Clarence thomas and chaired those hearings. Our coverage of the State Of The Union will continue now with our colleagues. Dont go anywhere. Stay right here. Good evening and welcome to msnbcs State Of The Union coverage. Imtonight President Joe Biden gave a rousing speech just a few feet from where we are now. Noting the country is eyeing a reflection point with democracy under threat at home and abroad. Here is how he opened his speech, invoking fdr in 1941 telling congress that hitler was on the march. President roosevelts purpose is to wake up congress and alert the American People. That this was no ordinary time. Freedom in democracy were under assault in the world. And now its we who face some unprecedented moment in history of the union. Yes, our purpose tonight is to wake up congress and to alert the American People that this is no ordinary moment either. Not since president lincoln and The Civil War Had Freedom Of Democracy and as they are today. What makes our moment rare is t
Seal the deal for the nomination. Any time they file an indictment, we go up in the polls. We need one more indictment to close out this election, one more indictment and this election is closed out. Nobody has even a chance. Bill correspondent in washington is mike emanuel and has more in d. C. Now. Good morning. Good morning. Former President Trump did not stop talking about the latest indictment all weekend. Fake charges put forth by the biden sham. We call it a sham indictment, and the man that is doing it. I really believe hes mentally ill. But this is outrageous and it is an outrageous criminalization of political speech. Theyre trying to make it illegal to question the results of an election. His former Vice President mike pence said he would testify against mr. Trump if asked. Pence insists he honor his Oath Of Office Including On January 6th while jabbing at his former boss. Anyone who puts themselves over the constitution should never be president of the United States. I mean
She had not appointed that January 6th Committee. So true. This begins with that very difficult and somewhat controversial decision to move forward without the candidates that Kevin Mccarthy wanted on that committee, and the work that they did laid the foundation of where we are today. Im really eager to hear how she did it and how she made it work so well. Gonna be a great show. Thanks, alex. Well, yesterday, as i began reading the newest indictment of donald trump, i wondered if this indictment would exist without nancy pelosi. The roadmap for the conspiracies described in this indictment was provided to the Justice Department by nancy pelosi through the work of the January 6th Committee that she created. On the darkest day in the history of american president ial transitions of power, january 6th, 2021, america was lucky. That nancy pelosi was Speaker Of The House. As trumps attackers of the capitol were trying to find her, she was rushed from the building, along with other democrat
Oh mess every day in every state across the country our political system is bankrolled by an army of fundraisers pulling in millions of dollars a race sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phonebook, and emails, so many emails. But for all those little fish drawing 100 to their local race, its the whales, those Campaign Fundraisers really need powerful and rich individuals and companies. And when they donate 20 5,000, 1 million, they want a favor or ten it should be obvious that thats corrupt, but with a wink and nod, political deals to the bribery line every single day. And we may never have noticed that certain illinois the governor hadnt flung back the curtain within unrepentant ego, a political corruption, crime spree in a set of unprecedented Audio Recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power. Ladies and gentlemen meet Rod Blagojevichs it was Early Morning because i used to get up every mor
Importantly, tonight we have Speaker Nancy Pelosi joining us, and im not sure where this story would be if she had not appointed that january Six Committee. So true. This begins with that very difficult and somewhat controversial decision to move forward without the candidates that Kevin Mccarthy wanted on that committee, and the work that they did, maybe the foundation of where we are today. Im really eager to hear how she did it and how she made it work so well. Gonna be a great show. Thanks, alex. Well, yesterday, as i began reading the newest indictment of donald trump, i wondered if this indictment would exist without nancy pelosi. The roadmap for the conspiracies described in this indictment was provided to the Justice Department by nancy pelosi through the work of the january Six Committee that she created. On the darkest day of the history of american president ial transitions of power, january six, 2021, america was lucky. But nancy pelosi was Speaker Of The House. As long tru