Today. Sandra. Sandra thank you, edward. Dana fox news alert. Dramatic series of air attacks targeting American Military and civilian cargo ship In The Red Sea and gulf of aden. Forces shooting down 28 deadly attack drones launching by houthi militants in yemen. One of the largest assaults threatening maritime navigation since the start of the war between hamas and israel. Bill is off. Sandra, great to be with you. Sandra thanks for having me im sandra smith. Backing israels right to defend itself against hamas trying to appease the deeply divided wings of his own party. Growing opposition to israels Military Operations in gaza. Biden contradicting himself and backtracking after calling a Military Incursion into rafah a red line. Netanyahu responded earlier today. There is no red line i will cut off all weapons so they dont have the iron dome to protect them or they dont have there are red lines if he crosses and cannot have 30,000 more palestinians dead as a consequence of going after
Im jose diazbalart and we begin with Breaking News out of georgia. Just in the last hour, Fulton County judge scott mcafee dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and some of his codefendants in the States Election interference case. The judge said six these counts in the indictments lack sufficient detail. Joining us now, msnbc legal contributor and host of the katie phang show, katie phang, also catherine christian, an msnbc legal analyst, and greg blew steen, political reporter at the Atlantic Journal Constitution and an msnbc contributor. Katie, what exactly did the judge stay, which charges were they, and how significant are they . So, jose, this is not the ruling on the motion to disqualify the District Attorney fani willis. Were going to start with that kind of ground work. But what it does do is it dismisses six of the counts in the indictment that was secured by fani willis from a grand jury. And thats another important point because this was not an
Sexy manatee and music back. Really big deal. Thanks, dana. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, President Biden is three hours away from what critics and supporters are calling one of the most important speeches of his political career. The incumbent president trying to fend off his predecessor and potential successor must prove to the American People he is not too old, too infirm or too out of touch on policies important to americans to justify a second term. He must also lay out a vision for a second term that his Campaign Hopes can prompt a reversal of his recent dismal poll numbers. The state of the Union Address can be seen right here live at 9 00 p. M. Eastern time. Were just now getting a sneak peek at a few elements of the president s speech. White house correspondent peter doocy starts us off with that live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter bret, this is going to be President Bidens balancing act tonight. Pitch a unity agenda tha
Headquarters in new york city. The grand shakeup. A stunning move in the Georgia Elections case against donald trump. But its not about whether d. A. Fani willis stays or goes. The judge dismissing six counts in the sweeping racketeering indictment including three against the former president. What led to the decision . And what it means for trump and his codefendants. Plus The Last Time America pitted the same pair of president ial nominees against each other two elections in a row, gas was a quarter, a burger was less, and donald trump and joe biden were just kids. Now americans have the rematch most say they never wanted but voted for anyway. And it ramps up the veepstakes for trump. What the price of admission could be. And one storm washes away more than half a Million Dollars worth of investment. What an Oceanfront Community is now asking for after watching its brand new protective sand dune disintegrate. A lot to get to, but we start with that Breaking News out of georgia. Judge
Confronting donald trump on issue after issue without ever naming the former president. And starting with an impassioned plea to help ukraine defend its country against Vladimir Putin. Bowing down to a russian leader, i think it is outrageous, dangerous and unacceptable. Taking to task donald trump and far right republicans for whitewashing january 6. My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about january 6. I will not do that. Here is the simple truth. You cant love your country only when you win. Calling out House Republicans telling them to stop Playing Politics on the border and pass the bipartisan bill. We have the simple choice. We can fight about fixing the border or we can fix it. Im ready to fix it. Send me the border bill now. And he delivered a forceful defense of womens Reproductive Freedom, critical Campaign Issue for democrats. Those bragging about overturning roe v. Wade have no clue about the power of women. But they found out when Reproductive Freedom