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To the airport, beautiful restaurants, ballrooms and magnificent views. the president says this wasnt his idea, this was the independent recommendation of the military and secret service who scanned our country from coast to coast, and decided the very best place to hold the g7 was at the presidents private golf resort in miami in august. no wonder senator ron wyden is calling it one of the most egregious examples of corruption and self-dealing. now to point out the obvious, holding the g7 at th...

Money for himself that democrats to happen. havent actually done a lot to hold him accountable. "the beat" starts now. >> can you point to something >> i am in for ari melber. that theyve done? >> heres from the presidents we have a lot to get to tonight. perspective, you know what? they didnt get me on that. disturbing new nbc reporting on they didnt get me on that, and donald trump pulling money from so he keeps pushing the outer disaster relief to fund his edge. >> testing the electric fence....

Be a consuming scandal for any continue to function as is, well bring in an independent other president becomes what, board of trustees to run the story number five or six. company as a trust and then all >> it never reaches top ten. those proceeds will go to the >> no, not even. >> charlie, not the sel greater cause of the cities, self-dealing. >> and i was also struck by how counties and states. much he built this brand of >> how many other companies -- being a winner when hes got so this is p...

Massacre, that took a long time to happen. how can anybody argue against universal background checks? this is low-hanging fruit. will it prevent every mass shooting? no. but if it prevents one, isnt it worth it? >> ross, i want to read something from your op-ed. you wrote, today the organization, speaking about the nra, has become nothing more than a front for firearms manufacturers and its leadership is corrupted by vanity and self-dealing. the organizations become a source of personal enrichme...

For almost four decades and then it was just ripped off. i think people should be very skeptical of this particular narrative. >> the fact of the matter is, though, there have been a lot of changes within the nra organization. a lot of people point to its top lobbyist being gone, somebody who has had connections, who has -- and the top law firm by a lot of people who say they have within working effectively for the nra for not just years, for decades, but ultimately to your point when you have a...

The new york state investigation that shes leading i think is particularly threatening to the group because new york state happens to be where the nra is chartered as a nonprofit organization. back in april, james opened an investigation into allegations of self dealing at the nra. meaning nonprofit being illegally operated for the benefits of the board members instead of for the nonprofit purpose. that doesnt just cover potentially criminal malfeasance by the group and its executives. that inve...

A case against somebody. she herself was sued by the nra. the nra, this sort of powerful right wing pro gun advocacy group, if you have been following news about the nra recently at all, you know they are embroiled in all sorts of legal drama. the new york attorney general is not the only entity that has issued subpoenas to the nra and its constituent parts over the last few months. the new york state investigation that shes leading i think is particularly threatening to the group because new yo...

That shes leading i think is particularly threatening to the group because new york state happens to be where the nra is chartered as a nonprofit organization. back in april, james opened an investigation into allegations of self dealing at the nra. meaning nonprofit being illegally operated for the benefits of the board members instead of for the nonprofit purpose. that doesnt just cover potentially criminal malfeasance by the group and its executives. that investigation theoretically could put...

This is something that trump doesnt understand. you know, his foundation is under investigation for self-dealing. they dont help people. they help themselves. i guess there is some sort of envy in there but, you know, the presidents team now has been clear that will is nothing to this and youve got to -- you know, youve got to wonder and i think you eluded to it. i dont play the conspiracy game. so i dont know what trumps involvement if any in any of this is but you have to wonder why hes pushin...

Whether in africa its clean drinking water. whether its aids drugs that have saved tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of peoples lives. this is something that trump doesnt understand. you know, his foundation is under investigation for self-dealing. they dont help people. they help themselves. i guess there is some sort of envy in there but, you know, the presidents team now has been clear that will is nothing to this and youve got to -- you know, youve got to wonder and i think you eluded...