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The Beat with Ari Melber

Cohen lawyer rebuts criticism by convict Michael Avenatti

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, April 10th, and reports on Arizona's abortion ban and the funding disparity in women's and men's sports. Plus, Lanny Davis, legal advisor for Trump trial witness Michael Cohen, joins Melber. Dahlia Lithwick also joins. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

I am already Melber this is the beat and boy do we have a big show let me tell you about

0:03.8

it tonight we have a preview of this criminal case against defendant Trump that as you

0:08.8

probably know by now begins next week in New York my special guest guest tonight, veteran lawyer Lanny Davis,

0:14.7

who represented President Clinton and knows his way around high stakes legal clashes and

0:19.0

now advising the man you see on your screen the star witness against Trump Michael Cohen.

0:24.2

I think we'll have plenty to talk about.

0:26.6

Our top story though right now is this firestorm over the draconian crackdown on women's

0:30.4

rights in Arizona.

0:31.8

Conservatives enacting the agenda

0:34.3

that the Supreme Court had claimed would not

0:36.2

happen when they overturned row.

0:38.7

Criminalizing abortion, okaying a law

0:40.8

that jails people who are linked to one, whether that's a doctor or someone helping a woman.

0:46.0

I'll get into the details, but the backlash is driving talk of a catastrophic rejection of Republicans,

0:51.3

already in politics and on the ballot.

0:54.0

We are living now through this rolling national controversy.

0:57.3

It's important and it impacts everything from that electoral backlash that could make

1:02.4

Trump a lot more likely to lose to Joe Biden in November

1:05.6

to human rights, health, and safety.

1:08.1

Breaking news out of Arizona, where the state Supreme Court just made a monumental abortion decision.

1:15.6

Arizona's across the state are reeling.

1:18.0

This is absolutely horrendous what's happening.

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