incredibly careful in sort of steering clear of commenting on the details given that the doj is currently looking into the matter, so we ll have to see whether the president is a little bit more willing to dive into the details and share anything more that we don t know but again, you know, earlier today just sort of exemplifying this, the white house counsel spokesperson said they re just s simply limited in what they can say because the doj is looking into the matter but they want to handle things correctly and they may be able to share further details at a later time. we ll see what question the president gets and also, just more broadly speaking of course, how he addresses the various issues that he has been discd discussing over the last 48 hours with the leaders of canada and mexico as we ve been talking about for the last couple days. migration and immigration is going to be a top issue that the three leaders have been talking about at this meeting, jake. m.j. lee st
on the republican party. new york times puts it like this, republicans are putting trump out to pasture. that dynamic was on display the final hour for the battle of speaker, with republican members of congress playing not it, not me, as margorie taylor greene tried to get them to take donald trump s call. then there s the global condemnation for the insurrection in brazil, tragically similar to the attack on our own u.s. capitol, but is straight out of trump s playbook. that is all a very bad look for the ex-president. now today, the walls are closing in on donald trump, even more legally. legal one-two punch, if you will. first, a district judge has ordered trump s deposition in a defamation lawsuit to be unsealed. it s a deposition trump fought for years to avoid giving. now comes news that it is pencils up for the special grand jury at a fulton county, georgia. the 26 jurors spent eight months examining potential criminal interference in georgia s 2020 presidential elec
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
the man who negotiated the deal to deliver mccarthy key votes, republican congressman chip roy of texas joins me for his first post-vote interview. a lawmaker critical of the rebels, republican congressman dan crenshaw is ahead. and standing together. as republicans floundered, democrats were unified. house democrats stand together with you. how are they preparing to are the next two years? the new house minority whip, congresswoman katherine clark joins me exclusively ahead. president biden is set to visit the southern border as he expands a trump-era rule he had promised to overturn. it s important to step back and see the bigger picture here. will a divided congress address the immigration crisis. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is reeling from a wild week this morning after historic struggle, kevin mccarthy is house speaker. he won ugly, but he won. it took 15 ballots, a divisive speaker struggle not seen since before the ci
roy of texas, who was a key negotiator of getting kevin mccarthy elected as house speaker. let s make a deal. 15th time is the charm. the honorable kevin mccarthy is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [ cheers and applause ] but after a bruising fight, can kevin mccarthy govern? the man who negotiated the deal to deliver mccarthy key votes, republican congressman chip roy of texas joins me for his first post-vote interview. a lawmaker critical of the rebels, republican congressman dan crenshaw is ahead. and standing together. as republicans floundered, democrats were unified. house democrats stand together with you. how are they prepares for the next two years? the new house minority whip, congresswoman katherine clark joins me exclusively ahead. guy plus, going south. president biden is set to visit the southern border as he expands a controversial trump-era rule that he had promised to overturn. it s important to step back and see the bigg