A special Labor Day edition. Enjoy the 5 00 p. M. Hour, ari. I was going to say, nicolle, it doesnt feel right being here 5 00 to 6 00. Doesnt feel right. But at least i got to see you. Yeah, have a great show. Its a great time. I was happy to come in early. Youre now here early. Its great to get to see more of you. Absolutely. And have a great rest of the Labor Day with you and yours. Welcome to the beat, everyone. Im ari melber. It is Labor Day but theres a lot going on in the world, on the campaign. The news doesnt stop. I can tell you Vice President harris is on the campaign trail. You see here the preparation with President Biden. Theyll be campaigning on this Labor Day holiday. We can also show you them arriving. This was moments ago. So were going to bring this event to you here in this 5 00 p. M. Eastern hour. As i mentioned, theres kamala i should say with the president. But i mentioned with my colleague Nicolle Wallace were here in the 5 00 p. M. Hour. Were going to bring you
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hi! hi. i m katty. thank you so. it s so.! oh, my god. i m so happy. so lovely to meet you. does everybody who meets you who used to do ballet stand automatically in first position? 0h! is that like a giveaway? and so you have. so i have. and i ve been doing it. you know what s weird, preparing for. i find myself all day standing in first position again. it s been so many years. makes you stand up straight. it s so good for you. no, i. thank you for doing this. i m so thrilled. i m happy, so am i. i actually when i was about 13, i applied to the royal ballet school in london and i didn t get in, which was just as well, because i d have been way in the back stage of the corps de ballet, kind of ideally out of the set. but i ve wanted to meet you for so long. oh, wow. ..so that s great. so, when you come onto a stage, misty. ..having not danced since 2019. mm hm. ..how are we feeling? how s your body doing? erm. ..i mean, it s like different air up here. yeah. you know, like i
misty copeland made history as the first black woman to become a principal dancer at the prestigious american ballet theatre. we had the absolute thrill of meeting her onstage at lincoln center in new york. hi! hi. i m katty. thank you so. it s so.! oh, my god. i m so happy. so lovely to meet you. does everybody who meets you who used to do ballet stand automatically in first position? 0h! is that like a giveaway? and so you have. so i have. and i ve been doing it. you know what s weird, preparing for. i find myself all day standing in first position again. it s been so many years. makes you stand up straight. it s so good for you. no, i. thank you for doing this. i m so thrilled. i m happy, so am i. i actually when i was about 13, i applied to the royal ballet school in london and i didn t get in, which was just as well, because i d have been way in the back stage of the corps de ballet, kind of ideally out of the set. but i ve wanted to meet you for so long. oh, wow. ..so t