The Beat with Ari Melber, Oct. 15, 2018, 720p
Duration: 44 Minutes

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Watch Ralph Nader’s zany appearance with two rap DJs
Political activist Ralph Nader joins Radio legends Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia for a special “fallback” edition. Nader puts “The New York Times” on blast for printing “more war criminals” than “major peace advocates” in their op-ed section and Armstrong slams incoming Goldman Sachs CEO, David Solomon, for his attempts at EDM DJ-ing.

Liberal shock: Ralph Nader touts Bloomberg 2020
Political activist and Green Party Presidential candidate, Ralph Nader, who is known for being tough on Democrats tells Ari Melber it would be good for Mike Bloomberg to run against Trump as a Democrat in 2020, saying “Wall Street is his weakness” but that “he could shake up the Democratic Party”. Nader also slams Democratic National Committee...

Presidential historian: Trump doesn't learn from the past
Renowned Presidential historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, joins Ari Melber to discuss the key strengths of past Presidents and how their leadership differs from President Trump. Goodwin notes that Trump sees the ability to admit being wrong as “a weakness when it’s absolutely a strength”.

'Am I a baby?’: Ari Melber and Katy Tur on Trump’s deepest wound
President Trump declared that he’s “not a baby” twice in a new interview. Ari Melber and Katy Tur examine the several occasions in which Trump has used the term “baby” as an insult and why it seems to “resonate” particularly with him. Katy Tur notes that Trump has a “revulsion to looking weak”.