A. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. All eyes On Washington as President Biden delivers a state of the Union Address before congress. The president expected to highlight his efforts to strengthen the economy for the middle class and protect democracy and freedom. The address comes at a critical moment in the race for the white house as biden makes his case to voters that he is up for serving another four years. His Chief Of Staff telling politico, quote, there is no one better at handling highstakes than President Biden. The speech coming one day after bidens predecessor solidified his position as the nominee. Trump already shifting his focus to the general election, challenging biden to a debate any time, any where, any place. Joining us now from washington, ally rafah and yuli circuit. What should we expect from the president s address tonight . Yeah, jose. Good morning. The white house says President Biden is putting finishing touches on this speech that could end up being one of the
were so gallantly streaming. and the rockets reed glare red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave pete: good morning. that was our nation s anthem as is the tradition here on fox & friends weekend. thanks for sending in presumably maybe some fourth of july photos with the kiddos there. and. a lot of beautiful babies. pete: speaking of beautiful babies, will cain, carley shimkus in today for rachel campos duffy. carley: love to see the kids in the red, white and blue, nothing like it. i hope that you are still feeling the fourth of july spirit into the fourth of july weekend. this is the fourth of july weekend, isn t it? will: i think a lot of people took the entire week off, made it a 10-day carley: isn t that a beautiful way to do that? will: i don t know, tell me about it. pete: it was great. [laught
keeps our democracy in place. and thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. in february of 2021 joe biden had been president for less than a month. the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense and let s understand a high crime is a felony and a misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. the words haven t changed that much over time. after he s out of office you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in
one-year mark. cnn is on the ground in kyiv and moscow. the bodies said to be piling up. also tonight, five former memphis police officers plead not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges in the fatal beating of tieyre nichols. his mother at the hearing and said they could not look her in the eye. i ll speak to ben crump this hour. rick scott backing down from a controversial plan dropping social security and medicare provisions after bipartisan backlash including president biden s direct attack during the state of the union address. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is on assignment today. i m pamela brown and you re the situation room . and we begin this hour on the front lines in ukraine. a new round of russian shelling adding to the mounting toll of death and destruction after nearly a full year of war. cnn senior national security correspondent alex march alex marquardt is there. reporter: it is a critical
coverage. i m kate firing live from msnbc headquarters live in new york. this morning, memphis in the rest the country is trying to come to grips with the newly released video of police officers beating, kicking, tasing, pepper spraying tyre nichols, it s 49 year old unarmed black man. it was a beating that ultimately resulted in tyre nichols death, and murder charges for the five now former police officers. to begin this hour, i m going to hear from his mother about what kind of son he was. my son, i know everybody says, mother say that they had a good son, everybody son is good, but my son actually was a good boy. he had my name tattooed on his arm. that made me proud. most kids don t put they mom s name. but he did. my son was a beautiful soul. and he touched everyone. that is just so getting to hear from her. and now we are going to play a part of the video that was released last night. but i want to warn you, it is graphic, it is violent, and it s unbelievably dist