thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful the beat with ari melber starts right now. welcome to the beat. we begin with what many are saying is the revelation of something we knew but continue to see in more depth, a kind of staggering weakness of speaker mccarthy. as you see him giving out rewards to the very people who broke with him and tortured him before finally relenting this that historically chaotic beginning to the new congress. there s also some santos news so first the full picture today of what mccarthy has given away to the rebels who according to many republicans and this is again mccarthy s allies, they say those folks were politically extorting him. the lesson that mccarthy may be teaching which is why it matters in the news tonight and in the future is that his weakness can be exploited on any number of issues so this caucus which held the speaker bid hostage is getting assignments this he m
falling out of step with so many public. we have covered this before. it s a huge deal as the republicans face the midterm defeats in ohio, kentucky and virginia. the party is still reeling from that, celebrations where republicans are usually supposed to win. democrats feel emboldened. so, abortion rights groups working in tandem want to seize on the momentum, and make new pushes to protect abortion access and freedom, in states as red as even nebraska. protect our rights is an effort to put abortion rights to a vote in nebraska. you know, we have seen time and teen again, especially with how just last week, you put abortion on the ballot, and voters will protect their rights. nebraska is no different. that was just last night. you see the echo of ohio going into this week, and potentially future elections. it s just a fact if we re following what voters and different people have said in different places, in every election since the supreme court overturned roe when
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private corporations, so, you know, he s a horror show. yeah. and it really is going to go under a microscope. the state level politics are different than when you want to be president. see if people notice how it s working and keep reporting on it, joan, thanks for being here. thanks for having me. absolutely. i want to tell everyone what i mentioned to james carville. what do maya wiley, dan rather, have in common. we have a special highlight reel for you coming as we mark a billion streams for the beat. i ll explain it all coming up tonight. a montage unlike anything we ve ever shared. coming up first elon musk under fire. the politics, the twitter problems and now the tesla problems. stay with us. less sick days! cold coming on? zicam is the number one cold shortening brand! highly recommend it! zifans love zicam s unique zinc formula. it shortens colds! zicam. zinc that cold! nicorette knows quitting smoking is freaking hard.