>> ari: [laughs] because it fits their dogma. there are some issues that there's a political orthodoxy and you need to obey it. other issues are debatable, this is not. but get ready for every agency and the federal government to do some regulatory powers that you can't do through legislation on the green new deal. you will see this in the deferment of energy, the department of transportation, the civil rights division, the justice department. this is where the biden administration will go way too far to try and do it through executive fiat. >> harris: a little less than a minute left, mollie. >> mollie: one of president trump's greatest achievements was getting out of the paris climate accord, but he should have done more, and republicans in the senate should have done more for just the reasons ari is talking about. if you can get this into the bureaucracy, it causes so much damage, destruction of businesses. while republicans had power they should have actually renounced the paris climate accord so things would be better going

i'm ari melber. we are moments away from the delivery of the second house article of impeachment of donald trump and we're joined by new york congressman hakeem jeffries. he's a member of speaker pelosi's democratic leadership. he was one of the impeachment managers who did that solemn march that we are about to watch again tonight. thank you for being here, sir. >> good evening, ari. great to be with you as always. >> great to have you. i've been able to speak to some of your colleagues. we've heard from many people about why this is solemn, why it's not a time for any political rejoicing, and why as i reminded viewers earlier in the hour it may or may not help the democrats politically if you take a constitutional approach that shouldn't matter anyway. so what is on your mind as your colleagues go through this process in moments? >> it's a serious and solemn and sober moment. i recall taking the walk myself, led by adam schiff and jerry nadler and the other impeachment managers. and i was overcome

>> well, always good to be with you, ari. and the answer is yes. donald trump can be made to pay a price. i would argue that it is absolutely essential for the general health of our democracy in our country that that happen. and we can get things under control. you know, everybody knows if you play with fire, you usually get burned. and the republican party as a whole and overwhelmingly has been playing with the fire of white nationalism, false grievances, crazy conspiracy theories, lies and outright propaganda. and now for the republicans it's a wildfire burning out of control. but it doesn't have to be out of control for the rest of us. and that's as "the wall street journal" quoted almost directly, we can have a lot of arguments about various things concerning what's happening now, but there is one thing very clear, that we are in the situation we're in right now primarily because of donald trump and his selfishness and his recklessness. about that there has to be a consequence for him. and that's the broad overview of what we're going through n

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicolle. thank you so much. welcome to "the beat." i am ari melber. our top story tonight is about the way we live now and the way we govern now. americans have lived through 20 years of a war on terrorism that often focused with the battle on a foreign threat with al qaeda, with isis and externally threats and attacks on americans. it's real. it still exists, yet the violent attack on the capitol underscores a shift that's actually been years in the making. the measurably greater threat from nick terrorism including white supremacist groups and extremist militias right here in the united states. federal authorities are warning about new threats and danger that could follow the maga attack on the capitol, while the news tonight is that capitol police are literally stepping as facing these heightened threats, again, from americans, from people inside this consultant. the fact is while the election and the inauguration are over, lawmakers are still governing under an often siege-like set of conditions in washingto

"the beat" with my colleague ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicolle. thank you so much. welcome to "the beat." i am ari melber, and we begin with donald trump's explosive new attacks on, yes, our united states democracy. this has been caught on tape. it echoes some of the darkest episodes of his presidency. if you didn't know so already, here we are. welcome to 2021. it's days before congress will convene to formally certify the election. that is a formality because everything is over and done. but the president continues to push the doomed effort to nullify joe biden's win. tonight it's setting off a firestorm, even though donald trump has zero legal paths left. donald trump placing what has now been described by so many as an extraordinary call this weekend to the top elections official in georgia, brad raffensperger. in this hour-long sometimes rambling call that leaned from conspiracy to direct cajoling as we'll get into criminal acts, donald trump leaned on him to find the votes that he would need to somehow overcome the finished election. this is

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. happy friday. >> hi, nicolle. happy friday. i want to welcome everyone to "the beat." i'm ari melber. tonight president biden is tackling this covid economy he has now inherited. he is emphasizing we're all in emergency as we probably all know, but he has a plan to help. >> the virus is surging where 400,000 dead. we're expected to reach well over 600,000. families are going hungry. people are at risk of being evicted. job losses are mounting again. we need to act. no matter how you look at it, we need to act. >> biden says he is acting, including with two new executive orders, but the administration says will help struggling families immediately with food assistance as well as an attempt to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour for people who work with federal government contracts. biden has also signed 28 orders already. the orders come as roughly a million more americans are filing for unemployment just last week. this is an indication that in addition to everything else going on and the political transition, the recovery itsel

