i don t think anyone is counting hours anymore. brian williams used to call it tonnage. there you have it. thanks to nicolle. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. amidst this unprecedented news week, which is why there are so many hours being slotted around, let me start with a quick question is there anything more to learn or say about the federal case against defendant donald trump? our team of journalists on the beat says the answer tonight is yes. we have been working on something special, a new road map gleaned from jack smith s case, which we now can see for the first time against donald trump. so later tonight we re actually going to show thank you time line from the first clues about the missing documents to trump s historic arrest, that whole road. it is new legal reporting and i can tell you you ll only see it here. that s coming up on this edition of the beat. our top story right now stems from the rapid developments on the defense and legal side of don
couldn t believe what i read. the journal reports that instagram has been connecting and promoting a vast network of pedophilia. researchers within the wall street journal investigation found the flat form enabled users to search for hash tags and recommended accounts to related to buying and selling child sex material. one shocking example was a hash tag involving preteen sex. sensorineural spite the platform s algorithms promoting this type of content o other users, it s unclear how this slipped under the nose of meta and ceo mark zuckerberg. meta is responding to the wall street journal findings saying between 2020 and 2022, these teams dismantled 27 abusive networks in a january 2023, we disabled more than 490,000 accounts for violating our child safety policies. emily, you and i were on this couch when there was another explosive wall street journal report about effect of instagram and social media on teens. i ll never forget it, senator richard bl blumenthal and cr
because it was an insurrection at the january six. almost three years ago and with a ruling maine has now become the second state, to say that trump is ineligible to appear on the 2024 republican primary ballot. the decision comes after a week of the colorado supreme court issued a similar ruling. and that ruling is now being appealed by both sides the nation s highest court. the nine justices of the supreme court are being position to settle the issue of whether trump s serving as president, under section three of the 14th amendment which bars and the candidate from holding the office who engaged in insurrection. in a, ruling tonight, secretary of state road, and i quote, i have little trouble concluding that the events of january six, 2021 or an insurrection within the meaning of section three of the 14th amendment. the record establishes that mr. trump, over the course of several months in culminating on january six 2021 use the false narrative of election fraud to inflame
you had a chance to look through the 37 counts? , , ., ,., 37 counts? yes, it s also a narrative 37 counts? yes, it s also a narrative about 37 counts? yes, it s also a narrative about the - 37 counts? yes, it s also a - narrative about the movement of 37 counts? yes, it s also a narrative about the movement of the buses. it s quite mesmerising because the buses moved from washington to florida to newjersey. including the allegation that before prime minister shared a highly deceptive military document at his club in newjersey. and a navy officer is also implicated, who was private secretary to the former president. not only is trumped named in the indictment, but also is assistant. that carries a turn of ten years, 32 with conspiracy to obstruct justice. ten years, 32 with conspiracy to obstructjustice. correctly concealing a document in a federal investigation, a scheme to conceal and false statements. that was either done in collaboration with mr nauta or the presid
decision could be coming soon, that s prompting a warning to prosecutors from former fbi director, jim comey, on why with jen psaki today. trump comes for the rule of law, the system of justice, and the agencies with a flame thrower. he will come and try to criticize and attack your family, your witnesses, there are no limits to what he will try to do to obstruct an effort to hold him accountable. no limits. also, a scary scene at sea, a chinese warship coming with 150 yards of an american destroyer. a provocative action that is the white house reacting. back slaps and finger-pointing, the followed on capitol hill from the debt relief bill playing out on the sunday show. we just stopped them from hiring any irs agents and we also took another 20 billion, going into the future. both sides to come together, i give kevin, mccarthy, and his team doing credit for doing what he what he does and can do best, it s bringing people together. i m in the group that thinks thi