The Beat with Ari Melber, Nov. 09, 2018
Duration: 44 Minutes

Discussed Today:

Legends George Clinton and Carole King talk politics, staying funky
Legendary musicians George Clinton and Carole King and award-winning journalist Harry Smith join Ari Melber for Fallback Friday on “The Beat”, discussing everything from “staying funky” to music royalties and the Trump era. Carole King describes why she thinks there’s a “malevolence” to the Trump era that makes it worse than the Vietnam era and...

Hypocrisy: Watch Lindsey Graham own himself while pandering to Trump
Senator Lindsey Graham said there would be “holy hell to pay” if Jeff Sessions was fired. Ari Melber breaks down how Graham has reversed so many of his positions on Trump that it has descended into a “hollowing out” of Republican leadership.

Lawrence O'Donnell calls out media for Trump's birther lies
Host of “The Last Word” on MSNBC, Lawrence O’Donnell, joins Ari Melber to discuss how Democrats crushed Donald Trump with a blue wave that won them more House seats than any party has won in 40 years. O’Donnell tells “The Beat” that despite “economic statistics”, voters overwhelmingly chose to reject “the party that used to call itself the...

Ari: How the pundits missed the blue wave in 2018
Democrats crushed Donald Trump with a blue wave that won them more House seats than any party has won in 40 years. Despite this, many D.C. pundits and Trump allies have been downplaying the results. Ari Melber shows how when we listen to the voters, we hear them rejecting Trump and choosing Democrats.

Denials demolished: Trump planned payoffs linked to Cohen crime
The Wall Street Journal has published new details on Trump’s central role in payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, including a personal ask to a tabloid executive. Plus, Trump is downplaying reports that he picked Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker because of his criticism of the Mueller probe, claiming he doesn’t know him.