Aaron, and fears this is still under investigation to some degree. The premier holding a Press Conference that there may be some outside influencers aggravated the situation. We reached out to her team, and so far we have not heard back. Aaron . Unbelievable scenes there. George soliz, in man, theres a lot more to come. First, don trumps new social media posts that is taking us back to the future. Believe me, you will understand we see. It also, new details about who sat in the back row for his arraignment thursday. If trump goes to prison, what would that look like . And what were the rule of the Secret Service be . Good day from msnbc World Headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. Im erin ohare and in for alex. And we begin with Breaking News, the judge now ordering the former President Trumps legal team to respond to the governments motion for a protective order in the election case, stating their position on the matter by five pm monday. The request for a protective
the beat with ari melber starts now. happy friday. happy friday, nicole. hope you enjoy your weekend. it s been quite a week. welcome to the the beat. i m ari melber here on the beet both beet. up top, there are a lot more developments in the unprecedented story that broke last night. if you have been busy, you maybe didn t hear it. the new york times dropping this bombshell news that donald trump is likely to be indicted in new york. tonight trump s lawyers acknowledge a key point in that account. the d.a. has indeed invited donald trump to testify to the grand jury. this isn t hypothetical. this isn t some day. this is next week. an invite to testify next week according to trump lawyers. they are in florida over the weekend discussing strategy, taking this as a real thing. seriously, they tell nbc news they have no plans to meet with the manhattan d.a. mr. bragg. so, let s get some clarity up top. there are many stories we cover we say here is this thing and here ar
thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me. of course. cnn this morning continues right now. it s okay. it s a fraud. it s election interference. it s keeping me here instead of iowa and new hampshire. i should be in iowa and new hampshire, south carolina. i should be sitting in a i shouldn t be sitting in a courthouse. and i don t have to sit here. i could just do whatever i want to do, but i want to make sure that you get the true story. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us on this friday, the 2024 campaign trail is running straight through the courthouse, or courthouses. former president trump set to take the stand in his new york civil fraud trial monday. he chose to be in the courtroom yesterday rather than the campaign trail and in the federal election subversion case against him trump s legal team is working to delay the trial set to begin in march in the heat of the presidential election season. legal problems for the curren
trump s right to free speech, even his right to lie. so how do you interpret the judge ordering the trump team to respond by monday to prosecutors social media concerns? we have seen the negative effects of trump s incendiary rhetoric. we have spoken to so many people during our investigation who came to the washington, who came to the capitol because they believe that the president invited them. so, he has outside influence a, lot of people in this country. and rhetoric like that isn t hypothetical. it actually has practical consequences, the judge understandably is concerned about the rhetoric, like i m coming after you. because it might have very practical manifestations. it ll be very interesting to see all the trump team response. and luke, we have reports from inside the courtroom telling us that trump was irritated when the judge used