the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, nicolle. thank you so much. our top story is about this push that we need in america, the push for accountability as we face political lies and violence. so let me start here tonight. do you remember where you were when joe biden beat donald trump? do you remember how that entire race came down to that official call on the weekend? there was rejoicing. there was spontaneous crowds gathered in the nation. people making their own signs, walking around. it was kind of a big moment. it was unlike as a reaction, any recent president losing an election. do you remember the road to that call? because the election actually took several days to be formally resolved, but the key to that resolution i m about to show you, when the writing was on the wall, was when trump lost a state that he almost certainly needed for any hope of victory. it was arizona. among insiders, people on the campaign, people who follow this closely, steve kornac
Happy monday, thanks, nicole, welcome to the beat, everyone. We are tracking a Major Development in this criminal trial of trump. The judge today going farther than ever, warning defendant donald trump that he can be jailed if there are more gag order violations. Let me show you exactly what happened. You may have heard about it, but were going to walk through it specifically. The judge telling trump today he can face a, quote, jail sanction. That is the big key part, which is why we put it in big letters. Jail sanction for Defendant Trump if he repeats these gag order violations. Judge merchan drawing a line and directly noting why this is a big deal with the repeated violations of the gag order. Other defendants have been jailed for less. You probably heard about that. But on the other hand, lets be clear, Defendant Trump has not been convicted in this case. And there are practical issues around the unprecedented prospect of jailing an expresident and current candidate for the white
she should be locked up. tell you right now. she should be locked up. she should. that s right, lock them up. you should lock them up. lock up the bidens. lock up hillary. hillary clinton, i didn t say lock her up, but the people don t say lock her up, okay. donald trump s getting a bit desperate ahead of his sentencing making the ludicrous claim that he never said hillary clinton should be locked up. it s on tape, donald. plus, michael cohen s reaction to trump s guilty verdict and the potential of prison time. and the far right continues to embrace authoritarianism with politicians and commentators flocking to el salvador to attend the inauguration of the man who calls himself the world s coolest dictator. it s a big warning sign for the type of government they want to run if trump becomes president again. but we begin tonight with the real meaning of law and order. as the reality has set in that their soon to be official nominee is a convicted felon, republican
american history we really do need a new word for unprecedented. former president trump vows to appeal his historic guilty conviction. a presidential candidate found guilty on 34 counts is clearly unlike anything we ve ever seen. trump s conviction is a first. the clean sweep guilty on all 34 counts an especially strong vindication of the new york d.a. s case. and sit one that all news viewers and citizens and people around the world are actually hearing and absorbing as one fact. people can have different reactions to this legal fact, but unlike so many other civic and political feuds that deinvolve into competing claims almost from the start, there s only one legal outcome here, an outcome that is sinking in, no matter what one s views of the defendant are, and no matter where you get your information from, your phone or the internet or newspapers or tv news where may 30, 2024 played out with the same big verdict news no matter which station you watch. to that end
everyone following the news here on tv, i can tell you we have also been posting a lot behind the scenes and extra analysis online. take a look at what we do online. oh, my god. what time is it? it s time to do the interview. put your phone down. it s a moment, it s a mood. it s a vibe. it s part of the trump m.o. he s a desperate man. michael and ari. like roger and me. you ready? what do you got? i m at the emmys. i m waiting to hear if we win or not. what we need most is not ideology. it s evidence. when are you going to call me? this week. okay. okay. you can visit me online at ari melber or arimelber.com. keep it locked for the reidout, up next, special guest michael cohen. tonight on the reidout