president that refuses to concede that he lost the election. and he did lose that election. before today, trump s lawyers were absolutely what s the word -e eadamant. that the president had immunity for his conduct while in office. they wouldn t budge on this point. at first they wouldn t budge. right out of the gate, from questioning of one of the judges, they were forced to make a powerful confession, that of course, there is not absolute immunity, meaning you can never charge a former president for action taken while in office, if it was criminal or otherwise. they could you can. you can prosecute under certain circumstances. and they only admitted that, after the judge gave him a whole string of hypotheticals that can really only have one legitimate, truthful answer. could a president who ordered s.e.a.l. team 6, be subject to prosecution? if he were impeached and convicted first. the answer is no? my answer is qualified yes. a qualified what? a qualified y
how that helped the doj issue charges. and an israeli air strike took out three top military commanders and ten civilians. a live report from southern israel. also, inside two texas tragedies. the latest on the investigation into the fatal suv crash outside a migrant facility in brownsville that left eight dead. and the painful new stories behind the lives lost at a texas outlet mall over the weekend. the lone survivor of one family just turned 6 years old. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest. we start with maggie vespa in allen, texas. we just learned there s going to be an update from the texas department of public safety in about an hour. i want to focus on the victims. all so young. 3 to 37. so much life they had still to live. froms what more can you tell us about them? reporter: yeah, chris, that news conference expected to focus on the mechanics of the investigation but what people here care about is the people they lost including those three chil
letting substance abuse your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. hi, nicolle. thanks so much. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. today, may 4th, marks one legal conclusion in a quest for justice began on january 26th, 2021. today federal prosecutors won their big case against a key militia that first breaches the capitol, the proud boys, who donald trump specifically shouted out. now convict of sedition, the most series possible charge for an insurrection, and a rare charge in american life and law. it is proven against these four sedition conspiracy including top gun. you may remember the nation was watching in realtime, and from casual observers to security experts, many were aghast and astounded that a group would so quickly overrun the security apparatus, the police during one of the most significant national security gatherings of the year, during a time when we know all of congress and the
for you, a jury in new york finding donald trump, the republican presidential front runner, by far liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer, e. jean carroll. the jury also awarding the former magazine columnist nearly $5 million in damages to be paid by mr. trump. carol walked out of the manhattan courthouse just moments ago with her lawyer who said that they re quote, very happy with the jury s decision. carol s lawsuit stemmed from an encounter between her and trump in a new york department store dressing room in 1996. she claims donald trump sexually assaulted her. donald trump reacted on his social media platform, writing in all caps, quote, i have absolutely no idea who this woman is, this verdict is a disgrace, continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all-time, unquote. this all comes as trump is facing another very serious case in new york city, just last month the former president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges related to hush money payments to ad
$8 million to create their own rival version of the college boards ap courses. so much for going along to get along. that is our show for tonight we will see you again tomorrow now it is time for the las word with ali bell she, who is in for lawrence. good evening, ali. it is good to see you, than you. we will see you tomorrow night we ll do. let s finish the job. today, joe biden and the speculation, yes, he s running for reelection for the same reasons he ra against on trump in 2020 because republican extremist are still threatening american democracy. - to fight for our democracy it shouldn t be a - to protect our rights. to make sure that everyone i this country is treated equall in that everyone is given fair shot at making it but you know, around th country, maga extremists are lining up to take away those bedrock freedoms, cuttin social security that you pager in for entire life walt cuttin taxes connect banning of books and telling people who they ca l