quote, look he worked hard tonight. he put into words what he felt, and he ended the evening far stronger than he began. give him credit for that. here s another. quote, his wife jill is looking lovely tonight in a beautiful purple dres. now, if you don t know who said this, don t worry about it. the answer is really very unlikely. those were both reviews from former president donald trump. and as much as trump also ranted about biden s speech even he had to admit that last night was a strong night for the president. he managed to sort of trick republicans into greeing with him. there were a few of those moments. the most notable was one this. we started making thewealthy pay their fair share, some republicans some republicans want medicare and social security to sunset. i m not saying it s a majority. let me give you anybody who doubts it contact my office, i ll give you a copy. i ll give you a copy of the proposal. as we all apparently agree social security and medicare
biggie said, getting physical like olivia newt. there s a million references and reflections. appreciate you doing the shout-out, sir. all right, man. have a nice night. do a good show. thank you, john. welcome to the beat, everyone. i am ari melber. let me start with this question is there evidence to support indicting former president trump? and what would that legal step entail? would it be unprecedented? why is this in the news tonight? we have answers we think to those questions in our new special report that s come up tonight in this program after our top story. we begin with the breakthrough for president biden. that is a top story, and by now everyone in the news and politics knows about this. it is a big deal any way you cut it. the senate passing the bill that s supposed to cut inflation, cut drug prices with new negotiating measures for medicare. democrats on offense today making public appearances throughout the nation to tout the very moment when the bill
presidential election. and that is terrifying. damaging testimony against former president donald trump as officials inside the justice department detail how he tried to weaponize the department to steal the election. plus positive news for ukraine as the european council finally says okay to them becoming an official to join the eu. we re live this hour in brussels. and growing doubt over boris johnson s future as his party loses two high elections. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is friday, june 24th. 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington. the january 6 committee has held its last public hearing before the july 4th holiday break and there were plenty of fireworks. top officials in donald trump s justice department testified the former president was relentless in pushing election conspiracies and wanted them to overturn the 2020 vote. the witnesses said every time there were bogus fraud claims,
longer to go in, get after it, put it out. aerial bombers between the flames and myself and it saved the house. these strikes actually did hit the port of odesa, we have indications that they certainly got close to some grain terminals. translator: this is an overgas war that russia is waging against united europe. it is tuesday, july 26, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where congressional hearings on the january 6 u.s. capitol riot are on hold until september. but the investigation is taking a new turn. cnn has learned two former trump administration officials testified before a federal grand jury in washington. marc short on the right served as chief of staff to vice president mike pence, and greg jacob was another top aide. evan perez explains why their testimony is a big deal. reporter: the justice department investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election has taken a major step forward with the former vice president s chief of staff ap
threats to her safety after being accused of being part of a conspiracy theory involving fake ballots, debunked, by the way. most of the discussion heading into today s hearing surrounds brad raffensperger who won a primary earlier this month. raffensperger was facing deep discontent from some trump supporters for pushing back on donald trump in the days before the january 6 insurrection, refusing the former president s request to, quote, find the votes trump needed to win that state. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state. flipping the state is a great testament to our country. ladies, in the hearings so far, each followed a pattern. donald trump was told he lost. he told his supporters that he won anyway. donald trump was told that there was no fraud. he told his supporters that there was fraud. donald trump was told that mike pence did not have the power to overturn the election. he said mike pence had the power to