wounding four others inside an atlanta medical facility has now been formally charged. justice! a fierce debate erupting in new york city where an erratic-acting homeless man died after being held in a choke hold by a fellow passenger on the sunday. the feds are going after a louisiana chemical company. it is pumping a suspected carcinogen into the air in a part of the state known as cancer alley. you could stand on your front porch and everywhere you look, there is cancer. of course. norah: a jury rules pop star ed sheeran did not steal from marvin gaye s hit song let s get it on. i am not and will never allow myself to be a piggy bank for anyone to shake. norah: and the unique need photo exhibit honoring tyre nichols. it seemed to be an opportunity to honor an an aspiring artist and draw attention to his work and his life. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. we want to begin with some breaking
we are following breaking news this hour. a verdict has been reached in the seditious conspiracy trial against five members of the proud boys. this trial really considered the center piece, the marquee of the prosecutions brought by the justice department surrounding the actions leading up to and on january 6th. cnn s katelyn polantz is outside the courthouse. she s joining me once again. katelyn, what s the latest you re hearing from inside the room? reporter: kate, we really are moments away from knowing what the result of this long, long trial, this long prosecution by the justice department is at this moment in time the jury is reading the verdicts that they have reached in the courtroom. we have a team watching this right now. and what is happening here, what is at stake here is that this is the case against the five leaders of the proud boys, people that the justice department have accused of not just wanting to have a war against the u.s. government after the 2020 el
a deadly chokehold by a stranger on a new york city subway car. why this incident spaurrked a homicide investigation and important conversations about mental illness and vigilantism. and then the fight gets under way to overturn an abortion ban in one state, a ban dating back to 1849. you heard that right. years before the civil war. decades before women could even vote. we re talking to the attorney general who filed the lawsuit. welcome to the lead. we begin in our politics lead. a major milestone in the prosecution of the pro trump rioters who stormed the capitol on january 6, 2021. and an effort to in an effort to forcibly keep trump in power after his resounding and legitimate election defeat. today four members of the far right proud boys militia group were found guilty by a jury of seditious conspiracy in their roles in the teek. these are of course the same extremists donald trump declined to condemn during a presidential debate in september 2020. what do you
thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. hi, nicole. thank you. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. right now this is a busy friday for news after a week that began with the abrupt firing of tucker carlson and the sedition case against the proud boys for january 6th reaching a jury and then just last night we reported that mike pence went under oath for the first time about the coup to the doj. each of those are distinct developments. each stem from the ongoing if tardy accountability for the insurrection. fox news reeling from a record payout for insurrection and election lies which tucker carlson doubled down on which compounded his problems and the transfer of power we should note that this week the current president formally announced he is running for re-election in a video that discusses and shows what he says are the stakes. usually when the incumbent president an
Usa usa On January 6th, 2021, the worlds most powerful nation lost control of its seat of government. For more than four hours, the mob ruled. Defend your constitution defender liberty usa fanatical supporters of President Trump role the u. S. Capitol hunting for legislators they accused of treason. Can i speak to pelosi . Were coming for you. Oh mike pence . Reckoning for you to trader they told the fbi some wouldve killed anyone they got their hands on. Knock knock right here thats where are they . Thats where the [bleep] is nancy . Where are you nancy . We are looking for you . Shes in jail. Nancy oh, nancy we won trump we want trump we won trump it was the biggest threat to american democracy since the civil war. In a joint collaboration, nbc news and the online Investigative Group bellingcat have reviewed and in cases uncovered thousands of hours of cctv footage intercepted audio, and cell phone video. Much of it taken by the rioters themselves. We have identified more than a doze