thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful. "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> thank you so much. welcome to "the beat." i am ari melber, and these midterm campaigns are in high gear. think we'll be able to show you the scene in the crucial swing state of ohio over the weekend. you see jim jordan talking. j.d. vance was the star of this rally. the wall street investor and author, who spent years publicly warning the republican party about what he said was the danger of trump who he once likened to a potential fascist here in america. vance then recounted, embraced trump, got his endorsement, got the nomination for the senate his, and that may all sound familiar for today's republican party. what is different in this rally is how vance, a yale graduate

sat by while donald trump used the rally to go farther than he has before in this cultish alliance with this dangerous sometimes amorphous group called qanon by pushing lies that may sound bizarre and absurdist you can underestimate how serious they are and how they're building a following. i'm not going to repeat or amplify all of them, but among them is the claim that certain hollywood actors and democrats are part of some secret pedophile group aligned with satan or who eat children. it goes on like that. i'm not going to do much more of it for you tonight. i'll tell you why that is the top story. what does that have to do with midterm campaigns other than villainizing a few democrats? one of the theories is that trump will lead a battle against

the forces and by the way, there are many versions and it rations of these conspiracy theories. it matters in many ways. you may recall right after donald trump was elected, a gunman opened fire in a washington, d.c. restaurant under the deranged belief that that act would somehow help children allegedly enslaved there in a plot linked to hillary clinton. it was called pizza gate. you need the back story i gave you to understand the full danger of this story. the back story is that the themes and emblems and sometimes secret references are sometimes an embrace of this political propaganda. and as i showed you, it ranges from bananas, if you hear about the theories and ideas on an internet comment thread, to profoundly dangerous when you see armed people walking the streets, believing this stuff, acting on this stuff. but trump used this new rally to directly embrace this. it was very clear, and it was

clear to the trump fans on site at the rally. and we could tell it was planned. for example, trump and his aides used rally muse that i can matched a qanon theme song, as "the new york times" reports, which then prompted the crowd the go into a bizarre gesture you see here. you might not know what you were watching or it looks like other terrible gestures throughout history, but this is the crowd raising single fingers in the air, citing the one in the qanon song that was played by the former president at the rally. "the new york times" continued in their report to say it was this rally that i'm telling you about, is the first time in the memory of some trump aides that they had such a display at the rally. they know all about qanon but, it is now in the house. and these people that i just showed you with their hand up, they're in the loop, in sync with the propaganda, hand gestures, icons, and trump told

them their journey had just begun. >> my fellow citizens, this incredible journey we're on together has only just begun, and it is time the start talk about greatness for our country again. >> every hand you see hoisted as he addresses them a person who either knows exactly what they're referencing or is joining the crowd. and the crowd, the group think, the mob mentality, the herd, that is all a mentality of this. as i give thank you news, our top story tonight, if you or someone watch a skeptic, you might say, these developments sound like things that may not completely involve trump. an aide could pick music. crowds will do what crowds do. a skeptic might say, it's not like trump is out here wearing a qanon pin and directly personally engaging the conspiracy theories. that's what a skeptic might say. but he is. you can see trump literally

wearing a qanon pin with those words on the bottom of the screen, a storm is coming, here on a recent donald trump post, which you might not see if you're not on donald trump's social media platform. the a.p. summed up donald trump's recent activities and actions here with the headline that trump is openly embracing and amplifying qanon conspiracies. examples are piling up. there's the personal visual embrace after trump posted this barrage of qanon related material last month. let me tell you, there are plenty of recent trump posts and rallies that we do not choose to report on, that we do not find newsworthy. if you don't want to know what they were up in ohio, this is a free country. if you're watching in america, you can tune out. but to be informed heading into these midterms, it is worth knowing what the choices are. this is not just some story about donald trump. it does involve him, but right now on the ballot, it's a story

about the main lining of weaponized lies and hate in the republican party and the government of the united states by people who know better, like j.d. vance, who's on the ballot in these midterms, and it's proven he knows better because he told us he knew better when he wrote a whole book warning against exactly this. he wrote ate times eloquently about the dangers not only of donald trump as a person and a symptom, but he warned about the wider problem about how hate and hard times and poverty can create a brew where people with focused on falsehoods and blame because of the pain they feel actually feel in their lives. tonight, here's the bad news. this level of lying and popping is associated with attacks on democracy in the rise of authoritarian movements. here's the good news, those kinds of movements usually need

lies because when the truth is out, they're widely opposed. most people do not want to live under oppressive regimes or end up having some big maga government system make choices for you, for the rest of us while lying to you with some made up ridiculous, bananas, but at times dangerous stories about the phantom pedophile enemies, stories designed to scare you into submission so you have less freedom and less liberty and a far worse life. when most people see that truth, separate from a lot of other political divisions we have, the vast majority of people do not choose to live under those kind of people and systems. the truth still matters, but it must be reported and defended. this is our top story, and we have two special guests.

