give some of these republican officer holders truth serum and get out why they were doing this, like why get into the whole election game. what woulde they say? i mean because power is one thing, but to really have no principle that you can particularly articulate. other thanar winning. texas is particularly interesting and interesting in a lot of these states, you re seeing it in missouri. the paranoia is so yeah, to boulder s point, it s a snake eating its own tail. thank you my friend as always. today the florida statehouse of representatives passedse a bill that prevents colleges and universities in florida from spending any money on anything that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion. now it heads to florida governor ron desantis who will undoubtedly signnt the thing. now, if you live in the real world and if the words diversity and equity and inclusion sound like positive things to you, what happened today in florida feels likein madness. but if you are a fox
Ari melber is here now. What a season of gratitude. Get some rest because well be seeing a lot of you and everyone soon. Have a good show. Thanks, niccole. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber, and with all the trial news, and more that have late they are house, the top story is political news that will help decide the election because it usually does. Today President Biden and donald trump both agreed to do two new president ial debates, the first coming next month capping weeks of posturing and negotiation that. Breakthrough came today as the Biden Campaign took control of things with a plan that was months in the making, biden using this video here to publicly challenge trump to two debates on the biden schedule with two ready partners on board, abc and cnn. If a debate starting next month sounds different than usual, earlier than usual, it is. This will now be the earliest general Election Campaign debate ever, and that actually matters not only for people tuning in and paying attent
it is 4:00 new york. it is not every day that a former president of the united states is in a courthouse. much less as a defendant in the case that threatens to bring down the entire brand that he used to propel himself into office in the first place. today, donald trump was back in court in the $250 million civil fraud trial in new york. before walking in, trump lashed out as he so often does at the judge, the trial, at the new york attorney general who brought the lawsuit. he did not mention judge engoron s clerk, who has been a frequent target of his, he remains under a gag order that prohibits him from talking about court staff. inside the courtroom, accounting expert eli bartov took the stand and testified that in his expert opinion the attorney general s claims of a years long pattern of fraud, manipulating the values of trump s real estate assets were baseless. there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud, he said. dold trump was reportedly visibly pleased.
Protests in the suburbs of paris following the alleged rape of a black youth worker by a city Police Officer. And a miserable night for arsenal in tonights Champions League match against Bayern Munich. Coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News more Champions League last 16 problems for arsenal as Bayern Munich take control of the tie thanks to three goals in 10 minutes at the allianz arena. Good evening. President trumps public dispute with his own Intelligence Agencies has intensified. Hes accused them of breaking the law by leaking classified information and he blamed them for the resignation of his National Security adviser, michael flynn. Mr flynn had admitted misleading colleagues about his contacts with russian diplomats. The president is now under even greater scrutiny following claims of repeated contacts between his team and russian officials during the election campaign. Our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. These are not the best of times. Not yet four weeks in, his travel
To be able to keep any kind of polite distance from trump. you don t want to get trapped in the mud with him which some of the 2016 candidates did, but he wanted to keep some level slightly at least above the sort of ground, but you want to make darn sure that you re confronting him, and that is no easy task. how do you not stoop to his level but still come out in a head to head challenge with trump in a debate? it is not necessarily that easy, but i think those viral moments are going to be it s not an hour and a half debate itself, it s whatever the moment is that stands out. you think about that famous episode, guys, where rubio and christie in new hampshire in 2016 went at it. it got played over and over again online and on tv in the days after that. i think those are the kind of moments desantis will need or by the way somebody else, a third