It is good to be back with you on this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. At this hour, the federal indictment against Sean Diddy combs including charges of Sex Trafficking and racketeering. What were learning about how he allegedly coerced and controlled his victims as he faces his arraignment this hour. Senate republicans are facing new pressure this hour on ivf protections, but it isnt coming from democrats. Donald trump himself is pledging support. Plus, why a judge rejected Mark Meadows efforts to move his indictment to Federal Court over attempts to overturn Donald Trumps 2020 Election Loss in arizona. Mortgage rates are down. Gas prices the lowest since 2021. With the first Fed Rate cut expected this week, is this Data Signaling a true soft landing for the american economy . Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with Laura Jarrett following the breaking news on Sean Diddy combs. We have the indictment. Weve heard from federal prosecu
Thank you so much for letting us into your home during these extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Hi, ari. Hi, nicole. Welcome to the beat. Im Ari Melber. The top story, the 2024 campaign. We are one week out from the campaign. The Harris Campaign is hammering this stark contrast as what they see as a key Selling Point in her campaign and its current momentum. Today brand new, i can show you another contrast, we can tell you that now both nominees have done this key Interview Appearance here taking questions from several reporters on stage for the national association of black journalists. Trump did his all the way back 48 days ago. Harris did hers this afternoon, today in philadelphia. Its a Split Screen across time which shows the very different approaches on substances, facts and certainly style. I dont think ive ever been asked a question so in such a horrible manner, first question. You dont even say hello, how are you . First of all, le
Violence not as a fire that needs to be put out and urgently but something to be fed and fueled. Apparently not satisfied with having disrupted life for thousands of his own constituents living and working in springfield, ohio, with his lies about haitian immigrants eating family pets, lies that have spurred dozens of Bomb Threats against elementary schools, middle schools, hospitals, municipal buildings, Jd Vance chose to fan those flames, laying blame for what is still an apparent Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump at the feet of democrats. Listen. You know the big difference between conservatives and liberal is that we No One has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple months and two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple months. I would say thats pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down their rhetoric and needs to cut this crap out. Somebodys going to get hurt by it, and its going to destroy this country. We should point out that the
Months and months of this mobile having an immense fall from grace, he has ten civil suits again, him. Many of which include very disturbing allegations of sexual assault, of drugging. It s important to note that combs has denied most of these allegations, but you ll remember a few months ago when we broke that video of combs violently feeding his exgirlfriend, cassie, in the hallway of a los angeles hotel room, and that came after he had denied many allegations that we re in her lawsuit. I want to remind our viewers that that lawsuit came out in november of 2023. And ever since then, it has been a constant domino effect we heard the time that diddy was the target of an investigation. We learned that investigation was tied to sex trafficking and months later, we exclusively broke at cnn that a grand jury that this was presented to a grand jury and that they were pressing accusers my brand jury. Yeah, and we ve seen what that grand jury has decided tonight. Elizabeth wagr, standby. I wa
The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Happy monday. Happy monday and thank you, i appreciate it. I welcome everyone to The Beat and we begin the program covering the developments in the terrible, Near Miss Type Incident at Donald Trumps Golf Course on sunday. The secret Service Opening Fire after seeing a gun that was pointed inside the course, inside the area where the former president was. More details on exactly that exchange of gunfire and what happened and i can tell you with the most recent information, federal authorities are treating this as a second Assassination Attempt. The first occurred at the Pennsylvania Rally with shots fired, agents killing the shooter, and a Rally Attendee being fatally shot. Here, authorities have apprehended the suspected gunman, alive. 58yearold Ryan Routh charged with two federal counts of gun possession. The authorities are stressing how the investigation for determining the motive, thats an ongoing investigation and they also praised the re