possibility. right? somehow, by hook or by crook. good talker. thanks, chris. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. we start tonight with significant breaking news, the new york times is confirming that mark meadows, donald trump s former chief of staff has testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel s jack smith ongoing investigations into trump s mishandling of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is a major development, and we are going to talk about it in just a minute with representative jamie raskin, who served on the january 6th committee. but we start with mar-a-lago. at this point you probably have seen a picture of trump s florida resort, once the winter getaway of areas mar-a-lago it is massive. it sits on about 20 acres of land, it has more than 50 bedrooms, and it has all the hallmarks of luxury. all the fancy stuff. italian stone, spanish tiles, a lot of marble, gold plated fixtures, exp
over the past three years, as chief of staff of the air force, general brown has become known for his signature approach, accelerate, change or lose. general, you re right on. as i often said, our world is at an inflection point where the decisions we make today will determine the course of our world for decades to come. to keep the american people safe, we have to adapt and act quickly. we have to manage our competition with china and meet the reality of renewed aggression in europe. we need to make sure we retain our competitive edge in an age where emerging technologies from ai to 3-d printing could fundamentally change the character of conflict. with general brown as chairman, i know i ll be able to rely on his advice and i ll also be able to have a leader who is unafraid to speak his mind. as someone who will deliver a message that needs to be hard and will always do the right thing when it s hard. that s the number one quality a president needs in a chairman. that s the
ahead. possible indictment of a former president trump. wall street journal is today reporting this, that special counsel jack smith has all but finished obtaining his evidence into whether donald trump mishandled evidence at the mar-a-lago. and some of the trump close associates are bracing for his indictment. they say that clashes within the trump legal team have led to the departure of a delawyer. and the wall street journal goes on to report that jack smith appears to be tying up loose ends saying in recent weeks prosecutors working for smith have completed interviews with nearly every employee at trump s florida home from top aides to maintenance staff. they have pressed witnesses on questions that appear to hone in on specific elements that they need to show to include a crime. and questions aimed at undermining potential defenses that trump could raise reports are that the special counsel as assembled evidence and much of that appears to obliterate many ofhe argume
anything else. we re not going to sleep tonight, right? have a great show. thank you, nicolle. we are excited about the upcoming news. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. but the big news today is huge, and here it is the criminal trial of defendant donald trump continuing today. you are looking at new images, and i ll explain exactly what it is. you may recall that first court hearing set a lot of rules down. now you re looking at the first one since then, since trump was arraigned, which was a precedent busting moment for america. it was actually just seven weeks ago. at that hearing, the judge warning him about his conduct and scheduling another hearing, which brings us what you have here today. we ll show you what we have. we don t have a million shots. isolated on the left, defendant donald trump sitting right there. this was a hearing on evidence and rules for a protective order. trump had to legally appear in this hearing, which is another step towards his cri
donald trump. and jurors are expected to hear from a new witness today. we ll tell you who that is and why his testimony could be important to the case. plus, another emergency rescue effort in an attempt to curb panic in the markets. details on the deal involving sw switzerland s largest bank. xi jinping is in moscow right now and just met with vladimir putin. xi s new comments this morning about why he s there. 20 years ago today the u.s. invaded iraq. we are live in baghdad with the scars from that war still felt today. we ll also talk to congressman jason crow who served in iraq and now says there should be no more blank checks for the military. and back at home, deadly violence erupts during spring break in miami beach. we re live with how the city is cracking down. and we begin with the very latest on the investigations surrounding former president donald trump. a new york city grand jury could hear from what could be the final witnesses in its investigatio