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicolle. thank you very much. we begin with breaking news on congress's move to impeach donald trump. top house democrats now warning this, they say, is no time to back down. this is no time to seek healing or to pretend anything would be normal anytime soon. congress formally introducing one article of impeachment charging donald trump with inciting insurrection for fueling his fans' crime spree at the capitol. the house pressing forward with a planned impeachment vote that will be this wednesday. this of course makes history as the fastest impeachment process ever and tees up the procespectf donald trump being the only president to be impeached twice. meanwhile, republicans blocking a call that demands vice president pence would invoke the 25th amendment as an emergency measure to remove donald trump. we're also seeing tonight late-breaking news on more resignations coming from the trump administration. the acting homeland security chief resigning today, although his resignation letter does not cite this riot as

i'm ari melber. this is the last full day of donald trump's presidency. it comes amidst a pandemic that has taken 400,000 lives in the u.s., as we've been covering today. president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris lit those candles in honor of those many, many covid victims. 200,000 flags, meanwhile, spread across the national mall. a nod towards an audience, that just like at this summer's conventions will be watching more at a distance than in person at tomorrow's inauguration. and another tangle and disturbing sign of donald trump's failures to protect the nation, these inauguration preparations are under like any in the recent era given that trump-friendly insurrection which breached the capitol for the first time in 200 years. tonight you're seeing some of the images of a nation on lockdown and a military under protection. 25,000 troops deployed, a scene reminiscent of a siege. but the larger context remains. elections have consequences. in america, that's true whether the incumbent politician understands it or lives in denial or even trie

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicolle. thank you very much. welcome to "the beat." i'm ari melber. we start with breaking news. the house is on the verge tonight of debating a resolution that would call on vice president pence to do what was once considered unthinkable and what's never happened in american history, demand the vice president activate this 25th amendment of the constitution to immediately remove the sitting president donald trump from office. donald trump has emerged today. this is the first time since the riot at the capitol. the democrats now are moving to impeach him for inciting. he took no responsibility. he said the speech that he gave was totally appropriate. trump now faces a second impeachment. democrats allege he fuelled the insurrection. >> the consequences of not doing it are it will likely invite the president to engage in more misconduct. >> his actions have been inappropriate and have put this country in peril. >> this is someone that has and will continue to pose a direct threat to all of us. and if we do not act

beet with my friend ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicole. thank you so much. welcome to "the beat." i am ari melber. president biden pressing ahead. here in his first full week in office, taking immediate action on health care today, ending a trump era policy that restricted some abortion access and opening up a new way for people to get health care now. there is a policy here to expand obamacare access, and this is what biden is proposing, that it is critical during a pandemic that people get the health care they may need if they can. and it's a reminder really here, and the reason i am bringing this to you as the top news right now of the hour, it's a reminder how many tools this prior administration simply declined to use during the ongoing health crisis we've all been living through. here is the bottom line, keeping it very clear. under the traditional rules of obamacare, americans who qualify for those health plans, they must sign up within basically six weeks out of the year, and that's accept, unless they can prove they had a, quote, major life change.

ari fleischer, thank you. thanks, gentlemen. >> thank you. >> martha: coming up, a canadian premier of alberta, the oil-rich area of canada goes after president biden's "insulting" cancellation of the keystone xl pipeline project and threatens legal means, even sanctions against the united states. how is this improving international relations? that's next. >> this is a gut punch for the canadian and alberta economies. that's not how you treat a friend and an ally. for a friend an an ally, you show respect for your friends by listening to them and giving them a chance to find common ground. 1 in 2 kids is under hydrated. ♪ plant-powered creative roots gives kids the hydration they need, with the fruit flavors they love. and one gram of sugar. find creative roots in the kids' juice aisle. ♪ got my hair ♪ ♪ got my head ♪ and one gram of sugar. ♪ got my brains ♪ ♪ got my ears ♪ ♪ got my heart ♪ ♪ got my soul ♪ ♪ got my mouth ♪ ♪ i got life ♪ keeping your oysters business growing h

