thank you so much for letting substance abuse your homes during these extraordinary times. we re grateful the beat with ari melber starts right now hi, ari. hi, nicolle thanks so much today we have a special report on what new york prosecutors might be eyeing on trump there s now report on that later tonight on the beat. the big legal development making waves right now is from a different legal jurisdiction from new york. it s how georgia prosecutors have been building a case against trump down there over what might be a lot more significant to a lot of people than financials in new york, which is effort to overturn the election when the foreperson spoke out, it was fascinating, an unusual development. it drew criticism from people who really care about the justice system, regardless of what she was saying critical of mr. trump, there were concerns about. that you may recall that wellin welling, right now it s not the same, but her colleagues if you will five more grand
there s serious stuff in the world as well as a little fun with nicole. the big news come out of doj, formally requesting evidence and transcripts from the january 6th committee. that is a clear sign that the criminal probe of the insurrection is intensifying, linking with some of the leads in congress. we ll bring that to you tonight. also, tucker carlson dodging and weaving account ability after a mass shooter cited the same thing he s been pushing. we ll get into that, but right now, election night in america. firstle tos closing in kentucky. there s been primary voting in five states, and james carville is part of our special coverage kicking off the beat tonight. in addition to kentucky, polls are still open in idaho, north carolina, oregon, and p.a. we begin in pennsylvania because it is a big one, the showcase where gop senate candidates have been kplashing all the way through the homestretch of an election that started as a primary to really split the party in a key
Anger. Could that turn florida blue . Its still a long shot but it does give dems another opportunity to say look, voters, this is what happens when you let the other guys win. And while dems have this opportunity, republicans are hoping for their own opportunity on an issue they think they have the upper hand. Let us start with abortion. Joining us now, Washington Post National Reporter covering abortion, Car Caroline Kitchened matt dixon. You guys have done a lot of reports on whats happening in florida. Matt, this ruling, talk to me about the political underpinnings of it. Yeah, its a huge win for democrats here in florida who havent had a win in a decade or more. The Biden Campaign released a memo yesterday first given to nbc news that sort of said theyre going to build their florida strategy around the issue of abortion and really tieing it to yesterdays twopart rulings. So democrats are really hoping this is going to sort of put floridas Battleground State again. It hasnt been in
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