i don t think anyone is counting hours anymore. brian williams used to call it tonnage. there you have it. thanks to nicolle. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. amidst this unprecedented news week, which is why there are so many hours being slotted around, let me start with a quick question is there anything more to learn or say about the federal case against defendant donald trump? our team of journalists on the beat says the answer tonight is yes. we have been working on something special, a new road map gleaned from jack smith s case, which we now can see for the first time against donald trump. so later tonight we re actually going to show thank you time line from the first clues about the missing documents to trump s historic arrest, that whole road. it is new legal reporting and i can tell you you ll only see it here. that s coming up on this edition of the beat. our top story right now stems from the rapid developments on the defense and legal side of don
ac 360 starts now. good evening. president biden is in poland tonight after making a surprise and history-making journey to kyiv on this president s day. after months of secret planning and elaborate preparation, the united states met with ukraine s president just four days short of a year since russian forces invaded. and with reminders of the continuing threat surrounding the two leaders. [ siren ] many american presidents have made dramatic trips before, nixon to china, kennedy, reagan to is the berlin wall, and presidents have visited u.s. troops in war zones, but never like this. this was the first trip ever by an american president would into a war zone without the protection of u.s. troops on the ground or american warplanes patrolling the space overhead. american air assets were active on ukraine s border and moscow was told about it in advance. as for the president s own message, here is some of what he had to say. it was one year ago in week that we spoke on t
good. you are hearing of the reality of gun violence. now, at least 17 dead, more than 80 shots all across the nation just since friday. you heard me right. since friday as in today is monday. unbelievable. it is on pace of its worst year ever according to gun violence archive. that means 246, since the beginning of the year. the three-year uptick began where they began. in to 2020, 110 and last year we were at 692. with all those numbers, it is really one number to keep focusing on. i mean that s what america wants to do about these are horrible numbers. that is a number 10. 10 republicans in the 50/50 senate to sign on legislation that could reduce the number of gun relate dd deaths in this country. i didn t say eliminate all gun violence. the lawyer in me have to manage all expectations. how about saving as many as innocent lives as possible as some kidney of action? a senator said it quite well this morning. there is no one thing that ll prevent mass killings. a
Gaetz again this time issuing new threats to mccarthys speakership. The senators working together to have a backup plan. And mccarthy saying there is a plan, but they wont vote on it until friday. The Government Shutdown happens at 11 59 p. M. This saturday if theyre unable to avert it. And there is a heartbreaking story that is near and dear to my heart. A Young Black Girl ignored as all of the white girls around her were given medals at a competition in ireland. What if it were your daughter, or mine, who is now a gymnast. Even simone biles says that it broke her heart. I want to begin now with major legal trouble for the former president tonight, this time in the new York Attorney general tonight, this time in the new York Attorney generals civil case against donald trump and his family business. A Judge Finding that trump and his adult sons are liable for fraud. Also, canceling the business certifications of the trump organization. That move alone deals a major blow to the former p
what matters to them and what doesn t. that moment of clarity is right now. last night, contrary to what many were led to believe, americans across the country propelled democrats to what may have been the most consequential political achievement for the democratic party since the day joe biden was elected. voters injected rocket fuel directly into the party s blood stream. electing democratic candidates and advancing their key policy positions. in kentucky, the governor s race once projected to be a very close one was not. incumbent democrat andy beshear won by a 6-pointrgin. in a state that donald trump won 6 points. in virginia, nbc news projects democrats retain control of the state senate and actually flipped the house of delegates. now governor glenn youngkin, the conservative poster boy generating national buzz, will wrestle with two chambers controlled by the democratic party over matters of gun safety, voting rights and the issue that defined that race and others, re