The Beat with Ari Melber, Aug. 18, 2020
Duration: 44 Minutes
Discussed Today:
Dem power broker mulls AOC for president
Pelosi wins big, postmaster general caves in voting by mail scandal
Defiant Trump seeks Putin meeting after report finds
he lied to Mueller about Russia
Discussed Today, In Detail:
Dem power broker mulls AOC for president
As Bill Clinton headlines the second night of the DNC, Clinton’s lead strategist
James Carville joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber to discuss the future of the Democratic
party and what comes next for AOC. Carville arguing “she’ll go very far” within
the Democratic party.
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Pelosi wins big, postmaster general caves in voting by mail scandal
After facing pressure from protesters outside his own home and House Democrats
after Speaker Pelosi called for an emergency session to protect the vote,
Trump’s own postmaster general Louis Dejoy has backed down from implementing
controversial changes to the handling of the mail until after the election,
asserting, “we will deliver the nation’s election mail on time.” MSNBC’s Ari
Melber breaks down this huge win for Pelosi, and what this means for Trump’s
election chances.
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Defiant Trump seeks Putin meeting after report finds
he lied to Mueller about Russia
As Trump seeks a meeting with Vladimir Putin just months before the election,
the Senate Intelligence Committee finally published a sweeping report on what
went down between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. MSNBC’s Chief Legal
Correspondent Ari Melber breaks down the implications of this
Republican-controlled investigation. The new report stating Roger Stone “shared”
WikiLeaks information “directly with Trump” at his “direction” to “maximize the
impact” of those leaks to help Trump’s election.
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