>> yeah -- >> ari, can i interrupt there? >> they're close. >> i'm just going to interrupt because i was doing some of the reporting on this. you know, we don't know if he was close to death. we know he was one minute away and 75 feet away from the rioters you just saw on that tape coming up the stairs. coming up from the first floor, right at that moment, the vice president is in a hideaway with his wife, with his daughter, with his brother, with several of his staff members, hiding with secret service outside, hoping that they can figure out how to evacuate him from the building. you know, the secret service is trained to evacuate and cover whenever there is danger. any threat that rises, they've got to get the heck out of there, distance is their friend. well, at 1:00 p.m. on wednesday, danger was at the door. the capitol police chief had announced an emergency riot. he could no longer hold the mobs back. at 1:59, the capitol police reported that people -- the visigoths were inside the building or making their way in short

thanks, ari. look forward to speaking with you, soon. >> bill: president-elect biden getting his second dose of the covid-19 vaccine. he says he plans to release all available joseph. dr. ajaz is here. "vogue" magazine getting backlash of how they portrayed vice president-elect kamala harris next. if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes over-the-counter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. ha! these drops probably won't touch me. xiidra works differently, targeting inflammation that can cause dry eye disease. what is that? xiidra, noooo! it can provide lasting relief. xiidra is the only fda approved treatment specifically for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. one drop in each eye, twice a day. don't use if you're allergic to xiidra. common side effects include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred vision when applied to the eye, and unusual taste sens

i'm ari melber. welcome back to our live, spesh coverage on the trump impeachment hitting the senate tomorrow. now we turn to where the worst evidence is on video. did trump incite this, as we just discussed with the house impeachment manager and was this an insurrection. in an effort to show what happened, a fair trial must appraise the evidence of this violent attack on the government to determine what this was. >> take back our country with weakness. we're going to walk down to the capitol. >> the capitol steps are now jammed with people. they have now taken hold of those steps. >> oh, they're going in! [ bleep ] >> go, go, go, go. >> there are now protesters inside the capitol building itself. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> they evacuated the leadership, and then started an evacuation of house members. >> hang mike pence! >> we were surrounded by rioters who were trying to ram and break down the doors and break down the glass. >> [ bleep ]. >> the woman who was shot inside the u.s. capitol today has

"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicole. i am ari melber. we're covering news on civil rights, health care and the looming impeachment trial. we begin with president biden pressing ahead on this important issue of the vaccines announcing 200 million doses arguing this administration wants to do more than one thing at a time. he's also announcing the justice department will rescind donald trump's very controversial and very well known zero tolerance policy that led to the harsh policies with imprisonment and cages. four new orders on racial justice including what he says will be better, fairer housing and taking on the controversial private prisons industry. >> today's generation of young americans is the most progressive, thoughtful, inclusive generation that america's ever seen. forcing us to confront systemic racism and white supremacy. >> we have seen, and it's been plain for all-americans on their television sets, just how serious a problem we face from nationalists and white supremacists. as president biden has made clear, advancing equ

i'm ari melber, joining you live

you know, ari, a couple thoughts. my first thought is that in terms of news organizations and really anybody with a platform this is a very important time for us to hold ourselves accountable and make sure we're not just doing the work of stenography, which is to say he said this, she said that, some people say this is true, but really to do the hard work of journalism, which is actually to tell the truth in a non-partisan way but to just tell the truth. sometimes that means calling the shots and being the referee. so if it's the president of the united states who's telling lies we need to call that what it is. if this is white supremacy we need to call it by its name, this is what it is. and i really think that we need to stop shying away from that. i'm someone who works on an opinion staff so, it's easier for me. but i've been on the other side as well. i've worked for the "wall street journal" too on the news side. it's just as important no matter what your job is. the other thing i would say is i really hope that

. >> good to see you, ari. how are you? >> i mentioned some of your experience in putting on big political events and worked specifically on the conventions which have some overlap with inaugurals. first of all, what did president biden need to do today in your view and how did he do? >> well, today was an absolutely

i want to go to ari fleischer now, because the next few moments, ari, are something that really do signal again, we have seen a few times where there is a visual cue of a peaceful transition of power in this nation, and the pass and review in front of this president and this new vice president is one of those cues as well. >> yes, the pomp and circumstance that goes along with an inauguration is a marvel to see. i was fortunate enough to be in washington for every inaugural from 1984-2000, and it is america's ceremony. what is so sad about today was you did not get to see people on the mall dancing. because of covid, of course, but part of the inauguration is when your party wins, your team wins coming you get to go on the mall in massive numbers and rejoice, and you can applaud in huge numbers of what the president says, that was lacking, but the rest as we are about to witness as the president, the vice president come down the steps and heading out to arlington cemetery, i love the pageantry. you don't get to see it in america very often, but when you do, >> election, there has been so

