Welcome to The Beat, im ari melber. But we begin with Breaking News in politics. Former republican Vice President and Defense Secretary Dick cheney is backing Kamala Harris. That marks one of her most high Ranking Republican endorsements in this campaign probably the most iconic. Dick cheney is an Arch Conservative Hawk and a gop icon, a fixture running republican administrations as chief of Staff And War policy as Defense Sect and Vice President and during 9 11 and the wars in afghanistan and iraq. Those were stints that made him a Fire Brand Folk hero on the right and loathed by most prominent washington democrats. And indeed this news right now tonight would have been unheard ever 10 or 15 years ago and cheney is far from a never trumper. He endorsed Donald Trump in 2018. This also completes the Cheney Family unusual evolution and it did not come during the actual four years of trumps presidency, his governing priorities and his mistakes, it came over whether were a democracy or a C
york moment. as the pope lands at jfk he s going to get a welcome befitting this pope. there are going to be five young children from new york area catholic schools. they re going to give him a book of prayers compiled from 86 catholic schools around the city. but they re also going to be homeless people there served by the catholic church, elderly people from a nursing home getting right to the pope s mission and message throughout this trip and really throughout his papacy. it s about serving those in need. we heard some of that when he was speaking to congress earlier today. but i ll tell you, and anderson will echo this, there s a high school band out there from zavarian brothers school in new york, they ll play songs to welcome him. one of those songs fitting will be new york, new york. can t get a bigger new york welcome than that. their version of frank sinatra s new york new york. there s a lot of kids from all the different schools in