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A special Labor Day edition. Enjoy the 5 00 p. M. Hour, ari. I was going to say, nicolle, it doesnt feel right being here 5 00 to 6 00. Doesnt feel right. But at least i got to see you. Yeah, have a great show. Its a great time. I was happy to come in early. Youre now here early. Its great to get to see more of you. Absolutely. And have a great rest of the Labor Day with you and yours. Welcome to the beat, everyone. Im ari melber. It is Labor Day but theres a lot going on in the world, on the ca...

people off to the insurrection or lied and defamed people in ways that damaged them or their companies. now, the people who have sued arent always fox haters or critics, the voting company that got over half a billion dollars out of them didnt have longstanding grievances with the company. they were just able to get so far in their punishing lawsuit that they got over half a "b" out of rupert murdoch and tucker carlson was fired. i say that before i bring in james carville because this...

he pleaded. this after russia warned if nato further arms ukraine with battle tanks and long-range missiles, it will lead to a whole new level of war. its been nearly a year since the russian invasion t. united states perspective has shifted during that time. remember the unwillingness to be a participant in a three-way deal that would have had the united states backfill polands fleet of fighter planes after they give mig 25 fighters to ukraine? the biden administration said no. they w...

america, there is a group being targeted by the conservative movement to rollback your basic rights. it is right out of the authoritarian playbook, and now targeting librarians. this hour, the battle against freedom of choice in my home state of texas. republicans want to punish women who seek abortion care. we will talk to a texas democrat who is doing all she can to fight back. this is american voices. we start with breaking suit news out of uvalde texas. the texas house investigativ...

one of those heads of state was in charge as recently as 2022. and in these many cases, the failed autocrats were ousted and exiled sometimes on a path to prison for abuses of power. thats a historical comparison that we should keep in mind for a different development today in washington where a failed coup leader returns to the site of his failed coup. a man indicted for plots to obstruct congress is making his first return to congress since january 6th. donald trump returning to the ...

Interviews with political figures. Man, on the first day of law school whose name was norman francis. Norman was better looking, faster, smarter than everybody else. I asked my father. Well he informed me. Taught what it was look to walk in somebody elses shoes. He said i Wasnt Just Fighting for norman. I was fighting for my right to be with my friend. And weep just kind of group in that ethos. I scant remember, i had written in the book. A number of examples throughout our life. White people ha...

House. folks from both sides of the aisle have put us in this hole, right? this has been going on for a long, long time. they are equal opportunity offenders on the debt. true? >> yes. i think thats a fair comment. many administrations, many different congresses that have been ignoring this issue for decades. a big portion of the issue involves demographics and the baby boomers retiring. weve known about that for a long time. theres been plenty of opportunities to address that. i dont think you ...

Spend a lot of time of on. and i think it is a fixable problem. something i wanted to understand. know. >> how is it fixable. i come from chicago. tremendous issues. >> walking by faith, not sight. this isnt rocket science. this is human beings hurting others with guns. i want explore, violence as public health threat, transmitts like a violence. a behavioral pattern that develops over time. not just because of personal choices. but because of conditions people live in. so i simply wanted to sav...

World. and thats what were seeing these enormous fissures in. and im wondering about this great kojers going back for what is for many their last reunion, wondering whatever happened to this. >> its so weird. its like the state department spokesperson a couple days ago saying, you know, we have a great relationship with germany such as on d-day. its like, whoa, its all right not to sort of have a deep feel for history. but to have sort of a fake history as your only framework, its just appalling...

Those on the left side of the political ledger, for wondering aloud and repeatedly, is it fixable? are these permanent cracks -- can this go back to where we had it? >> you know, there was an interesting word that macron used, or maybe it was trudeau. i cant remember, saying we have the values. we are holding true to those values. of course we share deeply values with the canadians. theyre not a national security threat despite what the president said. we have deep values that we share with the ...