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last night. im not going to try to sum rise all of it and by now you probably saw the hearing or highlights or some coverage already. what we are aiming to do is report out the key investigative findings for you and what we learned from some of those witnesses. what we know from some of that significant testimony. witnesses im going to get to in a few minutes. the other thing i want to go through in terms of what weve learned is the damning evidence about the attack that day. thats one...

88th anniversary. this was really something. >> im literally here watching a family member die. 30 years on air, 27 years operation, 50 years this building. i literally when i know i leave tonight theyre going to shut us down. either tonight, today. i believe in my grandparents, i believe in my parents. i believe in humanity. i just want to -- [bleep ] these people. they have to be stopped. we have to stop them. so, al at the end of the day were going to beat these people. im not tryin...

Election here. Obviously thats something hes concerned about. We also begin a moment with rifd cultural anxiety high cultural anxiety. Today the president of the United States urged another leader of another country to bar members of congress from entering that country. They happen to be muslim members of congress. And ours later israel obliged announcing that congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and ilhan omar, both members of the socalled squad, both muslim, both critics of israels government, would no...

Limit what conservatives perceive as a liberal world view. one book in particular has been the subject of a ton of conservative anger. it is called the 1619 project by nicole hannah jones. actor and creator of the 1619 project which is out now this week in paper back. also joining us is dalia. its so great to have you here to put all of this into context. first i have to ask nicole, as you look at the project of the court and how it mirrors what conservatives are doing on a political level. does...

Premise and say, how much more of this kind of conduct do we tolerate before we say, we cant consistently live under a monarchy and think this is freedom. >> all right, dont go any where. both of you please, nicole hannah jones, dalia lithwick. theres so much things we have to discuss including how one trump supporter quoted -- one trump supporter quoted -- start your day with nature made. the #1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. were trying to save the planet with nuggets. th...

Sentencing, you get the road to potentially, according to the white house, the votes for a new member joining this court very soon. we want to bring in two legal experts, former u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york, mia wiley and also a candidate for mayor new york and senate editor for slate, dalia lithwick who has covered many of these brawls. wilmington -- welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> dahlia, sometimes what i have to offer as an observer is very straightforward. noth...

Well be back tomorrow with more. "the beat with ari melber"" starts right now. >> i love a good icharus reference. does that is make donald trump the sun or datyllus? >> if you three too close to trump you burn, i dont know. we could do this metaphor all day. >> i love good metaphors and love listening to "meet the press" daily". good to see you. we have a lot in tonights show. a couple different things. donald trump pushing a foreign government to take sides in a feud with domestic rivals. an i...

Too. watch whaps what happened. >> i personally think, and i think constitutional lawyers think that the mandate in and of itself is unconstitutional. >> oh, now you do. really? >> see, it is okay if you are a republican. if a democrat has the same idea, tierney! the democrat has the same idea it is unconstitutional. if republicans proposed it, great idea. conservative solution. a conservative, small government solution. when a democrat has the idea it is socialism, tierney and unconstitutional....

Partial-birth abortion or the national ban on so-called partial-birth abortion, kennedy changed his rhetoric and started to show real sympathy for the rights of the fetus and notions of civility, what kind of society are we becoming, a fear that were becoming coarsened, and a real emphasis in his opinion on the notion that mothers come to regret the choice to have an abortion. we have never seen that in a supreme court opinion. and i think it opens the doors, both for the kinds of legislation pe...

House -- its their dream that this will arise, that shell get to say, what? so im not for flagrant application of labels and affirmative action? you know, i think that they would love to have this arise as an issue. i dont suspect its going to be a major issue. i think it is something that came up over the course of last week and has raised some eyebrows, but my sense is the big, big theme here is going to be her lack of judicial experience and what that means. i think this is a little bit of a ...