Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are so grateful. The beat with katie phang in for ari begins right now. Have a great show. Thank you. And welcome to the beat. Im katie phang in for ari melber. We begin with House Republicans using the power of their gavel to drive home one critical point that could shape the entire 2020 election, that donald trump is facing multiple criminal charges for mishandling classified documents. I mean that was ultimately the result of their much hyped hearing featuring robert hur, the special counsel who investigated president bidens Classified Information. Today hur repeated his reports findings, that the evidence did not support any charges for biden. We did not, however, identify evidence that rose to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Because the evidence fell short of that standard, i declined to recommend criminal charges against mr. Biden. Republicans had hoped that the hearing would
Welcome to prime time weekend, and i am alex wagner. Lets get right to the weeks top stories. The banks and Financial Institutions that lent donald trump hundreds of millions of dollars to help build and expand the trump brand . They cannot be happy right now. Will any of them really want to loan donald trump any more money . Could they start demanding he pay back the money he owes them presently . Well, there is actually a historical precedent for all of this. Back in the early 1990s, trumps Business Empire was on the brink of insolvency. He had stretched himself thin, with casinos in Atlantic City and a fancy yacht, and for whatever reason, his own airline company. Trump had borrowed a ton of money from the banks to pay for all of this. And these businesses were not doing well, so the banks got together and decided it was time to rein in Donald Trumps finances. Trump had long cast himself as a winner. Now he was looking like a loser. As quickly as the banks loved him, thats as quick
defend him against grave allegations of mishandling classified documents and concealing him from investigators. also this hour, authorities are raising new concerns about security right now at the miami courthouse as trump and his allies are encouraging supporters to protest there tomorrow. the mayor says the city is prepared but are federal and local law enforcement officials doing enough to keep everyone safe? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in t the situation room. let s get to the new developments just ahead of a federal criminal arraignment. donald trump is holed up at his golf club outside of miami with his high stakes court appearance less than 24 hours away. paula is on the ground in miami just outside the federal courthouse. how is the former president preparing for his arrest and arraignment tomorrow? the former president is expected to meet with his team this afternoon to discuss legal strategy. r
very clear, too, that no one, no one, including a president of the united states, is above the law. by the way, today is the six-year anniversary of that speech in indiana. happy anniversary to the president, as the fbi goes through his documents this morning. what a long road it s been. you know, he actually, i guess, in 2018, willie, he passed a law. he signed a law that actually made the protection of classified material even stronger. that is a good thing to do. it is a good thing to do. he said in the campaign law and order party. he was going to protect all classified information. so says it in the campaign. willie, he actually passes legislation. kept his word. he signs it, comes into law. that the penalties for not protecting classified information going to be even tougher because of hillary clinton s emails. yeah, remember the context of that speech six years ago was all about hillary clinton and the emails and the private server that she had.
amount of time in order to prepare his defense. as you start looking at the calendar, you get later and later into next year. it s also unlikely they try to put this trial on i think during the last few months of the election. so when you add all those things together plus all the many motions that trump s team is likely to raise, which could appeal that they don t go the former president s way, that slows things down further. i think it s unlikely this case in its current format would go before the election of 24. it s interesting. some trump allies say a trial would be too divisive right now and they re suggesting that you ve got to be careful about that. what message does all this send to the world for that matter. allies and adversaries about protecting u.s. national security secrets? . it sends a message about protecting national security secrets and about how vulnerable our country is to election