thank you for joining ari melber. the reid out with joy reid starts now. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> well, good evening, everyone. how are you feeling? how did you all sleep last night? yes, yes, it is day two of the biden-harris administration. after years of waiting to exhale our nation is taking a deep, cleansing breath and joseph r.ed bien used his first day in the white house

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jesse: joining me, former acting dni and fox news contributor and ari fleischer. >> when she is brazen you, you better duck. you put your finger on the core issue. the media loves to cover words. the american people need to know results. the press covers joe biden's seemingly moderate words and gives him credit for it. but all this executive actions are far left from a policy point of view which kills jobs and kills opportunities as opposed to what they inherited. prepandemic we had the lowest poverty rate since 1959 for people without high school degrees. we need to go back to those days and not kill jobs and wages with these regulations. jesse: ric, what do you think? >> john kerry said now we are dealing with the effects of climate change. that's just not true. during the trump administration we lowered co consistently. we are actually the country that despite not being in the paris climate treaty took the political action and the political will to lower co2 consistently. we did that while also dramatically increasing the ability for the united states to become energy indiana. d ene

hi, ari. >> hi, nicole. thank you very much. welcome to "the beat." we're here as americans one day after these trump inspired maga riots. >> he unleashed an all out assault on the institutions of democracy from the outset. >> donald j. trump violated and abused his power. >> to remove this president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment. if the vice president and cabinet do not act, the congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. >> the news tonight over 100 congressional democrats demanding trump be removed immediately treating this as an urgent crisis. there is a single republican joining that call. the acting u.s. attorney in washington says donald trump himself be incevestigated for h role in pushing those supporters of his, those who they were, going to do what they did. another trump cabinet member resigning today. eileen chow is the wife of mitch healthcare refo mcconnell and one of six resigning in the last day. the white house firing a state department official who called trump unfit for office. the house sergeant at p aa

howie: joining us now from new york, arie fleischer, fox news contributor, arie, president trump and the media have been at war with four years, you don't always agree with trump but you regularly defend him on the air. where are you you now? >> i do my best to call it as i see it, i call it as i see it. i think as he goes out of office it's fair to say he's a man with tremendous accomplishments, we pandemic, lowest poverty rate in america since 1959, child poverty reduced, wages particularly for black and hispanic americans at record highs. huge growth and jobs for blue-collar americans, stood up to china. i will always be proud that i defended him on the bogus collusion charges and even though his call to ukraine was wrong, i did not think it was impeachable. having said all of that, he's now on his own when it comes to defending him and what he said because he stirred a pot that incited a riot and i cannot and i will not defend him on that. howie: but if that's your view now, the horrible incident that claimed 5 lives, looking back, do you regret it all having to defend him not on

"the beat" with ari melber is right now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicolle. i've been meaning to ask you, when this insurrection first unfolded, there was much soul-searching about accountability. as of the most recent vote, anything could change. but it looks like only about five are looking at it as a process looking to get to the bottom of, looking at the president's role. i'm just curious about what you make of that. >> it's time to stop treating the republican party like we're waiting for the baby to be delivered. they're never going to change, this is who they are. but today's bulletin about a domestic terror threat, and showing they have no interest in holding the president accountable, i think they'll accelerate the demise of the modern republican party. and i think associating themselves with inaction on an insurrection and domestic terror, it's a political loser, but it's time to start covering this as a threat to every american. >> straight up. yeah. i didn't know what you would say, but it's very interesting to hear it put straight up. we need cla

ari fleisher, all good to talk to you. thank you. >> john: acting defense secretary chris miller says there is, quote, no indication of an insider threat ahead of the inauguration for president-elect joe biden. here's what former acting secretary of homeland security chad wolfe told america's news room about preparing for tomorrow. >> you have to remember that national special security event nnsd which is in place going back to last wednesday through inauguration has been held here in d.c. for over 30 different times. so the structure, the training, the battle rhythm that they have here is in place. they're going to do well. >> john: miller says the defense department is leaving no stone unturned. he is urging service members to report any suspicious behavior they might come across. feds arresting a pennsylvania woman accused of stealing a lap top or hard drive from house speaker nancy pelosi's office during that capitol hill riot. brian llenas live in harrisburg, pennsylvania, for us. >> reporter: good afternoon. riley ju

