thanks for joining us. fear not. nicolle will be back tomorrow. the beat with ari melber starts rite now. hi, ari. thanks so much. i m ari melber. after all this breaking news coverage of trump s indictment we have been at the table. all of our colleagues following this. tonight we turn from this fast fluid first draft of history to a wider view of how history may absorb this historic precedent breaking week, because tonight pulitzer prize winning journalist bob woodward who you see on the right will analyze what you see on the left. he s known for best selling books, including about now defendant donald trump. he is our exclusive guest tonight on the beat. we begin as the nation absorbs the fallout of something many thought was impossible, even recently, something donald trump said would roil the country, the former president arrested by the same government he once ran. that was yesterday. jack smith spoke out through his filing, through his team in court, and today
things and double down. this may be tested. that s what i mentioned earlier on the brod cast. that goes back to what we show garland says the bond rules do function that way for other people, and he s now one of the many federal defendants. i am sure you know people project confidence, rick ross who wraps sometimes about law and order says he tries to walk around and tell you everything is great, even though he s out on bond and might be facing eight, and it s a reference to his experience with the system, right, but if you are on bond and facing multiple years, that s no picnic. no, and really in this situation, you would hope that donald trump is listening to his defense attorneys. but right now, he doesn t have his full defense team, which begs the question of, why is it so hard to get a defense attorney for what is going to be the biggest criminal case in u.s. history? right? lawyers don t want to work for free. they want to get paid.