Case. Elizabeth mattered. She i had gotten a call saying, youll never believe this. Sayin youre like, this is it. It was just a picture, shut up one they on social media back in 2014. It was an early offering on our missing america series. And that bright, open face, the questions that begged for answers. Who was Elisabeth Sullivan . Completely brilliant. She was almost an unacknowledged genius. I dont even know how to describe it, it was like this tornado mom that was disheveled, she was fighting, she will talk here in here and go all over the place. They knew her well, these two. And so they knew in October Of 2014 something very serious was going on. I had never seen her so nervous. She didnt know what to do. Their best friend seem to be on the verge of doing something drastic. She was angry. I dont want to call it frantic, but, you know, it gives you cold sweats. We needed to know. What happened to her . Was she alive . Was she dead . Couldnt know that. There was a story here that
the. i am ari melber. i will be joining you now for the next two hours of a special holiday edition of the bee tonight on this friday december 29th. donald trump s criminal trial several looming in 24. that s where we begin tonight, and we ll do it a little different tonight here for the holidays. i have former federal prosecutor joyce vance, already with me to start the show. we are looking at this legal heat coming up. i want to get into this with the, joyce, but first show you and every something we put together to consider the historic indictments on the road that donald trump has already been on. donald trump has been indicted under seal of the new york grand jury. 34 felony counts of falsified business records. we have one set of laws in the country that we apply to everyone. this will now be months if not the next year of our lives. the former president was placed under arrest on charges brought by the government he once led. the guy running for president
good evening. happy holidays. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. i ll be joining you the next two hours for a special holiday edition of the beat. donald trump has a criminal trial problem. he has several trials looming in 2024. that s where we begin tonight. we ll do it a little different for the holidays. former federal prosecutor joyce vance with me to start the show. we re looking at this legal heat coming up. i want to get into this with you, joyce, but first show you and viewers something we put together to consider tonight, historic indictments on the road donald trump has already been on. donald trump has been indicted under seal by the new york grand jury. 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. this will now be months if not the next year of our lives. the former president was placed under arrest on charges brought by the government he once led. the guy who s running for
interviews and reaction. and interviews and reaction. we start with the death of disgraced and we start with the death of the disgraced former entertainer and convicted sex offender rolf harris at the age of 93. he was jailed in britain for nearly six years in 2014 for a series of indecent assaults on girls. the assault happened between the late 19605 to mid 19 girls. the a55ault happened between the late 19605 to mid 19 805. for his crimes came to light, harris was a well known figure in the entertainment industry in britain and his native australia. helen wilkinson reports. rolf harris, the tv star who was a fixture on screens in britain for decades, later revealed to be a serial sex offender. this is his final public appearance walking into court his bag packed for prison. why don t you apologise, mr harris? a convicted paedophile guilty of indecently assaulting women and young girls. born in australia, rolf harris arrived in britain in the 505. he quickly found fame on
during a holiday in portugal 16 years ago. madeleine vanished from a portuguese holiday home 16 years ago on the 3rd of may, 2007. a week later portuguese police said they believed madeleine had been abducted but was still alive and in portugal. at the end of may 2007 police issued a description of a man seen on the night of madeleine s disappearance possibly carrying a child. byjuly 2008 portuguese police say they have submitted their final report on the case. weeks later authorities shelve their investigation. in 2022, a german man is declared an official suspect by portuguese prosecutors. joining me live now arejim gamble, a former police officer who helped with the madeleine mccann investigation, and jon silverman, a professor of media and criminal justice at university of bedfordshire and former bbc home affairs correspondent. thank you forjoining me. first, what exactly are we looking at? it s been many years now since we had any kind of fresh investigation. why is