the beat with ari melber starts right now. it is friday. i appreciate you sharing that story and i wish you a great weekend. thank you. and it is friday and one of the fridays with a lot of news. there is even more fallout from the scandal engulfing fox news and rupert murdoch. my colleague chris hayes is here with us his fellow author, one place and one show and stick with us, you ll hear from them by the end of the hour. we begin with the political heat emanating from the cpac gathering in the beltway and it upd scores a dilemma for republicans in realtime. after the midterms where they recoiled from the big lie and the trumpy obsession with the party, and this gathering is televising the out right domination, sometime even self-parity of once fringe figurers in charge. candidates who may run against trump decided to cut and run from even trying to make a cpac appearance leaving to to leaders doubling down on things that turned off many voters in november. the far
plus, an alarming new claim from former republican congressman about a call that came from the white house during the capitol attack. and also ahead, the top republican in the house unveils the gop agenda if they win in november. but the plan is being slammed and focused more on talking points than substance. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, september 26th. thank you for starting your day with us. we start with a new interview by republican congresswoman liz cheney over the weekend. the wyoming representative who lost her re-election bid in a bitter primary battle last month says she ll do whatever it takes to keep former president donald trump from taking back the white house in 2024. and that includes campaigning for democrats and leaving the republican party if necessary. we cannot afford to be a society where we re tearing each other apart. think about what the leaders say about american democracy. they say our elections can t really they don
actions might have caused harm to our national security. curiously, republicans on the hill aren t asking those same questions. in fact, most don t seem very fazed at all by this. the hypocrisy of folks in my party, that spent years spending wiping a server, are now out there defending a man who very clearly did not take the national security of the united states to heart, and will be up to the doj whether or not that reaches a level of indictment. but, this is disgusting, in my mind, and no president should act this way, obviously. it is disgusting. republicans are silent, because what trump did was wrong, and they know it. he potentially put the united states in danger, there is no doubt about it. and worse, he is still putting americans in danger, as the washington post reports, trump and his cronies have put rank and file civil servants in harm s way after the mar-a-lago search. attorney general garland faced online assassination threats, he decried the rising unfou
from hong kong have taken up the british government s offer of a new visa route to start a new life in the uk. the world s fifth oldest zoo, bristol zoo gardens, is set to close its gates to the public for the final time, with the animals on the move to a new location. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has made an impassioned speech in defence of american democracy. he warned that donald trump and what he termed maga republicans represent a form of extremism that threaten the american way of life. he also urged all americans to come together to defend american democracy, regardless of their ideology. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has this report. an historic setting for a speech that pulled no punches, a prime time address from philadelphia, the birthplace of american democracy. a way of life thatjoe biden says is under threat from donald trump and his supporters. we must be honest with each other and with oursel
and say check i-phone. gaming yourselves with family and friends and how many friends your kids have. gillian: thanks for joining us today. have a great weekend. have a great weekend. bill: we start a new hour right now and start it live from the beaches of normandy, france. president biden arriving at pointe du hoc on the cliffs of normandy giving a speech. we ll share that with you. look at the stunning weather they have on france s northwest shore just really beautiful, beautiful time. welcome. brand-new hour begins here live in new york city. dana has the day off today. i m bill hemmer and our friend gillian is back with us today. gillian: will you keep me for the second hour? that s official. here we are. i m gillian turner. national security advisor says the president will make the case for democracy drawing a line that starts at world war ii and the cold war, nato and russia s current war with ukraine. bill: taking a page from ronald reagan in 1984 in the sam