You uphold the universe by the words of your power. Today, walk with our senators as they work. Help them to remember that there is no purity without vigilance, no learning without study, and no mastery without discipline. Give them the wisdom to be willing to pay the price to honor you. Provide them with joy in service and devotion in discipleship. Infuse them with a spirit of power, love, and selfcontrol. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute in morning business. An oped i penned recently mentioned countries that still has laws on the books and it touched the nerve in bangladesh. I certainly didnt mean to imply that it was the worst off
I would say theres nothing that focuses the mind on the issue of Health Care Like the prospect of a pandemic, and that is what were facing now with the coronavirus. Americans should not panic and they shouldnt be pessimistic but we need to be realistic as the numbers start to increase over the world. And we take note of our vulnerabilities here in the United States of america. Were also, i hope, reflecting on what were counting on toest go us through this pandemic in a posse comitatussive fashion in america. The first thing is we look to two Major Health Care organizations of the federal government the National Institutes of health, which is the premier Health Research agency in the world, and the center for disease control, which again leads the world when this comes to preventing the spread of disease and threats to the Public Health of america. The question we should ask ourselves is how have we treated these agencies to date. The answers are mixed. The answer when it comes to Natio
And civil. No outbursts. And no doubt there is tension high inside that chamber. Im joined tonight by the best Political Team in the business. Lets start off with face the nation moderator margaret brennan. We are told the president has just arrived on t the hill. President biden is about to do something he doesnt often do is to explain to the publics vision for the country. We are seeing in our own cbs polling is frustration with that and the majority of those polled by cbs believe he has less of a vision for the country then donald trump does. To the 81yearold president tonight needs to stand there and show that he has the excitement and ability to go through an agenda that he will say is really being blocked by donald trump, encouraging the g. O. P. To stop him from surging resources to the border, to stop him from getting weapons to fight Vladimir Putin in ukraine. Hes going to try to take a victory lap here on the economy, pointing to things like strong job growth. But he will bla
Bret alive look at the u. S. Capitol a beautiful evening in washington as we are Just Moments Away from President Biden and tonights state of the Union Address, good evening from washington i am bret baier. Martha i am Martha Maccallum in moments we will be on the house floor from the familiar call of the sergeant at arms will make his way down the aisle greeted by lawmakers along the way. Bret you can see mitt romney talking to joe mansion it seems like they are pretty engaged in some conversation that can happen on the sidelines as you have a lot of lawmakers waiting a long time in the chamber, a lot of folks expressing themselves, different ways, republican some of them wearing buttons about the border, others dressed in white on the democratic side in solidarity, we set the stage now with White House Correspondent with a preview of the president s speech good evening. Good evening officials at the white house think that most people who will watch it tonight have not been very polit
Divided congress outlining the challenges facing americans at home and abroad the war in ukraine now at a critical crossroads while fears remain of a wider war spreading in the middle east. Here at home despite an improving economy, americans under pressure with the cost of living and still stubbornly high. Plus, growing tensions over some key issues including immigration and abortion rights. With eight months until the general election and his Approval Rating under water, can the president make the case that the state of the union is strong . Announcer from nbc news, President Bidens state of the union, live from washington here are lester holt and Savannah Guthrie good evening and welcome, everyone, to our nbc News Coverage of President Bidens state of the Union Address. Tonight is a pivotal night for the president as he prepares to deliver what could be the most important speech of his presidency. We are still eight months out from the general election, but with that rematch now set