together the last congress. there is no reason why we can t find consensus on this congress as well. good morning, everyone. who said washington, d.c., is boring? i ve been trying to tell everybody. i mean, the real what would you call it, the real congress? the real lawmakers of washington, d.c. a lot livelier. where is andy cohen? i m sure somewhere watching and taking notes saying i need to start this. hey, we re here live in washington with our coverage of the state of the union. post analysis. president biden heckled and boo d during a speech he gave last night. still, insisting he can reach acro across the aisle to get things done. we re going to talk to the white house in just a few minutes. also, a moment that stood out last night, mitt romney calling out george santos and his lies on the house floor in the chamber after president biden s speech telling santos, quote, you don t belong here. i told you it was dramatic. and manhattan s district attor
nichols death continues. yesterday the city attorney says that they expect to discipline seven more officers in the death of nichols. all right. thank you, nick. by the way, the parents of tyre nichols joined the first lady jill biden as a guest at the state of the union last night. nichols died after being it beaten by memphis police officers while he was handcuffed. so joining us now to discuss all of these issues, senator cory booker, serves on the judiciary and foreign relations committees and has been working on police reform legislation for years now. by the way, the parents are going to join us in a little bit. happy to be here. i am a little upset. i thought you would have had me earlier on the show. you waited for kicked me way back. not for lack of invitation. we are happy you are here. thank you. you are outspoken on these issues. i know they are very important to you because we have discussed them and you have discussed
we have a quick snapshot for you of how president biden s state of the union address landed with people who watched. here it is. a cnn poll shows 72% of viewers had a positive reaction to president biden s speech. just over a third of them reacted very positively. that number is a bit down from last year. viewers found that you can see there on the screen what they thought was positive about it. president biden s speech was particularly effective with political independents. just 40% of independent voters felt like president biden s policies would move the nation in the right direction. that number jumped to 66% by the end of the night. and so it is interesting to see how people are reacting to the president s speech and also reacting to in particular to his accomplishments. he is up against headwinds with the republican party obstructing everything. he is able to get things done
that should have never happened. we must all speak out. reporter: and the parents of tyre nichols, a man whose death of it a violent beating by police officers prompted outrage and grief across the country. let s commit ourselves to make the words of tyre s mom true, something good must come from this. all of us in this chamber, we need to rise to this moment. we can t turn away. and those moments where republicans heckled the president, they feel like they couldn t have choreographed this better. this is the contrast they wanted to draw between republicans and the president. and later today, we re going to see him hit the road to sell this message and what we see in the coming days will pave the way for what we expect to be a re-election announcement coming in the next few weeks. kaitlan? he ll be taking that message to wisconsin today. m.j. lee, thank you. and we said we gave you the white house with m.j. lee and others.