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
things legal from the many investigations involving former president trump, to the fight for reproductive freedom and all 50 states. the controversy surrounding the supreme court, we re gonna have some fun too. getting your questions answered, a lot of questions, let s begin with with donald trump and the efforts to hold the former president accountable. for his efforts to support the will of murders in 2020. specifically, fulton county, georgia, district attorney fani willis getting the biggest sign yet that charges are imminent. d a willis has asked her local courthouse not to schedule any hearings or trials for a seventh. to the 14th, you might put those daytona calendars too. after putting law enforcement on, alert saying she plans to announce indictments in the trump investigation by september 1st. this as a new witness comes forward, alleging trump s dream discuss stealing the election as early as 2019. she says she worked for rudy giuliani, had access to thousands of h
leaves in disgrace. then, breaking news on the debt ceiling. and progressive congressman mark joins me to call out kevin mccarthy s dangerous game. i am charles blow in for mehdi hasan. let s get started. tonight we begin with a surprising allegation from a former member of donald trump s legal team. tim peloton is now publicly blasting a current trump lawyer just days after the advising the former president on the special counsel s classified documents investigation. peloton longtime legal association boris epstein attempted to enter fear with searches for quote, in my opinion he has not been very honest with us or the cline on certain things. there were certain things like the searches that he had attempted to interfere with. parlatore, who said he had left the trump team due to infighting, may defending trump more difficult. a trump campaign spokesman said that his assertions were categorically false. it is also worth noting that parlatore hasn t just served on t
reporting on turmoil inside the trump legal team that s representing the former president in the classified documents investigation. meanwhile, another republican senator is saying that the former president cannot win the 2024 election. we will have those comments and what they mean. it comes as the republican field in the race for the white house is about to add another name. plus, the naacp calls out florida governor ron desantis, we will have more on the organization s warning. also ahead, we will recap president biden s trip to japan for the g7 summit which included a meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. and preview his meeting today at the white house with speaker kevin mccarthy as both sides are trying to find a compromise that would avoid a default on the country s debt. with us we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay is with us, also with us
the crew just said happy hump day. happy hump day, everyone. sorry. sorry. let s get started with five things to know for this wednesday, may 17th. north carolina republicans overriding the governor s veto and ban ago borgsz after 12 weeks. this deciding vote cast by a former democratic a former democratic state representative who actually campaigned on abortion rights before switching parties last month. also in washington, the white house and house speaker kevin mccarthy are both tout something on the debt ceiling talks mccarthy is warning that they re both far apart as president biden is cutting down a trip abroad. and an illinois girl missing for suchl ye six years in north carolina. an employee at a store recognized the now 15-year-old and called the police. the gurirl is safe this morning and her mother was arrested. the secret service is investigating how an intruder made his way into jake sullivan s home despite being under 24/7 secret service protection. he w