during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now hi, ari. thanks, nicolle welcome to the beat. i m ari melber we are tracking several stories, including maya wylie we begin with the escalating heat on defendant donald trump the nation watched as he came to new york for the first criminal arraignment of his life, a legal requirement, not a choice. trump had to sit in court for this unusually long i rainment which included a rare rebuke by the judge for threats he had been making. those threats part of a second civil case also filed this week by the d.a. dealing with the clash of some house republicans. here s the news right now. today donald trump is back in new york again and again under court order. these are not trips that he chose. they have been forced on him by the law and how often he is on allegedly, under the allegations, the wrong side of the law. if you re trying to keep track or it seems like this stuff is happening
her vocal talent and her song writing talent. it is a bit of a shame that she s so known for that prince cover, while it is a great song, hersong prince cover, while it is a great song, her song writing was unbelievable. i still go back to those first reports and listen to the songs she wrote when she was 20 and i in awe of her song writing talent as much as if not as her vocal talent. talent as much as if not as her vocal talent. look at your career and i wonder. vocal talent. look at your career and i wonder, how vocal talent. look at your career and i wonder, how much - vocal talent. look at your career and i wonder, how much she - and i wonder, how much she influenced you as a young teenager, you cut up, you made your mix tapes and done stuff like that and in a way she was, you know you were very much what came after? she way she was, you know you were very much what came after? much what came after? she inspired eve one i much what came after? she inspired everyone i know.