welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we have new tapes. in a beat exclusive we have new audio tapes of congressman george santos, arraigned today for that indictment. they are the santos tapes and they re coming up shortly. later i want to tell you we also have my special report on clarence thomas problem with law and precedent. we ll get to that breakdown and these tapes. our top story right now is the santos indictment itself. this is the most controversial new lawmaker in congress, now indicted for breaking laws. prosecutors say his lies became crimes, to put it simply, and today, for his part, the congressman vowing to fight the case while echoing a maga witch-hunt defense. now, i m going to have to go and fight to defend myself. the reality is is it s a witch-hunt. i m going to fight my battle. i m going to deliver. i m going to fight the witch-hunt. i m going take care of clearing my name. i will prove myself innocent. he pled not guilty and is now out on bon
former president. his video deposition taken under oath is now public. e. jean carroll s lawyers presented it for the jury and it included a portion where the access hollywood tape is played and donald trump is asked about it. in this video i just start kissing them. it s like a magnet. just kiss. i don t even wait. when you re a star they let you do it. you can do anything. grab them by the [ bleep ] you can do anything. historically that s true are stars. it s true with stars that you can grab women by the. [ bleep ] if you look over the last million years, that s been largely true, not always, but largely true. unfortunately. or fortunately. and you consider yourself to be a star? i think you can say that, yeah. both legal teams have rested their cases, and the judge has given donald trump the weekend to reconsider whether he wants to appear in his defense. joining me now is nbc news correspondent ron allen who has been following the trial with us. also with
group of people outside a migrant shelter killing eight. we ll bring you that news conference as soon as it begins. we re learning more about what could be behind the mass shooting at a busy outlet mall on saturday that left eight dead. we ll talk to a dad who was with his teen daughter when the shots rang out. meanwhile, in california, we re live at a migrant camp where hundreds of people from all over the world have come to seek asylum days before the u.s. lifts health restrictions at the border this morning. there is word that the governor of texas is now sending more troops to the border in his state. in new york, protesters stand on subway tracks interrupting service as calls grow for authorities to charge the man who put a fellow subway rider into a deadly chokehold. and we ll break down president biden s new strategy to raise the debt ceiling as he prepares to meet with top congressional leaders tomorrow. and we begin with breaking news out of texas where off
administration dealing with the tens of thousands of people who plan to seek asylum in the united states. border patrol processing centers are already overwhelmed with people. and complicating matter, a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from releasing migrants into the u.s. without notices to appear in court. customs and border protection said it will imply comply with the order but they insist that the government was prepared for title 42 to end said mayorkas. we have been preparing to this to end for a year. i want to be clear it will be challenging but we have a plan and executing on our plan but take time for our plan to show results but we have confidence in that plan because it has worked in the past. here in el paso, in many ways, today seems just like it did yesterday in many ways. so much has changed and i m here in front of the sacred church in downtown el paso. very close to the border and this mural here, as you see some folks lined up, th
but you know what chicago is not known for? latinos. cause when you think mexican, you think what? texas or cali? and puerto ricans, you think new york city immediately. but nope, they re right here in chi town. that s right, chicago has the second-largest mexican population of any u.s. city and a very, very large, thriving puerto rican community. latinos have been here longer than wrigley field, and they ve brought their amazing culture with them. i m talking food from michoacán and salsa from san juan. waves of latinos came to america s heartland and they worked in its factories, farms, and service industries and they turned chicagoland into chicagolandia. so i m here to find out what kind of impact decades of latinx influence have had on the windy city. and i m gonna have some amazing food, because you know that happens a lot on this show. it s right here in my contract. feed john. [tracks clacking] [upbeat horn-driven music] - [trills] [upbeat music] i m h