Welcome to the beat everyone, I'm Ari Melber.

And here's what we're doing tonight.

We have a report on some of the key evidence that can actually inform whether there are

charges in the Trump Pro by special counsel Smith.

And that's amidst new reports crossing the wire late today in the New York Times about

his aggressive approach to all probes including this one.

That's coming up.

And by the end of the hour, we turn to the director behind a movie, Obama says he lived.

Cameron Crowe makes his beat debut tonight.

Don't be the money, et cetera.

We begin right now with the top story in America, the new order in Washington.

This is the first formal week of Speaker McCarthy's tenure after his unusually late star.

And while there was talk on the campaign trail about inflation and pocketbook issues,

the GOP's new house majority is using its power to highlight abortion and its stances

against abortion rights with votes on two separate bills.

One appears to be a kind of sob to abortion critics while it does not apply to over 99%

of procedures.

The other tries to use the force of federal law to basically take centers and support

or advance centers and organizations that discourage women from considering their right

to choose.

The larger context beyond these two particular votes is that most of the Republican caucus

backs limiting or outright banning abortion.

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