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
May 8, right now on san this morning, id tail to the campaign trail, a stark contrast six months out from election day plus y, the judge the tribes classified documents k is just postpone that trial indefinitely a State Of Emergency declared in michigan after a devastating round of tornadoes all right. 6 00 a. M. Here in washington, the sun coming up over the white house, washington monument, Beautiful View down the national mall. Good morning, everyone. The kasie hunt, its wonderful to have you with us on this wednesday morning. It was a splitscreen that told the story of two starkly different candidates and campaigns as President Biden was delivering a speech against antisemitism at a Holocaust Remembrance event in washington on tuesday, donald trump was seething in a New York City courtroom as Stormy Daniels described in lurid detail, her alleged sexual encounter with the former President Testimony that made trump visibly uncomfortable. The judge told trumps attorney, quote, i under
Displaced anger. Going to pay somewhere between 20 and 40 less than the other countries. Same exact that was directed toward the indictment. Predictably biden did steer clear of bidens legal troubles which took a marked turn to the worst today. Is he facing prison time Sweetheart Plea Deal actually collapsed. Is this all a smoke screen to hide the other crimes that involve others in the biden family . Joining me now is Sol Wisenberg former Deputy Independent Council and david schoen former trump impeachment lawyer. Okay, sol, i do kind of agree with what Vivek Ramaswamy we did thed out earlier that this seems a little bit like a smoke screen because is it bigger than the biden family, perhaps, being on the take with foreign governments and having our Foreign Policy affected by it . Probably not, but nevertheless real jail time a possibility, your reaction tonight . Real jail time is not much of a possibility, laura. Really in terms of weiss, is he dam damned if he does and damned if he
Bloody and battered after an elite patrol teamed up with state police to take him down. They used thermal technology to track his movements, and then unleashed a canine in the morning to sniff out and subdue the brutal killer. State Police Officers revealing what they believe was the key to his capture. They were able to move in quietly, they had the element of surprise, cavalcante did not realize he was surrounded until that had occurred. That did not stop him from trying to escape. He began to crawl through thick underbrush, taking his rifle with him as he went. One of the customs and Border Control teams had a dog with them. They released the dog. Dana the community that was locked down for two weeks can finally rest easy. Local residents saying how relieved they are, they wont have to worry about a killer on the loose. I flipped the lights on and off when he flipped the lights back, that was the moment my wife was already on 911 but i was like, he is downstairs, call 911 right now.
today. i ll see you back here next saturday at adm. eastern smerconish is up next setting the bar i m michael smerconish in philadelphia, thursday here on cnn is the first of two scheduled debates between president biden and trump. jake tapper and dana bash will moderate the debate will last 90 minutes with no live audience. there will be no opening statements, answers will be two minutes rebuttals will be one-minute closing statements will be two minutes based on a coin toss, trump will go last. there will be two commercial breaks and perhaps the biggest wrinkle microphones will be muted when it s not someone s turn the stakes are high. the racist tight weather measured in national surveys or by battleground states. so the debate is a very big deal and opinions as to who won will no longer be influenced by expectations advantage joe biden. and here s why call it, be careful what you wish for in the last two weeks, president biden traveled overseas to participate in a