MSNBC’s Jason Johnson hosts “The Beat” on Thursday, August 31, and reports on Donald Trump, hate crimes, Ron DeSantis and Clarence Thomas. Kristy Greenberg, Kurt Bardella, Elie Mystal, Meagan Burrows, Senator Shevrin Jones and Daryle Jenkins join.
Yesterday
Trump Again Muses About Being a "Dictator"
August 22, 2025; 6pm: President Trump has been using this time when Congress is out and many people tune out of politics to seize powers at the limit of the president's authority, continuing to deploy federal troops in the streets, and now claiming he can unilaterally fire a memb ... Show More
41m 36s
Aug 21
Dems Strike Back In California
August 21, 2025; 6pm: Democrats are punching back against what they call a Trump-fueled "power grab" to undermine American Democracy, as many experts warn that Trump, who has already tried to over-throw an election, is trying to game the system. Plus, MSNBC's Ari Melber reports o ... Show More
41m 24s
Aug 2023
Georgia indictment fallout, Trump fact check, Morgan Freeman interview
The Georgia indictment fallout continues as Trump ally Mark Meadows tries to move his prosecution to a federal court, Rudy Giuliani is charged under the ‘RICO law’ he pioneered, and Trump pushes his election fraud lies. CNN’s Daniel Dale joins to fact check Trump’s attacks and cl ... Show More
41m 43s
Dec 2023
Trump and January 6th
Ali Velshi is joined by Olivia Troye, Fmr. Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Mike Pence, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Ronen Bergman, Staff Writer at The New York Times Magazine, Charles Blow, Writer & Executive Producer of ‘South to Black P ... Show More
1h 25m