what s on the idiot box? it s only an idiot box if an idiot is watching. this period in time will be looked at as the platinum age. our obligation is to entertain. if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. kunta kinte. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. congress has no right to interfere in the media. well, excuse me! we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in t
our obligation is to entertain. if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. gunta kinte! television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. congress has no right to interfere in the media. excuse me! we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. i want to watch an all-black show for a change. oh, where are you going to find one? here s one the los angeles
idiot is watching it. at this point in time, what is known as the platinum age. our obligation is to entertain and if we have something to think about, so much the better. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at commercial television networks. congress has no right to interfere with the media. you have a responsibility to give the audience what it tendon to say. for years, the 60s, which end in a few hours have a reputation which is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously, but tv news coverage is better, not worse, we developed more demanding standards. when i look at the tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. mort was allowed than had been before. it was the last decade where it was a camp fire television, there was one in the living room. i m going to watch an all- black show for a change. where will you find one? here s one. young people were
totally. have a good show. i ll see you soon. thank you. thanks to nicole, and thanks to you for joinings. this is the beat. i m ari melber. we re tracking several stories. the january 6th committee dropped new evidence today. you might be thinking, wait, why wouldn t they include it in the hearing? but they had so much stuff, like what you see on the screen, that didn t make the hearing. this is a draft of trump s speech the day after. because he was crossing out any reference to prosecuting those blatant lawbreakers. and then there s this new testimony. do you recognize what this is? it looks like a copy of a draft of the remarks for that day. do you recognize the handwriting? it looks like my father s handwriting. it looks like here he crossed out that he was directing the department of justice to ensure all law breaks are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, we must send a clear message, not with mercy, but with justice. legal consequences must be
gun safety legislation in the senate tonight. it is minimal legislation by anyone s score. but it is the only legislation that has moved through there they are in the last 30 years. 14 republican senators voting for it, including senator mcconnell, and john cornyn, after he got booed in texas this weekend, for exactly this, either publican state convention in texas. so, something is definitely gonna happen and everyone who was advocating for this cause we ll go back to work advocating for more. as soon as this passes. but it is a very big moment in the history of the subject, and the senate tonight. literally, it s been decades of nothing. and this may be a small something that it is not nothing. and that is big news when it comes to that issue. thank you, lawrence. rachel, you ve worked too hard. get out of here. i ll take it for the rest of the day. thank you, rachel. tonight s other breaking news is that the january 6th committee has secured the cooperation of a docu