rnc meeting which shows the maga elitism problem the party faces. this is behind the closed doors. the r fl rnc meeting has a behind the doors closed meeting. this is a departure from the past. you can see how it used to look in the old days. take haley barbour, 94 rnc chair or michael steele who so many people know from the similar meeting they held when he was chair to the closed press secret meetings. this is a file photo that shows the contrast over the years, the tightening secrecy. why is it a secret? the rnc is clearly trying to duck any further pressure, scrutiny or efficacy to end the employ primaries which would have tried to declare the primaries over and trump the nominee. the rnc said haley should drop out, trump has to be the winner. this morning nikki haley did something unusual, something trump hasn t done, which is face questions from a different and more adversarial set of interviewers. she went, just like biden has, to the breakfast club and took the que
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. report on the new york grand jury probe of trump and the losses piling up in several criminal investigations. mike pence losing his bid to duck testifying in a new ruling while a new admission is upsending the stolen documents case. we ll bet to that later while the heat continues in new york. the d.a. brought in a a pro trump tabloid for months before the election. its headlines hyping a win. another trump ally cooperating with investigators, and this one s getting immunity for doing so. that friend, david pecker is the ceo of the national enquirer s parent company, american media. national enquirer hit president trump s secrets in a safe. you agreed to provide information about michael cohen, the president and the criminal investigation into campaign finance violations. this is a big case. this is absolutely whether the twice impeached president likes it or not, the work of manhattan district attorney alvin bragg
whether the twice impeached president likes it or not, the work of manhattan district attorney alvin bragg continues. that new witness making news. as you can see, so many different people, so many networks tracking whether the case heads towards an indictment of trump or something else. there s no sign the grand jury will hold a vote or inish its work this week. that s another indication d.a. bragg is in charge. trump tried to arrange a pr ploys, attacks and possibly illegal pressure tactics to somehow impact the probe. but the d.a. isn t buying it and doesn t seem to be changing anything on behalf ofí%!v this potential defendant the d.a. is following the money, and the question remains whether that path will lead to a chargeable crime. as promised i want to bring in maya wylie, ceo of the leadership council on civil and human rights, and somewhat relevant, at least for people who don t know in new york, you were also running in a