Us into your homes. Were grateful. The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Hi, ari. Thanks, nicolle. Welcome to The Beat. Let me tell you what we are tracking and multiple stories including this deadly horrific School Shooting in georgia. In have an update on that during tonights newscast. Theres also very serious revelations about the ongoing scandal surrounding the supreme Court And Clarence thomas and his wife. We have that. And in the middle of the program im going to share with you my report on the Maga Play Book and accountability in the age of trump. Why they want you to be retired, and you might want to resist. So all of that is coming up. I want you to know what were doing on a very serious news day. Well begin with our top story, the general election under way. Donald trump has a light schedule this week. Kamala harris has a busy one. Shes an Offense Campaigning in New Hampshire on abortion rights. You know how hard people fought for these freedoms and that they are founda
This is a courtroom roundtable, everyone joining me was at the courthouse and it is basically going to be a gabfest in the hallways. Well, can i just say, trumbo ordered 14 pizzas for lunch. How many did you have . None. I dont know where the pizza was. You know . Hes not the best at sharing, i guess. Who likes a Chicken Ranch pizza . That was one. Anyway, im excited to see your courtroom gabfest. Michael cohen was on the stand for four point five hours today. He was as steady and calm and unfailingly polite as he has been throughout his testimony to everyones surprise. The politeness seems genuine. He says yes sir, and has answers to trumps lawyers crossexamination questions. There was even a moment where the politeness went both ways between Donald Trumps Criminal Defense Lawyer, todd lynch, and Michael Cohen after Michael Cohen give Todd Blackledge a detailed explanation of the new York City Tax business, including regulations of the Taxi Limousine Commission when Michael Cohen owne
Affiliate cnn if you ever miss an episode, you can listen to the show once you get your pod breaking news tonight and the trump trial, the Bruising Cross Up for the day after the defense repeatedly hammered the prosecutions star witness for his past lives, and aggressively tried to catch him in new lies. Under oath. The trump teams scoring major points and its bid to undercut cohens credibility. That includes getting cohen to admit he did not fully remember a phone call for trade as a direct link between trump and the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Deal. For the next hour, well be taking you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel with new testimony trend transcripts, breaking down all of todays most important developments and looking ahead to whats next welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzer is on assignment. Im Alex Marquardt a Special Report in the situation room, Trump Trial Today lets get right to the breaking news on a pivotal trial da
Caitlin clark. Reporter tonight, her pro career officially begins bringing in new fans and transforming the league. Stephanie gosk, connecticut. Clark and her teammates will be in New York City this weekend taking on the liberty. If you want to goings you better get your tickets soon. And on that note, i wish you a very good night. Ari melber is up next and you do not want to miss tomorrow nights show. Senatormitt romney will join me for an exclusive interview. He is reflects on his final year in congress and offering his view on how conservatives should approach the 2024 election and beyond. Thanks for staying up late with me. Good to be back. Ill see you at the end of tomorrow. The final witness for the prosecution. I have lied but i am not a liar. Reporter back on the stand. He went through all his legal troubles. Reporter under Cross Examination from the defense. He is obsessed with revenge against donald trump. Thats what they are saying. Reporter as donald trump rolls in with a f
Reached with them. Daniels was doing what many people view as a conventional form of celebrity extortion. She wanted to cash in on her story. But whats interesting is that donald trump was trying to kill false stories as well as stories that were allegedly true. There was a story involving a door man who said he had an illegitimate child. She wanted to kill that, too. Thats not strange for celebrities or politicians. Indeed, many members of congress have engaged in ndas throughout the years. So this is a standard part of politics and entertainment. Now, what they are showing the jury now is that she had this economic motive all along. But also her credibility is in tatters. The real question here is going to be how more sort of narrow the scope of the testimony will be. It is obviously going to be narrower. It is a Cross Examination when it comes to trump. They have a lot of material involving her own conduct, her own life. And you may see the prosecutors start to object as to the scop