ari? >> good to be with you, nicolle. i'm thinking of something that you said earlier in your coverage and when i was helping with anchoring earlier in the day, it occurred to me, and i think we should all reflect on it as a nation that it's a crime scene where the vote was held. it's a crime scene where the debate occurred over whether there would be any political accountability in the civic sense for the attacks by, as the members of congress argued, as we look at that capitol dome, encouraged by one branch government, by the president who spoke and said go on down to the congress, we'll fight like hell, and then the response from the other branch of government. and very rarely in modern history have we seen a moment like this, nicolle, where the congress is called upon to yes, defend democracy, but also in a very real sense to defend itself. so these were fast proceedings today because of the urgency and the emergency. legally, i would tell you that when there are no facts in doubt, cases go faster. if you want to anal

>>> i'm ari melber. welcome to a special edition of "the beat" tonight. we have one of the top law enforcement experts in the nation and a vital report on justice over unity, plus breaking news on the new evidence the feds are using against d.c. rioter, including the infamous qanon shaman who was in court today. feds allege the reuters intended to capture and assassinate elected officials as other government officials question some of the evidence for that. these rioters believed, quote, the insurrection is still in progress, which is why d.c. is in a total lockdown tonight, a baghdad-style green zone guard by over 20,000 troops amidst reports that a rehearsal for the actual inauguration has already been delayed over security earp concerns. authorities in the nation learning even more. new evidence of rioters plotting in a frenzy moments before that hockey police officer led the mob partially up the stairs to divert them from where they might do more harm from a senate chamber in evacuation. >> put it down, hands up. >> these people, these people have no

ari fleischer is next. >> one after another, nominating people that are unqualified, people who refuse to say that brown versus board of education is precedent. you know they put 50 people on the lifetime federal court of appeals and not one is black? are you ok? it's just a cold. if you have high blood pressure, a cold is not just a cold. most cold medicines may raise blood pressure. choose coricidin hbp. the brand with a heart. for powerful cold relief without raising your blood pressure. excuses. we're all guilty of making them. those are advanced poses. that's why at cvs, we're making not making excuses a little easier, with the vitamins and supplements you may need. now get a $10 gift card when you spend $30. cvs. healthier made easier. some people say our trade-in process feels too easy. now get a $10 gift card when you spend $30. they can't believe it's 100% online and gives them a competitive offer that won't change for 7 days. an offer that they can put toward their new car. some people can't believe our friendly advocate will come to them as soon as tomorrow. drop off their n

fox fuse contributor -- news contributor ari ari fleischer hs more. >> my view for the future of the party, it needs to remain a trump party in policy and ideas, needs to be a blue collar, working class party, for standing up to china, religious freedom, individual freedom without a hint of violence and always while denouncing white supremacy. that's the future of the republican party and some steady outsider, steady conservative is going to catch that message and i think will be the heir apparent to donald trump. todd: the president has previously suggested a possible 2024 run. jillian: just hours ago, social media app parler goes officially offline after a amazon boots it off its servers. todd: this comes after apple and google removed parler from the app store. jack sigh eywe have more. >> reporter: a short time ago, koceo john mace shared this statement, we will likely be down longer than expected, not due to software restrictions. we have our data and everyone's software ready to go. rather, it's that amazon's, google's and apple's statements to the press about dropping our acce

so let's bring in bill lavergne, "wall street journal" editorial board and ari fleischer. we will work on getting bill back, press secretary and fox news contributor, great to have you here. bill we will get back in a moment but i think his peace highlights the big question about all of those people in america who supported so many things that president trump talked about and that he acted one, the border, patriotism, a former stance in their defense against china, all of that. the things they care about, bringing manufacturing back home. they feel they are getting swept in with these people who would be criminals and stop by the fbi. >> absolutely, bill's peace did a superb job putting his finger on a time-honored american tradition in trying to end the first amendment to the constitution, which is the right to peaceably assemble. for anybody on the ellipse who took a flight to washington i wanted to fly home or came up to the capitol so long as they stayed outside of the capitol and engaged in no violence, they are exercising their first amendment right. protest to carry

