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♪ >> greg: run you little freak [cheers and applause] >> greg: happy wednesday everybody, oh, yeah. so the critics still want to yell at dave chappelle. the legendary comedian just released a new netflix special and you know what that means. once again, it's time to get mad at jokes. true, critics in the media are bluer in the face than a choking smurf. you remember back in 2021 the usual suspects were outraged that chappelle dared to joke about transgender people in his act. trans people were a gassed at the professional comedian, who makes fun at everybody, made fun of them. whic...

now. >> welcome to "the beat," our top story is new developments right now in what's shaping up to be the case of the decade for trying to hold liars accountable with real swift justice. fox news on defense, facing over a billion dollars for punishment and lies, it served up and fed the insurrection. as you see here, top fox hosts have clearly been on team trump in public for a long time. we know that. we know sean hannity broke all journalistic rules of pretense by endorsing and publicly campaigning for trump. there's no court punishment for breaking that kind of rule. there just is...

Paving the way for his apprentices, rudy giuliani and others to go full performance politics. joining me now, michael hersh, head of ish entertainment and head of programming at vh 1, also the founder of the people pac, aimed at promoting democracy. your take on rudy giuliani jumping into reality tv amid the swirling legal pressure he's currently under? >> well, i'm just excited when any republican wears a mask. thank you. but i think, you know, i think he's clowning his way looking for the bottom, searching for the bottom, searching deem plons that i don't understand. but it is certainly not ...

>> you know, john, vh-1 stopped doing that in 1999. >> why don't you get your beta tape. >> oh, i love that culture. >> but, you know my dad and i loved him for so many reasons but for this especially. that ten years after vhs had crushed beta max he said this is a machine of the future. former treasury official and economic analyst steve ratner is with us and david ignatius. >> still has a betamax. >> and chairman of the financial integrity network and a security national analyst and juan joins us this morning. good to have you all on board. >> so, we have so much to talk about today. but d...

Mandy, you've probably seen his standup on vh-1. >> i'll be honest, i am not a political comedian, really, but i do watch a lot of news on television, and i have noticed recently, that president obama looks very sad. you know, he looks depressed. i feel like every morning when obama wakes up he goes to his bathroom mirror and says, no matter what i do, no matter what i try to accomplish, will smith is just going to play me in my stupid movies, so -- >> joe also has a new net flicks special. >> the black woman was like, yeah, i thought you were like a light skinned black guy? and i looked at he...