Welcome to The Beat, im ari melber. But we begin with Breaking News in politics. Former republican Vice President and Defense Secretary Dick cheney is backing Kamala Harris. That marks one of her most high Ranking Republican endorsements in this campaign probably the most iconic. Dick cheney is an Arch Conservative Hawk and a gop icon, a fixture running republican administrations as chief of Staff And War policy as Defense Sect and Vice President and during 9 11 and the wars in afghanistan and iraq. Those were stints that made him a Fire Brand Folk hero on the right and loathed by most prominent washington democrats. And indeed this news right now tonight would have been unheard ever 10 or 15 years ago and cheney is far from a never trumper. He endorsed Donald Trump in 2018. This also completes the Cheney Family unusual evolution and it did not come during the actual four years of trumps presidency, his governing priorities and his mistakes, it came over whether were a democracy or a C
Visits another school. And then that s when it texted my mom and my dad. I was like, i love you guys if anything happens and forces voters to confront an american crisis. Plus donald trump meets the voters as new swingstate polls show 2024 is up for grabs especially in pennsylvania also liz cheney gets off the sidelines. The conservative who agrees with harris on virtually nothing says trump is so dangerous. She has no choice but to vote for her and elon musk hopes you didn t see this. The owner of x scrubs a tweet promoting tucker carlson s chat with an accused nazi apologists. Live at the table. Jamal simmons, trisha mcloughlin brian lanza, julie roginsky, and montel williams. Welcome to a special edition of newsnight state of the race good, evening. I m abby phillip in new york. Let s get right to what america is talking about tonight. Families fear and the fragile politics of guns. The country s attention today turn to winder, georgia were four soldiers. There are now gone two stud
Huh . Huh wow. Smart people, they know, they like and its me. Happy monday, everyone. So jr has endorsed donald, ever trump and its caused a massive outcry among the kennedy family. But hey, its not like he droveo a car right off the bridge in i a lady in it. In a resurfaced interviewie with rfk jrs daughter. She recalls him using a chainsaw to behead a deadnsaw whale, which now explains why abc never asked rfk to sit down with the viee whicw. Oh a former classmate of rfk jr. Accusing him of being a cokecc dealer at Harvarurrem D in the , saying he bought a gram from him for 40 bucks, which is 300 in todays dollars. Not a bad price, said one man. Price, meanwhile the Secret Service has ended protection for Rfk Jr Following suspension of hisr campaign. This is a move experts sayfoll will addowsuspensi years to his meanwhile, joe biden is still keeping a low profile on vacation. Here he is relaxing in thes sti. Selfie. S awesom i approve that Joe The Trump and Harris Campaign are arguing
Hes accused of as well as how hes conducting his defense that will bring a sense of dejavu. Sources familiar with the matter say the Impeachment Team tends to accomplish the former president s E S Incitement was intentional, something we heard over and over again. Make no mistake, this election was stolen from you, from me, and from the country. Its going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud. This was not a close election. You know, i say sometimes jokingly but there is no joke about it. It was a rigged election. You look at the different states, the election was totally rigged. There is no way we lost georgia. Ive been in two elections and won them both and the second one i won much bigger than the first. Because the only way were going to lose this election is if the election is rigged. Remember that. Frankly, we did win this election. So, in addition to documenting that, the prosecution is expected to lean heavily on video from the attack itself
Loony lies, conspiracy theories are cancer for the Republican Party and our country. Somebody that suggested perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon On 9 11, that horrifying School Shootings were prestaged, that the clintons crashed jfk jr. s airplane is not living in reality. This has nothing to do with the challenges facing American Families or the robust debates on substance that can strengthen the party. Now, i would wager every one of you agrees with what i just said. But you have not heard this from the majority of gopers in congress. Here is the question. Is that about to change . Why might it change . Because i just read a quote from senator Mitch Mcconnell. Hes the guy who just said that. He just said it. The media is amazed at his amazing candor. Seriously . One, he is stating the obvious. Two, the only amazing thing is how long it took. And, yet, relatively, he is ahead of the curve. Because what is truly amazing is there is a retrumplican who actually thinks democrats drink th