welcome to the beat. this is it. it s happening this week. what is happening this week? well, we are days away from the first presidential debate of this 2024 campaign. the earliest ever, that s a big deal. we are also days away from the supreme court rulings that could resolve a lot of big issues in the united states including whether or not there will be a federal trial for donald trump this year later, or ever. i can tell you that had a couple more days. debate day on friday his decision day we have a lot coming up tonight. we are living through one of those big weeks. i would ve liked a little more time off in the summer. yes, i keep an eye on the news. do we have to do everything? part of the answer is in our coverage the biden campaign things starting it earlier will help them. waking people up to the choice which they think is stark and mobilize people for the debate. this is a campaign that can turn as much as it turns on the so-called undecided voters. debates ma
But let me tell you about something. Im against jews or anybody else who puts the interests of some other place over our own country. Not opposed to all jews. Something said, actually said in a Senate Debate stage in the year 2016. Todays louisiana Senate Debate took place in an empty auditorium at a historically black college called Dillard University in new orleans. Students at dillard protested. There arent arrests. Some people were reportedly pepper sprayed by University Police as they tried to protest outside the debate hall. But inside david duke assured us all he is not against all jews. Happy 2016. That does it for us tonight. We will see you again tomorrow. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Rachel, the debate was even worse than you presented. Were going to present i was going to use the word highlights. Were going to present excerpts of this debate, this david duke debate coming up. And he attached himself to
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7 00 which means we have the great music starting to play at 7 00. But you still continue to get some special debate preview coverage from alary mel ber, the beat starts right now. Good evening, ari. Good evening, chuck. Well be watching. Big night for you and for the country. I am ari melber here live this evening from miami. Thrilled to be with you. We with three hours away from the first democratic debate of 2020 where the candidates face off on their vision,ed border crisis and the return of Robert Miller as House Democrats announce he will publicly testify before congress july 17th. This reignites the partys clash over obstruction and whether to open an Impeachment Probe. Tonight voters are likely to see the democrats internal battles over this issue because while nancy pelosi and most of the house caucus do not back impeachment, of the ten candidates debating tonight, seven do back impeachment hearings. Many see the push from muellers
public testimony as the last effort to make t
dynamics that are in play now, about whether he and nikki haley co-exist in this race. and he point-blank told me, i m not going anywhere, and come january 23rd, which is primary day here in new hampshire, you re going to be shaking hands. i m going to be shaking hands with voters until the polls close, and now here we are with christie officially suspending his campaign. anderson? omar jimenez, thanks. jeff zeleny is live from the ground floor in the debate hall. the timing of the announcement is a surprise for people waking up this morning, didn t expect it today. how are the other campaigns reacting? well, look, this is something that certainly is going to be on the minds of these candidates as they take the stage at the debate hall behind me at drake university. and really, it s one of those things that shakes up the race in a way that has many crosscurrents. it s not clear exactly if this will be the focus of the debate tonight or mentioned at all. but certainly it is on the m