thanks for joining us. fear not. nicolle will be back tomorrow. the beat with ari melber starts rite now. hi, ari. thanks so much. i m ari melber. after all this breaking news coverage of trump s indictment we have been at the table. all of our colleagues following this. tonight we turn from this fast fluid first draft of history to a wider view of how history may absorb this historic precedent breaking week, because tonight pulitzer prize winning journalist bob woodward who you see on the right will analyze what you see on the left. he s known for best selling books, including about now defendant donald trump. he is our exclusive guest tonight on the beat. we begin as the nation absorbs the fallout of something many thought was impossible, even recently, something donald trump said would roil the country, the former president arrested by the same government he once ran. that was yesterday. jack smith spoke out through his filing, through his team in court, and today
i m erin burnett in new york. and i m dana bash in washington. welcome to a special edition of inside politics. the federal indictment of donald trump. in just a few hours, a former president will be arrested on federal charges for the first time in u.s. history. donald trump is set to face a judge in miami this amp for an unprecedented arraignment on 37 felony charges tied to his alleged miss handling of classified documents after leaving office. outside the courthouse right now, we can see some ramped up security and already crowds of trump supporters and protesters have gathered. so far, so peaceful. one thing we won t get, though, and everyone should understand this, we re not going to get to see inside the courthouse where trump will be taken into custody, so there aren t going to be handcuffs. he will have his fingerprints taken digitally. at the arraignment, he is expected to enter a not guilty plea. after what is anticipated to be a brief court appearance, trump
we might have an answer as we go looking today. good morning, it s wednesday. i m bill hemmer. dana: this is dana perino. a story like this with a new development every day insures the next day you ll talk about it again. the justice department reportedly considered sending agents to monitor the search of the president s home but according to the wall street journal officials decided not to in order to avoid complicating the investigation. bill: that s what we re told. the search was left to the president s lawyers and that revelation inspiring this headline in the new york post. nothing to seize here. dana: the post is on a role this week. it has put the white house on damage controller. reporters aren t buying their i have been forthcoming and clear about being prudent from here. guys, you guys can ask me this 100 times, 200 times if you wish. why is it the matter of this white house counsel to deal with documents from two administrations ago? we re not talk
has dropped, this time focusing on how the social media company rigged the covid debate, but elon musk teasing more files to come, aisha hosni joins us tonight, good evening. speak a good evening to you, in a brief thread, they say both a trump by the white house directly press twitter to moderate covid content however they saw fit. and that the platform often times complied. today s newly released twitter files focused on the pandemic. and how the government tried to control the narrative. writer david says the trump white house came looking for help from the tech company is to combat misinformation about runs on grocery stores, but there were runs on grocery stores. also reveals that twitter monitored the trump white house sharing an email exchange where twitter s former deputy general counsel jim baker asked why a tweet from then president trump telling people not to be afraid of covid was not violating their covid misinformation policy. twitter s form of trust and safet
assault weapons going door to door, collecting ballots from ukrainians. tonight touchdown u.s. calling this a sham, and in russia, the cars bumper to bumper, tearful good-byes. thousands of russian men trying to avoid russia s draft. back in this country, the autopsy report changed tonight in a case that drew outrage, the death of elijah mcclain, walking home in aurora, colorado. officers putting him in a choke hold. emts â– injecting him with ketamine. tonight, what the autopsy report says. officers and paramedics set to be arraigned. did the disturbing images, this is difficult tonight, newly obtained video horrifying moment. woman under arrest in handcuffs in a police cruiser on train tracks when the car is hit by a train. she is expected to survive. what police are saying tonight. also, reaction after the boston celtics suspend their head coach for the entire season. espn reporting he had a consensual relationship with a member of his staff and what else the investiga