i ll stop them. i have a veto pen. try to pass, i ll stop them, and if they send me a ban on the national right to choose, i will stop them. within the past hour, president biden delivering fiery remarks to the dnc, amid fresh new signs of economic recovery in america. also tonight, the trial balloon, the secretary of state postpones his trip to china after a suspected chinese spy balloon is spotted over the u.s. so why not just shoot it down? plus, the fallout from the vote to remove congresswoman ilhan omar from the foreign affairs committee, with one conservative congressman overheard calling it the stupidest vote in the world. good evening, everyone. i m michael steele in for joy reid. and we begin tonight with a track from the jackson 5. now, if you are of a certain age, you surely remember the song never can say good-bye. and if you don t, the lyrics go a little bit like this. i m not going to sing it so just calm down. never can say good-bye. every time i thi
special edition of politicsnation. i m in new york, we will have the reverend al sharpton joining us momentarily from selma, alabama. you are looking at now live at the bridge. we are taking in this feed, straight msnbc at rockefeller center. in a moment, president, biden is you see there, we ll march alongside dignitaries. including reverend al sharpton, who is not too far away from this picture you see here. they will be marking the 58th anniversary of bloody sunday. moments ago, the president laying out the threats as he sees them, threatening a voting rights. it looks like they are just beginning their walk. this fundamental right remains under assault, conservative supreme court has gutted the voting rights act over the years. since the 2020 election, a wave of states and dozens of anti voting laws fueled by the big lie, and the election deniers, now elected to office. and that annual walk, as you see on the left-hand side of the screen, just beginning. it s about 25
for police reform. stephanie ramos in memphis. that dangerous ice storm, winter alerts across 30 states. 50 million americans. that ice storm causing those multiple accidents already. concerns over the power grid tonight. hundreds of flights canceled. and the record-breaking cold right behind it. wind chills well below zero by tomorrow morning, all the way north. mireya villarreal in dallas. ginger zee timing it out. the urgent manhunt tonight. police appealing for the public s help. the suspect accused of brutally beating and kidnapping a woman who is now in critical condition. authorities say he may be using social media and their warning tonight. matt gutman reporting. secretary of state antony blinken in israel tonight, urging calm on all sides after some of the worst violence in years. and the mysterious drone attacks in iran. what we re learning tonight. back here at home, the alex murdaugh trial. the once prominent attorney accused of murdering his own wife and
this is not who we are. oh every patriotic american knows how, president biden painting the upcoming elections as the battle for the soul of the nation. more on that up. ahead leading with the breaking news in tupelo, mississippi, where a man flying a small plane is in custody, following ordeal as he left the skies saturday morning. he threatened to crash the aircraft into a walmart which led to the store becoming evacuated. the plane eventually came down. more with nbc correspondent blaine talk to us, we just heard from the officials a short time ago. whatever we learned about this individual who took this plane and perhaps as motivations here? yes, but we are learning and continuing to learn more by the hour how this unfolded and how it became unbelievably v to a peaceful and with no injuries. more about this individuals. he s 29 years old. he actually worked at that airport, in tupelo. he worked there for about a decade. he was responsible for refusing the aircraft.
revelations. the latest is mike pompeo who could sit for a closed door deposition with the committee as soon as this week. there s another one in the inner circle, mike pompeo. that according to multiple sources why do they want to talk to him of all people? might have something do with the 25th amendment. haven t heard the discussions among cabinet secretaries. from what i understand it was more of a thisthis is what a hearing, i want you to hear it and you should be on the radar, you re technically the boss of all the secretaries and the conversation progressed you should be ready to take action on this. that as a star witness is now cooperating with the justice department. that is cassidy hutchinson working with the feds. and working with a source, we don t know exactly what she is telling them, though, but we know what she told the committee. here it is. the president said something to the effect of i m the f ing president, take me up to the capitol now. and now