of american zealots, inside right wing domestic terrorism and university of massachusetts professor arie pelllin gefment. r the evolution of right wing extremism in the united states. the hills national correspondent reed wilson joins us about the state of u.s. politics including president-elect joe biden's inauguration and the upcoming senate impeachment hearings against president trump. watch c-span's washington journal 7:00 eastern sunday morning and be sure to join the discussion, your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets. announcer: wednesday, joe biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the united states in our nation's capitol. and in light of the attack on the capitol and the temporary closing of the national mall, the traditional inauguration ceremony has been modified. follow our live coverage as the today unfolds. starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. watch the arrivals at the capitol, the swearing in of joe biden and kamala harris and the inaugural address. the inauguration of joe biden beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern wednesday, live coverage on c-span and c-span.o

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a little hard with the masks, ari, to see. maybe remark on this in terms of an inauguration in the middle of a pandemic. >> isn't that what makes this strikingly unusual? everything about life is so unusual now. the things we love to do like this event today and then you realize you can't sit next to anybody. as president bush walked down i was thinking he would love to be glad handing and smiling and winking at the dozens and scores of people who would be surrounding him. they're not there. the social distancing that you have to do at an event like this. >> dana: amy coney barrett, you think that was just three months ago that it all came to be. not even three, two months ago, right? so much change has happened. you see the supreme court here and the 6-3 conservative court. >> my thought as she walked down. not so much change that is happening, it is continuity. the fact we're a nation of laws, not men. four years from now we'll have others walking down there. same positions, different people. that's america. our system endur

i'm ari melber. we're tracking breaking news. president trump facing this new growing push for what will be potentially his second impeachment. democrats drafting these articles that formally accuse president trump of abusing his authority and power to insight the insurrection the nation witnessed laying out what everyone saw and heard how ine . this is not a drill or exercise. the congress of the united states is responding to the illegal invasion of its literally building and the president's month's long attacks on what the building represents and is supposed to practice. attacks on american democracy itself. this is the most serious measure the congress has for accountability. this is the constitution's formal method for confronting a criminal president. i know there is a lot going on. we covered an impeachment before. let that sink in. the constitution states if the president is a criminal acting to perpetuate abuse of power and crimes in office, there is one way to deal with that, charge them in the house. try them in the se

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"the beat" with ari melber starts now. >> hi, nicole. >> what am i going to do in 30 minutes? >> i don't know. step out and back? a little coffee, maybe. i'll see you soon. >>> i want to welcome everyone to "the beat" on this big night of special coverage. we are, of course, one hour from polls closing in this pivotal georgia senate run off. two of them. as two democrats, jon ossoff and rafaphael warnock are trying to beat purdue and loeffler. the implications for president elect biden's administration are momento momentous. this can control the agenda in the short term and impact biden's cabinet picks and stimulus payments, things that affect our everyday lives in the united states. now the last time a democrat won a georgia senate race was back in 2000. ossoff and wernock talking to voters today. >> we need to pass $2,000 stem l -- stimulus checks for the people and surge vaccine distribution and make testing and vaccines free for every american to beat this virus. >> on the republican side, loeffler with views close to trump. tonight, is also, of course, a test from trump-i

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"the beat" with ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. happy friday. >> hi, nicolle. happy friday. i want to welcome everyone to "the beat." i'm ari melber. tonight president biden is tackling this covid economy he has now inherited. he is emphasizing we're all in emergency as we probably all know, but he has a plan to help. >> the virus is surging where 400,000 dead. we're expected to reach well over 600,000. families are going hungry. people are at risk of being

you just heard from former white house press secretary ari fleischer. here's more of what he had to say on this topic. >> i'm so glad that she said that because republicans need to go into the new biden with eyes wide open now we know what we are dealing with. carley: that's one way to look at it. first amendment, freedom of speech, freedom of the press always going to get in the way of government intervention, thankfully. jillian: there are some parents who are pretty upset with one of their kid's elementary school teachers, right? carley: this is wild. a 3rd grade teacher in could you please teen know, california reportedly asked students to list out the traits that they view in themselves that are either, you know, dominant, privileged or oppressed. so this is one of the slides that the teacher used to describe what they view as dominant parts of american culture, white middle class gender. are students ask students to describe themselves and circle the phrases that give them either power or privilege. these are 8 and 9-year-olds. so parents didn't l

