politicsnation. tonight s lead, president biden s big speech. on tuesday evening, president biden will appear before a joint session of congress to deliver his state of the union address. many americans will be tuning in, looking for answers. those of us still mourning the death of tyre nichols at the hands of memphis police we want to hear the presidents prayer for reforming law enforcement in this country. americans also want to know how the administration will respond to a suspected chinese spy balloon the drifted across our nation s skies before being downed off the coast of the carolinas. in the president will meet to begin making the case to voters why he deserves to maintain control of the white house in 2024. a sales pitch there will no doubt include last week s strong jobs markets, a sign that the economy remains resilient, even as inflation continues to eat away at many americans paychecks. joining us to talk about all these issues and more is south carolina congres
it was emotional in many ways, several children. i counted what appeared to be a recently newborn infant, at what point in the journey, we don t know. these migrants came here today at the naval observatory which has the vice president s residence behind that. vice president has been asked since thursday, what she thought about this, there was no response to that she waved off those questions, and her husband did respond to migrant buses arriving here and called the whole thing shameful but washington dc is a sanctuary city and the mayor talked about this yesterday. because washington dc is not a border community the city lacks infrastructure to care for the people here, probably 100 thursday, 50 we ve seen so far today. this is a large city but the infrastructure and sanctuary city cannot accommodate people being dropped off by governor abbott s office. florida governor ron desantis not going to stop these buses because it is there only mechanism to help overrun border commu
making reporter: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening it goes against every fiber in our being, having to bury our own children parents in uvalde, texas now facing that grim reality, beginning to lay their children to rest in a world no safer today than it was a week ago when their children became victims of mass murder this holiday weekend, nine people were killed and more than 60 hurt in mass shootings across the u.s. overall, at least 156 died by gun violence hundreds left wounded. but in the tiny texas town of uvalde, still mourning the 19 children and two adults who were ruthlessly murdered last tuesday, we re still learning about the timeline and what officers did or didn t do to try to save them but today s focus, the first of 21 funerals celebrating the lives lost our morgan chesky is there. reporter: tonight heartbreak hitting home, with hundreds saying final goodbyes. you feel sad, man, it hits you hard reporter: 21 funerals over the ne
smoke over northern gaza right now just one day after israel and hamas had agreed to extend their cease-fire. israel says the terror group broke the deal. shocking. we re now waiting to here how it will affect the planned release of ten additional hostages today. heartbreaking. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the israel defense force spokesperson announced that hamas has transferred a 10-month-old little baby who now we understand has turned 11 months old. remember, it has been 53 days, along with his 4-year-old big brother and their mom to a different palestinian terror group in gaza. that official says the intention is to use the baby as a human shield when the cease-fire completely ends. hamas has released only one american so far in its hostage releasing and national security counsel spokesman said this yesterday. he has made it clear to qatar and prime minister netanyahu how strong life we want to see the american hostages get released. it s im