room where john kirby is set to headline that briefing just moments from now. john: the big question, what will he have to say today about beijing setting up a spy base in america s back yard. kirby now admitting what the national security spokesperson said just days ago that china has a spy base in cuba, yes, it s real. sandra: biden administration they have ports on both sides of the panama canal already that can restrict that shipping. they have a space monitoring station in the mountains of argentina, to track our satellites, buying up farmland left and right. john: congressman mike waltz sounding the alarm about the chinese spy base in cuba about 100 miles from u.s. soil. that on top of several other ways china is trying to steal our nation s top-secret. sandra: ukraine s counteroffensive against russia is well underway. the test to see if billions of american dollars to the country is put to good use but it s happening as putin cozy up to russia, and iran sa
we are grate. . the beat with ari melber starts right now. see you tuesday. i m ari melber, we begin with the breaking news. we start the new week with the federal defendant, donald trump, back in florida. this is the eve of his federal arraignment tomorrow, and he made the trip from new jersey preparing to voluntarily surrender into federal custody for the first time as a defendant. that is the consequence of the indictment unsealed and briefly explained by jack smith on friday. the former president indicted for breaking several laws including the espionage act and laws relating to obstruction of justice. trump is current still seeking what he needs legally, the required local counsel, amidst reports that many are balking at him as a quote nightmare client. now, sooner or later, you can find a lawyer there that s not going to be a hangup forever, but it is a striking piece of legal reality for donald trump here on the eve of that arraignment. he spent the weekend out o
colleagues alicica menendez, jonathan capehart, ayman mohyeldin, symone sanders-townsend, and with us from miami, katie phang. the twice impeached, and now twice indicted donald trump has become the first ex president to face criminal charges from the federal government. over the next two hours, my colleagues and i, along with some special guests, are going to break down the justice department s case against the former commander-in-chief. a case that we saw for the first time just yesterday. when the bombshell, 37 count indictment was unsealed. the indictment, which also names the trump aide and valet, walt nauta, as his coconspirator. outlined criminal charges related to more than 100 classified documents that federal agents recovered from trump s mar-a-lago resort last august. trump faces 31 counts of violating the espionage act, through willful retention of classified records. he faces another six counts stemming from his alleged efforts to impede the investigation. nauta
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hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. things are getting intense for the ex-president. those viewers of this program know very well about the drip, drip, drip of new clues trump could soon be facing multiple criminal indictments from special counsel jack smith. today is no exception to the pattern of drips. in miami, one of jack smith s most senior prosecutors was back at a federal courthouse where a grand jury is meeting in the classified documents case. we should note that the washington, d.c. federal grand jury that jack smith has been working with in the january 6th investigation is also in session today. new york times reports that the special counsel s office has put trump s legal team on notice that the expresident is a target of the investigation into his handling of classified documents. quote, the notification to trump s team by prosecutors from the office of the special counsel jack smith was the clearest signal yet that the former president is likely to face char