. >> bill: we have a ton of questions for ari, stand by for that. in the meantime president biden's pick to lead the civil rights division of the justice department. kristin clark coming under fire for controversial supporting black racial superiorty. mike, good morning. >> on october 28th, 1994 kristin clark wrote in the harvard student newspaper black infants sit, stand, crawl and walk sooner than whites. melanin en douse blacks with greater spiritual and mental abilities can't be based on standards. an article criticizing a 1994 book on the bell curve. the authors saying human intelligence is influenced by inherited and environmental factors. now kristin clack is defending her article telling "newsweek" it was meant to express an absurd point of view fighting one ridiculous racist theory with another ridiculous theory. the reason it's drawing scrutiny now is because she has been nominated to lead the justice department's civil rights division. >> president biden: now she will return full circle to pursue the vital work where her career began, the

ari fleischer, tammy bruce are next. more breaking news straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sean: all rights, the far left's obsession with censorship silencing political opponents hitting new levels of derangement as congresswoman speier 29 suggesting now that the government needs to take action and reign in the media environment. apparently she's not familiar with some things called the first amendment. somebody please give the congresswoman a copy of the first amendment. take a look. >> i think several members of congress and some of my discussions have brought up a media literacy because that's a part of what happened here. and we are to have to figure out how we reign in our media environments. so you can't just spew disinformation and misinformation. >> sean: of course one thing the congresswoman is right about scum of the nonstop information coming from the corrupt, abusively biased, media mob. listen to the comments of msdnc, conspiracy televisions joy reid to comparing to saddam hussein's party. good grief. when

beet with my friend ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicole. thank you so much. welcome to "the beat." i am ari melber. president biden pressing ahead. here in his first full week in office, taking immediate action on health care today, ending a trump era policy that restricted some abortion access and opening up a new way for people to get health care now. there is a policy here to expand obamacare access, and this is what biden is proposing, t

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i'm ari mel better with special coverage with my colleague katy tur. we are covering this second impeachment. the house of representatives as you see he voting on what is a single ar of impeachment. it accuses him in plain language of inciting supporters to carry out the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol. we can report now the number growing. at least seven house republicans say they will vote for impeachment, including liz cheney of wyoming. she's actually the number three member of the republican house leadership. joining us, former democratic congressman from new york, steve israel, from the cornel university and former democratic congresswoman donna edwards. congresswoman edwards, what we saw in this debate over this day was the fastest and most forth-right attempt to hold the debate. wield watch the vote kuntz, and the republicans joining, i will note that the democratic leader hoyer was closing in his remarks with something that may have been unthinkable just within weeks. he was closing by handing the mic to liz chen yes, quoting her foss

the next item on my a tin or ari is a visit to the oldest gentian distillery in germany your girl here for a tour of france history and i thought i taste my way through your range of products through ones are here to stick this distillery has been around since 6092 . wow there is no mistake it was made in here as you can feel the warmth. gentian is an alpine plant that is cultivated and back to scotland and is still to make a better shops to be precise it's the route that used. to work since a root looks like this when it comes out of the ground it's 4 or 5 years old and about 80 centimeters long. course the roots are chopped and mashed then the liquid is extracted and distilled into shops. drink schnapps made from gentian or herb after and wielding many people drink fruitless cures as a d.j.'s teef but that's not healthy it's not the alcohol that helps digestion it's the bitterness that's why there's a german saying taste bitter makes the stomach fitter. well then time to give it a try there's a huge selection in the shop course all sorts of flavors but of course i want to try the cla

ari melber posted something on twitter today in which he talks about the violations of law. he says, it's a violation of federal law to trespass, entering or remaining in a building that a person is not licensed to enter. it is a violation of federal law to enter a restricted government building or to engage in disorderly contact near it that impedes government business. it is a violation of federal law to damage government property. it's a felony to enter a restricted building with a deadly weapon. it is a felony to enter a restricted government building and also cause serious bodily injury. those federal felonies are punishable by up to ten years in prison. we had some crooks in there in pursuit of an insurrection, instigated by a guy who is trying to undertake a coup. >> you know, ali, it's -- here's what i suspect will happen moving forward, because when i heard that only 52 arrests were made, many, if not most of them, for curfew violations, i was surprised. and yet, i think we have to acknowledge that in the middle of an unfolding riot -- let's call this what it was --