we are grateful. the the beat starts right now. you and everyone else in america is getting a law degree, one i paid for. but we are going to expend all that legal knowledge. thank you. and welcome to the the beat. i m katie phang in for ari melber. we have a lot to get to tonight. later, i will talk live to the lawyer for ruby freeman and shaye moss, the defamed election workers who won a $148 million verdict against rudy giuliani. now they are suing him again. plus, we ve got historian ruth who is here to talk about trump s threat to democracy and his gop enablers. we start the show with donald trump s desperation as legal deadlines pound him from the start, trump has tried to sow confusion, disgusting attacks on judges and witnesses, and above all, to delay his legal reckoning. the news tonight, special counsel jack smith is pressing forward with new moves designed to pressure trump and to stay on track. monday night jack smith forging ahead in the d.c. coup ca
presidential bid during a rather unconventional live audio interview on twitter. we ll bring you the official launch as soon as it happens. in uvalde, texas, it s now been one full year since a gunman opened fire at robb elementary school killing 19 students and two teachers. the community and nation marking the terrible anniversary as questions remain over the response to the massacre. also tonight, the music world loses a legend. t tina turner is dead at the age of 83 after a lengthy illness. we ll remember her life and her iconic career. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the florida governor is only moments away from entering the crowded race for the republican nomination, launching a major challenge to former president trump. jessica jessica dean is joining us on what to expect from this rather unusual announcement. this is an unconventional presidential annou
tonight on the reidout we ll be back on monday in the meantime, have the best weekend with the ones that you love we ll see you then yeah, no. you will not be seeing tucker carlson tonight or any other night on fox after years of stoking rage, paranoia, and hatred, tucker is off the air. plus, breaking news tonight, a new timeline on when we can expect a decision from fulton county d.a. fani willis on potential criminal charges against donald trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and we have three very special guests fresh from their white house meeting today with president biden. the tennessee three, justin j. pearson, justin jones, and gloria johnson join me right here in the studio we begin tonight with the abrupt and embarrassing end to tucker carlson s reign as the top rated primetime host in cable news this morning, fox announced that the two had agreed to part ways and thanked him for his service to the network that decision apparently
donald trump, who appointed three conservative judges, welcome to the ruling as god s work. some firms have already offered to fund employees seeking out of state abortions. now on bbc news, for six decades, hendry kissinger has been a diplomat and adviser to advair can presidents and ever present influence in international affairs. now in his 100 years, james has visited him and his home to talk about a life that took him from a childhood in nurse nazi germany to the doors of the over office. in an ever present influence on the international stage. now i ve come to his home in the united states to talk to this powerful and often controversial figure about a life that has taken him from nazi germany to the doors of the oval office itself and onto the oval office itself and onto the world stage. we ll talk about his new book leadership. the ideas that have shaped him. of course, about our disordered world. going up in germany, henry conditioner was a witness to the nazi era.
it cannot come at a more critical time. with more legal exposure for the twice impeached former president after cassidy hutchinson provided a smoking gun, starting with as she exposed in the clearest detail yet that the former president was aware of the threat of violence from his supporters on january 6. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, i don t fin care that they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. take the fin mags away. let my people in. they can march to the capitol here. that s damning in light of the former president s speech to his armed followers. fight like hell. if you don t fight like hell, you are not going to have a country anymore. that kind of fight like hell, fight, fight, fight language was what the former president s lawyers said would be foolish to include. they were urging the speech writers to not include that language for legal concerns and also for the optics of wh