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
insurance for deposits saving grace for deposit fors as of much as $220 billiony uninsured. move to prevent a run on additional banks makes it so the tech company as it banked with svb can make payroll. at least 29y impacted pinterest, zip recruiter just to name a few. separately the same has been done for new york signature bank which was shut down over the weekend. treasury secretary janet yellen says the action does not equal bailing out the banks. during the financial crisis there were investors and owners of stem large banks that were bailed out and we re certainly not looking and the reforms that have been put in place means that we re not going to do that again. but, we are concerned about the depositors and are focused on trying to meet their needs. so, unlike the great financial drivers stock and bond investors will not be protected by the move. and taxpayer money will not be injected. percy square agrees this was not a bailout. he wrote this on twitter, quote
incorrect. if you are a democrat there is no way you can feel good about the last two years of power because the polls show it has been a fail. if you look at crime, it s raging in every major city, out of control. it s insane. americans are struggling to make ends meet with record inflation. the numbers that just came in hit a fresh 40-year high. everything is 20% more post covid. it doesn t seem to be stopping. the oil and gas, i don t see that mitigating. brian: it s 8.6% inflation. why does shutting down one baby formula factory lead us to soviet-style bare shelves in are democrats trying to score in their own goal? if you look at what the democrats have done, you would think the democrats are heading in such a wrong direction you what have to hide your eyes. with the successful recall of the san francisco d.a. gone, next stop george gascon in los angeles. in november perhaps four more idiot d.a.s will go and criminals will do time for their crimes. and parents are
incorrect. if you are a democrat there is no way you can feel good about the last two years of power because the polls show it has been a fail. if you look at crime, it s raging in every major city, out of control. it s insane. americans are struggling to make ends meet with record inflation. the numbers that just came in hit a fresh 40-year high. everything is 20% more post covid. it doesn t seem to be stopping. the oil and gas, i don t see that mitigating. brian: it s 8.6% inflation. why does shutting down one baby formula factory lead us to soviet-style bare shelves in are democrats trying to score in their own goal? if you look at what the democrats have done, you would think the democrats are heading in such a wrong direction you what have to hide your eyes. with the successful recall of the san francisco d.a. gone, next stop george gascon in los angeles. in november perhaps four more idiot d.a.s will go and criminals will do time for their crimes. and parents are
incorrect. if you are a democrat there is no way you can feel good about the last two years of power because the polls show it has been a fail. if you look at crime, it s raging in every major city, out of control. it s insane. americans are struggling to make ends meet with record inflation. the numbers that just came in hit a fresh 40-year high. everything is 20% more post covid. it doesn t seem to be stopping. the oil and gas, i don t see that mitigating. brian: it s 8.6% inflation. why does shutting down one baby formula factory lead us to soviet-style bare shelves in are democrats trying to score in their own goal? if you look at what the democrats have done, you would think the democrats are heading in such a wrong direction you what have to hide your eyes. with the successful recall of the san francisco d.a. gone, next stop george gascon in los angeles. in november perhaps four more idiot d.a.s will go and criminals will do time for their crimes. and parents are