we are grateful. the the beat starts right now. you and everyone else in america is getting a law degree, one i paid for. but we are going to expend all that legal knowledge. thank you. and welcome to the the beat. i m katie phang in for ari melber. we have a lot to get to tonight. later, i will talk live to the lawyer for ruby freeman and shaye moss, the defamed election workers who won a $148 million verdict against rudy giuliani. now they are suing him again. plus, we ve got historian ruth who is here to talk about trump s threat to democracy and his gop enablers. we start the show with donald trump s desperation as legal deadlines pound him from the start, trump has tried to sow confusion, disgusting attacks on judges and witnesses, and above all, to delay his legal reckoning. the news tonight, special counsel jack smith is pressing forward with new moves designed to pressure trump and to stay on track. monday night jack smith forging ahead in the d.c. coup ca
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during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful the beat with ari melber starts now. nicole, thank you very much. new evidence that fox news host facing the most damaging and existential existential cri hosts careers. it s the lies that fed the insurrection. the implications are quite significant. accountability could literally help protect america from another coup attempt. this new evidence broke last night. it spurred another round of coverage in a story that keeps revealing, every time we get more information, what seems to be another low and another low below that in this case against fox news. now, we covered parts of the new evidence as this broke last evening. if you ve been following the news on your phone, phone alerts, msnbc, i ll bet you re seeing some of it today. we have more damning, secret details from fox. i want to do this in a straight forward way. if you take nothing else from this whole story that s been going for a while now, just remember
special counsel s questions in january, 6th investigation, and the faa says enough is enough, telling airlines they must do more to prevent close calls as a spring travel spring break travel season heats up. this is what we re watching at this hour. i can t thank you for being here. i m amarillo walker in for kate baldwin. we begin in nashville, where we re learning new details about the shooter who killed six people inside a private christian school. police say they don t know exactly why 28 year old audrey hale opened fire on monday morning. but what we do know is that hale was able to legally purchase a total of seven different firearms and was under a doctor s care for an emotional disorder. in another troubling sign. we are hearing from the shooter s former art instructor that hale had a breakdown on the first day of college. we re also learning more about the three children and three adults who were killed in this attack tonight. the city of nashville will hold a victim
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. report on the new york grand jury probe of trump and the losses piling up in several criminal investigations. mike pence losing his bid to duck testifying in a new ruling while a new admission is upsending the stolen documents case. we ll bet to that later while the heat continues in new york. the d.a. brought in a a pro trump tabloid for months before the election. its headlines hyping a win. another trump ally cooperating with investigators, and this one s getting immunity for doing so. that friend, david pecker is the ceo of the national enquirer s parent company, american media. national enquirer hit president trump s secrets in a safe. you agreed to provide information about michael cohen, the president and the criminal investigation into campaign finance violations. this is a big case. this is absolutely whether the twice impeached president likes it or not, the work of manhattan district attorney alvin bragg