Fans are getting ready for the big game in spain too. The womens game there has seen an explosion in popularity, with the number of women players in federated leagues increasing by almost 200 from 2009 to 2022. Heres one of them. Translation the way they are showing us they are breaking down barriers time and time again the collective Bargaining Agreement a few years ago, the professionalisation of womens football, all this, and also the way they represent the values of sport for me and i think for all of us is a complete inspiration. Off the field during this competition, there have been serious conversations taking place about womens sport and its place in the world, including pay equality. The total prize pot for the womens world cup is 110 million thats a 300 increase from the 2019 tournament. But by comparison, its significantly lower than the 1140 million pot for the mens tournament in qatar last year. At the beginning of the competition, analysis by cnn found that female players
Welcome to msnbc State Of The Union covers. Tonight, President Joe Biden gave a rousing speech a few feet from where we are now. In the country is that an Inflection Point with democracy at threat at home and abroad. Heres how he opened his speech, invoking fdr in 1941, telling him congress, hitler was on the march. This was no ordinary time. Freedom and democracy, were under assault in the world. Tonight, i come to the same chamber to address the nation. Now it is weak who face in a president at moment. Yes, my present tonight is a wakeup congress and let the American People know this is no ordinary moment either. Not since president lincoln and the civil war, have freedom and democracy, at home as it is safe. What makes it rare, they are under attack at home and overseas. That was just the beginning. President biden drew a sharp contrast for former President Trump from democracy, tax cuts, to reproductive rights. The American People support the right to choose, i promise you i will r
Perhaps you know me as, the kung fu panda. Ah, youre adorable. Huh. Oh, whah welcome back to msnbc state of the Union Special coverage. President biden gave a forceful speech and made clear that democracy is under threat. Not just abroad but right here in the u. S. In front of both chambers of congress, he reminded of the january 6th Capitol Attack in the very room, three years ago. History is watching. Just like history watched three years ago on january 6. Insurrection stormed the capitol , the threat of american democracy. Many of you were here on the darkest of days. We also, they were not patriots. They stopped to overcome the peaceful transfer of power. January 6th lies about the 2020 election and the plots to steal the election posed a threat to the u. S. Democracy since the civil war. They failed. America stood. America stood strong. Democracy prevailed. The Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute of politics and public service. And brendan buck is here but he is the for
This morning, we are beginning to learn the costs of those devastating fires in hawaii. Officials confirmed 80 have lost their lives in the fires that broke out on tuesday. But they warn the death toll will likely rise in the coming days. Crews have not yet searched the inside of most of the buildings and it is still unclear how many people are missing. The search is expected to be long, it is expected to be exhausting, and Officials Say that more than 2200 properties have been destroyed. And fema put the estimated cost of the rebuild from the fire from 5. 5 billion dollars. The video shows just the hor horror as the fires as people tried to escape, theview of the fire from lahaina on wednesday as many jumped into the observe ton try to escape the flames. Take a look at this tiktok video. It appears to show some of the desperate people in the water after they were forced to jump in to try to save themselves from the fire. Cnn has not been able to determine the source, or the video of t
Heart of gratitude and amidst what in haiti, tonight. Thats what they are saying about the release of the woman who was held hostage for nearly two weeks in portauprince. Unclear who was responsible and no comment from the authorities. The organization the woman and her husband worked with says there is still much to promise and much to heal. According to the u. N. , there are more than 1000 kidnappings in haiti in the first half of the year. The news continues. The source with Kaitlan Collins starts now. Tonight, straight from the source the fbi shoots and kills a man in the Early Morning raid after he allegedly made online threats to kill President Biden. His disturbing social media post on and more on how and why this happened. Plus New York City mayor eric adams pleading for help from President Biden as the migrant crisis in its New York City gets worse. Federal officials are in the city tonight, mayor adams is here live. Paradises burning. Hawaii is in flames. Deadly wildfires are