attorney bragg for giving donald the opportunity to come in to tell his story. knowing donald as well as i do, understand that he doesn t tell the truth. it s one thing to turn around and to lie on your untruth social. it s another thing to turn around and lie before a grand jury. i don t suspect she s going to be coming. after decades of screwing over creditors and employees and lawyers and the american people, how rich would it be if an extramarital affair with a porn actress is what finally sinks donald trump? also tonight, leonard leo played a large role in pushing the courts to the far right. now, he thinks the rest of american society needs a hard right turn. but he has a fundamental misunderstanding of why the right is losing the culture wars. and tonight, state of disunion. how political powers being wielding in states with one-party control. in tennessee, republicans are using it like a club. and attacking the lgbtq community. but it s a much different story in
the beat with ari melber starts now. happy friday. happy friday, nicole. hope you enjoy your weekend. it s been quite a week. welcome to the the beat. i m ari melber here on the beet both beet. up top, there are a lot more developments in the unprecedented story that broke last night. if you have been busy, you maybe didn t hear it. the new york times dropping this bombshell news that donald trump is likely to be indicted in new york. tonight trump s lawyers acknowledge a key point in that account. the d.a. has indeed invited donald trump to testify to the grand jury. this isn t hypothetical. this isn t some day. this is next week. an invite to testify next week according to trump lawyers. they are in florida over the weekend discussing strategy, taking this as a real thing. seriously, they tell nbc news they have no plans to meet with the manhattan d.a. mr. bragg. so, let s get some clarity up top. there are many stories we cover we say here is this thing and here ar
as they say on the market shows, worry some. but on a more fundamental level there are also danger signs. when young people are told by their leaders that work is a scam, and that stealing things from other people is a human right, how do you think your economy s going to look in 10 years? how about your civilization? the answer depends in part on how much idleness and theft you put up with. any society that cannot declare unequivalently and with confidence that stealing is wrong has no future. when you let the mob loot, you are doomed. this is why we used to shoot looters. not because we hated them, it wasn t personal. but in order to defend the foundation of all that we have which is private property secured by law. without that, we would be living in savagery and chaos. in chicago, they already are. this is what america s second largest city looked like this weekend. [screaming and yelling]. oh, my god! tucker: there s no point to that. nobody s benning. what you re se
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has something to say and we wanted to give them more time to say it. they re an hour long with some of the most compels people in america. news anchors, lawmakers, people having thoughts we never thought of before. you may have seen a few minutes here on previous shows. tonight we re focusing on a few people. that would include j.p. sears, mike tyson and a man who treats people as they re dying. an end of life physician called christopher kerr. first we re going to look back at a conversation with someone that has passed, kirstie allie that died this fall of cancer. she was on our set and we had a remarkable conversation. here s part of us. for our viewers that know you well, this is to remind them why they like you so much. here it is. st. jerome s hospital. hey, slow down! the first stage of labor can take hours. yeah, so can midtown traffic. the wife of a plumber. we re going to have a bunch of little plumbers. and the horrible part is, he s too good for me. we