will somer who reported on and follows qanon closely. he's working of a book. "trust the pla." and foreign affairs expert, host of deep state podcast. welcome to both of you. will, with that observation and warning, what do you think is important about what happened at that rally and what it means? >> -- trump really embracing qanon like he's never done before. he was making positive comments about qanon buck just in the last week or so we've seen they're playing a qanon song at a rally. reported he posted similar video that it is qanon songs, and they know that. he's posting all these messages on truth social. and as you can see, it's

mysterious what people were doing when they were doing the finger thing. a couple days later it really seems like a qanon message. in a two-week span, a qanon believer murdered his wife and shot his daughter because of his beliefs. and so, i mean, this is very dangerous stuff trump's playing with. david? >> well, i think, you know, qanon's worrisome because it deals in strange conspiracy theories and appeals to fringe people in our society who have take ton hurting one another. so those are big reasons to fear at bum i think there are two others. one is that trump, as he gets more and more in a corner legally, seems to be going parter and farther to the extreme, and that ought to worry us a lot. there's no chastening of him as he comes up against the potential of being held accountable under the law. the other thing, though, is

qanon is a subset of a type of authoritarian movement we've seen elsewhere around the world. we've seen it in italy and fascists. we've seen it in cases where somebody denies the truth, says they're going to provide their own truth, identifies scapegoats, says that people are out the get them. and ultimately that leads to authoritarianism, and your point about people wanting to hear the truth is correct, but if you're inside the right wing bubble right now, the truth you're hearing is trump's truth. now that's qanon truth. and that's scary. >> yeah, you mentioned that, and donald trump is not known for his avid gathering of a great range of information from a great range of sources around the world. but on the flipside, he is adept. and if he thinks something will align with his self-interest,

he'll stay open to it even against all warnings, advice, and other concerns. so even when this was raised while he was president, he always seemed game. take a listen. >> the crux of the theory is this belief that you are secretly saving the world from this satanic cult of pedophiles and cannibals. does that sound like something you are behind, or -- >> well, i haven't heard that, but is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing? if i can help save the world from problems, i'm willing to do it, i'm willing to put myself out there. >> david, as you know, most american presidents in both parties have asked, were they fighting cannibals in some giant clash they would dismiss or pivot. he was ready for that just as he learned the about proud boys he was ready. you mention other countries experiences because there is

such a nexus on truth, getting people to reject all outside sources and certain type of authoritarian movements. what are the lessons in your view about stopping those movements before they are out of control? >> well, the lesson is doing what you're doing right here. you know, hitler referred to the lugen press, or the lying press, his equivalent of the fake news that trump uses. and the reality is that people have got to get through to them. i think they have to get through to them in a variety of ways. media, direct social contact, but i also think it's very important that the institutions of our society stand up and been the lies, whether that's holding mike lindell accountable when he accuses a firm of cheating in the election or it's the congressional january 6th committee talking about the big lie and the fraud associated with that.

so it needs to be a full-court press, because as we've seen, the deeper and deeper we get into the era of donald trump, the more and more people are buying into these things we haven't had a big repudiation of this from the establishment republicans, something i find particularly unnerving. >> far from it. you make a good point. i was just agreeing with you. again, as a matter of factual reporting you have had a lot of nod and wink, or i don't know about that. and you have had certain government proceedings, like this scotus confirmation hearings, where it is certainly fair, by the way, to ask a judge about their sentencing and, people can debate whether a convict got the right sentence some that does happen. but the sheer volume and obsession on issues around child sex crimes, pedophilia, the

sheer volume seems like certain senators trying to do a nod and a wink use thag government power to speak to this group. will, you've spent years report on this, right? >> mm-hmm. that's right. >> a lot of folks when they hear about this, i say, the theory is children were held in the basement and if he got to the basement he would find them. again, saying this is not true, it's a tom hanks is a secret cannibal is one of the -- okay. people say to you, will, certainly it's not like millions of people believe this. they don't really believe this, do they? what is your answer based on your reporting? >> they do believe it. often i can sound like a conspiracy theorist myself when i'm insisting this is a real issue. we look at polls that stay 3% to 5% of people polled, which is still millions of americans. on the higher end, maybe 17%,

