politicsnation. tonight s lead, law and order. but for who? right now, president biden is flexing the legal powers of his office to address the country s deepening problems. and an exclusive interview with nbc news, the president talked about the difficult decision to send 1500 troops to the border to help is a refugee crisis. he also spoke about the possibility that he might invoke his 14th amendment authority to raise the debt limit. if he cannot convince some of the gop to back off threats to push the country, and to an economic crisis. here s the deal. i think that first of all, this is not your father s republican party. this is a different group. and i think that we have to make it clear to the american people that i am prepared to negotiate in detail with her budget. in the meantime, here in new york city, there is outrage after an alleged act of vigilante justice. a young black man s life is snuffed out on the subway. prompting tough questions about who has the ri
formerly president and would be the largest story in the political universe if it were about anyone else who has fewer legal problems. that is my factual introduction to the ongoing civil defamation and sexual assault/rape trial for donald trump. e. jean carroll alleges donald trump raped her in the 1990s. today is the sixth day of the trial and we are learning a lot as we are right in the heart of it. the jury also heard in a way from trump himself, but not live. instead, this jury, which is assessing these very serious allegations, heard from trump in a deposition that was taped in okay. now, there s no video of this new deposition available. we do know broadly what it looks like. it s a contrast to past depositions that trump faced. we also can tell you reporting today in what is a small portion of a 45-minute deposition was reported as evidence. this is something off the top i want to explain why it matters before i go any further. donald trump as a legal and political ma
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we re grateful the beat with melissa murray in for ari starts right now. hi, nicolle thank you so much. welcome to the beat. we re tracking breaking news out of tennessee these are pictures of celebrations in nashville, tennessee. just moments ago, the national metro council voted to reappointment justin jones jones was one of the two lawmakers expelled last week after protesting for tougher gun laws here is the moment that the council voted to reappointment him. justin jones has been elected as the interim successor for the vacant seat of tennessee house district 52, pursuant to the state law and the rule of governing a metropolitan council. jones is expected to retake his seat in the legislature tonight. and the legislature is gathering into session this hour so we could see justin jones dramatic return to the floor secondly, later this week, a different local council in the
for ari melber starts now. i wanted to say, what a day doesn t every feel day like what a day? what a day without breaks. some accountability welcome to the beat. i m alicia mendez in for ari melber we start with breaking news a legal earthquake for fox news fox news folded. rupert murdoch will pay more than $787 million over lies and conspiracy theories. the settlement coming as opening statements were about to begin in court today fox admitted to telling lie, and it comes after two years, a mo mounting smoking gun of evidence rupert murdoch under oath admit some hosts endorsed the lies from trump s team. here s dominion s lawyer right after the deal was struck. the truth matters lie have consequences. over two years ago a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories causing grievous harm to dominion and the country. today as settlement of $787,500,000 reps vindication and accountability.
the beat with ari melber starts right now hi, ari. hi, noik coalle there s a lot happening, but that interview was certainly news making. also an exclusive many people would want so since i have you for a second, what came through to you on more than one topic talking to this fox producer turned whistle-blower it s so amazing you want to jump off the thor and process everything you heard. then we had another hour to do, soy haven t processed it i think what i m most impacted by, other than any human being going through this process of being part of and i said to her, look work cover the damage that i feel fox has done to our democracy by broadcasting lies to its millions of viewers you helped produce them. how does that work and she talked about wanting to advance her career but realizing now what she was a part of but the thing that strikes me is once again we are talk about an alleged toxic culture, a culture of misogyny. she alleged anti-semitism at fox news and th