these extraordinary times. the beat starts right now. hi, ari. hi, nicolle. this is one of those nights. we are tracking several developments, including a brand-new hearing over evidence in a case alleging unlawful lies by fox news. if you re thinking, wait, is this a rerun? did i dvr this? no, this is a different multibillion dollar case that the network is dealing with while reeling from the other original record defamation settlement in the defamation case. that is big. we re going to get to that. also, more tom hanks. we have new material from our interview that s airing tonight for the first time. it will be new, and i m excited to share it with you. we begin with cascading set backs and a political request that s backfiring in public with house republicans pushing on on their deep state in that nothing burger report from trump and bill barr s hand picked attorney general. you can make up your own mind about the evidence, because these kind of things involve eviden
important. a 72-year-old suspect who was found dead at the scene about 12 hours later from what officials believe at this point was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. but there s more to the story. nbc news now on staining this new and exclusive surveillance video that actually shows the moment when an apparent hero helped disarm what is believed to be that suspected gunman, and then this person speaking at it with lester headlight. i had to believe that i was going to die. like, my life was ending here at that very moment. but something something amazing happened, and a miracle actually, he started to tray to prep his weapon so he could shoot everybody, but then it came it dawns on me this was the moment to disarm him. i could do something that could protect everybody and potentially save myself. we begin our coverage. jim, welcom we have an eye on when we ll get our update and we ll go to that when they come out. the horror, the carnage, the lost lives. we could talk abo
biggie said, getting physical like olivia newt. there s a million references and reflections. appreciate you doing the shout-out, sir. all right, man. have a nice night. do a good show. thank you, john. welcome to the beat, everyone. i am ari melber. let me start with this question is there evidence to support indicting former president trump? and what would that legal step entail? would it be unprecedented? why is this in the news tonight? we have answers we think to those questions in our new special report that s come up tonight in this program after our top story. we begin with the breakthrough for president biden. that is a top story, and by now everyone in the news and politics knows about this. it is a big deal any way you cut it. the senate passing the bill that s supposed to cut inflation, cut drug prices with new negotiating measures for medicare. democrats on offense today making public appearances throughout the nation to tout the very moment when the bill
Earlier this afternoon. Blankets of rain coming down. All that rain not going totter much for all the heat weve been experiencing. Good evening im iain page. Im dawn timmeney. Lucy is is off. Its a hot one out there. Well still hit 90 after that rain. Thats what it looks like. Its official our third heat wave of the year. 93 on tuesday. 93 for the high yesterday and we made it to 90 today before those storms. The rain has moved out. The humidity will be dropping tomorrow, but as we go hour by hour look at the temperatures 85 degrees by 11 00. Were looking at 88 at 1 00 p. M. And a High Temperature tomorrow of 91 so that third heat wave will likely be extended into tomorrow. The culprit with the showers and thunderstorms that cold front were not dropping the temperatures but we saw a line of heavy showers and thunderstorms move through the area in particular the heaviest rain right along the immediate i95 corridor. We saw an average between about 1 00 to 2inches of rainfall south philad
Were looking at 88 at 1 00 p. M. And a High Temperature tomorrow of 91 so that third heat wave will likely be extended into tomorrow. The culprit with the showers and thunderstorms, that cold front. Were not dropping the temperatures but we saw a line of heavy showers and thunderstorms move through the area. In particular the heaviest rain right along the immediate i95 corridor. We saw an average between about 1 to 2inches of rainfall south philadelphia also moving toward the cherry hill area as well as the west deptford region. And then as you move into extreme south jersey and central southern sections of delaware you pretty much missed out on the rain that we saw across the area today as that system kind of ran out of gas. So as we go hour by hour overnight tonight, clearing skies, dropping humidity, a lot of sunshine for your friday across the area but once again it remains hot. Coming up, your entire weekend forecast, the pocono mountains as well as down the shore with the seven d