the beat with ari melber starts now. happy friday. happy friday, nicole. hope you enjoy your weekend. it s been quite a week. welcome to the the beat. i m ari melber here on the beet both beet. up top, there are a lot more developments in the unprecedented story that broke last night. if you have been busy, you maybe didn t hear it. the new york times dropping this bombshell news that donald trump is likely to be indicted in new york. tonight trump s lawyers acknowledge a key point in that account. the d.a. has indeed invited donald trump to testify to the grand jury. this isn t hypothetical. this isn t some day. this is next week. an invite to testify next week according to trump lawyers. they are in florida over the weekend discussing strategy, taking this as a real thing. seriously, they tell nbc news they have no plans to meet with the manhattan d.a. mr. bragg. so, let s get some clarity up top. there are many stories we cover we say here is this thing and here ar
our window. welcome into fox & friends . wiwe had several bibles from the office out and handouted to us and it struck me, i love history. i love history. i know pete is a big student of western civilization and its foundational ties to christianity. one thing she highlighted in the piece visiting the museum of the bible is the way that christianity and the word of god in the form of the bible is inextricable from the history and culture. from the gutenburg press that s mass knead media to the united states of america and monuments and documents and founding fathers, it s all intricately intertwined and you can check it out by the way in american. go to that museum of the bible at museumofthebible.org/explore and see the literal stories come to life. rachel: we re in a battle to save the story and it was a privately funded museum that was never done on public money and there s a lot of wokeification of the smithsonian and retelling of the story and a battle right now for the
Expected to raise while here, which is the humanitarian aspect of this, the fact that no humanitarian aid has been able to get into gaza, that has been something that Secretary Blinken and his Marathon Trips that hes been making here in The Middle East over the last several days and now i should note theyre just next door to where i am speaking to you meeting with that entire wartime cabinet and next he will hear from first responders, from victims families, from the families and relatives of hostages but there are going to be key questions between what he and the Prime Minister have discussed, humanitarian aid, poppy, is right at the top of that so well see if there are any announcements when the president comes and speaks in this room behind me. Thats whats next on his agenda but the white house said President Biden was walking into this with key questions not just about humanitarian aid, but also what israels goal is here. If they do go into gaza, with that expected Ground Incursion
is they re speaking about the importance of lives and li libe. they had to get a bull horn to be heard. well, you know what, that happens in a democracy too. rachel: wow, that was vice president kamala harris making a surprise trip to tennessee where she praised the three representatives. representatives. will: representative thank you for being with us. there s a lot of talk about the motivations of republicans in tennessee. there s been accusations of racism as to why the two black men were expelled and the white lady representative was not. there s been questions about personal animas. tell us in your own words, please, why were those two tennessee reps expelled.
developing this morning, the wall street journal is reporting that former president trump wants mitch mcconnell gone and has spoken with senators and allies whether any republicans are interested in mounting a challenge to the senate minority leader. sources tell the journal so far there is little appetite among the senate gop for such a play. we are back with maggie haberman and john avlon. this is an interesting one because mitch mcconnell is someone they don t want to go up against and major trump allies are getting on board with this. i think this is trump trying to flex a muscle, trying to stay relevant, frankly, and his ongoing personal animas with mitch mcconnell. i don t think there is, a, hess not having any luck trying to recruit a challenger and, b, if you read the wall street journal story, the trumpiest candidates in there who would be