anything else. we re not going to sleep tonight, right? have a great show. thank you, nicolle. we are excited about the upcoming news. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. but the big news today is huge, and here it is the criminal trial of defendant donald trump continuing today. you are looking at new images, and i ll explain exactly what it is. you may recall that first court hearing set a lot of rules down. now you re looking at the first one since then, since trump was arraigned, which was a precedent busting moment for america. it was actually just seven weeks ago. at that hearing, the judge warning him about his conduct and scheduling another hearing, which brings us what you have here today. we ll show you what we have. we don t have a million shots. isolated on the left, defendant donald trump sitting right there. this was a hearing on evidence and rules for a protective order. trump had to legally appear in this hearing, which is another step towards his cri
jack smith has made a move. and mike pence going public on this legal strategy i ve been telling you about. how the man who has claimed repeatedly that he was the hero of january 6th now wants to resist telling the truth about january 6th. which, at a minimum, is odd if not downright legally suspicious. we have, i would say, a lot. yet, our top story isn t even one of those potentially important developments. our top story is a setback for the most powerful conservative megaphone in america. literally, measurably. it s also drinking drawing new legal heat on alleged trump allies who have been a part of the attacks on our democracy for years. new developments tonight. there is a wave of lawsuits. some of them quite effective against alleged defamation and specifically the powerful fox news empire. i m talking about multibillion- dollar lawsuits about the conspiracy theories that many of you, as a direct line to feeding the insurrection. the people suing fox are basically winni
welcome to the beat. ari melber. we begin tonight with breaking news. murder charges have been issued for all five memphis police officers former officers for the beating death of tyre nichols. those officers are in custody. the people you see on your screen, now in civilian clothing, booked and incarcerated what would be a murder trial. they are charged with killing this individual through a knowing state of mind, and all five we ll explain the legalities of this accused of contributing directly to the death. this is justin smith, em met martin, desmond mills jr., demetrius and tadarius bean. this is a case that has royaled memphis. it s also a case that chose how law enforcement responses to law enforcement killings are changing. he died three days after being pulled over for what was something that shouldn t have been a violent interaction at all, alleged reckless driving. the d.a. revealing more about what was a confrontation where nichols apparently fled on foot
Christie . I dont. Youre even more expressive. I admire it in you. I dont have that chip. But i admire it. Thank you, nicolle. Good to see you. Thanks to everyone for joining us on the beat. Were all returning from this holiday weekend. I hope youre ready to dive back into the news. We have Breaking News nicolle was just reporting on. We also have lots to cap up on. Reports of trump allies turning on him in the rico case. Where seinfeld meets legal accountability. Really. For all the talk about whether defendants believe their own lies, we will break down that costanza defense and its problems. Also tonight, Chai Komanduri back with us on a chai day for the data one Talking Point is turning into a loser. Right now, Breaking News, a reckoning for the militant violent lead earth of the January 6th Insurrection. Breaking news in the last few moments, a judge handing down an extraordinarily stiff and historic Prison Sentence for insurrectionist and proud boyce leader Enrique Tarrio. 22 yea
i m ari melber. our top story is this new gag order that binds defendant donald trump in his new york civil trial. the gag order is back on. the judge also noting they ll be enforcing it regular rousely and vigorously, and we ve seen the judge deliver on that promise before. as discussed, these things matter but only become this big a fightf you have the rare case of defendant who is flout the law against their interest. trump s already been fined on for this on two occasions, violating this order and been forced to payorit. you may say, what does he care about fines? itas fines that forced him into deposition as well. it is how the system, however slowly, enforces theseul trump s move comes after court filings show the judge and law clerk were receiving threats, a deluge of threats after trump was deliberately using his public following and online profile to try to whip up antagonism or worse, potentially other things, menacing things against these individual who is administ