President s speech, the g. O. P. Response by alabama senator katy britt, and viewer reaction. Thatll be on cspan. On our free cspan now video app. And online at cspan. Org. On the eve of the state of the Union Address, House Speaker mike johnson described things as in decline because of the Biden Administration. Hes joined by other republican colleagues at this nearly 30minute news conference. Thank you for coming this morning. The mesh people have spoken. They made clear what we have known for months. President donald j. Trump is our republican nominee and will be the 47th president of the united states. His America First agenda secured our borders made America Energy independent and always puts the needs of the American People first. That is not the state of the union we will hear from joe biden this week. Because the American People deeply understand that under joe bidens failed presidency, the state of the union is in crisis. This is a crisis of joe bidens making. As Ronald Reagan
takes control. and as brazil endorses a maga style rioter of their own, it s just coming for donald trump in fulton county. if you are donald trump right now, you have to be really concerned about what s going to happen in georgia. tonight, what the end of a criminal investigation in georgia means for the disgraced ex president? then, the secret document organizing the maga takeover of the house, with congressman jim mcgovern. plus, former congresswoman elaine luria, on the republican plans to investigate the january 6th committee. and yet another bizarre turn in that saga of congressman george santos. a little personal space [inaudible] congressman, you seem to be dodging questions. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. at this hour, the 118th house of representatives is holding its first votes under the newly elected speaker kevin mccarthy. in fact, they just passed the rules package, that is the governing rules for
election by crime and bill: polls are open in 40 states. voters wasting no time making their voices heard. states in three of the country s high stakes races, pennsylvania, georgia and florida in the south. dana: the president has remained bullish on democrat chances. last night there appeared to be a crack in that facade. watch here. president biden: i m optimistic. i m always optimistic. will democrats win the house? president biden: i think it will be tough and i think we ll win the senate. the house is tougher. bill: kellyanne conway, brit hume, shannon bream, martha maccallum and mike rowe with analysis coming up shortly. dana: look at this here. we have karl rove, lucas tomlinson and kelly o grady. let s get to pennsylvania right away. more than a million people have already voted. bryan llenas is outside of philadelphia. all eyes on pennsylvania tonight. no doubt about it. happy election day. good morning. dr. mehmet oz voted just after 8:00 a.m. in h
101 people across florida across 11 different counties. ian s wrath is also blamed for at least four deaths in north carolina. right now, search and rescue operations remain under way. 2,000 rescues have been carried out across florida. the red cross housed 2900 people in their shelters sunday night. the state has 2.3 million meals and 83,000 have applied for assistance. this morning, fort myers beach remains closed. crews are searching for survivors, working around the clock. 400,000 people there remain without electricity. and an official warns it may be weeks or months for some to get it back on. well, tomorrow, president biden fresh off the tour of hurricane-ravaged puerto rico is set to visit florida. let s begin in florida with anchor and fellow correspondent boris sanchez. boris, good morning. thank you for being with us. that is a really significant jump in the death toll from when we spoke to you yesterday morning. at the same time, officials haven t given up hope
hopes on former president obama. bill: he was stumping wasn t he? georgia, michigan, wisconsin. a desperate attempt to drum up enthusiasm. democrats bracing for what could be a bad night. watch. i understand why you might sometimes just want to tune out. just watch football. but i m here to tell you that tuning out, milwaukee, is not an option. you have a choice between folks who will say anything and do anything to get power, and leaders who share our values. dana: underscoring democrats concerns the fact that new york is now seen as a battleground state. lee zeldin has a real chance to become the state s first republican governor in two decades bringing in heavy weight surrogates to help him over the finish line. the other thing he will do and what new york really needs to do, you need to stop codling criminals. stop turning them loose on the street. if you do crime, you must do the time. we want a government that isn t passing pro-criminal laws. we want district