captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight on 360, trump s latest excuse. it wasn t a crime, just bravado. woodward and bernstein join me live. also vladimir putin moves to look in control as questions swirl about what really happened with this weekend s rebellion. author and columnist thomas freedman joins us. plus, e. jean carroll now the defendant, countersues, claiming she defamed him. good evening. when we left you last night, the former president had just floated a new explanation of the tape of him apparently sharing a classified plan for attacking iran, which he was not authorized to have, with people not authorized to see it. and that explanation now is, i was just bsing people. he didn t say bs. he said it was bravado, fancier word, same bs. before reading you his latest excuse, here are his actual words, july 2021, showing off the documents. this is secret information. look at this. this was done by the military, given to me. i think we can probably
tonight on three 60, trump s latest excuse, it wasn t a, crime just bravado. and they weren t secret documents, just building plants. legendary reporters joining me live. also, vladimir putin moves to look at control as questions swirl about what really happened with this weekend s rebellion. author and columnist thomas friedman joins us. plus, e. jean carroll now defended just the former president already found liable for abusing and defaming her, countersues, claiming she defamed him. it, evening when we left you last night the former president had just floated a new explanation for the tape of him two summers ago. apparently sharing a classified plan for attacking iran which already people not authorized to see it. and that explanation now is i was just bsing people. he didn t say bs, he said it was bravado, a fancier word. same bs. before reading you his latest excuse, here is actual words. july 2021 showing off the documents. there is a secret. look at this. thes
thanks for joining us. fear not. nicolle will be back tomorrow. the beat with ari melber starts rite now. hi, ari. thanks so much. i m ari melber. after all this breaking news coverage of trump s indictment we have been at the table. all of our colleagues following this. tonight we turn from this fast fluid first draft of history to a wider view of how history may absorb this historic precedent breaking week, because tonight pulitzer prize winning journalist bob woodward who you see on the right will analyze what you see on the left. he s known for best selling books, including about now defendant donald trump. he is our exclusive guest tonight on the beat. we begin as the nation absorbs the fallout of something many thought was impossible, even recently, something donald trump said would roil the country, the former president arrested by the same government he once ran. that was yesterday. jack smith spoke out through his filing, through his team in court, and today
world, and makes us stronger. more competitive around the world. and so, i am worried that that s where the supreme court might actually go. my hope is that they will follow precedent, there have been a number of cases that have looked at this issue of affirmative action. a number of republican appointed justices who have said that it is appropriate, past their certain restrictions. my hope would be that the court would keep that line of thought going. attorney general holder, i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. thank you. more on the documents case and what appears to be a smoking gun tape from two people who certainly no smoking gun tapes. bob woodward and carl bernstein. bob, you ve interviewed the former president a lot. we ve discussed tapes of him. what stands out to you about this latest recording? well, it really shows that donald trump is an alarming, dangerous threat to national security. in the book peril that i did
be a smoking gun tape from two people who certainly know about smoking gun tapes, bob woodward and carl bernstein. bob, you ve interviewed the former president a lot. we ve discussed your own tape of him. what stands out to you about this latest recording? well, it really shows that donald trump is an alarming, dangerous threat to national security. in the book, peril, that i did with robert costa, we recount two national security council meetings where trump, not general milley or the defense department, are agitating for a possible attack on iran. and he is pushing it. and general milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs, the number one military man in the country, is telling trump, you don t want a war. if you start a war, you re going