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
be a tell. chai komanduri argues mccarthy is just following trump s lead. this isn t really biden versus mccarthy it s biden v. trump and mccarthy is doing trump s bidding. telling republicans, yeah, just go ahead and drive the country off a cliff which, not a surprise here, contradict what is trump thought as president. i can t imagine anybody ever using the debt ceiling as a negotiating wedge. it s a sacred element of our country. they can t use the debt ceiling to negotiate. i say to the republicans out there, congressman, senators, if they don t give you massive cuts, you re going to have to do a default. and trump is leaning into this debt clash stance. he had a new follow-up post that says don t make a deal on the debt ceiling unless republicans get everything they want. now, where does trump stand. we were looking at his legal