reporter: yeah, they re preparing and they know full well that there will be tens of millions of people watching this speech, and they too will be under the microscope because for the first time kevin mccarthy will be sitting behind the president, a divided congress, a republican-led house, and mccarthy behind the scenes counseling his members that this will be something that people could hear you speak. if you are overheard talking or saying something, the microphones could pick up those conversations, so be careful about those conversations. he told his members, and he said also be careful about what you are watching on your phone. photographers will be zooming in on members of congress who are sitting on the house floor. all of which is very clear. kevin mccarthy understands the optics here, and he wants to show the republicans as the reasonable opposition party, not a caricature like he believes the white house will try to portray them as. there are times hopefully we can agree
you saw i m sure you saw this new washington post/abc news poll and it shows a majority of americans, 62% don t believe president biden is achieving much in office so far. how does he combat that. he kcombats that by telling and saying what we ve done. i ve been in congress for 25 years an the last two years of the 117th congress, we ve accomplished more than ever. when you think about the bills that the bills that we passed. why isn t that message coming through. because we re coming from the greatest pandemic that the world has ever seen and people for a long time were all locked up and afraid whether or not we were going to die. and year coming out of that. and sometimes when you are living something, you don t feel it. i remember charlie rankle he was marching in the civil rights movement and cussing all the way not realizing that he was living history in the may hhistoric mo
i expect him to welcome the new speaker of the house. by the way, george w. bush welcomed nancy pelosi and made a point of the fact that she was the first woman speaker. i expect him also to talk about the ways that the parties can work together, but there s one big difference that gives president biden an advantage over president obama. what s that? he can point to the fact that unity has already brought results, that the 117th congress saw republicans and democrats voting for a number of measures. you know, in our system, even if the democrats control the senate, they still need the republicans to avoid a filibuster. so he can say, you know, people, when we work together, this is what we achieve, and he can go down and list all the achievements of the 117th congress. he s not only going to talk about unity, but he s going to show that unity works and is effective. and tim talks about unity. there are a few things that divided the country sadly more
being investigated by the eastern district court of new york, who is being investigated by the nassau county d.a. and the queen s county d.a. and the state attorney general. so he s a guy that needs to leave congress and we need to have another special election there. we ll see what happens. congressman meeks, good luck to you in the new congress. thank you for joining me. thanks for having me. and congressman greg or my weeks. extra security measures there place up here for the state of the union address and what has the attention of the capitol police as they monitor potential threats. . we have a full report with information when we come back. sr to deliver more great tasting options with less sugar or n no sugar at all. in fact, today, nearly 60% of beverages sold contain zero sugar. different sizes? check. clear calorie labels? just check. with so many options, it s easier than ever to find the balance
but i think that everybody wants safety and after you ve seen with your own eyes kindch brutal death that mr. nichols suffered, i think any american would want to make sure that those individuals that commit such an act are held accountable. before i go, your thoughts on george santos, his district is not too far away from queens, but some of his district spills over from long island into queens, is that right? that is correct. and you want him out. i m the care of the democratic party and i believe that he got elected because he s a fraud. and every day is an embarrassment to all of the members of congress. but it should be a particularly embarrassment for the republican party. and so i think that speaker mccarthy should he didn t step down or prevent him from having committees. he s stepped down on his own al allegedly. but he s an embarrassment.