zikomo! [applause] welcome to the beat with ari melber. we have a big show for you tonight, prosecutor ronaldo murat he will join me as we look at jack smith s big coup case against donald trump, which faces a key appeal in january. how will smith draw on his past experience? that s where we begin tonight. he s a tough prosecutor with a long record. he s led difficult and victorious cases, including, the prosecution of new york police officer, justin vulpy, who tortured abner lima, a notorious case, which resulted in a 30-year prison sentence, unheard of for a prosecutor at the time. he was unknown prosecutor at the time. he went on to develop and expertise that other lawyers sometimes duck. the kind of cases that go at the powerful and government, police senators, heads of states. he developed experience for the pressures of those specific cases and something of a repetition of a prosecutor that you can pick up and call with a tough case like that. smith did a stint at the
tonight, but also getting to nikki haley. i saw your coverage of nikki haley in the last hour. just a little before you started that. in new hampshire tonight. she was asked a pretty simple question. what was the cause of the civil war? she managed to give an answer that did not include the words slavery. we re going to show you that later in this hour, and explain why she gave that answer. lawrence, i m looking forward to that because i saw also that same comment after we did our segment so i m glad you re covering it. thank you, jonathan. thanks, lawrence. on christmas day a 77-year-old criminal defendant facing racketeering charges and other felonies in four jurisdictions said that his prosecutors should rot in hell. and unlike every other criminal defendant who has said that, he didn t mumble it to himself bitterly, alone in his jail cell, awaiting trial. he dn t say it angrily to a cell mate. he said it through the reach of social media to the world, and while he
lot easier for you too. why did you take that decision? i don t think it would ve made it easier because at the end of the day at the end of the day, the question really is, you know, what s more important here. and to me, there was no world in which you would say maintaining this house seat matters more than standing up for truth. and it became clear that in order to stay in leadership, i was gonna have to tell donald trump s lies. and i was willing to do. that it wasn t a choice for me, and frankly, i don t think it was a choice for any american now given the stakes and given how significant this trend is. the book is called oath and honor: a memoir and a warning . liz cheney, what a remarkable what the world [laughter] and i know, despite everything, it s not the easiest thing in the world to sit down with me for an hour. but i really appreciate it. thank you, i appreciate it. let s keep the conversation going. that s going to do it for us tonight. it is
good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with fresh warnings about what we could see in washington and across the nation, should donald trump return to the white house. remember, he is currently a defendant in multiple cases. and right now, as his trials are set to unfold, as he is making his pitch to voters for a second term. over the last few days, he has been on the losing end of several appeals in two of his trials. the gag order in the new york civil fraud case remains at his claims to be immune from prosecution in the federal election case has been officially rejected. but several reports are indicating trump is making plans for his next administration despite these legal setbacks. the new york times reports it would be more radical in the first. and the former president and his advisors extreme ideas would have a better chance of becoming reality, since the forces that restrained him will be weaker this time around. the atlantic magazine s la
amid more and a warning. she s going to be here with me to talk about it in her first primetime interview. again, we have never done an interview before. i m going to be speaking with her in public for the first time here ever. it is next monday live here at nine pm. you have not heard about what is in her book because it s all about a very tight embargo. but you are going to want to see what she has to say. that is a week from tonight. i will see you then, that does it for me for now. and that was time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. reporter: good evening, that means you know what that means to me for next monday night. that means have to get everything done and ready for my show, like a good 55 minutes earlier than i usually do so that i just don t miss a word of this first ever discussion between rachel maddow and this genie. reporter: thank you, i can send you a sleep aid or something to try to help adjust your hours? i will say, th