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zikomo! [applause] welcome to the beat with ari melber. we have a big show for you tonight, prosecutor ronaldo murat he will join me as we look at jack smith s big coup case against donald trump, which faces a key appeal in january. how will smith draw on his past experience? that s where we begin tonight. he s a tough prosecutor with a long record. he s led difficult and victorious cases, including, the prosecution of new york police officer, justin vulpy, who tortured abner lima, a notorious case, which resulted in a 30-year prison sentence, unheard of for a prosecutor at the time. he was unknown prosecutor at the time. he went on to develop and expertise that other lawyers sometimes duck. the kind of cases that go at the powerful and government, police senators, heads of states. he developed experience for the pressures of those specific cases and something of a repetition of a prosecutor that you can pick up and call with a tough case like that. smith did a stint at the
[speaking in a global language] [applause] welcome to the beat with ari melber. we have a big show for you tonight, prosecutor ronaldo murat he will join me as we look at jack smith s big coup case against donald trump, which faces a key appeal in january. how was matt drawn his past experience? january. that s where we begin . he s a tough prosecutor with a long record. he s led difficult and victorious cases, including, the prosecution of new york police officer, justin pulpy, who tortured abner lima, and a tory s case, which resulted in a 30-year prison sentence, unheard of for a prosecutor at the time. he was unknown prosecutor at the time. he went on to develop and expertise that other lawyers sometimes doc. the kind of cases that go at the powerful and government, police senators, heads of states. he developed experience for the pressures of those specific entities, a somewhat repetition of a prosecutor that you can pick up and call with a tough case like that. sm
pressure on the former president. they stepped up effort to get reluctant witnesses to talk about those classified documents at mar-a-lago. just as the trial of his company is getting underway. and, in nbc news exclusive. i go one-on-one with treasury secretary janet yellen. we talk about inflation, the economy and the financial crisis in the uk. and then, the grades are in and they are not good. historic setbacks in schools across the country after covid. we search for solutions as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. this is the final two weeks before election day and both parties have started a full court press for messaging what s at stake. earlier today president biden told democrats that his agenda is on the line. we just have 15 days until one of the most important elections in our lifetime. the choice could not be clearer. the stakes could not be higher. voting is now underway in several states, nbc news
last word which starts now. tonight, turning up the pressure on the former president. they stepped up efforts to get the reluctant witnesses to talk about those documents to mar-a-lago just as the trial of his company is getting underway. and, an nbc news exclusive, i go one-on-one with treasury secretary jen yellin. then, the grades are in, and they re not good. historic setbacks in schools across the country after covid. we search for solutions as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. this is the final two weeks before election day and both parties have started a full court press for messaging what s at stake. earlier today president biden told democrats that his agenda is on the line. we just have 15 days until one of the most important elections in our lifetime. the choice could not be clearer. the stakes could not be higher. voting is now underway in several states, nbc news reports that nearly 8 million