And one of the things i try to get across whenever i am talking about washington, is that washington is a bit of an enigma to a modern audience. Why . Because we dont really know who he was, how he was, how he looked. I mean, when i show you these images here, these images are of three of our noteworthy president s. Every 10 years or so, about 700 political scientists and historians across the country, they rank our president s. Now who knows how our current president is going to rank, but nonetheless, whenever those rankings come out, generally these three guys here rank at the top. Sometimes it will be lincoln. Sometimes it will be washington. Sometimes it will be fdr, but the interesting thing about this is we do not know what george really looked like. We have images of lincoln. Photographed images. And you can follow those photographs over time and see how he changed, how he aged. Of course we have images of fdr. We even have images of him in his wheelchair. Generally the press di
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Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. Madam speaker mr. Speaker. The president. The president. The president. Of the United States. By special invitation of the speaker of the house. Tonight, President Biden delivers the state of the Union Address. We are just getting started. A divided audience in the room. And the nation. The president makes his case for an american comeback. Lets finish the job this time. The economic success story. And its partisan combat over the southern border. U. S. Support for wars abroad, an assault on the fundamental rights of women, and the preservation of democracy itself. Democracy must not be a partisan issue. Tonight, Rachel Maddow, rachel wallace, it jen psaki all here for msnbcs special coverage of the state of the Union Address. Good evening. And thank you for joining us. For the State Of The Union. For democracy, this is the School Band Recital and the Scout Jamboree and the black friday sale and the Christmas Pageant and the new years eve ball drop and my girl
Actually pushed back and yell back at the president. And what could be a very tense speech at the same time, democrats view this speech is very high stakes. They see the poll numbers, they see people concerned about the president s age and fitness for office. And some hope that his speech tonight will reassure those skeptical voters are you worried that the age issue though, is significant liability for him theres nothing joe biden can do to change the numbers after his name . What he can do is be a sharp, funny, aggressive, real presence, authentic, and peoples minds. I dont know if an old white guy can come out and say hes not an old white guy, right . You are who you are. Well, if hes a liar, he should be called out. Well see how he how he talks tonight. And then ill decide then of course, Marjorie Taylor greene was one of those republicans who did you yell loud ad joe biden last week calling it last year, calling him a liar on the house for making very clear there that she is not a
Grandnephew of George Washington through his brother. Writing at uc berkeley covering the rugby team. On parmalict reporting and cambodia. He has interviewed many important leaders. Also to publications for you know, the Atlantic Monthly and the new york times. He is the author of two other books. My brother my enemy. Escape. s greatest he has received three Pulitzer Prize nominations for his articles. Most importantly among all of this he has been one of the Research Fellows at the mount vernon Research Fellows. He is somebody who puts us off to go cover a war. That is unusual but we are very accommodating. Welcome him in suggesting presenting his newest book read writing with riding with george. Lets give a warm welcome to him. [applause] phillip thank you very much. It is obvious a incredible honor to speak here at the home of George Washington. Is the best home in america. Thank not only Stephen Mcleod who runs the program and the chief curator. Mary thompson who is a chief histori