Nbc news daily starts right now. Today friday, march 8th, 2024, bringing down the house, President Biden minces no words in his final state of the union before novembers election. You cant love your country only when you win. I will not bow down. It was a fiery speech that could be likened to a campaign rally, the biggest takeaways, and what were hearing from voters j. The u. S. Economy added more jobs nan expected last month but also up slightly, the Unemployment Rate, how it could impact your bottom line. Jailhouse threats, the father of a convicted School Shooter himself on trial facing new restrictions after making threatening statements from behind bars. And life after a layoff, losing a job is really tough financially and emotionally. Were talking about some helpful ways to cope, whether it happens to you, or a loved one. Critical conversation, especially as so Many Industries are facing layoffs right now. Its tough no know what to say. Were going to begin this hour with the race
A machine whos been in and out of a lot of stories here. Bernie carrick facing questions about the efforts to capitalize on the big efforts after election day, including a kind of grift and questions of wire fraud. Jack myth also continues to probe the elector fraud scheme. Giuliani an Unindicted Coconspirator there. There are new subpoenas that came out in the last week as they bear down on that plot. Meanwhil there may be other people who tried to steal your vote who could be held to account. Some of that, as journalists a little behind where the probe could be. Next the trial. Jack smith sparring with trumps attorneys over the evidence rule, the protective order which has to do with whether donald trump would use or abuse certain information. Theres a new filing where smith and his team are seeking a case that would try this case in the media rather than the courtroom. The Special Counsel referencing media over the past weekend. You see there, what they call the full ginsberg, the p
Breaking. Just moments ago, i needed to show my work. Robert here, the man who declined to charge President Biden for his handling of classified documents , prepares to testify on capitol hill this morning. Her will reportedly say the evidence and the president himself put his memory squarely at issue. A glimpse into the future of what a second Donald Trump Administration could look like. The former president vowing to free january sixth rioters if he makes it back to the white house. Absolutely terrifying. New details from passengers aboard that latam flight, a passenger says the pilot told them he temporarily lost control of the plane. Now, investigators looking into the planes black box to see what happened. Im sara sidner with john berman and kate baldwin. This is cnn news central. This is cnn Breaking News. All right. Breaking. Just moments ago, i needed to show my work. Those are the words in the Opening Statement from former Special Counsel robert her in testimony. He will deliv
The most important election of our lifetime. Welcome to a Special Edition of newsnight. Im abby phillip in new york, and im laura coates in Washington Dc. Its a short time ago. Joe biden made official well, the obvious yes and he will be the democratic nominee, come this november. He is celebrating clinching in a new video asking voters, are you ready to win . Well, tonight, biden adding important victories to his win column. Look at all of these states. State of georgia, a one that he won in 2020, put them over the top. Its also a state were done on trump tried to deny democracy. I say were donald trump is on trial for Election Interference. And tonight the president put the november choice and quite the story stark terms. Are we going to stand up and defend our democracy or let others tear it down so who are the others hes talking about . Well, its pretty obvious one person, its donald trump, who sits only a handful of delegates away. Now from locking up the nomination after romping
Were some of the greatest attacks on democracy in u. S. History, yet it can be easy to forget that all the horror, reaction, discussion, and coverage, for all the trials of people that stormed the capitol and the convictions of seditionists there was no coup probe of indictment for years. The man who led the january 6th rally, impeached for inciting an insurrection, that man, two years after those events, the person at the center of it all was not facing a serious coup probe let alone charges. Reporting shows quite the opposite. Not only was he not facing that, but the fbi and doj avoiding investigating trump for optics and review of the evidence. We all know that. That was the status quo for years. So, in our Special Report tonight, lets begin with the very simple question what changed . One thing, and its the kind of change in Law Enforcement that can change everything as so memorably put in 48 hours. Theres a new sheriff in town. And his name is reggie hamlin. A new sheriff came to