spending part of your monday with us. we are grateful for that. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, friend. i, ali. thank you so much. welcome to the beat , everyone. and i m ari melber. i m just gonna start like this. if you go back to 2015, which is a different time in american politics, there was major interest in finding some sort of alternative to the burgeoning trump maga onslaught. one conservative wrote a whole book about what he cast at the time as potentially informed conservative alternative to what he called the reprehensible donald trump. a book which advances his own profile so much that you saw an opening to run for office. and then, as you see in the images on your screen, this individual lived out the very trumpism, that reprehensible dogma, that he spent all his time documenting and fighting against which is what he wrote about. but he figured out that after doing all of that and doing the book, that trump could help him win what he, want a s
what is white house reaction to special counsel durham report on how the fbi handled the trump-russia probe? i leave to the doj to speak to. does he agree there needs to be changes at the fbi? that is with the d.o.j., as you stated in your question, we believe in an independent d.o.j., that is what the president has said. thank you, see you guys in japan. lucas: they said not everyone that worked for felt safe, adam schiff took over leadership of the committee and the researcher took that as a mild threat. adam schiff rebuking the durham report. the durham investigation was flawed from the start, it began to satisfy trump and resulted in two failures at trial and end with nothing to show for four years of effort. bottom line, fbi had a good reason to investigate, durham didn t. speaker mccarthy questioning schiff s suitability for public office. it raises the question about adam schiff. he told the american people he had proof and didn t know the whistleblower a
moment to see if she thinks shas forbidden at school, just today, right governorate asha law that limits how diversity, equity, and inclusion programs can be taught at the college level. he says that the dei experiment is over, and our panel will debate that. plus, daniel penny, charged with manslaughter in the subway chokehold death of jordan neely has now raised more than $2 million through crowd fundraising. why this case is the new battle in the cultural war. taylor swift calls are for security guard, how the superstar stirred up for swifties. you know you re good when you can sing and tell our security guards, but let s start with the legal defense for the man charged in new york city chokehold death. he s raised more than $2 million. daniel penny was charged on friday with second degree manslaughter in the death of jordan neely, and as you can imagine, some high-profile politicians are turning this tragic story into a culture war fighter. i m here with my panel,
showdown. president biden set to meet with congressional leaders again, in an effort to step back from the brink of default. john durham releases his findings on the origins of the trump/russia probe. his reactions ahead to it. russia launches a barrage of missiles from the sea, air and land. we ll have a live report on that. thanks for joining us. all eyes on washington, as the u.s. government could start to run out of money within weeks unless it allows itself to borrow more. in the coming hours, president joe biden is set to meet with congressional leaders at the white house, to try to get on the same page about raising the u.s. debt ceiling. the president and senate leader kevin mccar are at odds before the country falls into debt. democrats and republican leaders have yet to find common ground. there is no movement. we re only a couple of weeks away. if you look at the timeline to pass something in the house and pass something in the senate, we have to have a dea
kat: okay, really? because everything is kind of rough right now if you ask me. i mean, sometimes the news can feel like depressing story after depressing story. if i want to see that i d just flip through my old diary. a former united states president being arrested, a current united states president who can t pronounce the word arrested. deadly storms, inflation, violence, and that s just in the fox and friends green room. the only thing that might be more depressing than the news is the power that all of this sad traumatic stuff has to divide us. but there is a way to heal. both with individuals and with those around us. and thankfully it doesn t involve any advice from dr. fauci. it s candid open speech and especially comedy. deep down, people do know this. how it might even be why people tune into this show. either that or the tasteful eroticism. looking great. you re looking great. the power of speech and comedy to heal and unite us is so desperately needed right now