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
he says his battle for the soul of the nation isn t over. setting the stage for potential rematch against donald trump. but that s not trump s only challenge, today, a civil battery and defamation trial kicks off. e. jean carroll accusing trump of forcibly raping her. and one of many legal problems facing him as he once again runs for the white house. and a huge biological risk. sudanese military occupy a public health lab in that nation s capital. one with samples of polio, measles and cholera. the latest conflict in sudan. we re following the major developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central . right now, president biden is giving his first live remarks since he revealed the worst kept secret in washington. that he s running for re-election. following the loss, the president noticeably choosing a union event for his public announcement. it came at 6:00 a.m. eastern time today. here s a clip. let s finish this job. i know you care. bec
first of its kind for a former or sitting president. reaction to last night s announcement of the indictment has fallen heavily along political lines. democrats contending it is justified. republicans expressing outrage. we have fox team coverage tonight chad pergram is on capitol hill to tell us what he is hearing on the hill about all of this. david spunt in washington looks at other legal cases involving the former president. we begin with brine llenas in new york where preparations for tuesday s activities are already underway. good evening, brian. bret, good evening. sources tell fox news that manhattan s district attorney alvin bragg requested former president donald trump turn himself in today but his arraignment was pushed back to tuesday as secret service makes arrangements to protect him here at the manhattan criminal courthouse. is he just a tough guy. and he is someone whose knees do not buckle. trump s legal team making clear the former president will not b
the u.s. supreme court. we re following the protests and the stakes as the nine justices weigh challenges to president biden s loan forgiveness program. and fox news is facing even more scrutiny and questions tonight after the chairman rupert murdock admitted under oath that some of the network s hosts endorsed lies about the 2020 presidential election. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. tonight congress is putting the spotlight on deteriorating u.s. relations with china and the growing threat that the communist regime poses to the united states. the first hearing of the new house select committee on china begins in the next hour. let s bring in cnn s jessica dean. she s up on capitol hill for us. also let s bring in cnn s david culver who has reported from china for years. jessica, i ll start with you. tell us what to expect at tonight s hearing. reporter: wolf, this is the first prime
no bidders appear, the government said they are ready to step in and take it over. the morning i m david asman infra neil cavuto. this is cavuto live . we start with lucas tomlinson at the white house with some numbers as the president launches his reelection campaign. not a great mom as far as the numbers go. that s right, president biden low approval rating one of the reasons one and three democrats support somebody else for president in 2024, many republicans want this race focus on the economy. i don t want everyone every day and make it like my family to suffer as a result of poor policy. that s exactly what we see not a divided administration. they re not designed to help people, the economic policies of this administration are designed to track people. let s throw the pole number back on the screen eight in ten americans believe the economy is only fair or poor a number that hasn t changed much over the past five months. inflation is the problem we don t have to