science guy coming up. and also making the beat debut is one of the few live witnesses from the january 6th committee hearings, an expert who stuck to the fact about donald trump s lies and found telling the truth can become something of an act in the maga universe. all of that is coming up here but our top story right now is about democracy, and i d like to clearly tell you what we re trying to do around here. so let me tell you up front right now this is a little different than our typical start to this news program the beat. right now i m going to try to walk through the broader path of how democracy is in danger even beyond how that point itself has become a kind of rhetorical refrain in washington, a refrain that is also true. so we re going to go through that right now, me and you together, and then turn to a special expert on this a little later. the mid-term elections may occur on one day in november, and we know that, of course, is election day. but these primari
obama-biden administration. she joins us now from the white house on this big news day, domestic policy counsel director susan rice. thanks for being here. great to be with you, ari. thank for having me. let s begin with the good news. what does this program do for the affected individuals who have those loans? and what, if anything, do you think it does to help other americans who are looking at this as money during what has been a rocky economic time? well, first of all, ari, there are many aspects to what the president announced today and i think it s important to hear them as a whole. in the first instance he said because we are emerging from the pandemic it s time to end the pause on repayment of student loans, which began under president trump at the beginning of the pandemic and has been extended. that pause will end at the end of this year, december 31st. so he s going to extend it for one final period. secondly, to ease the burden on those who have suffered during
many issues. he tried to diversify joe biden s ticket with a focus on doing whatever was necessary to do, quote, just beat trump. he led the first all black production team when producing the oscars. he has an emmy nomination in a field that has long featured discrimination. his new feature features idris elba. you ve been in beast mode. i like that, ari. how are you doing, brother? it s good to be here. i want to be in the film, they say oh, it gets better. it s getting better. it s going to get better. it doesn t get better. you look at oscars, grammys, people know how limited these have felt. look, it is getting better. we have so far to come. you know, there was such a dirt
want to ask you a former national security advisor you have former president trump and his allies saying that either he declassified things in his mind or maybe he just took them for his memoirs. given your experience, have you ever heard of a former president or top official just walking out the door with 300 classified documents? do you view that as relatively normal and forgivable? or is this a national security concern? i have never heard of something like that. i don t want to stray in the national security lane and i ll stay in my own, but i think it s just a statement of fact i ve never heard of something like that. understood. you have the experience, understand what your focus is and your current role, but we thought we d ask given your current expertise. thanks for making time. thank you. appreciate it, ari. we appreciate it as well. and next we go on a different direction and go into beast mode. we ll explain what idris elba is
they roam. it does underscore a real issue. it s the perfect late summer meeting. go get out of the heat. you either got to be home watching my guy ari drop bars or go watching idris elba, i m telling you, people, what you doing. appreciate you. thank you for having me. appreciate that. i want to remind folks, this is our msnbc mavericks link. go to msnbc.com/mavericks. we explore about culture and change. icons like snoop dogg and annie lenox. people you may not know about. you can go to youtube and search maverick and melber. as always, i appreciate you spending time with us on a fine summer day here on the beat