now, what s going to matter more to the country in the retirement from the presidential race of chris christie who devoted his campaign to smashing trump and was polling at about 3.6% nationally or the retirement from college football of alabama coach nick saban who won 297 games, 10 sec championships, seven national championships and had four heisman trophy winners, that s all. i know which retirement is going to upset me the most. finally bowing to reality former governor chris christie did drop by the g.o.p. primary race today and it turns out and it is surprising, shocking i note to so many of you watching tonight. but the g.o.p. constituency isn t actually watching morning joe, and it doesn t hang on every word that the new york times plushes. pres pres publi. for someone as sharp as he is, he totally missed the obvious that republican voters are fed up and have been fed up with the old guard for a long time. they are fed up with their wars, they are fed up with their
is planning donald trump on trial in august of next year 2024. willis is planning to go forward with that r. i. c. o. trial regardless of the presidential campaign. we begin with this story because that could put her in the spotlight next year. now to our special report. for all the prosecutions that have come out of the january 6th insurrection, from trespassers, to those who blatantly attacked police to the actual malicious seditionist, no trump aid has been put on trial for action steal the election either that day or in the weeks leading up to that day. d. a. fani willis has brought this assertive r. i. c. o. case they are against trump and 18 others, people just starting to learn about this prosecutor. i think it s a choice between integrity and corruption, good and bad. that was willis, but not talking about this case. there, she was discussing what she called a choice during her campaign for this post. and we will get to that in a few moments. it s pretty interes
begin with this story because that could put her in the spotlight next year. now to our special report, for all the prosecutions that have come out of the january 6th insurrection from trespassers to those who blatantly attacked police, no trump aide has been put on trial for actions to steal the election either that day or in the weeks leading up to that day. d.a. fani willis has brought to rico case against trump and 18 others, people just starting to learn about this prosecutor. i think it s a choice between integrity and corruption, good and bad. that was willis but not talking about this case. there she was discussing what she called the choice during her campaign for this post and we will get to that in a few moments. it s pretty interesting. on this case she previewed upcoming arguments by outlining the legal theory that trump and the co-defendants formed a legal gang or racketeering enterprise, which existed to overthrow biden s lawful win in georgia. rather tha
trespassers, to those who blatantly attacked police to the actual malicious seditionist, no trump has been put on trial for action steal the election either that day or in the weeks leading up to that day. d.a. fani willis has brought this assertive r.i.c.o. case they are against trump and 18 others, people just starting to learn about this prosecutor. i think it s a choice between integrity and corruption, good and bad. that was willis, but not talking about this case. there, she was discussing which he called a choice during her campaign for this post. and we will get to that in a few moments. it s pretty interesting. but on this case, she previewed these upcoming arguments by outlining the legal theory that trump and those codefendants actually formed a legal gang, or racketeering enterprise, which existed to overthrow biden s lawful win in georgia. rather than abide by george s legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeerin
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