welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we begin with donald trump s criminal trial. the judge late today denying another attempt by trump s lawyers to just run away from this thing. indeed, the judge admonished trump s lawyers for insinuating that actress stormy daniels has changed their story. the judge said i disagree with your narrative there is any new account here. daniels wrapping up her testimony. she spoke under oath for hours and basically rhetorically stood her ground during the reports we have. it got very tense with the questioning from trump s defense lawyers. all of this about trying to make a bet that the jury wouldn t be as offended by some of the line of questioning as they would be concerned about the potential questions raised on her credibility. you wanted money. that phrase repeated multiple times by donald trump s lawyer today as she grilled stormy daniels during cross- examination. it bordered on shaming a sex worker. stormy daniels getting the most
trump s criminal trial. the judge late today denying another attempt by trump s lawyers to just run away from this thing. indeed, the judge admonishing trump s lawyers for insinuating that actor stormy daniels changed her story while rejkting the mistrial request. the judge said, i disagree with your narrative that there s any new account here. daniels wrapped up her testimony. she spoke under oath for hours and rhetorically stood her ground during the reports we have we don t have the cameras but we have a lot of reporting from people inside the room that it got very tense with the questioning from trump s defense lawyers, trying to make a bet the jury wouldn t be as offended by the line of questions as they would be concerned about the potential questions raised around her credibility. you wanted money. that phrase repeated multiple times by donald trump s lawyer today, as she grilled stormy daniels during cross-examination. it bordered on, i think, shaming a sex wo
welcome to the beat, let s get right to it. we begin with the unprecedented collision of law and politics that america is facing in 2024 whether we like it or not, whether we are all tired of, which i get that the nation has never never put a former president on trial. prosecutors are working on that task even as donald trump s civil fraud trials go through 2023 and on 2024, he faces several criminal trials in different jurisdictions while running for president. again special counsel jack smith in the prosecution of trump s two in washington and the intelligence documents cases in florida, the atlanta ea pushing for those rico trials after winning convictions of trumpet aids through 2023 and the smaller criminal case in new york. you ve got over 90 felonies charged. that s not normal even if it has been normalized. first the trial initially slated for march, while the schedules can change, america is facing more serious warnings from people who know about this, actual legal e
falling out of step with so many public. we have covered this before. it s a huge deal as the republicans face the midterm defeats in ohio, kentucky and virginia. the party is still reeling from that, celebrations where republicans are usually supposed to win. democrats feel emboldened. so, abortion rights groups working in tandem want to seize on the momentum, and make new pushes to protect abortion access and freedom, in states as red as even nebraska. protect our rights is an effort to put abortion rights to a vote in nebraska. you know, we have seen time and teen again, especially with how just last week, you put abortion on the ballot, and voters will protect their rights. nebraska is no different. that was just last night. you see the echo of ohio going into this week, and potentially future elections. it s just a fact if we re following what voters and different people have said in different places, in every election since the supreme court overturned roe when
it s debate week so we have james here, too. 30 second spin room then we ll let you go. since i have you both here what s key for debate night, nicolle? i just think people need to understand this has never happened before. it s a huge television event. it s a huge political event. the conversations we have every day with our viewers and brilliant people like james are not things a lot of americans going to watch in the debate are going to be tracking day to day. it s hugely important. huge opportunities for both men and huge liabilities and risks for both men. it s why people watch sports. it s why football is one of the top 20 televised large events because anything can happen and can be brutal. this is the political version of a big and important consequential football game. yeah, absolutely. i m going to get james response, but as a courtesy because i know how hard you work, two hours every day, but i m going to let you go and we ll do it on the program. nice to see