20%, believe some aspect of the satanic pedophile cabal thing. one thing i want the flag here the aspect of the storm. as david mentioned there's this fascist utopian dream at the center of qanon. they think this storm is going to happen, and that's when trump is going to execute enemies, send pea to guantanamo bay. when trump posted something, i am the storm, or the storm is coming, you can read that, i'm going to execute tom hanks. i'm going kill democrats, send barack obama to guantanamo bay. this is the cooky stuff we're dealing with. but we saw on january 6th, ashley babbitt thought she was there for the storm. i tucked to plenty of people who thought that was the moment. >> your reporting and david's warnings show this, those ideas in people's heads turn into actions and the quantum of that is very important and dangerous,

because if "x" million believe it and then "x" percent act on it, that's when you get towards what is an actual crime spree, a crime related execution of these ideas, and they're only being mainlined and embraced more. again, people in ohio will decide -- i don't tell people how to vote. they'll decide how to vote. should they know a vote for j.d. vance is not only a vote for lower taxes, it's his embrace of this this weekend, i think they have a right to know that. hello to everyone in ohio who watches "the beat." thank you. when we come back, we're going to talk about why republicans say lindsey graham is literally, figuratively, and pejoratively their box of grenades. we're balk in one minute. grenads we're balk in one minute or more - can be overwhelming. so, ask your doctor about botox®. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine before they even start. it's the #1 prescribed branded chronic migraine

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they win congress to ban organization outright. that's not only unpopular as we've seen in the data around the country among democrat but independents and some republicans. politically it is getting him absolutely roasted everywhere, including on fox. >> graham's stunt is a god send and helps us remind voters republicans want to ban abortion everywhere, and from the conservative side you've got roy murder okay, he said you've handed the left a box of grenades. >> let me say what i believe, number one. i'm pro life, even in an election year. and to those who suggest that being pro-life is losing politics, i reject that. >> graham on defense. democrats saying this is part of the conversation they want to have. saying it's not just politics. it's human rights and policy. if that's what they plan to do, no, don't hide it. don't whisper about it. put it on the ballot. now, look at june 29th.

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have to opportunity to ride some of this. while the issues the republican have been focused on have been sifting into the background, biden has had a recent string of successes, including the inflation reduction act which is in the process of being implemented. and the issue that democrat -- that republicans have focused on primarily, the economy -- and crime, confidence indexes have actually been rising amongst voters in that regard, with republican strategy suggesting that republicans are going to have to expand their issue set. democrats also have the wind at their backs when it comes to the repeal of roe v. wade and opposition to dobbs has only grown in recent weeks. and so i think biden for really the first time in his presidency, is going into midterms with some more positive things to talk about it.

>> interesting. and mention the so-called issue set of republicans. eleanor, i've heard, as the old saying goes, a little birdie told me you found some of the republicans' issue set to be really whack and really bad lately. but we'll look for to you tell us in your own words. >> okay. well, they're adding immigration to their issue set, if you want to call it that. and it could backfire on them. remember elian gonzalez? the 6-year-old boy, the clinton administration returned him to his father in cuba. but there was a photo of professional agents seizing a sobbing 6-year-old that enflamed conservatives in the right wing, and the cuban community in florida. and the 2000 election was very close. a lot of things could have altered it, but it didn't help that the clinton administration

was seen on the wrong side of that issue in the eyes of the cuban community, and famously it was florida that cost -- and the supreme court that cost al gore the election. so i think the florida governor desantis is really playing the fire when he places venezuelan immigrants, who are fleeing a communist regime, treating them like these -- like the -- like pawns and like the caricature that trump introduced, that they're, you know, rapists coming across from mexico. and -- >> and i'll let you finish, but also standing subject to the very real criticism that many immigrant communities care about, which is it looks like he may have lead or induced them into a temporary type of immigration. which i guess if it's all props to you, you don't care buck if

