Welcome to the beat, everyone. I'm Ari Melbert. James Carville is here tonight. As we get back in the saddle, we also have new heat that Donald Trump is facing on the Epstein scandal, the protests over what he's trying to do in Washington, trying to normalize federal troops on your street so you get used to it no matter what the reason. And we're going to show you right now what Governor Gavin Newsom is saying.

He has been trolling Trump, going after him as a quote chicken, imitating Donald Trump's

posts online. This matters because it's part of what's happening in the country,

but it also shows politically how Newsom and other Democrats are trying different styles

because there's kind of a trolling going on. He's even impersonating the

way Trump tweets or posts online. And this afternoon, Gavin's office, Gavin Newsom's office,

post a video with masked officers outside his own press conference and then ripping into Trump.

He's a failed president. Who else sends ICE?

Same time having a conversation like this.

Someone is weak.

Someone is broken.

Someone is weakness is masquerading his strength.

More from the California governor here.

I know they say don't mess with Texas.

Well, don't mess with the great golden state.

Here he is once again trying to rig the system.

He doesn't play by a different set of rules.

He doesn't believe in the rules.

We have got to recognize the cards that have been dealt. And we have got to meet

fire with fire. Fire with fire is absolutely the opposite of what we've heard so many times from

Democrats, the opposition about dealing with Trump. So you're seeing that change, not from the far left,

not from a street activist, but from one of the most prominent governors in the country who, it's no secret, is on these

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