tonight on the reid out . is this debate or is it just false? no, it s not false at all. it s debatable. as prosecutors open an investigation into the lies of republican congressman-elect george santos kevin mccarthy is facing a caucus in chaos just six days before the house votes on a new speaker. meanwhile serious questions are being raised about where santos got the money to run his campaign. also tonight the death toll is rising after a winter storm dumped more than 3 feet of snow on buffalo. we ll check in to see how the city is digging out and getting back up and running. good evening, everyone. i m jonathan capehart in for joy reid. republican leader kevin mccarthy faces a vote for speaker of the house next tuesday with a razor thin republican majority and the very real prospect of an open fight over the gavel. it s a predicament underscored by the saga of incoming republican congressman george santos of new york who again tried to explain away lies about
Slowed the prosecution and asked trump friendly questions about potential problems with prosecuting a president. If you listened to that argument or read about it, you may have noticed it almost sounded like that kind of trial was a futile project. While up the east coast and actual trial of an actual former president was Going Forward and the republic did not crumble. It is a contrast that hangs over all of this in america and what we are going to get into tonight in this first week of the new york trial. It seems to undercut the suppose it concern of the trump appointed justices that hypothetically, someday, somehow, in the future trials of president s are a very bad thing, when they are actually already happening. The first week of this trial shows not only that it is possible, but also gave us the first evidence backed, in court, binding version of the d. A. S story and we put together a brisk ride through what we are learning. The prosecution in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial Drew
Thousands upon thousands. Of course, anyone displaced is very sad news. Thank you so much, jesse. That will do it for me of this edition. I will see you tomorrow on the beat weekend. Welcome to our special new york versus donald. We are going to get into this criminal trial. Defendant Robert Reeling from the first week of testimony in new york. We are covering that on tonight for special over the course of this hour. We have been reporting on the testimony of experts from bob to the sordid world of new york tabloids. We also have a Beat Special Report on a new indictment against a lawyer, Boris Epshteyn, who first admitted his role in the now indicted electric plot on the beat. This week, we have a remarkable contrast from d. C. To new york. You mightve noticed the Friendly Supreme Court slowed the prosecution of jack smith and asked a bunch of friendly questions about all the potential problems with prosecuting a president. If you would send to the Oral Argument or coverage coming mig
Welcome to our special new york versus donald trump. Im ari melber and we are going to get into this criminal trial. Were covering that tonight in the course of this hour. Well have new reporting on the damning testimony, experts from law to the sorted world of new york tabloids. We have experts on that, too, believe it or not. We also tonight have a Beat Special Report on a new separate indictment on a trump lawyer, Boris Epstein, who first admitted his role on the beat. To hear all of that tonight. This weekends with a remarkable contrast from d. C. To new york. Let me tell you what i mean. In Washington A Trump Friendly Court asked trump friendly questions about all of the problems with prosecuting a president. If you read about it, it almost sounded like that kind of trial was a futile project. While right up the east coast an actual trial of an actual former president was Going Forward and the republic did not crumble. It is a contrast that hangs over all of this in america and th
The beat with ari melber starts right now. Hi, ari. Hi, nicolle. Thank you so much. Welcome to the beat. I am ari melber. Im happy to be back with you. Out for a couple of days. Did anything happen . It seemed like a lot happened. I want to catch up with you, because we have a lot of developments out of these first two official days of the trial with the jury impanelled, and everyone hearing from both sides. And that star witness david pecker. What are we learning out of this case . The court today was off, but we have so much that were learning from, including the prosecutions Opening Statements. I can show you some of that right here. The first witness as mentioned was the Tabloid Star Witness david pecker. By the on the other hand of this hour, im also going to get into trumps Defense Arguments which are important to understand and draw on what we learn from his own lawyers, what theyve said in court, in public and sometimes even on this program. Right now we look at what the d. A.