targets of assassination. alexandria hoff with the latest of the nation s highest court. justice alto called the speculation infuriating saying it doesn t make any sense given intensely how the conservative justices have been targeted since then. the rare interview comes before one year mark when politico published draft opinion justice alto told the wall street journal, quote, those of us who were thought to be in majority, were really targets of assassination. the justice also revealed that he thinks the supreme court marshal did a good job of the investigation that followed the leak and agreed that there was not enough evidence to make a public accusation. he added this, i personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible but that s different from the level of proof that is needed to name somebody. alto feels that the motivation was clear. despite weeks of protestors by advocates including outside of homes of conservative justices in that time an armed man was charge
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
for six mayors. if you stand up for me, i will stand up for you. it s important now that we get it right this time. if you don t get it right we re not gonna recognize this country tomorrow. one thing i will absolutely always get right is making sure that we stand for the important things in washington d.c.. welcome to our viewers in the states and around the. world i m in new york, it s not 1 am on the u.s. east coast. officially election day in america. republicans are more confident than they have been to this point. that is saying something. control both houses of congress. democrats are playing defense here. traditionally blue states to rising crime, president joe biden s lower approval right. republicans have had the best chance in house of representatives. gop they would bring an end to gop speaker who would most likely go to republican. republicans were taken troll i ve just won t see. georgia, nevada, pennsylvania all are toss-ups right now. arizona s leading d
i ve been in the room when difficult decisions are being made. i don t want the federal government involved in that at all. i want to put the best ideas forward to states can decide for themselves. yes, ladies, you your doctor and maybe your town council person can all come to a consensus on your uterus. just an example how republicans are struggling to avoid saying what they really plan to do about abortion. and extreme voices in the republican party. chief of staff mark meadows is ordered to testify as legal pressure mounts on trump s inner circle to tell what they know about the plot to overturn the 2020 election. we begin the reidout. you thrive as a presidential candidate despite bragging about violating woman and being credibly accused of acting on it. you thrive as an ohio senate candidate despite telling women they should stay in violent marriages. you thrive as an ohio house candidate despite facing allegations of hitting a former girlfriend. in today s repub
news from ukraine, where a series of explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv this morning. ukraine says, the russian missile attack is targeting critical infrastructure. we will go live to ukraine for the latest. plus, the house under republican rule. we will look at the chaos the gop has brought in congress in its first week in charge of the house, and the latest on the investigation into president biden s handling of classified documents, and what s behind the double standard in how the biden case is being treated compared to the case of a certain twice impeached ex president. then, the featured author for today s edition of the velshi banned book club is a story to herself, and author, yes, but also a filmmaker. folklorist and voodoo expert among many other things. we will dive into zora neal hearst in, their eyes were watching god, next hour. velshi starts now. and good morning. it s saturday, january the 14th. we are one week into hundreds 18th congress. in four