The Beat with Ari Melber, Feb. 13, 2020
Duration: 44 Minutes
Discussed Today:
Dem Party Chair changes 2020 rules 'midstream' after saying
'we can't change the rules midstream'
Besieged AG Barr knocks Trump but still backs plot to help convicted Trump aide
Chris Matthews condemns half-truths in the Trump era,
Blondie’s Debbie Harry defines ‘cool’
'Not fit for office':
George H. W. Bush lawyer and Barr colleague slams Barr for 'undermining' DOJ
Candidate Trump on 9/11, Iraq War, Justice Scalia’s death and potential SCOTUS picks
Discussed Today, In Detail:
Dem Party Chair changes 2020 rules 'midstream' after saying
'we can't change the rules midstream'
This year’s candidate debates could shape who Democrats pick as a nominee to run
against Donald Trump, and now the party is changing some of the rules for who
can be in the debates in the middle of the process, drawing criticism from
candidates including Sen. Bernie Sanders and Tom Steyer. In this Special Report,
MSNBC’s Ari Melber charts the role of debates, the controversial new DNC rule
change, the impact on candidates including Mike Bloomberg, and how the DNC’s
shift conflicts with statements the party chair Tom Perez made as recently as
January, when he said, “we made the rules, they were very transparent, they're
very inclusive, and we can't change the rules midstream.”
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Besieged AG Barr knocks Trump but still backs plot to help convicted Trump aide
In a rare rebuke, Attorney General Bill Barr admits Trump makes his job harder
by tweeting, but still stands by helping convicted Trump aide, Roger Stone.
MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on why Barr is trying to quell the bipartisan
firestorm over stepping in to “take charge” of the Stone case by reducing his
sentence and why Barr is essentially saying he backs the plan but just don’t
admit it on Twitter.
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Chris Matthews condemns half-truths in the Trump era,
Blondie’s Debbie Harry defines ‘cool’
MSNBC’S The Beat welcomes two legends, “Hardball” host Chris Matthews and Rock &
Roll Hall-of-Famer Debbie Harry of “Blondie,” for a special edition of Fallback.
Matthews calls out politicians’ use and abuse of “half-truths,” including how
the effort to establish common facts broke down during Pres. Trump’s Senate
trial, while Harry discusses lessons from her trailblazing career and what
defines “cool.”
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'Not fit for office':
George H. W. Bush lawyer and Barr colleague slams Barr for 'undermining' DOJ
Former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer joins MNSBC Chief Legal Correspondent
Ari Melber to discuss AG Bill Barr’s intervention in DOJ cases to protect
convicted Trump aide Roger Stone. Ayer, who also preceded Barr as deputy
attorney general under President George H. Bush, argues Barr’s “pattern of
conduct that he’s engaged in since he came in” as Attorney General involves
“intervening out of usual course to protect Donald Trump.” Ayer adds Barr is not
“fit for the office” as his “campaign” as AG works to “undermine the Department
of Justice.”
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Candidate Trump on 9/11, Iraq War, Justice Scalia’s death and potential SCOTUS picks
AIRED FEB. 13, 2016: In this appearance after an RNC presidential primary debate
in South Carolina, candidate Donald Trump discusses why he thinks the Iraq war
was a mistake, and why George W. Bush failed to keep America safe because “the
World Trade Center came down during” his tenure. The debate occurred on the same
day Supreme Court Justice Scalia died, and featured discussion of his potential
replacements. MSNBC reporter Hallie Jackson also asks Trump about his debate
reference to Judge Diane Sykes, and relays a question from MSNBC Chief Legal
Correspondent Ari Melber, about what specifically Trump supports about the
record of Sykes and Judge William Pryor. In response, Trump refers to Melber as
a “deep thinker” and cites the judges’ “very conservative” records, “great
intellect” and “respected” reputations.
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