welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. it s halloween. there s a ton of news. i was in for nicolle last hour. this is a new hour as we re awaiting announcement of state charges against the suspected attacker of speaker pelosi s san francisco home. we ll bring you that live when we get it. charges are hitting after a separate action from the justice department which has already charged david depape with assault and attempted kidnapping. there s new information on what may be the politics of this. i say may be because we have to follow the evidence and what the authorities say and the information is slowly coming into view. the suspect did say that the goal was to, quote, hold nance hostage, viewing her as the leader of the pack of lies told by the democratic party, and said that if nancy were to tell the truth, he would let her go, but if she lied, he was going to break her kneecaps. he said he would show other members of congress there are consequences to actions. the suspect
high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. the team received an overwhelming mandate from the american voters leaving every state but one, massachusetts . it is not just a desire for political power. it is a lost. that is what nixon said. i lust for power. the man in the middle, john wesley dean the third. i thought the cover-up was going to and after the election. i was wrong. i have no prior knowledge of the water great break in. is going to get much, much worse. seven men went on trial today in a washington federal court charged with a break in and burglary of democratic national headquarters in the watergate building last june. the white house managed to contain the breaking of the watergate to only seven people. but, john new that people had lied and it passed him off. so, what he wanted to do was to find out if there was anybody above those seven who should be going to jail. he thought the only way for that to happen would be t
Different way than how it began. because as some people get rich by selling pot, which you might say, that s fine, that s going to be business nowadays. others are still stuck in prison right now for doing the same thing. it s a cycle of discrimination i have talked to you right here on the beat. it s also one msnbc is spotlighted in a new documentary about one of the people still paying for all this, michael thompson. as the state of michigan takes on recreational sales of marijuana, munn man is sitting in the muskegon jail. he sold three pounds of marijuana in the 90s. thompson is considered the longest incarcerated nonviolent offender in michigan s history. last night, msnbc aired what you just saw a clip of, the sentence of michael thompson, as well as a brand-new interview where just did with mr. thompson, who spent the bulk of his adult life incarcerated
The tactics of politics myself with my senate testimony with something like dropping the enemies list, knowing the press is going to overplay it. it was also maintained what was called and enemies list which is rather extensive and continually being updated. the enemies list had endless names of people who publicly opposed nixon and his policy. it was explosive. it was dramatic. you couldn t breathe if you were in the room. couldn t believe what you were hearing. i m quite aware of the fact that in some circumstances it will be my word against munn man s word. it will be my word against two men, it will be my word against three men and probably in some cases going to be my word against four men. but i and prepared to stand on my word in the truth, the knowledge and the fact that i have and i know the truth is my
back to the shooting at fort hood that left three service members dead and 16 others injured. some brand new details emerging including the identity of the munn man. specialist ivan lopez. live from fort hood where steve dos s casey has been a night long. army officials are telling us he was being treated for mental health issues. he was suffering from things like depression and anxiety and taking medication for it. he had not been officially diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder but he was being evaluated for it. it takes quite a bit of time for the mrilitary to say someone wa suffering from it. he spent four months in iraq on