Me. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber and we have a packed show tonight. Michael cohen is here. You know the name. Lanny davis joins us later tonight as we track what could become a verdict that would hinge more than anything else on Michael Kahns testimony and by the end of the hour, al sharpton is here for a cultural moment unlike anything weve ever tried on the beat before. You see him there was james brown. The reverend is here joined by an artist making his big debut tonight, henry mack. Our top show story shows why verdict is on the way and trumps criminal trial, his Defense Lawyers resting their case today telling the judge theyve completed their mission without ever having to call trump to testify, as is their right. They finished after less than two days in control. Trumps lawyers call just two witnesses compared to the 19 witnesses the d. A. Called, some of whom you can see right here, the star witness cohen, former trump aid hicks, Stormy Daniels, a Tabloid Chief and an arr
Regulators before its put out for Public Comment and adopted. Now this is a proposal from 2011. The rule being proposed today mandated by doddfrank and deals with incentivebased compensation at a wide range of financial institutions. Here are the key elements of this reproposal. First of all, it mandates that 60 of incentive pay for Senior Executives and significant risk tears at firms with more than 250 billion in assets, think the big wall street banks, this pay be paid out over four years. These executives at firms with 5 50 it 250 billion in assets have to wait three years. Wall street firms defer this pay for three years. But for a Smaller Group of executives. Second, this new proposal includes claw backs at firms with more than 50 billion in assets, Senior Executives and risk takers will be subject to claw backs looking back seven years if they engage in conduct including misconduct, fraud, or financial misrepresentation. Lastly, were with firms with over 1 billion in assets they
Al sharpton starts right now. Thanks to you for tuning in, im live tonight in las vegas. Breaking news tonight, the white house slamming a new attempt to gut obamacare in the courts. Today the Supreme Court announced it will rule on a lawsuit, challenging a key part of the Affordable Care act. If conservatives get their way, millions of people could lose their ability to pay for insurance. The white house ripped the lawsuit today, saying, quote, the aca is working. These lawsuits wont stand in the way of Affordable Care act and the millions of americans who can now afford Health Insurance because of it. This lawsuit reflects just another partisan attempt to undermine the Affordable Care act, and to strip millions of
american families of tax credits the congress intended for them to have. The courts announcement came while president obama met with congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle, and made it clear hes willing to work with members of congress on key issues. What weve s
Sound and trajectory of music or touched quite so many people with their talent as one of most gifted and prolific musicians of our time. Prince did it all, funk, r b, rock n roll, brilliant band leader, electrifying performer. Strong spirit transcends rules. Prince once said, nobodys spirit was stronger, bold,er or more creative. Our thoughts and prayers with his family, his band, and all who loved him. That from president barack obama on behalf of himself and the first lady. Alan leight, former editor and chief of vibe and spin magazine. Shock an understatement. But tell us what your fondanest remembrances will be of prince. Shock, as you said, doesnt come close. Its just devastating to lose the great musical genius of a generation. You know, my memories are, two parts to that. Theres time that i spent with him, you know, working on stories and interviews, and fortunate enough to be able to be around him on multiple occasions. But more than that, how central his music was to my life