Into your homes during these extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Thanks so much, welcome to the beat, im Ari Melber, Early Voting is underway in 36 states, the majority of the country, it begins in the big state of Ohio Tomorrow and the election is 29 days away. Debates, done, and tonight we can tell you marks another Campaign Tradition for the home stretch, the interview, the longrunning 60 minute show a program that invites both nominees for their turn, the moments can be memorable. You dont have any doubts that you are ready . No. Whered you get all this confidence . My wife asked me all the time. There answer, now Kamala Harris is taking her turn as the nominee on the 60 Minutes Program Tonight and in a contrast to Donald Trump, who is breaking that tradition. The gap actually reflects something larger, a divergence in their strategies because while republicans have been pushing these attacks were they say harris is hiding out from all i
secretary of state and presidential envoy john kerry from windsor in a moment. this as we get more breaking news. the kremlin confirming putin met with prigozhin after that attempted revolt in russia. what we are learning about that meeting in moments. also ahead, extreme weather. absolutely wild and dangerous flooding turning deadly in new york. cars swept away. roads washed out. homes flooded, leaving people with nowhere to go. and new warnings that this storm system isn t done yet. later, massive manhunt for an escaped inmate with survivalist skills. how will police catch him? breaking news out of the uk this morning, where joe biden just wrapped his meeting with king charles following a sit down with british prime minister rishi sunak. and later this hour, he departs the uk for lithuania for a nato summit with the war in ukraine on their agenda. joining us now, josh letterman in london, and kelly is in ukraine. josh, what are we learning out of biden s two meetings
the texts were sent about a month before trump s infamous january 2nd phone call with georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger, here s what meadows said on that call. for example, mr. secretary, i can tell you, you said there was only two dead people that would vote. i can promise you there are more than that. and that may be what your investigation shows, but i can promise you there are more than that. remember, meadows also testified before a grand jury last month for jack smith. now, all of this is making trump world very nervous. trump and his allies have been, quote, feverishly speculating about the degree of meadows cooperation with the smith probe. meadows has gone silent, and there are some big questions as to who special counsel jack smith really has. he may have some accolades of president trump who are in the only position that they can take, and that is the truth. the next texts could further
raid of southbou subpoenas on ty 6th case. todd windham was running out of doj. when a couple of people were on the subpoenas. they were asking local officials, republican officials in georgia, if they had information on the activities of others. this is what is fascinating about the smith probe. we don t know until and unless an indictment is unsealed. we don t know unless there s a trial. to the two glenns, thank you so much for spending so much time with us. frank sticks around a little longer. frank, i feel like i left you out. i have to find you another frank. one republican candidate
shows that this aspect of the smith probe has been more extensive than people realized. this part of the investigation goes well beyond the question of whether, for example, former president trump incited the january 6th violence. that s always been considered a difficult legal case. but smith and his team are focusing on some of the other efforts to overturn the election, including the scheme to put forward fake electors and efforts to raise money to promote false claims. remember, a total of 84 people in seven swing states signed documents falsely declaring mr. trump the winner. a number of those people testified before this grand jury, as well as several state officials subject to pressure. you mentioned, for example, former arizona house speaker rusty bowers who refused to bake that fake elector scheme. and brad raffensperger who was asked by trump to find those votes in georgia, smith and his