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
this time over canada and alaska. lawmakers are demanding answers one week after a spy balloon sparked this diplomatic crisis. i ll talk to the ranking member of the house committee, jim hines of connecticut. plus, dividing lines. president biden targets the gop on cutting medicare and social security. there s a lot of republicans whose dream is to cut social security and medicare. let me say this if that s your dream, i m your nightmare. republicans argue they are under awac from a left-wing culture war. the dividing line in america is no longer right or left. the choice is between normal or crazy. i ll talk to phil murphy of new jersey and spencer cox of utah, about the challenges of bridging america s deep partisan divide. and investigating trump. i m the only one they go after. the facts warranted prosecution. he says donald trump should face criminal charges and design in protest when the manhattan attorney did not act. the lead attorney who worked on
and abortion doctors are urging a us appeals court to uphold a ruling that would take a common abortion medication off the market as soon as friday. ambushed newly released body cam video shows the moment officers come face to face with the louisville, mass. killer and deteriorating health. jailed russian opposition leader alexey navalny s medical condition is said to be severe. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and thanks for being with us, a group of anti abortion doctors that sued to ban a common abortion medication is urging a u. s appeals court to uphold a ruling that would take the drug off the market. the group filed its response to request requests from the u. s justice department and the maker of the drug mifepristone. asking that a texas judge s decision to suspend that drugs long held fda approval be allowed to take effect on friday, the group says mifepristone is not safe and that the fda did not adequately assess its risks when it a
letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now hi, ari. hi, noicolle thanks so much i m ari melber tonight we have a very big show, including an eye on that manhattan d.a. probe that may be closing in on president trump, and tonight in this life segment i will be including a major trump legal figure as my guest you re not going to hear that anywhere else right now because he s here sitting with me. the context is mr. michael cohen is heading back to testify again before this criminal grand jury tomorrow that s investigating trump. we know other trump aides, associates and allies have been there under oath that includes conway, hicks and others you see on the screen, which is an indication they are gathering evidence, that something is really happening. this is not about leaks, this is not about conjecture everyone from people in new york legal circles following this to trump s own lawyers see it as e
policy both at state, city, federal i simply ask you to do something. because doing nothing, which is what we ve been doing, is not working. we have to do something because this is just getting out of hand across our city and across this great nation of ours the louisville doctor who treated victims of monday s mass shooting is among the growing voices calling for action on gun violence we ll have the latest on the survivors and the investigation straight ahead plus the manhattan district attorney is now suing one of donald trump s top allies in the house. it s the latest escalation in the political fight over the former president s indictment. and we ll have a break down of what to expect today during president joe biden s visit to northern ireland all right, good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, april 12th i am sam stein in for jonathan lemire the manhattan district attorney leading the prosecution of donald trump is suing a top house republi