Welcome to the B. I'm Ari Melber. We're gearing up for Bill Maher to join us

tonight while we begin with breaking news.

Georgia prosecutors took their rico case to court today, a contrast to that

closed process in the other two federal cases against Trump, where those

antiquated sketches or handwritten notes are really the only clues we get about

the process that unfolds in those federal courtrooms when Jack Smith faces off

against defendant Trump and those unindicted co-conspirators. Well, today

everyone can see every moment in this courtroom. We're showing it to you now. You

can see it with your own eyes. This is the very first pretrial hearing for the

Georgia Rico case against defendant Trump and others. As a matter of history,

what you see here would unfolds minute by minute in its own reality is the

first time people are seeing inside a courtroom where Trump and his

co-defendants will stand trial on charges of trying to overthrow the

government to steal an election, to abuse power in order to try to hold on to

power illegally. Say the prosecutors. We'll put that back up here. I want you to

see this process. When you look at this judge, when you look inside this court

room, this is where these defendants will be judged. At times, what you might

see might remind you of any other courtroom in America. People standing and

sitting for the judge, the bailiff, keeping order in the corner of the room, the

judge going through paper. Sometimes what we might see in there will be at

times repetitive or dry and yet what you are looking at is where these

individuals will be judged for their alleged roles in the racketeering

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