segment. i m going to tell you what else we have coming because we are tracking a separate a new criminal subpoena for trial lawyer rudy giuliani. there s also some signs of the january 6th probe is breaking through with independence and the younger tiktok crowd. michael steele will be here for a segment that we hope will be as sharp as it is viral. perhaps. tiktok reference. by the end of the hour, we will be talking bob dylan, barack obama and kurt cobain with the right icon you see. the one and only dave grown on the beat tonight for our special mavericks interview. you might say the energy is contagious. here we are now. entertain us. but it s too early in the broadcast for lyrics. even for the beat. so let s just get to this top story. judgment day for steve bannon. the prosecution resting after calling the witnesses that they say will prove this and send him to prison. we will get into this with mr. gerstein as i mentioned but there is a method to the speed of the d
it is so hard to predict the mind of jordan. rated r. strohm i thank you so much for letting us into your home is during these extraordinary times. the beat with ari melber starts right now. strohm i thank you to you. we begin with breaking news. in a clear display of legal confidence that we can report tonight, the justice department is formally resting his criminal case against trump aid, steve bannon. this is a very deliberate legal strategy and we have it covered for you. they called only two witnesses or prosecutors laying out the case in just two days. that s fast, even for simple case. political josh gerstein with inside the courtroom. he s been covering all of this and has first and reporting from outside the court about all of this including the late- breaking news. he joins me in a moment in the