being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we are following breaking news this morning. charges have just been filed against hunter biden, the son of the sitting president has agreed to a plea deal for two tax misdemeanors and a separate gun possession charge that will likely be dismissed. we ll have more on the latest in just a moment, including new reaction from the white house. plus, more breaking news, save the date for the start of donald trump s federal trial. august 14th, this year, as in less than a couple of months from now for that classified documents trial to start. also ahead, the race against time to find a submersible lost in the middle of the atlantic ocean. five people set out to the wreckage of the titanic deep underwater, but according to the coast guard, there is only enough oxygen in the vehicle to last to until thursday. what we know about who is on board and the search efforts currently under way. we begin with
thank you so much for spending part of your tuesday with. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber, i want to hear what you have to say about the novel legal arguments we heard today. i appreciate that. we rely as well. we watch you, novel, extreme, dangerous, you re ono something. we re going to get to it. thank you, appcie it. welcome to the beat, i am ari melber, today marked the most controversial court hearing in the coup of donald trump. we can see the motorcade driving up to the washington courthouse today. some important things happened. trump pulled up so that he, the defendant, could attend this crucial appeals hearinwhh determines if this march coup trial will happen or not. trump and psktfuelga context laid out. i want to start withhe key developments that we learned from this hearing. one, trump is likely to lose. the judges were very skeptical, across the hearing of these extreme claims. most accounts of the hearing reported on that and how all three jud
derail the special counsel probe of donald trump. president biden tells the dnc and his campaign team to stay quiet about trump s indictment inside his 2024 strategy. plus, fierce fighting in ukraine as vladimir putin tries to claim kyiv s counter offensive is failing. we re live with an update on what s happening on the front lines. and breaking right now, what investors have been waiting for, a key decision from the federal reserve on interest rates. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we do begin this hour with that breaking news from the fed. cnbc s morgan brennan is here for cnbc on msnbc. i think, morgan, we re on a ten-meeting streak by the fed of raising interest rates. what just happened? hold, that is what just happened. so we had ten raises, and now we hold. the federal reserve hitting the pause button on its campaign of interest rate hikes, as i say these words, keeping the federal funds rate unchanged at 5 to 5 1/4%. this a
him settling scores. he s shown himself, most particular he doesn t give a damn about the american people. former new jersey governor chris christie is the loudest voice against donald trump so far in the 2024 republican race. it comes as the former president is set to be arraigned what are we? the falcon here? chewbacca. i don t think our viewers can see what was going on and i was covering perfectly. you were covering perfectly. everything was going fine. if i m not telling people one minute before did you see the lights go out on lemire? were you supposed to pay the electric bill? we rotate who does the bills. i wanted to have sort of the 1950s murrow vibe. it started up and it sounded like when hans was hammering the millennial falcon. that s how i fix everything. as you can see, joe and willie are back together al with katty and me. former president trump is set to be arraigned this afternoon on multiple federal charges for his handling of c
xfinity rewards creates experiences big and small, hello everyone i am alicia and once-in-a-lifetime. menendez. as we begin a new hour right now, former president donald trump and north carolina, after downplaying the criminal indictment against him, saying even if convicted, he will still run. this as the former president is three days from facing the music in miami, his arraignment in federal court. the faithful including most gop automakers standing by their man. what republican primary voters do the same? we hit the ground and i want to find out. the election that is approaching the gop field, as widened. what are the political implications of indicting a former president running again? what about the other possible indictments facing trump? lisa rubin is here to talk about the investigations in georgia and the assault on our democracy. this is american voices. a now twice indicted donald trump is on the road today surprising no one, waving his right to remain silent. r