[speaking in a global language] [applause] welcome to the beat with ari melber. we have a big show for you tonight, prosecutor ronaldo murat he will join me as we look at jack smith s big coup case against donald trump, which faces a key appeal in january. how was matt drawn his past experience? january. that s where we begin . he s a tough prosecutor with a long record. he s led difficult and victorious cases, including, the prosecution of new york police officer, justin pulpy, who tortured abner lima, and a tory s case, which resulted in a 30-year prison sentence, unheard of for a prosecutor at the time. he was unknown prosecutor at the time. he went on to develop and expertise that other lawyers sometimes doc. the kind of cases that go at the powerful and government, police senators, heads of states. he developed experience for the pressures of those specific entities, a somewhat repetition of a prosecutor that you can pick up and call with a tough case like that. sm
question. what was the cause of the civil war? she managed to give an answer they did not include the words slavery. we re going to show you that later in this hour. and explain. why she gave that answer. lawrence i m looking forward to that because i saw also that same comment after we did our segment so i m glad you re covering it. thank you, jonathan. thanks, lawrence. on christmas day a 77 year old criminal defendant facing racketeering charges and other felonies in four jurisdictions said that his prosecutors should rot in hell. and unlike every other criminal defendant who has said that, he didn t mumble it to himself bitterly, alone in his jail cell, awaiting trial. he didn t say it angrily to a cell mate. he said it through the reach of social media to the world and while he was at it, he said the president s united states should rot in hell. the 77 year old criminal defendant is also the leading republican candidate for president of united states. thanks to t
shopping carts to fill up as much as possible. people are taking their deals seriously. they re in search of the best bargains as inflation shortens their holiday gift lists. reporter: the biggest shopping event of the year is finally here and families are anticipated to take advantage of the deep discounts in record fashion. a whopping 166 million shoppers to fill their baskets this weekend. looks like there s going to be some good sales. but there could be hiccups for one of the biggest black friday players. some amazon workers are expected to go on strike today around the world, including in the u.s. calling for better wages and working conditions. nbc news reached out to amazon overnight but has not heard back. as many consumers gear up to dive into deals in store and online. this mom will take part in black friday for the first time. we re not able to spend as much as we have in the past.
pearson, thanks to you. moments ago here walmart issued a statement saying in part that the number of protests that the unions are reporting are, quote grossly accage rated and that the large majority of protesters are not walmart workers. the statement goes on to say we re going to get reaction from one of those workers that walked out coming up in our next hour. black friday marking, of course the official start of the holiday shopping season and if you are like a lot of folks, friends and family might be in order right now. help has arrived. we re joined by michael martin editor and chief of time-out new york magazine, how are you? very well. were you out there in the mad nuz this morning? i was. i m going back out there. gluten for punishment. absolutely. let s start with the person number one on a lot of holiday gift lists everywhere. let s start with mom. what do you recommend for mom?