you have any monument to it, you may think, that seems messed up. >> i love to see it backfire politically in florida, and also "the new york times" wrote a piece about one of these venezuelan men who was bused here to washington, d.c. in several weeks got a good job. he's sending money back home. he feel like he got a ticket to freedom. so there are a lot of complicated ways to look at this. i fault the biden administration, too. they haven't treated immigration with the expediency it deserves. i don't think it will work for the republicans. when trump warned us about the caravans coming from mexico, that didn't save the republicans from losing the congress in 2018. >> right. right. >> so this election, neil newhouse, a republican pollster,

widely respected, he's been around a long time hem said, when we look back it's going to be the dogs election issue, because the abortion changed the landscape. >> we looked at the numbers in our setup, not to do predictions but just to show how much the fendmentles changed. jackie, that's a lot of -- for republicans. then something they have been sidetracked about, inflation. the riing prices of inflation do often hurt encumbents. here was biden on that. >> inflation rate month to month is just up just an inch. >> you're not arguing that 8.3 is good news. >> no, i'm not arguing it is good news, but it was 8.2 before. you're making it sound like all of a sudden my god it went to 8.2%. >> it's the highest inflation rate, mr. president, in 40

years. >> i got that, but we're in a position where for the last several months it hasn't spiked. it's been basically even. >> 60 minutes hitting him harder than a lot of republicans because, like i said, they have been in other topics. where does this fit in in your view going into the midterms. at this juncture -- bless you, eleanor -- seems like this is the dog that hasn't bit yet. >> yeah, look, inflation sin evidentaby going to be a sticky issue and one that doesn't turn around overnight buck there are some more tangible things that i think voters have felt in recent moneys that have helped joe biden's approval ratings jump to 45%, which is a three-point increase since the summer. gas prices are down, which is the primary example i think voters can look at. meanwhile, president trump is

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so his trial begins today with jury selection in a new york courtroom. he's pled not guilty, denies wrong doing. prosecutor allege he was working essentially for the united arab emirates but not consistent with foreign law. you have to register. it's not that hard although some people don't want to do it because of what some people think is bad p.r. or because they're secretive. he was accused of shaping the nominee trump's energy policy, at one point ghostwriting part of his speech where trump pledged he's work together those in the gulf. >> we'll work with gulf allies to develop a positive energy relationship as part of our anti-terrorism strategy. we'll work with them, because we have to knock out terrorism. >> again, that sounds like kind

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i don't say this every day, but i'm going say it right now. you know what time it is. we have a very special guest, jennifer lewis, veteran actress, comedian, singer dancer. four decades in at streets. she's been on broadway, star in the nearly 70 films. hundred of television episodes, incluing "black-ish" playing the bold say it like you mean it grandma ruby. many fans saw it as a bittersweet commemoration of a very special show. ms. lewis embarking on special projects, starting can show time series "i love that for you". let's take a lock. >> people tune in to see the jackie they have been watching for decades. she's hip, she's cool.

best friend in a leather jacket, drives a mazda miata and has it all together. people love jackie and marty, hmm? >> right, but -- >> ah, ah! i don't think we want to [ bleep ] with that. santa claus might have issues with mrs. clause, but we don't want to hear about that. we just want it to be christmas. you know what i'm saying. >> no, we don't want to [ bleep ] with that. we don't want to [ bleep ] with that. >> i'm so glad it's on cable, because i can curse. >> i'm going put the book back on the screen. this is what people need to know, the new book "walking in my joy in these streets" you began writing this in the pandemic. lewis has been voek about a range of issues from mental health to social justice. she recently gave a performance on instagram. she's showed her support for colin kaepernick on the big stage at the 2018 emmys right

there. and her contributions to entertainment have been cemented -- wow, wow. >> yeah. >> on the hollywood walk of fame with a star this year. jennifer lewis, thank you for being here. >> wow, what alife i'm living today. >> does it feel that way? >> yes, i'm lit up. i'm on the east coast going up and down promoting my new book "walking in my joy", and i am walking in my joy. >> i would say i love that for you, but -- >> [ laughter ] >> you've already said that. tell us about being someone who, you do many things the we've just shown, but one of the main things you've done is give life to other people's words make them real, embody them. tell us about sitting down with your own words, writing this, and what you're sharing now. >> well, when i titled the book "walking in my joy", i started right before the pandemic, and i literally threw the narrative in the pool. i scratched it all.

