that s my line. we have got some headlines for you. let s begin here. big news this morning. ukraine s president volodymr zelenskyy heading in person the g7 summit in japan to meet face to face with president biden and other world leaders. also, that accused pentagon leaker is going appear in court in a few hours and former and current defense officials are expressing alarm that the young airman kept his job even after he was reported multiple times to commanders for mishandling class fight intelligence. disney delivered a huge $1 billion employee to ron desantis florida right before he is expected to announce a run for president. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. and we have been tracking developments really all morning out of japan this morning where white house now says president biden left dinner early with world leaders at the g7 summit to get an update on what is happening back in washington on the debt limit talks. the crisis in d.c. oversh
exclusive audio of congressman matt gaetz discussing pardons with a key trump ally. then, the new maga, forget trump, we are talking about mothers against greg abbott, a new group that wants change for texas families. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all right, mitch mcconnell got played, there is no other way to say. he got duped, he fooled, he got bamboozled, whatever word you want to use, that is what happened to him. it is a statement i don t think i have ever said before on the show. i m about to say something else rather unprecedented, kudos to joe manchin, working together with senate majority leader chuck schumer. joe manchin pulled a fast one on old mitch and in doing so, resurrected president biden stalled legislative agenda. how did they manage it? it is a bit complicated, so bear with me for a second. you see, the white house and senate democrats had two pieces of legislation that they wanted to pass before the midterms. one was the so-called chips bill, w
might be on a hearing hiatus, but the justice department investigation into the attack on the capital appears to be finally kicking into overdrive. this week, reporting from the washington post later confirmed by nbc news, signaled a new focus in the department of justice criminal probe. donald trump, himself. prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump held in the run up to january six. in recent days, two former top aides to mike pence, his chief of staff mark short and lawyer greg jacob, have been called before a federal grand jury. witnesses have reportedly been asked about conversations with trump, his lawyers and other members of his inner circle. they post also reports that back in april, the justice department got their hands on phone records from key officials and aides in the trump administration, including former chief of staff, mark meadows. as the saying goes, when it rains, it pours, because the new york times is reporting that f
i have ever said before on the show. i m about to say something else rather unprecedented, kudos to joe manchin, working together with senate majority leader chuck schumer. joe manchin pulled a fast one on old mitch and in doing so, resurrected president biden stalled legislative agenda. how did they manage it? it is a bit complicated, so bear with me for a second. you see, the white house and senate democrats had two pieces of legislation that they wanted to pass before the midterms. one was the so-called chips bill, which provided funding for american made semiconductors and the other was a renegotiated slimmed down version of president biden s build back better proposal from last year. mitch mcconnell and a number of senate republicans supported the chips bill, but those same senators threatened to block its passage if democrats attempted to pass any biden s build back better plan do the reconciliation process. the once a year exception, one budget related legislation can
Have a good show. Thank you, nicole. Welcome, everyone, to a twohour edition of the beat tonight as we go through a big day in court. Im ari melber, we have our Special Coverage, and we begin right now with the prosecutors star witness taking the stand. You may have heard about it, you may have readied for it, we are now here. The former trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifying about the work he did for trump, saying under oath this was the dirty work of a, kwot, fixer. And recounting today and the jury hearing it from his mouth for the first time, the road to the payments at the center of this physicalny case against Defendant Trump. Big day in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. The star witness takes the stand against donald j. Trump. Form fixer Michael Cohen now the star witness in the new york versus trump trial. Cohen on the stand. An extraordinary showdown today in court. The man at the center of the Hush Money Payments Scandal is testifying. The expresident coming