the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, nicolle. thank you so much. our top story is about this push that we need in america, the push for accountability as we face political lies and violence. so let me start here tonight. do you remember where you were when joe biden beat donald trump? do you remember how that entire race came down to that official call on the weekend? there was rejoicing. there was spontaneous crowds gathered in the nation. people making their own signs, walking around. it was kind of a big moment. it was unlike as a reaction, any recent president losing an election. do you remember the road to that call? because the election actually took several days to be formally resolved, but the key to that resolution i m about to show you, when the writing was on the wall, was when trump lost a state that he almost certainly needed for any hope of victory. it was arizona. among insiders, people on the campaign, people who follow this closely, steve kornac
watching right now. i talked to republicans, how do we break out of this cycle, we need to put out a 10-point plan and that s really answering the question that nobody s asking and republican voters want to know you re a fighter and they want to know that you re fighting for them and you see that the threat that they see coming from washington and you re going to stay in there with them. garrett, your first job was covering mitt romney, and i felt like i was talking to his younger brother, and he had a salt and pepper feel. he could be the sixth romney son. i don t say that as a criticism. no. even mitt romney realized a business-only approach isn t going to work and he awkwardly tried to embrace issues. and how he should be the economic mr. fix it and how he should engage on other issues and he touched on the key issue. it s not about culture wars. the operative word is the war, the fight. this is trump s superpower, that he has cultivated the right enemies.
clear area of bipartisan consensus. leaders from both parties of this committee and the attorney general all agree they must do more to combat fentanyl. lindsey graham got to the attorney general to agree the current approach isn t working an the attorney general said he would welcome more resources from congress for that fight. wolf. paula, thank you very much. coming up, new developments in the alex murdaugh murder trial. the jury visiting the crime scene today just before closing arguments. stay with us. you re in the situation room.
interesting questions. it would have to depend on who the nominee was. so, he remembers that. that was one of the versions of the answer he gave. he s clashing with the party chair he picked though, who just to show that one part again, says the loyalty pledge will be on the table. i expect a pledge will be part of it. it was part of 2016. i think it s kind of a no-brainer, right? now, republican insiders say it s a no-brainer because their party s purpose is to organize members to select nominees and unite to win nominations. a little poli-sci 101. but trump has disdain for team work or two-way loyalty. perhaps the chairwoman should just realize who she s dealing with. kendrick lamar discussed this a while back saying, tell me who you loyal to. is it money, big fame, chillen, or only the power in your name? as k dog explained that approach