Thank you so much for letting us into your homes on this monday. We are grateful. The beat with katie phang and ari starts now. If i havent said it before, its really good to have you back. Thanks for being here. Thank you, my friend. Have a great show. Thanks. And to all of you welcome to the beat. Im katie phang in for ari melber. We begin with donald trump doing what he does best, trying to delay justice by claiming, wait for it, president ial immunity yet again. Today trumps legal team filing a motion to delay his new york criminal hush money trial, which is currently set to begin march 25th, just two weeks away. Trump argues the trial should wait for the United States Supreme Court to weigh in on his president ial immunity claim. Those arguments are scheduled for april 25th. Trumps legal team writing, the court must preclude the people from Offering Evidence at trial of President Trumps official acts as the commander in chief. Trump claiming that even though Stormy Daniels was pai
the also rans claiming small victories, even though they each got walloped by the inevitable nominee donald trump, apparently put in place by god, because as one iowan put it, god picks unusual people. also tonight, michigan governor and biden campaign cochair gretchen whitmer joins me to discuss the democrats view of the republican race and whether president biden has a michigan problem. plus, the war on dr. king s memory. there is more to his legacy than just that one speech that republicans often misuse for their own political aims. we begin tonight with iowa s choice. today the winner of that state s republican presidential caucuses, donald trump, spent a significant part of the day after not in new hampshire as presidential history would suggest, but in a manhattan courthouse for the beginning of a trial to determine how much he has to pay in damages to a woman he was find liable for sexually abusing and defaming. let s just establish that straight away. donald
In an influence peddling scheme. Its a stunning allegation that raises a number of questions. Who is the whistleblower making this claim . Is that person credible . And what are authorities doing about it . The white house says the president has an unprecedented level of transparency and calls this a political attack. Senior National Correspondent rich edson is here with our top story. Good evening, rich. Rich good evening, bret. House Oversight Committee chairman james comer claims the fbi likely has a document describing this alleged Criminal Activity involving then Vice President joe biden. Comer has issued a subpoena for the purported document. He and senator Chuck Grassley have been investigating the biden family and their business conduct. They sent a letter this afternoon to attorney general Merrick Garland and fbi director chris wray claiming, quote a highly credible whistleblower maintains the Justice Department and fbi likely have a form that, quote describes an alleged Crimi
dion patterson is in custody, facing one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault. he opened fire in the waiting room killing amy st. pierre, who worked for the center of disease control and prevention. police received the call of an active shooter at 12:08 yesterday afternoon. the gunman spent two minutes shooting inside the medical building and tried to escape by stealing a truck. thigh used security cameras and license plate readers to track a vehicle where it was lefta abandoned and a tip led police to a condo complex where they arrested patterson last night without incident. work without a cooperative communities, a community that backs up the police that allows the police to take risks and try to take violent people into custody. the suspect was discharged from the coast guard in january after serving four and a half years with the service. patterson s mother, who had accompanied her son to the medical appointment appeared to blame improper medicine for
investigation of hunter biden. the proverbial walls are closing in and it is incredible he would create this drama in arkansas when you have the delaware criminal investigation into him looking to be coming to a head this week. you ve got his father now being accused by a new whistleblower. you have the oklahoma oversight committee is closing in on a lot of the financial records. todd: lucas tomlinson has more from washington. lucas. lucas: good morning. who doesn t involve a little controversy. there is new information from a whistleblower involving then vice president biden in a pay to play scheme. we have credible information that this possible criminal activity took place and i can t verify whether or not it is really a criminal activity, but i do have faith in it is whistleblowers that bring it to me that this document exists. lucas: in a letter, grassley and comer say the whistleblower describes alleged criminal scheme involving then vice president biden and a