letting substance abuse your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. hi, nicolle. thanks so much. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. today, may 4th, marks one legal conclusion in a quest for justice began on january 26th, 2021. today federal prosecutors won their big case against a key militia that first breaches the capitol, the proud boys, who donald trump specifically shouted out. now convict of sedition, the most series possible charge for an insurrection, and a rare charge in american life and law. it is proven against these four sedition conspiracy including top gun. you may remember the nation was watching in realtime, and from casual observers to security experts, many were aghast and astounded that a group would so quickly overrun the security apparatus, the police during one of the most significant national security gatherings of the year, during a time when we know all of congress and the
the truth matters. lies have consequences over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories. causing grievance harm to dominion and the country today s settlement of $787 million represents vindication and accountability lies have consequences fox news avoids what could have been weeks more of an embarassing coverage by settling at the last minute with dominion we ll break down the terms of this historic deal and explain the other legal issues looming for the network. the obvious right here is, it was the worst of all worlds for fox news and a lot of people wanted to see all the dirty laundry put out. a lot of it was out. it was already out. there s going to be more, because there are more of these lawsuits the new york times this morning, oalternative reality bu now account for itself outside of the right-wing bubble how it would possibly do it was a matter of great expense
fbi to his home with a welcome letter from barack obama, which is a state possession, which is a felony, you wouldn t think there s a lot left to accuse the guy of. you d think they d have run out of sins. no. there s one left. it s a big one. the crime of all crimes, an offense so diabolical, so morally repugnant, so contrary to the laws of god and nature, that once revealed to the public donald trump is done forever. he will never again darken the door of american democracy. he will slink back in shame to his lair off the fifth tee to prepare for his well-deserved punishment. won t see him again until sentencing. that s how bad this is. what did donald trump do, ladies and gentlemen? we can now tell you. donald trump created the covid vaccine. he did that himself. on purpose, with malice of forethought, the vax is donald trump s doing. we learned that this week from democrats in congress. they announced that shocking news. an investigation by the coronavirus subcommittee fo
out right now, and we re going to see other processes play out in parallel to this. there s going to be the georgia arraignment. we might hear more from jack smith, e. jean carroll and the civil rape trial. lot of different processes. not all are going to hit the same or are the suspected or anticipated high, but maybe in the end you ll get the high you re hoping for. or you may end up asleep on the sofa wondering where your night went. or eating doritos. you are reminding us of something that s important, and i ve mentioned this as well, that some of this is somewhat arbitrary. in most states we would have video of trail and proceedings. we don t have that in new york, so everyone remembers or has heard about the o.j. case, constant video access, changed the coverage in the public understanding. every time we talk about the new york case, you know, here on the news, we could show a court
i m going to be on it. yes, you are. there s been three holdouts, oprah winfrey, barack obama, and you. you ve got the hardest of the three. you re trying too hard here. and former director of the department of homeland security, cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, chris krebs joins us this morning. great morning to have you on thank you for being with us. we talk about gravity returning. you know, willie, as a florida guy, i am a florida man, it s never made sense these attacks on disney. what maybe people who live outside of the state of florida don t understand is am i hearing something? i m hearing someone crinkling paper, eating doritos. it s off now.