thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful the beat with ari melber starts right now. welcome to the beat. we begin with what many are saying is the revelation of something we knew but continue to see in more depth, a kind of staggering weakness of speaker mccarthy. as you see him giving out rewards to the very people who broke with him and tortured him before finally relenting this that historically chaotic beginning to the new congress. there s also some santos news so first the full picture today of what mccarthy has given away to the rebels who according to many republicans and this is again mccarthy s allies, they say those folks were politically extorting him. the lesson that mccarthy may be teaching which is why it matters in the news tonight and in the future is that his weakness can be exploited on any number of issues so this caucus which held the speaker bid hostage is getting assignments this he m
made its way to our doorstep right here in aalbuquerque, new mexico. fundamentally at the end of the day this was about a right-wing radical, an election denier who was arrested today, and someone who did the worst imaginable thing you can do when you have a political disagreement, which is turn that to violence. wow. saddest of all perhaps is that such incidents of dangerous domestic extremism are starting to feel routine in our country. amid a sharp rise to threats of public officials over the last few years, are any of us even surprised in what plays out almost every day. what did republicans expect or want when they spent the last few years talking like this. we re not allowed to punch back anymore. i love the old days. you know what they used to do to guys like that when they were in a place like this? they d be carried out on a stretcher, folks. i m eric grietens, navy s.e.a.l. and today we re going rino hunting. now today we face the greats danger we have ever
both groups have a starring role in tomorrow s january 6th hearings as federal prosecutors reveal more on trump s inner orbit. after oath keepers stormed the capitol their leader called someone on the phone with an urgent message for trump. this is based on what another extremist told investigators. new accusations also include an alleged oath keeper bring explosives to d.v. on january 67th along with allegations this a co-defendant kept a deck list with the name of a georgia election official. tomorrow we ll hear from a former oath keeper spokesperson who will appear as a witness. he s expected to speak about the group s propaganda efforts and radicalization over the years, including how rhodes capitalized on conspiracy theories to raise money. joining us now are our guests and thanks for all being here. mr. john wirth, i want to start with you. you wereo an investigator on t committee. give us a senseig of what you expect them to do with the information they bring out
president trump who was looking for enough votes to give him the win. gabe sterling who you may remember warned amid threats over georgia s 2020 recount someone would get killed. rusty bowers, rudy giuliani called him about switching out biden electors. bowers said he also told former president trump he wouldn t break the law. georgia election worker shaye moss who was accused by the former president of bringing in suitcases of ballots. we ll have new information about the growing number of threats against members of congress. among them adam kinzinger. he tweeted out a letter where someone threatened to execute him, his wife and their 5-month-old baby. he shared this morning. there is violence in the future. i m going to tell you. until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we can t expect any differently. threats seem to have made their way into the 2022 election season republican senator candidate from missouri, eric greitens announced a new ad saying he s going,
government to help as it is buckling under record cancellations and delays. let s go up front. i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, hunting down enemies. a republican senate candidate is calling on voters to take down members of his own party. republicans in name only, he said, pretending to hunt down maga opponents, a tactical team breaks down the door of a home, sets off smoke bombs and runs through with their guns drawn. he follows them in and says, quote, joined the maga crew, get a rino hunting permit, there is no begging limit, no tagging limit, it doesn t expire until we save our country, . the fraternal order of police condemning the ad, saying it sends a dangerous message that it is somehow acceptable to kill those with different political beliefs is beyond disturbing, and this violence needs to be called out. also comes at a time when the united states is on track this year to break the record for mass shootings and the department of homeland secu