younger people have a question, theover reach of government. they see overpolicing of black community. sandra bland, michael brown, walter scott, and they see policing of their community, overpolicing of their community not recognizing the dignity of african-americans, and they see the death penalty as the cap stone of a criminal justice system that continually disrespects the dignity of the black community. to preserve that penalty and the trial of dylann roof may have that impact to preserve the penalty. if it is preserved, it s going to be inflicted much more grievously on the black community. henderson hill, thank you for your time. thank you. that will do it for this hour of msnbc live coverage.
. welcome back to msnbc live coverage. just over 40 minutes until president obama delivers his final state of the union. joining us here in our studio in new york are to my left, all in which chris hayes. joy reed and republican strategist steve schmidt. a senior adviser to the john mccain campaign. not speaking for senior mccain, but for yourself, this looks like an opportunity for the president s hawkish critics to say, we told you so, you will have troubles with iran. as we sit here tonight, let s remember there is an imprisoned reporter on trumped up espionage charges for over a year. the policy administration should release him 96 to the ten captured u.s. sailors. secondly, two weeks to ago the iranians fired a missile off of a ship within 1,500 yards of an american aircraft carrier in international waters. a serious provocation.
are breaking when you hear families like that. today there are two church services being held to not only pray for the victims but to pray for those families. alex? that was heartbreaking to hear. thank you so much. before we move on, we remind you the president will be speaking to the nation from the oval office. it s slated for 8:00 eastern. msnbc live coverage begins at 7:00 eastern with chris matthews. in a minute, the fire power unric unleashed in san bernardino. potentially learn how to use this gun? potentially learn how to use this gun in two minutes. it s easy? that easy. luckily, there s a better way. with the capital one venture card. with venture, you ll earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, every day. and when you re ready to travel, just book the flight you want, on any airline, then use your miles to cover the cost. now you re getting somewhere.
whether it s in a debate or on anybody s radio show, he will be able to appeal to conservatives that will see that not only as the number one most resident issue to all voters, but something that could make him electable in a general election and not just in a republican primary. very quickly, and with chris christie, there are some saying he needs to seize the moment now and he may not have another chance to do this, and what do you think about it? i don t buy that he is going to do it until we hear from his mouth that he really is thinking about it. he has not changed his own tune just yet. all right, many thanks, and good to see you all. thank you. appears wrap up of the msnbc live coverage, and stay for the coverage of the news as it happens. this is a view of the washington monument. have a great day, everybody.
you could make that case at times. but i think some of that gets a little shall we say, the acela corridor that we live in between new york and d.c., sometimes it gets a little overstated. chuck todd from the east room, we ll let you file out with the rest of your colleagues. thanks for joining us for the coverage after this. we ll go to ken strickland our deputy bureau chief in washington. ken, let s put you in the chair of the hundred senators you covered for so many years in the u.s. capitol. how do you think presidential remarks about congress, their work habits, their hours, how long they have or have not been in washington, their productivity, how do you think that will go over? i m sure some republicans would like to remind the president he used to be a senator himself. and also used to make those district work trips home. congress is a funny thing. they have to serve two masters, if you will. they need to be in walking