a $787 million settleme
hello. the israeli army says three hostages who were mistakenly shot dead by troops in gaza were holding a white flag. early findings from an official investigation said the men were fired on in breach of the army s rules of engagement. an israeli soldier began shooting when three shirtless men emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el talalqa were killed in shejaiya, in the north of gaza. the idf say their killing was very tragic . the killings have prompted increased pressure on the israeli government to resume negotiations with hamas on the release of captured israeli nationals. people have gathered near the tel aviv museum of art in what s become known as hostages square . there are reports the head of israel s spy agency, mossad, is preparing to meet the qatari prime minister to discuss the issue. in a separate development, an aljazeera journalist and cameraman, samer abu daqa, was killed on friday in an israeli strike.
disclosure to be which would be the first public acknowledgment that he s running for president. nbc s vaughn is in des moines, or trump ahold a campaign rally tonight. vaughn, trump, anyone s team, are they saying anything about this new development that desantis is looking increasingly poised to jump in? look, it s no coincidence that donald trump is here in iowa. rhonda santas was the first one scheduled to be here. sort of ensue see the end cedar rapids. guess who decide to hold one of his traditional maga rallies, donald trump. here in the heart of des moines, in the center of the state here. donald trump released a video just yesterday, in which he made the case that ron desantis has a personality problem. of course, donald trump has made it clear, he will do it overtakes to win this republican nomination. and that starts right here in iowa, lindsey. vaughn, trump paced both good and bad news in our latest poll which came after he was charged and arraigned in ne
social media ahead of his cour appearance his ex fixer warning today tha trump s posts should be take seriously. including the image of the manhattan da next to a basebal bat. what he is doing, he is trying to invoke fear. and intimidation but at the same time he is als passing a message to his supporters baseball that s. they work to republican congressma marjorie taylor greene, she is already planning a rally outside the courthouse she is angling to be trump s vice president i know you ran for those things democrats, while they ar already calling out her ba faith attacks on the legal system some of these people are th ones who are hollering a hillary clinton to lock her up now somehow they are now sayin that trump is a victim well, you can t have it both ways you know, you want to lock the democrats up but you want to free the republicans donald trump s indictment confirms our laws do apply t the most powerful and contrary to republican rhetoric, that i proof of a r