thank you so much for letting us in your homes during these extraordinary times. the beat with ari melber starts right now. happy monday. happy monday, thanks, nicole. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. the civil case against donald trump over defamation and battery, nicole was discussing that earlier. we have that later in the hour here on the beat. our top story tonight is a topic that could be the top national story on most nights by many metrics. america s gun epidemic and the ongoing threat and reality of a highly armed nation with easy access to some of the most dangerous guns in the world and a gun-related death toll that exceeds every other country per capita in the world. that can look like this. [gun shots] that was the harrowing scene at a recent little league baseball game in south carolina. you can imagine and feel how all the kids and parents felt and that is the kind of story that may not even make what we call national news, that you may not have
first january 6th hearing broke the news that prior to trump s rally at the lips that day, those proud boys were actually casing the joint. just to be aware, to be advised, is probably about [inaudible] proud boys, marching eastbound and it s 400 block of independence, actually, towards the, lawn on the united states capitol. they went there 10 am, casing the capitol, at various entry points. on wednesday, we also learned about this nine-page document, strangely titled 1700s 76 returns, because it was filed in federal court by one of the proud boys and it shows their alleged december 2020 plan, including filling eight targeted buildings in the complex with their own footsoldiers and their protesters, whom they call patriots, laying a kind of siege where they could issue demands. but even if they got in, why would they think they would be in a position to hold the building and make demands? again, as the understanding has evolved, as more evidence has come in, they were hu
new york times broke ground in the collective understanding of what happened on january 6th. the proud boys paramilitary group were part of that crowd storming the capitol that day and donald trump had shouted them out before the election. but the way these groups achieved the grave, remarkable active breaching the capitol, during that long schedule national security, event that s not been fully accounted for. that s what we re going to get into right now. because this was, of course, one of the only days of the year that both houses of have congress have all their members gathered, along with the vice president. many people tend to bring their families as well for that swearing in ceremony. and yet they got in, the very first january 6th hearing broke the news that prior to trump s reilly at the ellipse that day, those proud boys were actually casing the joint. just to be aware, to be advise, there s probably about 300 proud boys, marching eastbound and it s 400 block of i
Thank you, nicolle. We appreciate you. Im ari melber. We begin this broadcast with Breaking News out of the Georgia Rico Case against trump and his aides. Guilty. For the First Time Ever were reporting Tonight A Trump lawyer in the 2020 election case has now pled guilty. Sidney powell, who you may remember from presentations like that one she gave with giuliani after the election, a key coup lawyer. A key player, we should mention. Jack smiths case against trump. And most critically tonight, a rico defendant in that georgia case where she was booked for her mug shot. She was awaiting trial next week. The news tonight . She just pled guilty today, a bid to duck potentially harsher penalties in that criminal case. Unlike the federal case, today the cameras were rolling today in the georgia courtroom. You can see the defendant now convict sitting there this is where a onetime president ial lawyer became a convict. She admitted her guilt in the efforts to overturn trumps loss, and like any
it then america. thursday, july 4 dead stuff good morning. you were alive in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the owl with presidential campaigns during a critical moment, just three days and counting until joe biden and donald trump face off in a prime time debate right here on cnn. the earliest showdown of its kind in modern history, president biden, his team will remain hunkered down at camp david, where he s then the last few days and debate prep. meanwhile, over the weekend, donald trump road-tested potential debate strategies at a rally in philadelphia how should i handle him? should i be tough and nasty or should i be should i be she say no, should i be tough and nasty and just say you re the worst president in history or should i be nice and calm? and let him speak be tough? so how are the two campaigns spending these final days before the debate joining me now are cnn s alayna treene and kevin lip tack. kevin, you have some new reporting a