thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. hi, nicole. thank you. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. right now this is a busy friday for news after a week that began with the abrupt firing of tucker carlson and the sedition case against the proud boys for january 6th reaching a jury and then just last night we reported that mike pence went under oath for the first time about the coup to the doj. each of those are distinct developments. each stem from the ongoing if tardy accountability for the insurrection. fox news reeling from a record payout for insurrection and election lies which tucker carlson doubled down on which compounded his problems and the transfer of power we should note that this week the current president formally announced he is running for re-election in a video that discusses and shows what he says are the stakes. usually when the incumbent president an
Crossexamination for Stormy Daniels, perhaps at the defendants behest whether or not it helped his case. And after the jury left to defense motions, one, to modify the gag order for that, mr. Trump is under to allow him to talk about Stormy Daniels the other asking for a mistrial for the second time this week judge, juan merchan denying the Gag Order Motion saying and i quote, your clients track record speaks for itself. He also denied the Mistrial Motion, which the defense had based on what it claimed was prejudicial testimony by Stormy Daniels about sex with mr. Trump. The judge said the defense brought it on themselves by denying a sexual encounter or had taken place meaning he said that the jury needed to be able to determine whether to believe her or the defense he also sculpted the defense for not objecting to items they were now citing as grounds for a mistrial. Prosecutors meantime, said they will not be calling the other woman who is alleging an affair with the former presiden
Line here and then over here is really for the press. And like i said, we might start seeing people within the next few hours because people are anticipating Michael Cohen to take the stand and i have to point out, we have actually met people from all across this bucks an hour for the line sitter. Hes a busy man. All right. Thank you so much im going to let your husband know your birthday present erik. Thanks so much to all of you for being with us. We appreciate it. Its time for anderson good evening. Welcome to our continuing special prompts on coverage of the trump at new york hush money trial. Dave, 14. So im prosecutors focused or a current bookkeeper and a former white house staffer on how closely their boss watched every dollar, including far smaller sums in his jackson Michael Cohen also de, two of crossexamine emanation for Stormy Daniels, perhaps at the defendants behest, whether or not it helped his case. And after the jury left to defense motions, one, to modify the gag ord
All right. Thank you so much im going to let your husband know your birthday present. Thats right thanks so much to all of you for being with us. We appreciate it. Its time for anderson good evening. Welcome to our continuing special problems on coverage of the trump at new york Hush Money Trial De 40 ten. So im prosecutor focus or for current bookkeeper a former white house staffer on how closely their boss wants to every dollar, including far smaller sums and his Jackson Michael cohen, also day two of crossexamination for Stormy Daniels, perhaps at the defendants behest, whether or not it helped his case. And after the jury left to defense motions, one, to modify by the gag order that mr. Trump is under to allow them to talk about Stormy Daniels the other asking for a mistrial for the second time this week, John Juan Merchan denying the Gag Order Motion saying and i quote, your clients track record speaks for itself. He also denied the Mistrial Motion, which the defense had based on
i ll see you in the chair next saturday on sunday at two pm. starts right now. kilometers avoid a government shutdown in the next three days? house speaker mike johnson unveiled the funding plan that has no spending cuts. and some of his colleagues wasted no time rejecting it. we ll get into it is in this two tier approach and what happens next. and donald trump is giving us a glimpse of the alarming anti-democratic tactics that he is planning. things like using the department of justice to punish his critics and rounding up and detaining masses of immigrants in camps and so much more. this isn t just trump being trump and we cannot be plus today s simone spotlight. oscar award winning costume designer ruth carter is here. the queen of afrofuturism. and we create a full of costumes for some of the biggest films and marvels black panther movies. and i have something to say. reasonable solution are dead on arrival? members of congress have just five days to decide i