i don t think anyone is counting hours anymore. brian williams used to call it tonnage. there you have it. thanks to nicolle. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. amidst this unprecedented news week, which is why there are so many hours being slotted around, let me start with a quick question is there anything more to learn or say about the federal case against defendant donald trump? our team of journalists on the beat says the answer tonight is yes. we have been working on something special, a new road map gleaned from jack smith s case, which we now can see for the first time against donald trump. so later tonight we re actually going to show thank you time line from the first clues about the missing documents to trump s historic arrest, that whole road. it is new legal reporting and i can tell you you ll only see it here. that s coming up on this edition of the beat. our top story right now stems from the rapid developments on the defense and legal side of don
the defense and legal side of donald trump s case here. we had the booking this week, and if you take a look, a view inside that courtroom, we have the different sketches. i m sure you ve seen them by now. you have the judge, the stenographer, donald trump, the lawyers. but obviously we are drawing your attention tonight right now in our top story to a very particular person that has been in these sketches. this is one of donald trump s lesser known defense attorneys as you say there, named christopher kise. he s a lawyer a long ways from donald trump s louder or more famous defense lawyers. you ve probably heard joe tacopina. he s known for clashing with lawyers in this very serious doj case women know rudy giuliani who s now under investigation for his work with trump. now kise is not like them, not in his prominence and his counsel, but he is variety toll
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