7 00 which means we have the great music starting to play at 7 00. But you still continue to get some special debate preview coverage from alary mel ber, the beat starts right now. Good evening, ari. Good evening, chuck. Well be watching. Big night for you and for the country. I am ari melber here live this evening from miami. Thrilled to be with you. We with three hours away from the first democratic debate of 2020 where the candidates face off on their vision,ed border crisis and the return of Robert Miller as House Democrats announce he will publicly testify before congress july 17th. This reignites the partys clash over obstruction and whether to open an Impeachment Probe. Tonight voters are likely to see the democrats internal battles over this issue because while nancy pelosi and most of the house caucus do not back impeachment, of the ten candidates debating tonight, seven do back impeachment hearings. Many see the push from muellers
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rush yad wasn t responsible for election interference, coates was quick to sigh no, we ve got direct evidence. that s what the intelligence community needs because the dni is the person who leads the intelligence community. that mission was created after 9/11 and this is sort of the person who replaced the director of the cia passed individual who leads the combined intelligence agencies. what we don t need is for donald trump to place a bill barr at the head of the intelligence community. all important food for thought. former u.s. attorney joyce vance. thank you so much. thanks, ari. we re going to fit in a break and turn to a beat exclusive. barbara rez on the false statements about 9/11. i was down there also. and i m not considering myself a first responder, but i was down there. spent a lot of time down there with you. n there. spent a lot of time down there with you eaf blowers. [beep] you should be mad your neighbor always wants to hang out.
covered on the show, the rikers island jail. this is a very big deal. queens has often had a conservative approach to criminal justice. a councilmember recently slammed it as, quote, the misdemeanor incarceration capital. now, here s why many politicos are buzzing. she has an 1100 vote lead in this primary. with votes still being counted she is on pace to be potentially the new d.a. before the primary she got a very high-profile endorsement in this contested primary from a.o.c. if you don t know, you are about to know tiffany kaban to be our next [ cheers and applause ] we re going to make sure we stop locking people up for marijuana and tiffany is going to be the one to do it. [ cheers and applause ] joining us for a beat exclusive is tiffany kaban. thanks for being here. thank you for having me, ari. were you surprised? you know, we knew that we had a really, really good shot.
dioxide, mike. and as i ve mentioned in this broadcast, this is a rarity but it s happening. jay inslee doing an interview right before tonight s debate. a beat exclusive. thank you for being here. thanks for bringing truth to america. i like that. so look, most candidates don t even do interviews in the few hours before. we get the benefit. i think it s fascinating. what s in your mind right now? a couple things. i want the story of florida that s being inundated with sea level rise which is also the story of our hometown and mine of seattle which is climate change is ravaging my state. forest fires have given us the worst quality in the world. we have to make the climate crisis the top priority of the united states. do you pivot if you get a question about something else and that s your priority? you ll run to that issue? not necessarily. i m hopeful we have climate change questions. i ve got a second story.
from a foreign government right or wrong? chris, you know you asked me not to call any of your questions today ridiculous. you came really close right there. president trump president trump has been very clear. he clarified his remarks later. he made it very clear. even in his first comments. he said i d do both. he said he would call the fbi he said maybe i d do both. president trump has been very clear he will always make sure that he gets it right for the american people and i m confident he ll do that here as well. joining me is a beat exclusive valerie plame. you may have remember she served in the c.i.a. two decades, did a lot of things we didn t know about, then they are eye identity was leaked in the midst of a bush political scandal. she was running for congress in new mexico. thanks for joining me. thank you for having me. it s a delight to be here. hey, we re delighted, too. you bring a lot of different experience and putting yourself forth as a potential pol