thanks for joining us. fear not. nicolle will be back tomorrow. the beat with ari melber starts rite now. hi, ari. thanks so much. i m ari melber. after all this breaking news coverage of trump s indictment we have been at the table. all of our colleagues following this. tonight we turn from this fast fluid first draft of history to a wider view of how history may absorb this historic precedent breaking week, because tonight pulitzer prize winning journalist bob woodward who you see on the right will analyze what you see on the left. he s known for best selling books, including about now defendant donald trump. he is our exclusive guest tonight on the beat. we begin as the nation absorbs the fallout of something many thought was impossible, even recently, something donald trump said would roil the country, the former president arrested by the same government he once ran. that was yesterday. jack smith spoke out through his filing, through his team in court, and today
to a very special edition of outfront. the breaking news, chris christie drops out. the bombshell coming just two hours before cnn s gop debate, the last debate before the first votes of the 2024 election. i m erin burnett in new york, and welcome the our viewers here and around the world. and i m anderson cooper in des moines, iowa. behind me, the stage is set for the debate tonight between nikki haley and ron desantis. and christie s surprise announcement just raised the stakes here in a big way. here is chris christie in his own words. it s clear to me tonight that there isn t a path for me to win the nomination. which is why i m suspending my campaign tonight for president of the united states. the question, of course, who will christie endorse. conventional wisdom says nikki haley. but christie was caught on a hot mic right before his announcement saying this about haley. she s going to get smoked. and you and i both know it. she is not up to this. well, obvi
what caused the sonic boom that rattled residents across two states and the nation s capital. the grand jury investigating the trump classified documents case is starting today. new video this morning as a chinese warship comes close to a u.s. destroyer in the taiwan strait over the weekend. the new warnings from both sides. and back at home, it s a big week for the republican race for the white house with at least three new candidates expected to make announcements. we begin this hour with federal investigators now on the site of a small plane crash, a private plane crash, that went off course and flew near the nation s capital on sunday. the plane took off from tennessee heading to long island, new york, but did an unexpected 180 heading south toward washington and crashed. four people were on board. no survivors have been found. fighter jets from d.c., the national guard there were scrambled to intercept the plane traveling at supersonic seems which caused the s
begin with this story because that could put her in the spotlight next year. now to our special report, for all the prosecutions that have come out of the january 6th insurrection from trespassers to those who blatantly attacked police, no trump aide has been put on trial for actions to steal the election either that day or in the weeks leading up to that day. d.a. fani willis has brought to rico case against trump and 18 others, people just starting to learn about this prosecutor. i think it s a choice between integrity and corruption, good and bad. that was willis but not talking about this case. there she was discussing what she called the choice during her campaign for this post and we will get to that in a few moments. it s pretty interesting. on this case she previewed upcoming arguments by outlining the legal theory that trump and the co-defendants formed a legal gang or racketeering enterprise, which existed to overthrow biden s lawful win in georgia. rather tha
presidential actions on january 6th, and is disqualifiedro holding office under section iii of theh amendment. importantly eedd was the ticking countdown clock, giving any party, not just donald trump, until january 4th to appeal to the supreme court and saying if anyone asks the supreme court to review this case, then donald trump s name stays on the ballot until the supreme court weighs in. well, no surprise, the disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president made a lot of noise after the ruling came out whining and bloviating and promising to, quote, swiftly file an appeal to the supreme court. but then a funny thing happened. while trump and his lawye were working on that swift appeal look who beat him to t proverbial punch, the colorado republican party, who filed their owneal urging the justices to take up the case and d while mr. trump is expected toil his own petition in the coming days, the move by the colorado republican party has a, quote, practical i