The Beat with Ari Melber, Mar. 11, 2019
Duration: 44 Minutes
Discussed Today:
MSNBC's Melber presses Dem leader on Pelosi impeachment news
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declares a new standard for impeaching Donald Trump, saying in a new interview that she would need “compelling” evidence and a “bipartisan” process. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries tells Ari Melber that “impeachment is the ultimate political death penalty” and that Democrats did not “seize control of the House of Representatives based on a desire to impeach the President”.
Prosecutor: 'Hammer going to fall' on Manafort
In a pivotal week in the Mueller probe, Special Counsel Bob Mueller is grinding down two former Trump aides and one Federal Judge will issue rulings that define the fate and possibly freedom of Roger Stone and Paul Manafort. Former Federal Prosecutor, Glenn Kirschner, tells Ari Melber that he believes Judge Amy Berman Jackson will treat Stone “like the teenager he’s behaving like”, after Stone potentially violated a gag order in his case.
Fmr Fox News reporter asks Congress: subpoena me to override NDA
In an exclusive news-making interview, the lawyer for a former Fox reporter, Nancy Erika Smith, tells Ari Melber that Congress can lawfully override a Non-Disclosure Agreement preventing her client from speaking about reports that Fox News killed the Stormy Daniels story before the 2016 election, because Rupert Murdoch wanted Trump to win. Former House Watergate lawyer, David Dorsen, agreed that this could be a valid way for Democrats to override the Fox News NDA.
'Curb' writer who grew up with Trump: 'Weird hair' & a suit at 14
Comedian Larry Charles, who wrote for “Seinfeld” and directed Larry David’s series “Curb your Enthusiasm” and the famous mockumentary “Borat” joins Ari Melber to discuss his new Netflix show, “Dangerous World of Comedy”, where he embarks on a mission around the world to look at what makes people laugh. Charles also discusses Larry David’s portrayal of Senator Bernie Sanders on SNL and tells Melber he “grew up in Trump village in Brooklyn” and remembers Donald Trump as “a 14 year old kid, wandering around, still in the suit with the weird hair”.
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