selling and then the rapidly developing clash in washington as we re getting new details about what the true republican agenda may be in the congress or in the people running for president. there are prominent conservatives that are reviving an idea long left for dead and interesting one that barack obama himself warned about on the midterm campaign trail. the idea, bringing back what was once a bush era plan to change or gut social security. the president tonight we re told will say much more about how he plans to reshape social security. the system is headed toward bankruptcy. i earned capital in the campaign, political capital. strengthen it, improve it, do not privatize it. even though some consider it, some the third rail of american politics. some are afraid to touch it. some don t want to touch it. some provide excuses not to touch it. [ laughter ] do you want to touch it? even in friendly territory it s fair to say he s finding that his plan is going t
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. report on the new york grand jury probe of trump and the losses piling up in several criminal investigations. mike pence losing his bid to duck testifying in a new ruling while a new admission is upsending the stolen documents case. we ll bet to that later while the heat continues in new york. the d.a. brought in a a pro trump tabloid for months before the election. its headlines hyping a win. another trump ally cooperating with investigators, and this one s getting immunity for doing so. that friend, david pecker is the ceo of the national enquirer s parent company, american media. national enquirer hit president trump s secrets in a safe. you agreed to provide information about michael cohen, the president and the criminal investigation into campaign finance violations. this is a big case. this is absolutely whether the twice impeached president likes it or not, the work of manhattan district attorney alvin bragg
off in ohio with tim ryan. everyone knows why these races matter, control of congress, the first election since the supreme court ended the right to choice, and the premise here is of course the votes will decide the outcome. i shouldn t have to say that, right? the reason i shouldn t have to say that is this is still a democracy. so here we are tonighted in midterms homestretch, and this is america. it s not like many other countries where you have authoritarians or december cots that make it clear they don t intend to follow any outcome except the one where they win. take for example brazil where you have an autocrat who sound likes this. translator: there are only three alternatives for me to be arrested, to be killed, or to be victorious. and i tell those scumbags i will never go to jail. that s how authoritarians talk. he s basically saying the only right outcome is that he wins. that s abroad, but consider why i m showing you this as the first thing in the beat.
fun, we have a huge show ahead including a bad gifts return edition of supermarket showdown. we are going to face off and in quality trivia challenge, plus we are answering your fan mail questions, but first, time for a holiday hangover themed fastest, are you ready? what plenty of folks are happy to see the holidays were known and most people wishes that it happened longer than it actually does, 52% say that they may tried to fit in as many festivities as possible, but the same percentage agree that there is not enough time in the holiday season to do everything they want to do, do you wish that the holidays lasted longer? jimmy: no, and thank you for not acknowledging that i look like a whole santa who got fired for smoking pot with the elves. people are trying to do too much and that s why they think the season is too short, everybody needs to try to stop having the coolest christmas on and scream and paste themselves, let s play some music and have a good time, there we
It just kind of cakes on your shoe like cement. But many people are actually choosing to stay. We are live at the playa tonight. Plus its right there in the bushes. What . The fire its in the bushes. A couple in hawaii credit the with saving a section of their neighborhood during the evacuation a couple weeks ago. We are joined by our nbc reporter in maui this evening. Also it just felt like the right thing to do. A celebrity chef, Tyler Florence, explains why hes betting on downtown San Francisco even as many retailers continue to leave the area. And de la salles 2001 Football Team just named the Best High School team of all time. Were talking to a former star of that team who went on to play in the nfl and is now back on campus as an assistant coach. Good evening. Im raj mathai. Thanks for joining us on this labor day. Were hoping you had a safe and enjoyable weekend. We start with the traffic. A lot of people heading home after this holiday weekend. Theres some good news. After a da