Great to be back with you to start the week.

I am Ari Melber.

This is the beat, and we are covering quite a few stories.

A lot of eyes are on Georgia.

We have live pictures in front of the courthouse.

The grand jury is, we can say, hearing evidence about this long-running 2020 election investigation,

including allegations that involved Donald Trump.

Now, we are going to follow as we try to always know around here the evidence and the facts

and not get ahead of anything, indeed.

There's no reason to get ahead.

It's the news.

It's not prediction.

And so what I can tell you is there are good reasons why everyone is following this today

in the days ahead.

But that doesn't mean that anyone knows the exact timeline or when things are going

to happen, no matter how excited everyone gets.

So here's what we know.

Some very crucial witnesses did enter the courthouse today.

And the judge did rule today that parts of the proceedings of any future indicted party

could be televised.

We also, of course, are watching to see whether anything happens in a way that we can

learn from.

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