Thank you for spending part of this tuesday with us. Nicole will be back tomorrow. The beat with ari melber, my man, starts right now. Whats up, ari . Whats up, michael. Always good to see you. Thank you very much. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. Live scenes of the big rally in Atlanta Tonight where Kamala Harris will be touching down. You can see shes joined by georgias two senators. Senator warnock speaking right now. This is a bigdeal event. Ill show you exactly why. We can also tell you there will be some special appearances well get into. Msnbc will carry her speech from Kamala Harris in that critical State Tonight live. So youll be seeing that. And im going to explain to you right now why this is such a big deal. The Vice President ial Selection Process is swirling forward today. Kamala harris also making news in another way, releasing her very first Tv Ad as the democratic nominee, start of what the campaign says will be a 50 Million blitz. This campaign is about who we figh
About the potential of violence not just on the day of this rally but the day before, which is tomorrow. These warning based on threats on social media. Theres reportedly no indication of a specific or credible plot associated with the event and the department of Homeland Security said it expects far fewer participants than during the January 6th rally. However, the new information obtained warns about the potential for socalled lone wolves maybe to attempt something. Today fencing went up to protect the capitol. The pentagon says Capitol Police have requested assistance from the d. C. National guard. The individuals organizing this rally are supporters of the former president , some are propagators of his lies of voter fraud. The former president is pushing this notion thAt Those involved in the Capitol Riot are being persecuted. He writes, quote, our hearts and minds are with the people being persecuted so unfairly relating to the January 6th protest concerning the rigged president i
Being persecuted. He writes, quote, our hearts and minds are with the people being persecuted so unfairly related to the January 6th protest concerning the rigged presi president ial election. By the way, that protest he is talking about is not why people are being prosecuted. They are being prosecuted for breaking the law, taking part in an attack on the capitol. An attack in which more than 100 Law Enforcement officers were injured. Officer Brian Sicknick died the day after being attacked during the riot. Four officers died by suicide in the aftermath. One Capitol Police Officer said he and fellow officers were punched, kicked, shoved, sprayed with chemical irritants and even blinded with eyedamaging lasers. For the record, currently, 608 defendants have been charged. 78, already, have pleaded guilty. Six defendants have been sentenced. THree of them to prison. So lets start with the congressional correspondent Ryan Nobles At The site of that fencing near the capitol. So in light of
Talapoosa county Girls Ranch that provides a home for neglected or abused schoolage children. I want to go to Martin Savidge in alabama on the phone. What more are you learning . This is such a horrific situation there. Absolutely, jim. It really is. We are at the camp where they were headed to when they were returning from a beach vacation. Twice a year, girls from this particular facility go down to gulf shores. They were returning from that beach trip yesterday, and they were on I75 Northbound just south of montgomery, alabama around 2 00 in the afternoon. There was a horrific accident. Nine people were in the van, including the driver. Eight of the people in that van died. All of them children between the ages of 4 and 17. There was one survivor from the crash. And that person was the Camp Director and she lost two of her own children in the very same crash. It was a fiery Wreck And Everyone who was there said it was absolutely horrendous. I want you to listen to the words of Micha
results of a booster shot just as health experts warn how bad things could get this fall and winter and not only because of the unvaccinated. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin with the crisis on the border that just keeps getting worse. these are live pictures of del rio, texas, a town that borders mexico where almost 9,000 migrants are currently camping out, mostly refugees fleeing the devastation of haiti. up to 30,000 more could be joining them coming to the united states through south and central america. of course all eyes are on the biden administration as border patrol agents are aggressively threatening migrants. all of this as the border town bursts at the scenes, hundreds of migrants being sent 430 miles west to el paso, just to be flown back to haiti. senator chuck schumer is pleading with biden to immediately halt the deportations. cnn s rosa flores is in del rio. president biden said today we re getting it under control. where you are, does the sit