thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. hi, nicole. thank you. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. right now this is a busy friday for news after a week that began with the abrupt firing of tucker carlson and the sedition case against the proud boys for january 6th reaching a jury and then just last night we reported that mike pence went under oath for the first time about the coup to the doj. each of those are distinct developments. each stem from the ongoing if tardy accountability for the insurrection. fox news reeling from a record payout for insurrection and election lies which tucker carlson doubled down on which compounded his problems and the transfer of power we should note that this week the current president formally announced he is running for re-election in a video that discusses and shows what he says are the stakes. usually when the incumbent president an
tonight on the reid out. your money is not charity. it s an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way. [ applause ] president zelenskyy delivers an inspiring speech to congress as the putin-loving right gives him the cold shoulder. capitol police officer harry dunn joins me to talk about the january 6th committee s investigation as we await its final report. later president biden lays out a hopeful vision for america s future as we prepare to bid farewell to a tumultuous 2022. we await the release of the final report by the house january 6th select committee which could come at any moment. the panel is expected to drop a whopping 800 pages that will give a comprehensive and detailed look at how donald trump plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat and purposefully provoked his supporters with phony conspiracies about widespread voter fraught. this report is a big deem. the committee interviewed more than 1200 witn
united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. just ahead on cnn newsroom donald trump and john eastman together were part of a likely criminal conspiracy. emails show that president trump knew that the specific numbers of voter fraud were wrong. this is the closest thing to a smoking gun and deliberate wrongdoing in this meeting. we re going to continue to stabilize markets and decrease the prices. i agree with anything that will make gas prices cheaper because right now they are astronomically high. i put liz truss in number 10. i hope it was worth it. i am a fighter. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s thursday, october 20th. 9 a.m. in london, 4 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. we begin with exclusive reporting. sources tell cnn former donald trump and his team are allowing federal agents to conduct a new supervised search of trump s mar-a-lago estate still part of an effort to save trump from poten
united states and around the world. it is wednesday, october 19th. i m christine romans. we should hopefully know the winners of the mid-term election. the latest cnn polling shows the economy and inflation are the top issues for voters. later today president biden will announce the sale of 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. that will happen in december. mr. biden s aim is to ease gas prices. the move fulfills the administration s decision back in march to release a total of 180 million barrels from the reserve over a six-month period. we get more now from cnn s phil mattingly. reporter: president biden and his top economic officials have for several months made trying to do something, anything to dampen skyrocketing gas prices a central priority, if not the top priority both politically and economically for the administration. over the course of the summer they had a pretty good run, three months of consecutive drops. a run that was put into qu
no new speaker of the house. will there be a breakthrough today? the food & drug administration just cleared the way for abortion pills by prescription at your local pharmacy. i m not a cryer, but like i never cried so hard in my life, man. damar hamlin s uncle relives the moment he watched his nephew collapse on the field. the latest on how hamlin s doing now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good morning, everyone. in just hours republicans are expected to try again to elect a speaker of the house. yesterday after three ballots no one reached the 218 vote threshold to win that job. congressman kevin mccarthy earned the vast majority of republican votes, 202 on the final tally, but a small group of hard right conservatives is holding out keeping him from the speaker s gavel. members are talking. we re walking through. i think we ll find our way to get there and this is a healthy debate. might not happen on the