Official who joins me in just a moment says theres no need to hyperventilate. Put down the paper bag says jen psaki. Shes here with us. First, lets get to our reporters with what the president is expected to talk about tonight and how democrats and republicans will react. Joining us now, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, and chief White House Correspondent and political analyst, peter baker. Peter, bring us into the planning from the white houses perspective. What should we expect . I think youre going to hear the president talk about a few things. First of all, hes going to talk about his accomplishments. Hes going to try to remind the country of how things were when they were in the country when he took other the period, in the middle of the covid pandemic, lockdowns, social unrest in the streets. There was of course the January 6th Attack On Congress and the economy was in free fall. I think hes going to try to remind people how things have gotten better over the years, and take
Up Way Too Early on this thursday morning. Well have coverage of the State Of The Union tonight. Morning joe starts right now. January 6th was a disgrace. American citizens attacked their own government. They used terrorism to try to stop a specific piece of Domestic Business they didnt not like. Fellow americans beat and bloodied our own police. They stormed the senate floor. They tried to hunt down the speaker of the house. They built a gallows and chanted about murdering the vice president. They did this because theyd been Fed Wild Falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth. Because he was angry and lost an election. Former President Trumps actions preceded the riot for a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. Therefore, i am endorsing donald j. Trump. You know, the one thing we cut off there, and maybe its not fair to mitch, is that at the end of it, right after that, he broke into a rousing tune, had a band, happy days are here again. It was like the 32 convention. I coul
Referred to as racist in reverse racists in reverse, just making sure you get, that racist in reverse presumably means racism white people. According to his prepared remarks, theres also some room in there for five remarks about the deep state, and crooked joe biden, and you get the picture. Now, because mr. Trump is currently running for president , Conventional Wisdom might suggest that he would make these remarks on the campaign trail, maybe in an early primary state, like iowa, or new hampshire, or south carolina. But mr. Trump decided that his first major post indictment Public Address would take place in the state of alabama. And that is notable for a couple of reasons. To begin with, one of the most important and, honestly, under discussed parts of the Trump Indictment is that Special Counsel jack smith chose to charge mr. Trump under section 241 of title 18 of the u. S. Criminal code. If you dont know what that is, just often, that statute is part of a group of us called the en
Guys. I will tell you this is actually bad news for the Biden Campaign because, for a long time, they have been saying that the longer nikki haley stays in the race the better for them. You had a second person on the headlines in the airwaves who was slamming donald trump as a risk to democracy. That and is how the Biden Campaign has been framing their 2024 approach. Basically hammering on the threat to democracy that trump poses. Hearkening back to january 6th. Searing in peoples minds images of his efforts to overturn the election. And they have been more than happy to see nikki haley echoing some of their messaging. And having it get out and having voters express to them about about donald trump, republicans, expressing that they cant get behind the likely and presumptive nominee up until now. So, the other factor is that while the biden team knows that they win, if donald trump is in the race, thats how they see it, this is certainly unwelcomed news. I think they would have liked t
Well get out there soon and celebrate. By the way, i like the last days of summer thing. Rachel im not ready. Its not time. I dont like it when people count things down too early. Rachel i agree. Its already over before its over. Its not even august 10. Rachel the weather is gorgeous. Summer is at least through august. Friends in t tennessee are going back to school on wednesday. The south starts earlier. Rachel why . Because they get out earlier. Ours is mid to late august. Football started. Midwest is sometimes early september. The south gets out in the middle of may. Thats how we are. Rachel i dont think school should start until after labor day. I agree with that in principle. It aint the case. The northeast, they Start Talking labor day and they go to tend of june sometimes to the end of june sometimes. Summer is not over in august. August is summer. Think of it as the beginning of football season. So thats all joy. Rachel ill tell you what else i joyful. Peter boone. Pete n son t