hello and welcome. spain s prime minister, pedro sanchez, is set to take a big political gamble on tuesday and pardon nine catalan separatist leaders. they were jailed over their role in a failed bid for independence in 2017. polls show a majority of spaniards oppose freeing the politicians, but catalan leaders say they ll continue their mission to break free from madrid. courtney bembridge has this report. madrid has seen mass protests against the pardons, and polling suggest more than 60% of people in spain did not agree with them. this was the view on the streets of madrid on monday. view on the streets of madrid on monday- view on the streets of madrid on monda . ,, view on the streets of madrid on monda . ~ ,, ~ . on monday. translation: the way i see it, on monday. translation: the way i see it. they ve on monday. translation: the way i see it, they ve got on monday. translation: the way i see it, they ve got away on monday. translation: the way i see it, th
bickering and nonsense. truer words never been said. the reidout with joy reid is up next. tonight on the reidout it s about trying to pull the wool over the eyes of america. because the tyrants and dictators of the world are on the march today. so who wins with this ludicrous embarrassing spectacle? orban wins, putin wins, xi wins, the tyrants of the world win. if one more reason to celebrate donald trump and his cult followers. congressman jamie raskin speaking the truth as biden s special prosecutor robert hur testifies before a congressional committee with the latest republican attempt to smear the president comes up embarrassingly short. also, raphael warnock joins me as polls close in his state s presidential primary, and he has a warning about voter suppression ahead of the presidential election this fall. plus, a new u.s. intelligence report suggests israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu could be on thin ice due to the war in gaza. today, i spoke w
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are so grateful. the beat with katie phang in for ari begins right now. have a great show. thank you. and welcome to the beat. i m katie phang in for ari melber. we begin with house republicans using the power of their gavel to drive home one critical point that could shape the entire 2020 election, that donald trump is facing multiple criminal charges for mishandling classified documents. i mean that was ultimately the result of their much hyped hearing featuring robert hur, the special counsel who investigated president biden s classified information. today hur repeated his report s findings, that the evidence did not support any charges for biden. we did not, however, identify evidence that rose to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. because the evidence fell short of that standard, i declined to recommend criminal charges against mr. biden. republicans had hoped t
spies, lies, bribes, and russian disinformation. it sounds like something out of a novel, but it is a very real drama playing out washington right now. a long time fbi informant who provided explosive allegations of a biden bribery scheme, now charged with lying to the fbi and accused of passing off false information that he got from kremlin intelligence officials the claims from x and format alexander smirnoff or a central part of house republicans impeachment inquiry of president biden. but for now, the gop has no plans to pull back on that probe. cnn s kaitlan polantz is tracking all of this. kaitlan. what more have we learned about this case? well, jessica, this is a major case from one of the special counsel working within the justice department. it is case against a man named alexandra smirnoff, who lives in las vegas, an american citizen. but as an fbi informant over many, many years, was putting disinformation into investigative authorities in the us, spec
new york city in store for perhaps the biggest snowfall in two years. i don t know if we ve seen snow in two years. we are tracking where and when it s going throughout the show. dana: the happiest is percy indeed. the white house holds a press briefing facing mounting questions on the president s age and mental fitness. they ll address reporters at 10:15 eastern and bring it to you lifer as it happens. bill: the crisis at the border sparking calamity at the white house. there are reports that staffers are at each other as throats deeming the whole thing a meltdown. this is a change of tone. good morning. back in new york i m bill hemmer. nice to be back with you. dana: good morning, glad you are back. i m dana perino. bill: you won your $2. that s all that matters. it was two singles. dana: i don t have it in my hand. bill: before the show is over. dana: i won t forget that. yes, some of the biggest beef in the white house dust-up. i have to love reading about