do you feel vindicated? this isn t a question of vindication. it s not a question as i stated before about revenge this is a my position is that at the end of the day, donald trump needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds, if, in fact, that s the way that the facts play out plain and simple this is not about him. this is about holding accountability, truth to power, and everything else in between michael cohen was back before a manhattan grand jury today could an indictment of donald trump be imminent? michael cohen joins me live in just a moment. also tonight, remember the republican party of ronald reagan demanding that the soviet leader tear down the berlin wall? well, today s republican party is parodying the talking points of the ultimate soviet nostalgic, vladimir putin. and offering to hand over ukraine to him as a reward for an illegal war. plus, today s high-stakes hearing in texas, which could result in women losing even more reproductive freedom
the beat with ari melber starts now. you were speaking to donald trump s former lawyer, now grand jury witness last night i spoke to his current lawyer, who blames everything just about on the former lawyer. i m curious what you think of it all, including your skills as an established political communicator what we re hearing coming out of this team? well, first of all, i m so glad to get to talk to you i described you behind your back as masterful it was a brilliant interview i watched it when i got home i think that what he is doing is what you said. he was engaged in political communications his defense as he described it to you was that he would have paid it either way because melania would be mad well, the federal crime isn t being charged by sdny. this is a state investigation. it doesn t seem like an apples to apples kind of comment. what i think is about to happen in this country is a giant debate about whether this was just a foot foul, sort of a b.s. kind of t
now that the shelby county commission done their job. i m so glad we get to get back to doing our job and what is our job? to elevate the voices of the six kids the six people in nashville. three children who were just 9 years old. now both lawmakers expelled by republicans in the tennessee legislature have been reinstated, proving just how pointless that exercise was. state representative justin j. pearson joins me in just a moment and the two pillars of the republican party, trump and fox, are all friendly again and there are big new developments in both of their perilous legal situations. and late today, a new threatening letter is received by manhattan d.a. alvin bragg s office containing a suspicious white powder but we begin tonight with the triumphant return of the tennessee three. earlier today, the shelby county commission voted to reappoint justin j. pearson to his duly elected position, to represent the good citizens of district 86 not a single republic
don t have more information whether there was hazardous material or not. the testing they have so far is that it would not be actual poison or threatening material but again, we just got this in moments ago. this is not the first threat of its kind this is a significant development. and while we are careful to note only tell what you law enforcement has said for example they re not saying a source or suspect, i can tell you as a factual matter we re reporting on this new threatening letter sent to the d.a. at the very time just yesterday we were reporting on a new filing by the same d.a. alvin bragg that cites as criminal evidence donald trump s public provocations to potential violence, him swinging a bat at this d.a and that filing, which we have more on later tonight, quotes from exactly these kind of threats, many without powder, many without anything physical attached poured into the office. the d.a. connected in general what he argues is donald trump s unlawful medd
being 50 this year i ve been djing for 30 years so, for me it s like i live, i breathe, i sleep this. and when it s all said and done, the things that i have done as a d.j., you know, i m going to be considered on the mount rushmore. there it is thanks for coming through. thank you for having me on. absolutely. it was a pleasure. dj drama. and who do you think should be on that mount rushmore along with dj drama as we look at the pioneers tell m @arimelber, of djing, cooking, quincy jones and other curators. always connect with me @arimelber.com we ll stay in touch. thanks for spending time with the show the reidout with joy reid starts now tonight on the reidout