The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Happy monday. Happy monday and thank you, i appreciate it. I welcome everyone to The Beat and we begin the program covering the developments in the terrible, Near Miss Type Incident at Donald Trumps Golf Course on sunday. The secret Service Opening Fire after seeing a gun that was pointed inside the course, inside the area where the former president was. More details on exactly that exchange of gunfire and what happened and i can tell you with the most recent information, federal authorities are treating this as a second Assassination Attempt. The first occurred at the Pennsylvania Rally with shots fired, agents killing the shooter, and a Rally Attendee being fatally shot. Here, authorities have apprehended the suspected gunman, alive. 58yearold Ryan Routh charged with two federal counts of gun possession. The authorities are stressing how the investigation for determining the motive, thats an ongoing investigation and they also praised the re
Teams prior claim that he cant be prosecuted even if he assassinated, killed, assassinated his political rivals. Could a president who ordered s. E. A. L. Team six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution. If he were impeached and convicted first so your answer is no. Today trumps lawyers argued, quote, a former president enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts. They also tried to argue that Holding President accountable for his crimes would somehow cripple the office. Quote, a denial of criminal immunity would incapacitate every future president with De Facto Black Mail and extorsion. The key to trumps argument is his claim that trying to overturn the election was part of his official Amitriptyline Acts as president , a claim that is absolute nonsense. Trumps filing comparing january 6th to clintons airstrikes in the middle east, bushs search for weapons of mass destruction and even president
Kind of a preview of how shell run her court and this case. And in deciding whether to grant Special Counsel jack smiths request for protective order limiting what the disgraced expresident can and cannot say publicly about the case, judge chutkan cuts through Talking Points like a hot knife through butter. On the First Amendment protections, they are so fond of citing, mr. Trump, like every american, has a First Amendment right to free speech. But that right is not absolute. Adding that without a protective order, the disclosure of discovery materials could lead to witnesses being harassed or otherwise interfering with a fair trial. What about the fact that trump is running for president. And chutkan did not mince words on that eithe saying, this is a criminal trial and i will not take into consideration the impact will have for have for a political came on either side. He will have all of the rights hesen tieptled to. The existence is not going to have any bearing on my decision. I i
immigration, what is actually happening at our southern border. we will get into it as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. well today, we saw an incredible split screen of the current and former presidents who are right now likely headed for a rematch in november. presidential biden was on the campaign trail in wisconsin, touting the latest numbers showing the economy grew 3. 3% in the last three months of 2023, and announcing a massive infrastructure project dedicated to that state. in new york donald trump took the witness stand defending himself in his defamation trial. as our friend peter baker reports, the expected contest between biden and trump is about more than winning the presidency, it is also about to radically different visions for our nation. today president biden and treasury secretary janet yellen made it clear, they see economic growth as proof tha
minute. tonight s last word is maeve. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, the current president versus the former president. joe biden on the road promoting his billion dollar infrastructure projects, while donald trump spent a day in court on the stand. then, mitch mcconnell casts doubt on the bipartisan motor package as the de facto leader of his party pushes for chaos. while politicians in washington continue to play politics with immigration, what is actually happening at our southern border. we will get into it as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. well today, we saw an incredible split screen of the current and former presidents who are right now likely headed for a rematch in november. presidential biden was on the campaign trail in wisconsin, touting the latest numbers showing the economy grew 3.3% in the last three months of 2023, an