Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. Were grateful. Please stay safe. The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Hi, ari. Hi nicolle. Welcome to The Beat. Warning against maga disinformation. Both candidates have been speaking out. We have more on the intersection of this humanitarian damager and the campaigns later this hour. While the latest reports indicate this volatile category 3 will double in size and make landfall in florida within hours. Experts caution it could end up being the worst such Weather Event in possibly a generation. I can give you a couple of factoids before we bring in our experts. Sustained Wind Speeds up to 130 miles per hour, projected 15foot Storm Surges in the worse spots, a foot and a half of rain in the densely populated Tampa Area is expected. And you can see fort myers, sarasota, tampa, all in the path, as it will barrel across the West Coast. You see that on your screen with the map of florida. Authorities h
there as far as we can tell at this time. that ll be where the where this white house is meant to determine, these are the things we ll yay john. but we feel very little responsibility to engage on these other issues, especially given what went down over the past four years of the trump administration. and the uniform stonewalling-able subpoenas. we re grateful were the story. we ll stay on as. well thank you for your time tonight. that does it for us. now it s time for the last word with my friend alicia menendez in for laura. hi nicolle, it s like the christmas present i forgot to ask for. i get to see you. happy new year. i feel like you come over, we could ve been in the basement together. like twins. have the best, nicolle. house committee investigating the attack on the capitol set dissolve next week with the start of a new congress. but not before releasing even more transcripts. a new batch of interviews interview today offers new insight into the weeks leadin
Trumps criminal trial. The judge late today denying another attempt by trumps lawyers to just run away from this thing. Indeed, the judge admonishing trumps lawyers for insinuating that actor Stormy Daniels changed her story while rejkting the mistrial request. The judge said, i disagree with your narrative that theres any new account here. Daniels wrapped up her testimony. She spoke under oath for hours and rhetorically stood her ground during the reports we have we dont have the cameras but we have a lot of reporting from people inside the room that it got very tense with the questioning from trumps Defense Lawyers, trying to make a bet the jury wouldnt be as offended by the line of questions as they would be concerned about the potential questions raised around her credibility. You wanted money. That phrase repeated multiple times by Donald Trumps lawyer today, as she grilled Stormy Daniels during crossexamination. It bordered on, i think, shaming a sex worker. Of course Stormy Dani
Famous people in this case, Stormy Daniels, took the stand to tell her story under oath for the first time. The former president coming facetoface with adult film actress Stormy Daniels the star witness to the prosecution took the stand. Even the judge was pumped. He was like, please welcome to the stand, Stormy Daniels. Stormy daniels gave a really detailed testimony really detailed. There have been contentious moments just in the past few moments, as Stormy Daniels faces crossexamination. Let me tell you, it is not over yet. Daniels is going to be back on the stand again on thursday. True, as this continues forward. Daniels is the first eyewitness to recount trumps conduct in their encounter, that he later paid to cover up. Announcement driving headlines here, we learned about much of what happened yesterday and seeing the fallout in the world as well as for the jury. Headlines about how upset trump got. Well get into that right now, as well as how she will be headed back to continue
there as far as we can tell at this time. that ll be where the where this white house is meant to determine, these are the things we ll yay john. but we feel very little responsibility to engage on these other issues, especially given what went down over the past four years of the trump administration. and the uniform stonewalling-able subpoenas. we re grateful were the story. we ll stay on as. well thank you for your time tonight. that does it for us. now it s time for the last word with my friend alicia menendez in for laura. hi nicolle, it s like the christmas present i forgot to ask for. i get to see you. happy new year. i feel like you come over, we could ve been in the basement together. like twins. have the best, nicolle. house committee investigating the attack on the capitol set dissolve next week with the start of a new congress. but not before releasing even