Welcome back welcome back to the weekend, everyone. We are following Breaking News out of gaza. The israeli government says hamas terrorists killed six hostages this weekend, adding they were brutally murdered by hamas terrorists shortly before we reached them in a Tunnel Under Rough Appeared one of the victims was american Hersh Goldbergpolin. He was kidnapped more than 330 days ago at the supernova music festival. Vice president Kamala Harris condemned the killing saying, the threat hamas poses to the people of israel and american citizens in israel must be eliminated and hamas cannot control gaza. The palestinian people have suffered under Hamas Rule for nearly 2 decades. In a msnbc forum, correspondent Matt Bradley is in Tel Aviv with the latest. Matt, tell us where we are. Reporter we are about to see a protest that could be one of the biggest we have seen. We dont know exactly because there have been so many huge protests advocating for some sort of deal to release these hostages
thank you so much for letting us into your homes for another week of shows. we are so grateful. the beat with ari melber on a friday night starts right now. thanks, nicolle. appreciate it. welcome to the beat. we begin with what some democrats are tout as the best day for domestic news within the biden presidency. not only the best days for the economy in this choppy covid era with all the upheavals but we re going to go through the numbers for you, the single best day for economic numbers in literally 50 years. the unemployment rate has not been this low, in other words, the unemployment rate has not been this high since americans were seeing things like this. hi, this is dick clark and it s time now one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind. as we chart our goals we shall be lifted by our dreams. i like your show, and i like your style shouldn t you brand be true today? kid, the next time i say go someplace like bolivia, let s go someplace l
welcome to the beat. ari melber. we begin tonight with breaking news. murder charges have been issued for all five memphis police officers former officers for the beating death of tyre nichols. those officers are in custody. the people you see on your screen, now in civilian clothing, booked and incarcerated what would be a murder trial. they are charged with killing this individual through a knowing state of mind, and all five we ll explain the legalities of this accused of contributing directly to the death. this is justin smith, em met martin, desmond mills jr., demetrius and tadarius bean. this is a case that has royaled memphis. it s also a case that chose how law enforcement responses to law enforcement killings are changing. he died three days after being pulled over for what was something that shouldn t have been a violent interaction at all, alleged reckless driving. the d.a. revealing more about what was a confrontation where nichols apparently fled on foot
going to pay for it. maria: coming up, texas senator ted cruz on the bill moving through the senate this morning and fresh off of his committee testimony of fbi director christopher wray. so do you agree the allegation of secret collusion between president trump and russia was a hoax? yes or no? i, i don t think that s the terminology i would use. do you agree that the hunter biden laptop was not russia disinformation? now you re asking about an ongoing investigation that i expect our folks to pursue aggressively, and i can t comment on that. okay. maria: yes, a fake russia collusion investigation, a potential made-up attack on michigan s governor while putting ordinary, honest americans many jail. what happened to the nbi? fbi? plus, more buses are moving illegal migrants right to washington d.c. now you re catching ire from the mayor of new york, mayor of d.c. they want federal funding, they want the national guard. tell us about that. it s making my day. it s
court s ruling was to take the issue out of the hands of the justices and return it to the states where they could forge their own policies, and that s what happened in kansas. state lawmakers can still adopt a ban on abortions as indiana did days later, but to-lifers must weigh pro-lifers must weigh whether republicans want to go that far especially when it comes to rape, incest and the life of the mother. now, i understand the deep beliefs of the pro-life side which vows to keep on fighting just as the pro-choice side would if it had lost, but this is the kind of democratic process majority envisioned. decisions are far more complicated than a simple yes or no. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. if. howard: ahead, mike huckabee joins us on a wide range of media issues. we ll look at the senate voterama that s still going on as democrats are about to push through their big climate, health and taxes bill. the pundits quickly weighed in with opposing views on k