financial scandals as he cozied up to sympathetic billionaires. we start with donald trump s alarming embrace of authoritarianism, fascism, and ci rhetoric, adopting toxics rhetoric to dehumanize and apoat immigrants in turns t experts say echoed the worst dictators of the 20th century. trp s newest comments sparking headlines and backlash, in raising new questions about market a or s in congress. after trump targeted immigrants in language historians say was identical to adolf hitler s language about jewish people. they are poisoning the blood of our country, that is what they have done. they ve poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world. not just in south america, not just a three o four countries we think about, b all over the world ar coming into our country from africa, from asia, all over the world. experts pointing out, quote, the term blood poisoning was used by hitler in his manifesto mein kampf, in which she criticize immigration and the mixing
Thank you, nicolle. We appreciate you. Im ari melber. We begin this broadcast with Breaking News out of the Georgia Rico Case against trump and his aides. Guilty. For the First Time Ever were reporting Tonight A Trump lawyer in the 2020 election case has now pled guilty. Sidney powell, who you may remember from presentations like that one she gave with giuliani after the election, a key coup lawyer. A key player, we should mention. Jack smiths case against trump. And most critically tonight, a rico defendant in that georgia case where she was booked for her mug shot. She was awaiting trial next week. The news tonight . She just pled guilty today, a bid to duck potentially harsher penalties in that criminal case. Unlike the federal case, today the cameras were rolling today in the georgia courtroom. You can see the defendant now convict sitting there this is where a onetime president ial lawyer became a convict. She admitted her guilt in the efforts to overturn trumps loss, and like any
thank you for spending part of your tuesday with us. the beat with ari melber starts right now. ali, always like to see you? how you doing? saw you in person last week even better. our thanks to alley velshi, our colleague here. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. great to be back with you. tonight we re tracking new report on what former vice president pence told jack smith about trump s coup plot, and later how right of had wing nationalists are winning in south america to parts of europe, where some find that surprising. this new election sending shock wave about so-called maga populism and trump s abroad. everyone later a fun item of interest to what the i ll have this for and explain why we think it s a good thing by the end of the hour. all that coming up. our top story are the signs of kremtle progress in the middle east conference. today marking a sixth day of cease-fire or pause. hamas released two more hostages, including two thai hostages, all part
leadership with families, students, educators, and communities. jessie: i feel like we re really valued as partners. david: it s a more innovative, holistic approach. grant: in addition to academic services, we look at serving the whole family. narrator: wellness centers, food pantries, and parental education. jessie: they re already making a difference. david: california s community schools: reimagining public education. all eyes are on defendant trump s rico codefendants. they have been turning themselves in throughout the week. several making news by saying trump s not paying their legal fees for consequences for things they did for him. that s not in debate. rico defendant and former aide jenna ellis booked today. here s her mugshot. she s asking why trump and his pacs, which involve money donated by other people, are not paying anything to defend her
through these. it s powerful and takes a moment to absorb the actual photos. you make that distinction and i wonder how that effects what will ultimately be tried in court, because people sometimes forget, the jury process, deliberately so, is incredibly human. people s humanity and their mistakes, foibles are assessed. people who made honest or good faith mistakes sometimes are seen differently in those who are proven to be, as you mentioned with mr. giuliani and by his own account, arrogant and not contrite to the end. what do you see, then, in what we re viewing, which are trump s rico codefendants who will call get their day in court? what i see is even as we re