A category 4 storm today. We are live on the ground in the Sunshine State. Carley and mayor Eric Adams facing calls to resign after being indicted by a Federal Grand Jury and we are expected it to be unsealed later this morning. Todd former first Lady Melania Trump joining Fox And Friends since the Assassination Attempt s targeting her husband. I saw it on Television And I c called again and he was okay because Secret Service were great. I think both of the events, they were really miracles. Todd ainsley will be here live with more from her exclusive interview. This is a wildly busy thursday mor morning, im todd piro. Carley im carley shimkus. Hurricane helena is expected to crash into the big Bend Coast by this evening. Storm surge warnings are in place for most of the states West Coast and officials warn the surge could be lifethreatening. Janice dean joins us. Janice not a lot of time. 5 00 a. M. Advisory, 90 mile per hour sustained wind, we are expecting this to be a category three
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