states, 79 years old. tested positive with covid-19. but the indications are he will be fine. but is the presidency going to be fine. indications are it s not. it s not just me saying it. it s most of the country and the media saying it. how did this happen? president biden was supposed to be the steady be force to moderate a country in a nation increasingly polarized. america is awakening to the fact that president biden is not moderate. there is nothing moderate about any of this and nothing unifying with trillions in spending to turn far left fantasies into reality. brian: why is he acting this way, not like a moderate. if you look closely at joe biden s career. he has never been a thought leader or great thinker. case in point, the top issues of today and yesterday. abortion. the ban on partial birth abortions or late term abortions. you supported that ban. i did. do you believe life begins at conception? i am prepared to accept my church s view. it s clear to m
states, 79 years old. tested positive with covid-19. but the indications are he will be fine. but is the presidency going to be fine. indications are it s not. it s not just me saying it. it s most of the country and the media saying it. how did this happen? president biden was supposed to be the steady be force to moderate a country in a nation increasingly polarized. america is awakening to the fact that president biden is not moderate. there is nothing moderate about any of this and nothing unifying with trillions in spending to turn far left fantasies into reality. brian: why is he acting this way, not like a moderate. if you look closely at joe biden s career. he has never been a thought leader or great thinker. case in point, the top issues of today and yesterday. abortion. the ban on partial birth abortions or late term abortions. you supported that ban. i did. do you believe life begins at conception? i am prepared to accept my church s view. it s clear to m
a message in israel. it s important that the united states is committed to making sure everything possible is done to protect civilians. tonight, the calls for a humanitarian pause as the bombardment continues. then the entire world is watching this, and they re laughing about what s going on. day two for some number two. if the gag order grows in new york, meanwhile out west trump incited a violent mob to attack our capital. to stop the peaceful transfer of power, the case to throw trump off the ballot wraps up in colorado. trump claims after all that, he has the right to be president again. and an unbelievable case study and how to succeed in congress without really trying. corruption is a real problem in this country. and i have seen [laughter] it is. it is. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. today, america s top diplomats secretary of state antony blinken flee to israel for a second time in two and a half wee
letting us into your homes. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts now. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. in just a few moments we are going to get into what became a heated and sometimes significant day in the fraud trial of donald trump s organization. in fact, two of his adult children, executives, testified. you see don junior going in there. that s new today, and we have the update on what is a significant set of what is testimony that seems to hurt the trump org in that quarter million dollars fraud trial. when there s news off the middle east war we ll bring you that. we have updates off gaza. earlier the skyline filled with explosions and flares, signs of what we can make sense of, what seems to be the widening escalation that was discussed, and we have news on what the new york times is reporting israel is doing at this hour. the military there according to the new york times says they have encircled gaza city and they re fighting, quote, fac
Secretary of defense here tonight. We know last week he made a Surprise Announcement at his first thank you rally saying yes hes indeed choosing general james mattis for defense secretary. But the fact that two will be up on stage together, certainly notable, especially given that is the military friendly town. So donald trump hoping to cash in on the energy here almost to validate his pick for Secretary Of Defense. And we know trump has many thank you tours and rallies ahead. Just two this week alone and thursday hell be in iowa and friday in michigan. You heard him taking credit for what he said is a 50 billion investment by softbank. What are you learning about this . Reporter i have to say not a lot of detail coming from the Trump Transition Team or the company tonight. But certainly a little
showmanship on the part of the president elect today really trotting out on the ceo of the company and trump towers there before cameras gathered. Contours of the deal are 50 billion investmen