and i said to myself, if you're going to write a book titled "walking in my joy", then you have to do it. you have to walk the walk. now, i do because i'm so full of life. you know, i'm 65 years old, but my soul is 25. you know? aye -- yes! and i'm writing now. i'm an activist now. an actress. the entertainers' entertainer. you know, i told everyone in my speech while receiving the star on the hollywood walk of fame, i didn't need the star to tell me i was a star. >> mm-hmm. >> because everybody knows it. they do, because i've worked so hard. i didn't need this to say i earned this, because everybody knew it. what i needed to say in that speech was it wasn't the work on camera and on stage that made me a star.

it was taking care of my bipolar disorder so i could be in my skin to receive it and enjoy it. >> that's wonderful. i have two responses. one is just a lyric, and the other is serious. may i >> please. >> the lyric is, when you say that, i'm reminded of when drake said, she looks like a star but only on camera. only on camera. >> come on, baby. a lot of masks. >> and there's the -- everybody does some version of this because everybody has to go to work or go to the in-laws or present yourself. there's that thing, and then there's what's you're telling us is when you got right with yourself with mental health, which you have been open about, this is my serious part, that made you able to be your full self? >> yes, and covid, you know, covid really brought out that mental illness awareness. a lot of people suffered in

isolation during quarantine. and i was smart enough to move my family in with me because, you know, with bipolar disorder, you'll go family around me. >> did you feel the work that you had done prior made you more ready than some? >> absolutely. absolutely. i knew to take the time during covid to contemplate, not only woo all contemplated our death, certainly at the beginning. we didn't know what this thing was. >> how often do you think about your death? >> i don't. i'm never going to die. i have a joke, i say in my show, i say nobody is getting out of here alive, baby. and they just applaud. i said, no, i really mean nobody is leaving this club alive. no, listen, i'm not scared to die. i told my little nephew that. i'm not. i'm not scared to die because i

have lived. >> yes. >> and you just, you know, we're all going. so just live. i say live while you live. hey! >> cheers to that. i got a quote from the book. >> yes. >> we picked this quote that you're not a criminal. but you do confess to a type of theft. stay with me. from the book, the rumor all over town was that i was stealing the show, to that i said no blank blank. i have stolen every scene in every show i have ever done. they should have thought about that before they hired a living legend. my question to you as a journalist, what percent of that when someone is reading is literal? 100%, are you having fun with us? break it down. >> it's real. i'm a natural. i'm a natural. it was a gift at birth. i sang my first solo in church

when i was 5 years old. from the reaction of the congregation, i stood there with my thumb in my mouth going, oh, this is life. come on, that applause. people were crying. people were thinking. people were laughing. oh, that's little jenny lewis. honey, but wait a minute, i saw that. >> can i push you on that? you still have success in ensemble shows. you know how to work with people. >> of course i do. i'm a professional. but sometimes they try to put me in the background, and it's kind of impossible. my smile alone sometimes steals the show because it's coming from a real place. i don't wear a mask anymore. i was the diva for many years, but that was because i didn't know who i was. you know? if you know who you are, you'll trust yourself going in the room. >> amen. i hope people are listening. i hope people check out the book, and we are happy to have you steal the scene on "the

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if you watched inauguration like a lot of americans i bet you remember amanda gorman. that striking inaugural poem captivated the nation at a time when many felt it was needed. today, she debuted her newest work, it's called "an ode we owe." thit was at the united nations united assembly. it's big deal to even speak there. as we sometimes focus so much on the now, on the here, on america, on the politics, we do that here on this program, she used her voice, which has been recognized by so many, to have us think about the globe, the earth, the future, and the devastating impact of climate change. >> exhausted. angered.

we are endangered. not because of our numbers but because of our numbness. we're strangers to one another's perils and pain. unaware that the welfare of the public and the planet share a name. equality. doesn't mean being the exact same. >> words can be powerful. poetry can bring us to places that mere words do not. so let us listen to her words and poetry and this call to action. >> to anyone out there i only ask that you care before it's too late, that you live aware and awake. that you lead with love and hours of hate.

i challenge you to heed this call. i dare you to shape our fate. above all, i dare you to do good so that the world might be great. >> tonight, her dare is our final thought for you. "the reidout" with joy reid starts now. tonight on "the reidout" -- >> the crux of the theory is this belief that you are secretly saving the world from this satanic cult of pedophiles and cannibals. does that sound like something you are behind? >> i haven't heard that. but is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing? >> trum feigned ignorance about qanon when he was