Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. With all the trial news we have been covering, the top story is political news that will help decide the election. Because it usually does. Today, President Biden and donald trump both agreed to do two new president ial debates. The first coming next month. Capping weeks of posturing and negotiation. That breakthrough came today as the Biden Campaign took control of things with a plan that was months in the making. Biden using this video to publicly challenge trump. With two partners on board. Abc and cnn. If a debate starting next month sounds different than usual, earlier than usual, it is. This will now be the earliest general Election Campaign debate ever. And that matters actually not only for people tuning in and paying attention, but also for the political strategy at play. Which we will get into right now. The times reporting this is what biden wants for a couple of reasons. Democrats think early voting helps them more than the other side. I
Ari melber is here now. What a season of gratitude. Get some rest because well be seeing a lot of you and everyone soon. Have a good show. Thanks, niccole. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber, and with all the trial news, and more that have late they are house, the top story is political news that will help decide the election because it usually does. Today President Biden and donald trump both agreed to do two new president ial debates, the first coming next month capping weeks of posturing and negotiation that. Breakthrough came today as the Biden Campaign took control of things with a plan that was months in the making, biden using this video here to publicly challenge trump to two debates on the biden schedule with two ready partners on board, abc and cnn. If a debate starting next month sounds different than usual, earlier than usual, it is. This will now be the earliest general Election Campaign debate ever, and that actually matters not only for people tuning in and paying attent
Donald trumps criminal trial. The witnesses, the receipts, today, prosecutors began by actually arguing the defendant should be held in contempt again for new fresh Gag Order Violations even after he lost the last Gag Order Clash on tuesday. Prosecution looking at statements that trump put out about witnesses. As well as attacking the jury itself. Prosecutors say trumps violations are corrosive to the fair trial that he deserves and that the system requires. They also accuse them of creating an air of menace that could affect these jurors. Also denouncing persistent and escalating rhetoric. Now the judge found that trump lost his previous defense about this. Ruling that he did violate the gag order, fining him about 9,000. And that was just this week. Trump has clearly broken the rules. I say that again, not as a criticism, but based on what we have observed in the trial. What the judge has ruled. Here he was just last night. I dont think there has ever been a more conflicted judge. Cr
Fresh, gag order violations, even after he lost the last gag order clash tuesday. The prosecution looking at statements that trump put out about witnesses, as well as attacking the jury itself. Prosecutors say the violations are corrosive to the fair trial that he deserves, and that the system requires. They also accuse him of creating an air of menace that could affect these jurors. Also denouncing persistent and escalating rhetoric. Now, the judge found that judge lost his previous defense about this, ruling that he did violate the gag order, fining him about 9,000, and that was just this week. Trump has clearly broken the rules. I say that again, not as a criticism, but based on what we have observed in the trial, what the judge has ruled. Here he was just last night. I dont think theres ever been a more conflicted judge. Crooked and conflicted. Im unconstitutionally gagged, so im not supposed to be talking to you, because he gagged me. Trump there trying to play up the gagging whil
Tomorrow. You dont have to be a news junkie to know what is driveing the trial of Defendant Trump. They have made headway with the jury in this case. The reason, we saw this in court yesterday, is receipts. This trial which is about many different issues and questions about witness credibility and political intrigue and all kinds of stuff, is currently working against trump as a defendant because there are just so many receipts. The receipts include the onslaught of emails and secret text and ndas and as i mentioned last night, i was inside the courtroom yesterday in one of the rare coveted Reporter Seats and i can tell you we saw along with the jury actual literal receipts. The legal kind. Written contracts of this whole sordid scene. The allegations he and allies directly tried to hide. In that campaign year. It is a pile of paperwork that is essentially burying Defendant Trumps main defenses. Now remember, in the first week, trumps lawyers detailed these certain trump defenses. They