the beat with ari melber starts now. you were speaking to donald trump s former lawyer, now grand jury witness last night i spoke to his current lawyer, who blames everything just about on the former lawyer. i m curious what you think of it all, including your skills as an established political communicator what we re hearing coming out of this team? well, first of all, i m so glad to get to talk to you i described you behind your back as masterful it was a brilliant interview i watched it when i got home i think that what he is doing is what you said. he was engaged in political communications his defense as he described it to you was that he would have paid it either way because melania would be mad well, the federal crime isn t being charged by sdny. this is a state investigation. it doesn t seem like an apples to apples kind of comment. what i think is about to happen in this country is a giant debate about whether this was just a foot foul, sort of a b.s. kind of t
good everybody, from msnbc world headquarters in new york, i m lindsey reiser in for alex witt. breaking news developing drama playing out over the skies of the carolinas, just a short time ago we received this video. residents say is that alleged chinese spy ballooned flying over the skies, over asheville, north carolina. floating eastwards toward the atlantic ocean. more video in our news room just a short time ago shows that over clover, south carolina, that s a neighboring city of charlotte, north carolina. president biden responded to a question about, it listen closely. joining me right now is nbc news investigative report there, dan. you can sort of make it out there, the u.s. president saying he is going to take care. but what do you take that to mean, any word from officials about these latest sightings? well that does seem to suggest that the u.s. is prepared to shoot down at the boulogne, given that it s now approaching the atlantic ocean, that could presen
thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. we are so grateful. the beat with ari melber on a friday night starts right now. thanks, nicolle. appreciate it. welcome to the beat. we begin with what some democrats are tout as the best day for domestic news within the biden presidency. not only the best days for the economy in this choppy covid era with all the upheavals but we re going to go through the numbers for you, the single best day for economic numbers in literally 50 years. the unemployment rate has not been this low, in other words, the unemployment rate has not been this high since americans were seeing things like this. hi, this is dick clark and it s time now one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind. as we chart our goals we shall be lifted by our dreams. i like your show, and i like your style shouldn t you brand be true today? kid, the next time i say go someplace like bolivia, let s go someplace l
shot because of it. they re gonna have spears that they never thought about in their life that now they re going to think about all the time there is this culture within america that shoot first ask questions later. what is going on in this country? at least two people are dead this morning after severe storms tore across three states overnight tornado left down trees and power lines, creating challenges for first responders to find those trapped in a number of emergency crews all over this area. look at all the damage. the inflow is insane. access to the comment. abortion drug kristen still legal, at least for now, this is a really uncertain time for the abortion rights movement. pandora s box of potential legal issues. real question is, will they hear it? and where are they headed on this? we don t want a supreme court justice in our bedrooms, telling us what to do. not can you hear me? now? can you hear me? we saw a missile land very close to our vehicle. thousands have al
tonight we are tracking multiple breaking stories including bombshell new allegations from a former irs whistleblower about your president joe biden, hunter biden, and at least one high ranking biden official. will you love this breaking news tonight. also new information about the biden family syndicate you did not know about, although with an explosive exchange between congresswoman marjorie taylor greene and eric swalwell. that s all coming up. oh, and don lemon s latest public meltdown. and i m saying don t fire don lemon. because nobody will get lower ratings. keep him right where he is. [cheers and applause] sean: we start with this bit of news i think you ll all like it. a big huge loss in court today for manhattan da alvin bragg. [cheers and applause] sean: a huge win for the rule of law and tonight in court a federal judge denied bragg s request to stop the house judiciary committee from issuing a subpoena to one of bragg s former prosecutors the guy that wrote t