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The Beat with Ari Melber

Trump braces for new coup evidence tomorrow

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

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

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, December 21, and reports on the new transcripts from the Jan. 6 committee, the upcoming final Jan. 6 report and President Zelenskyy's meeting with President Biden. NBC's Mike Memoli, NYT Magazine writer Emily Bazelon, Rep. Jamie Raskin and fmr. FBI special agent Asha Rangappa join. 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

It is a breaking news day. Welcome to the beat. I'm Ari Melboro. We're actually tracking two

0:06.6

major pieces of news, a split-screen kind of day in Washington. We're a wartime leader in Ukrainian and President Zelenskyy.

0:13.2

Touchdown in Washington to meet with President Biden. And tonight he'll have an address to a rare joint session of Congress that comes as Congress

0:22.5

as January 6th committee races to finish its work in the midst of the busiest week ever,

0:27.2

a meeting they held Monday, referred Trump for indictment, first time ever in American history.

0:31.9

They've released over 150 pages of their final report with the rest due tomorrow.

0:35.8

And as we came on the air, new transcripts dropping tonight in the last few moments, key transcripts dropping for the first time. So Congress has been teeing up a big decision over a DOJ either way. In fact, tonight we have the committee member you see on your screen who read out those criminal referrals. Congressman Raskin will be my live guest on this big news night for

0:55.5

the committee in Washington in a few moments. So with these two stories dueling for the nation's

1:01.8

attention and a very real sense Congress's focus tonight, we begin with the White House visit

1:06.4

by President Zelensky, a high stakes and highly organized security arrival there. You see him

1:15.0

greeting the president and first lady. Zelensky then sat down with President Biden as they

1:19.0

discussed the ongoing Russian war and incursions into his home country of Ukraine.

1:32.3

You're a man in the year in the United States of America. It's a welcome. We have a lot to talk about.

1:35.3

From our nation, strong nations, all the appreciation to you,

1:39.3

just of all, Mr. President, for your big support and leadership.

1:43.3

Of course, Europe, many your big support and leadership, of course,

1:50.9

you have many countries helped us and are helping now, because the war is not aware.

1:55.8

The administration announcing over $2 billion in military aid, continuing support.

1:57.5

That includes Patriot missiles.

2:00.8

Biden had a strong message today for Ukraine.

2:08.9

We will stay with you for as long as it takes. What you're doing, what you've achieved,

2:14.9

it matters not just to Ukraine, but to the entire world. And together, I have no doubt,

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