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ari melber starts right now. nicole, one week down, thousands to go. eternity to go, we hope. have a great show. eternity, we could be so lucky. have a great weekend, our thanks to nicolle wallace first big week back. welcome to the beat, i m ari melber, we have a special show for you tonight. we have a lot to get to. let s get right into today. jack smith making a new pitch on behalf of the doj on why donald trump must be put on trial before the election. if that sounds like a familiar issue, jack smith has more than one case against defendant trump. so, the defendant was actually down in federal court today watching as doj prosecutors argued for a july beginning to a trial in the other jack smith case, earlier in the week discussing the big coup case and the supreme court slowing that down. this is the classified documents case, you probably remember both, and they are saying, over at the doj, there is nothing in their rule or precedents which prevents this tr ....
globalists, cast out the communists, marxists, fascists. we will throw off the political class that hates our country. donald trump on saturday appealing to his far-right base, promising to take on the so-called deep state that is against him. there is new reporting this morning on trump s much darker vision for the country. his advisers are crafting autocratic plans for the presidency if he wins in 2024. that reporting is in line with a warning from trump s former chief of staff about what a second trump term could mean for america. meanwhile, a prominent democrat is leaving the door open for a third party run for president. what senator joe manchin is saying about that possibility. come on, man. also ahead, the latest from eastern europe. come on, man. where russian president vladimir putin is promising to retaliate for an attack on a crucial supply bridge for his forces. a lot to get to on this tuesday morning on july 18th. good morning, everyone. along ....
this legal pressure that is engulfing donald trump to a degree he s clearly aware of. his former white house lawyer made waves and concerned people by ricking trump will go to jail over white house documents. now we have this short but unusual letter from donald trump s lawyers, signed by them, publicized by donald trump that reads like a cry for help or some sort of freakout. i can tell you straight up it s not a normal legal proceeding. it s addressed to attorney general merrick garland. the wall street journal made waves that the quays may be nearing the intend although no one can say what happened, it clearly had bad news in there at a minimum for trump with insiders bracing for a possible indictment. again, that s not news you can go to the bank with, but it s wall street journal, which is own by the murdoch empire, and that may among other things may have led trump to write this letter. it basically tries to shake down the attorney general of the united states ....
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we have new tapes. in a beat exclusive we have new audio tapes of congressman george santos, arraigned today for that indictment. they are the santos tapes and they re coming up shortly. later i want to tell you we also have my special report on clarence thomas problem with law and precedent. we ll get to that breakdown and these tapes. our top story right now is the santos indictment itself. this is the most controversial new lawmaker in congress, now indicted for breaking laws. prosecutors say his lies became crimes, to put it simply, and today, for his part, the congressman vowing to fight the case while echoing a maga witch-hunt defense. now, i m going to have to go and fight to defend myself. the reality is is it s a witch-hunt. i m going to fight my battle. i m going to deliver. i m going to fight the witch-hunt. i m going take care of clearing my name. i will prove myself innocent. he pled not guilty and is now out ....
policies. she said don t make the city s first black woman and openly gay mayor. and in 40 years. prime sort under lightfoot s watch since 2019, murders jumped 40% and skyrocketed a whopping 40%. a recent poll shows overwhelming number of chicago s say that the cities on the wrong track. lori lightfoot does not attribute to that. she claims she was treated unfairly because she has a black woman in america. she conceded the race after coming in third and failing to advance to a runoff. we didn t win the election today, but i stand here with my head held high and my heart full. regardless of tonight s outcome, we fought the right fights and put the city on a better path, no doubt about it. kayleigh: that better path, brian, included homicide rate the highest in years and 53% of chicago s not feeling safe. brian: this is where you lie in a concession speech. and what she said also, did she say 63%? kayleigh: 63%. brian: the other percentage left chicago. and now, ....