wrong. america has been a racist country. i m not saying that it is today. plenty of people debate that. it is a conversation for another time. today, why does nikki haley repeatedly assert that america has never been a racist country despite the evidence in local and state and federal law? plus will it help her with the moderate and undeclared voters she may need to beat donald trump in new hampshire? plus president of hbsu is on leave. some want him gone to good. leader of the alumni association will be here to talk about what they want to see at the school. and if a child of color sprains an ankle or breaks an arm, that child will have a harder time getting l relief fo at the hospital. children of color are getting worse care than white children from the day they are born. i m victor blackwell. let s start the show. new hampshire votes next week. it is the first republican primary of the 2024 presidential cycle. and nikki haley needs a strong finish, stronger than sh
let s get started. mission, the middle east. secretaries of state, antony blinken, and the middle east with the hopes of stopping a full blown war between israel and has allowed before begins. where those tense talks stand now, and what we know but secretary of defense, lloyd austin, s undisclosed state and the intensive care unit in the white house. plus, off the rails. the twice impeached, quadruple indicted, disgraced, one term ex president on the campaign trail in iowa. talking about how he would ve ended the civil war. while taking a discussed a jab at a u.s. senator, mccain. the countdown to the iowa caucus, and donald trump s packed courtroom calendar that could determine the future of his criminal trials. later, keeping the faith. my special commentary on hold on to hope during another tumultuous presidential election year. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. all i m katie phang. secretary of state, antony blinken, is in jordan as part of
it was about the freedoms of every individual. it was about the role of government. damage control for nikki haley after she did everything shy of declining to name slavery as the cause of the civil war. just the latest example of the republicans mission to erase the difficult parts of american history. also tonight, profiles in cowardice. just as she s facing a tough re-election campaign, lauren boebert announces plans to abandon her constituents and run for office elsewhere. plus, we re just days away from what promises to be a momentous year in politics. we ll preview the many criminal and civil trials of the republican front-runner, donald trump, and trust me, there are a lot of them. good evening. i m charles coleman jr. in for joy reid, and you re watching the reidout. we have a lot to talk about. we begin tonight s conversation with revisionist history by the republican party about one of the darkest and most painful periods ever in america. this time, from
good evening. happy holidays. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. i ll be joining you the next two hours for a special holiday edition of the beat. donald trump has a criminal trial problem. he has several trials looming in 2024. that s where we begin tonight. we ll do it a little different for the holidays. former federal prosecutor joyce vance with me to start the show. we re looking at this legal heat coming up. i want to get into this with you, joyce, but first show you and viewers something we put together to consider tonight, historic indictments on the road donald trump has already been on. donald trump has been indicted under seal by the new york grand jury. 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. this will now be months if not the next year of our lives. the former president was placed under arrest on charges brought by the government he once led. the guy who s running for
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful the beat with ari melber starts right now. welcome to the beat. we begin with what many are saying is the revelation of something we knew but continue to see in more depth, a kind of staggering weakness of speaker mccarthy. as you see him giving out rewards to the very people who broke with him and tortured him before finally relenting this that historically chaotic beginning to the new congress. there s also some santos news so first the full picture today of what mccarthy has given away to the rebels who according to many republicans and this is again mccarthy s allies, they say those folks were politically extorting him. the lesson that mccarthy may be teaching which is why it matters in the news tonight and in the future is that his weakness can be exploited on any number of issues so this caucus which held the speaker bid hostage is getting assignments this he m