the most used day, the civil rights and elimination of poverty and especially voting rights soberly repeat the one partial quote they memorized in high school. it was martin luther king that told us and taught us that we should be judged base on the content character and not the color of our skin. that we should be judged on the content of our character and not color of our skin. in the words of dr. martin luther king that we must judge one another by the constant of our character, not the color of our skin. yeah, that one. and of course, if you went on twitter, you d see the same people applauding dr. king without noticing the irony of their remarks. for instance, you have senator rand paul tweeting that we should commemorate the life of mlk by uniting two americas into one that includes justice for one and justice for all. he pretty much tweets that every year. of course, rand paul is the same person that said he would have opposed the civil rights act of 1964 and t
rallying cry. quote, no celebration without legislation. king s eldest son calling for action. holiday should be a day on, not a day off. today we re not here to celebrate, we are here to be on. we re here to call on president biden and the senate to pass the freedom to vote john r. lewis act, and to warn that our democracy stands on the brink of serious trouble. history will be watching what happens tomorrow. black and brown americans will be watching what happens tomorrow. in 50 years, students will read about what happens tomorrow and know whether our leaders had the integrity to do the right thing. that is the larger call at the higher altitude. now, down in the weeds of governing, democratic leaders are rallying for action against an obstruction that s green-lit mostly by republicans in two democratic holdouts, which has this scene starting the week where democratic leaders claim they re continuing to try to apply pressure, but it already feels like they ve hit a bri
How much can we realistically expect from organizers? is it possible to outorganize voter suppression? voter suppression? thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. happy monday. and happy martin luther king day to you. i am ari melber and we do have a special show including neal katyal, and our report on how the senate can actually learn from what s happening today. while we begin our broadcast here at the frederick douglass memorial bridge in washington, invoking this holiday with a
the washington post reporting fbi agents have not tried to interview or get materials from some of those trump figures who were headquartered at the willard hotel, the trump campaign has also not received any requests for documents or interviews. as we follow down the trail, we are joined by former acting solicitor general neal katyal. thanks for being here, sir. thank you. good to see you. good to see you. you have been heard from by some of our viewers in some forums. but it s your first time back on the beat since the seditious conspiracy charges were filed. your view of how serious those are, just as a first big development. they re really serious, ari. they re one of the most serious crimes in the united states code, seditious conspiracy overthrowing the government, it s great that the justice department has brought these charges and brought them against these oath keepers, these folks who were stoking the violence on january 6th. so that s great, and it s also great tha
Hitting the pause button because congress has an investigation and he s waiting to see the fruits of that before going. and then the third is he s decided not to investigate all of this stuff. we don t know which one it is. i m worried, honestly, ari, at this point a year in that it s the last one, that he has decided not to. investigations typically are secret, but a year in you would expect some information from the investigation, either some leaks or the target of an investigation, you know, bannon or someone or even trump or the trump kids who have gone to court in new york, for example, to stop subpoenas and requests for documents from investigators. we ve seen none of that at the federal level. and, so, as a result, i think people like me are really worried that you ve got a narrative developing that this is just some stray actors on january 6th and not, you know, potentially reaching all these other folks. if you re going to leave out the