The Beat with Ari Melber

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, September 13 and reports on the GOP escalating its push to roll back women's rights -- just 8 weeks before the midterms, with Senator Lindsey Graham introducing a bill that would ban abortion nationwide. Plus, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates joins Ari for a special interview. Political strategist Chai Komanduri and former Watergate prosecutor N...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Monday, September 12 and reports on a breaking New York Times article on an intensifying January 6th federal probe with the Department of Justice issuing 40 new subpoenas to people close to Trump. The Times also reports on two Trump advisors having their phones seized as evidence. Legal experts Emily Bazelon and Maya Wiley join. To listen to this show and oth...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, September 7 and reports on new details in the Trump document scandal, as The Washington Post reports Trump had nuclear intelligence documents at Mar-A-Lago. Plus, Former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr saying the DOJ is “getting very close” in its technical case to indict Trump. Fmr. SDNY attorney David Kelley and Fmr. FBI official Frank Figliuzzi...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, September 6 and reports on Biden slamming MAGA GOP and Trump as the race to the midterms kicks into high gear. Plus, a special report on how Black activists and artists have confronted government racism, both in their work and their own lives. Chai Komanduri and Mother Jones' David Corn join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads,...

Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Monday, September 5 and reports on a judge granting Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review the documents seized in last month’s Mar-A-Lago search. Fmr. Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal and NYU law professor Melissa Murray join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simpleca...

Katie Phang hosts "The Beat" on Friday, September 2 and reports on a judge unsealing the FBI search inventory of Trump’s Mar-A-Lago. Revelations include that Trump reportedly had 48 empty folders labeled “classified” at his home and that he mixed secret documents with clothes. Former US Attorney Joyce Vance and Former FBI Special Agent Asha Rangappa join. To listen to this show and other MS podcas...

In this exclusive podcast extra, listen to Jay-Z and DJ Khaled respond to Ari Melber’s full “Beat” special report breaking down the failed Nixon-Trump drug war and Jay-Z’s epic new verse on “God Did.” To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our...

Katie Phang hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, September 1 and reports on Trump’s lawyers and the DOJ squaring off over Trump’s “special master” request. Plus, breaking news that the Jan. 6 committee is requesting to interview former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Fmr. US Attorney Barbara McQuade and Fmr. CIA officer David Priess join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts withou...

Katie Phang hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, August 31 and reports on a new DOJ filing that suggests Donald Trump's team may have hidden and moved documents, possible evidence of obstruction. Plus, a new photo circulating that shows for the first time some of the classified documents found at Mar-A-Lago. Danya Perry, Hugo Lowell and House Intel. Cmte. member Rep. Peter Welch join. To listen to this...

President Biden rebuking MAGA lawmakers in a speech just days after accusing them of “semi-fascism.” Biden calling out members of the GOP for claiming to support law enforcement but seemingly only when it’s Black Americans being policed. Plus, a special report on the “war on drugs” in America featuring Jay-Z’s new music which addresses discriminatory drug law enforcement. Chai Komanduri, Nick Aker...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Monday, August 29th and reports on Lindsey Graham threatening riots and unrest if prosecutors indict Donald Trump. Plus Georgia Governor Brian kemp has been ordered to testify in an election probe as the Trump legal team reportedly “scrambles to find an argument” according to the New York Times. DOJ veteran Neal Katyal, law professor Melissa Murray and report...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Friday, August 26th and reports on the newly unsealed, heavily redacted Trump search affidavit. The information reveals more about the unprecedented search of Mar-A-Lago and suspicion over criminal evidence. Former FBI special agent Asha Rangappa, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and authors Mark Liebovich and Jay McInerney join. To listen to this show and other MS podca...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, August 25 and reports on new signs that Democratic voters are galvanized by the abortion fight, with the New York Times reporting now: “Democrats Dare to Dream.” Plus, the DOJ filing its proposed redactions to the Trump affidavit. Political science professor Christina Greer, Fmr. CIA officer David Priess and environmentalist Bill McKibben join. To l...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, August 24 and reports on Republican candidates who are avowed election deniers winning GOP primaries, setting up a clash over the nonpartisan administration of American elections. Plus, Susan Rice joins on President Biden’s new student loan forgiveness plan. Chai Komanduri, Bill Nye “The Science Guy” and Fmr. Fox News political editor Chris Stirewa...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 and reports on dramatic new details from the New York Times revealing that the government found Trump had 300+ classified documents at Mar-A-Lago, and he “went through the boxes himself.” The government saying some of the material included the US’s most closely guarded secrets. Civil rights activist Maya Wiley and retired NYPD detecti...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Monday, August 22, 2022 and reports on Donald Trump’s legal team filing a motion to appoint a special master for an extra layer of review over seized documents from Mar-A-Lago. Plus, how recent Trump controversies, including the DOJ reviewing whether his lawyers illegally lied and Rudy Giuliani being formally “targeted” for charges in Georgia, echo some of th...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Friday, August 19, 2022, and reports on the Trump criminal probe in Georgia where Rudy Giuliani is targeted for indictment and now Lindsey Graham is ordered to testify. Ron DeSantis dealt a legal blow in a free speech case. Plus, a seasoned lawyer who declined an offer to represent Trump, Jon Sale, joins "The Beat." Henry Winkler and Ayman Mohyeldin join for...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, August 18th and reports on a judge ruling to unseal parts of the DOJ roadmap on the unprecedented search of Trump's Mar-A-Lago property. Plus, former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to 15 felonies related to tax fraud charges. Former FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann, Juanita Tolliver, and former Rudy Giuliani campaign pres...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, August 17 and reports on Rudy Giuliani testifying before a grand jury in the GA election probe. Plus, a special report on how attacks on the FBI search of Trump's home reveal a deeper double standard, as MAGA leaders continue resisting lawful probes and subpoenas while lecturing other suspects to “just comply." BBC's Katty Kay, law professor Meliss...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, August 16th, and reports on an historic win for President Biden as he signs the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The bill is signed amid new reporting from the NYT that the FBI grilled two top Trump White House lawyers about what it views as stolen secret documents. Plus, Melber is joined by hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg in the latest installment of "Mave...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Monday, August 15, and reports on Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani reportedly being named a criminal target in the Georgia election probe. Plus, former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann is subpoenaed by the Justice Department. Former acting solicitor General Neal Katyal, WSJ reporter Sadie Gurman and NYU law professor Melissa Murray join. To listen to this s...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Friday, August 12 and reports on the unsealing of the search warrant of Trump's Mar-A-Lago property, the revelations that the FBI found "top secret" documents there, and the legal implications of the three potential felonies cited in the warrant. Fmr. CIA officer David Priess and Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson join. To listen to this show and other...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, August 11 and reports on the Department of Justice moving to make the search warrant for Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago property public. AG Garland, in a rare public briefing, reporting that he personally approved the search. This comes as The New York Times reports that Trump was subpoenaed in the Spring, far ahead of the FBI search. Fmr. Acting Solicit...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, August 3. In a once unthinkable step, a former President pleads the fifth, refusing to answer questions under oath in a New York. The deposition comes after losing a long battle to duck testimony with New York Attorney General Letitia James. Asha Rangappa, a former FBI Special Agent and former RNC Chairman Michael Steele join. To listen to this sho...

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, August 9th, and reports on the unprecedented FBI raid on former President Donald Trump's property, the history of prosecuting government officials for mishandling government secrets and what it may mean for Trump going forward. Former FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann and Former Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen join. To listen to this show and...