american history we really do need a new word for unprecedented. former president trump vows to appeal his historic guilty conviction. a presidential candidate found guilty on 34 counts is clearly unlike anything we ve ever seen. trump s conviction is a first. the clean sweep guilty on all 34 counts an especially strong vindication of the new york d.a. s case. and sit one that all news viewers and citizens and people around the world are actually hearing and absorbing as one fact. people can have different reactions to this legal fact, but unlike so many other civic and political feuds that deinvolve into competing claims almost from the start, there s only one legal outcome here, an outcome that is sinking in, no matter what one s views of the defendant are, and no matter where you get your information from, your phone or the internet or newspapers or tv news where may 30, 2024 played out with the same big verdict news no matter which station you watch. to that end
everyone, he doesn t have to focus on recent hess in the congress, which not everyone is worried about day to day, but connecting, as you say, with the support that s out there. yeah. and it will force us out of this box too of measuring whether he is successful in getting bipartisan policies through by looking to where the support is coming from. and if you have support from republican governors and you have support from republican mayors and you have support, i think more than 50% of republicans in the country support this package, then it s impossible to deny him the accomplishment of governing in a bipartisan way. yeah, all great points. i was curious what s on your mind going into this. nice to see you, my friend. thank you. thank you. i want to welcome everyone to the beat. i am ari melber. we have a special show planned for you tonight. a live interview right here on the beat with white house secretary jen psaki. that s coming up tonight. meanwhile, joe
Pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the United Nations Refugee Agency announced a striking figure today the number of refugees and migrants making the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing to reach europe this year has now passed the 300,000 mark. Thats more than 40 higher than the Record Number who made the crossing in all of 2014. And that number doesnt include the 2,600 people who have died this year on the journey. Well have an on the Ground Report on this growing crisis right
Rose welcome to the program. We begin this evening with the confirmation hearings for judge neil gorsuch, and we talk to emily bazelon. She writes for the New York Times magazine and is a senior fellow at the Yale Law School. One question is whether the democrats have the kind of ammunition they need to justify voting against judge gorsuch as a person, as opposed to as a symbol of the Trump Administration or as, in the democrats view, the unwarranted, undeserved replacement for merrick garland, obamas failed Supreme Court nomination. Hes not giving them a whole lot of obvious talking points. So it will be interesting to see how that plays as they decide how to vote, and i would assume that the republicans are feel very good about this choice. Rose we continue with a look at the possibility of the passage of the relament of obamacare of the replacement of obamacare. We talk to al hunt of Bloomberg View and robert costa of the washington post. When the president visited the capitol Tuesd
Rose welcome to the program. We begin this evening with the confirmation hearings for judge neil gorsuch, and we talk to emily bazelon. She writes for the New York Times magazine and is a senior fellow at the Yale Law School. One question is whether the democrats have the kind of ammunition they need to justify voting against judge gorsuch as a person, as opposed to as a symbol of the Trump Administration or as, in the democrats view, the unwarranted, undeserved replacement for merrick garland, obamas failed Supreme Court nomination. Hes not giving them a whole lot of obvious talking points. So it will be interesting to see how that plays as they decide how to vote, and i would assume that the republicans are feel very good about this choice. Rose we continue with a look at the possibility of the passage of the relament of obamacare of the replacement of obamacare. We talk to al hunt of Bloomberg View and robert costa of the washington post. When the president visited the capitol Tuesd