toward a civil war. president biden, meanwhile, is expected to address the threat of political violence head on as he hits the road today. the white house says the president will call out the far right for its dangerous rhetoric and challenge the republican claim that it is the party of law and order. we re also following major developments out of ukraine, where officials in kyiv say russian forces are in retreat as ukraine launches a counteroffensive in the south. president zelenskyy says, quote, we will chase them to the border. major news out of ukraine. we ll get to that in a moment. boy, it really is something. and you look at the poll numbers. first of all, fascinating it is joe biden s poll numbers that go up, willie, as democrats seem to be doing far better in the midterm elections than expected. the same group of people, donald trump, lindsey graham, those type of people, who challenged the 2020 election, or with lindsey, went back and forth, back and forth, th
they are reporting that the white house aides are closely looking out for biden, with some staffers pointing out his verbal and physical stumbles that have become an uncomfortable issue. the times writing this: he often shuffles when he walks, and aids where he will trip on a wire. he he stumbles over words at events and they hold their breath to see if he makes it to the end without a gaffe. i think america holds a breath, too. his speeches can be flat and listless and he sometimes loses his train of thought, has trouble submitting names or appears momentarily confused. more than once he has promoted vice president kamala harris, calling her president harris. god help us. adding insult to injury, more than 60% of democrats do not want biden as a nominee in 2024. what is so troubling to me, brian, if you be the start of this piece, the questions about his age and acuity are actually affecting his official plans as president. he starts by saying, when he goes to the midd
kids in one major city get off the school bus to find homeless folks and drug addicts everywhere. president biden heading to saudi arabia this week to beg for oil, and he s trying to defend the trip in an op-ed written by him or his team. the president is trying to paint saudi arabia as an important, quote, strategic partner, even though a couple of years ago he calls the kingdom a pariah after the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. we were going to in fact make them pay the price and make them in fact the pariah that they are. in the op-ed, biden writes from the start, my aim was to reorient, but not rupture relations with a country that s been a strategic partner for 80 years. today saudi arabia has helped to restore unity among the six countries of gulf cooperation council and is now working with my experts to help stabilize markets with other opec producers. i know there are many who disagree with my decision to travel to saudi arabia. my views human rights are c
donald trump s role in the plot to overturn the 2020 election. including the violent and deadly attack on the capitol by a mob of insurrectionists, and ongoing threat to democracy. they will be the first opportunity for the public to see clips from the star witness, pat cipollone, s recorded testimony last week. the former white house counsel was reportedly cooperative. the panel has requested that an added version of alex holder s newly released documentary, unprecedented. so we could see some behind the scenes footage. not included in the final cut. although, it s not clear just how much we will learn from it. what we did learn is that the trump kids had nothing to say about january 6th. you said before you didn t want to talk about january 6th, the capital hearing let s skip the sixth. let s go to nbc s, julia, at the capitol where anticipation is building. she is getting new information about the committee s witness list. julia, we ve heard another big player, steve
that s it. new ball. shots are 2-2. got by him. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and fort. in all white country clubs but a new, young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially an african american context. does still persist in the world about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletes. i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketballs. and the challenge now is to convince young black athletes that the