sustained attack there from a movement from voted out of office. that said, we knew those circumstances would be true for tonight. but we did not know in advance that this evening is that president biden this evening would become the first u.s. president since world war ii to deliver a state of the union while there is a large-scale land war underway in europe. an invasion by russia into the neighboring nation of ukraine, an invasion apparently aimed at erasing that country s borders from the map, no matter how civilian deaths it takes to get there. i m rachel maddow here at nbc news headquarters. i am joined by my esteemed colleague, chris hayes, a joy, read someone i m happy to call tonight a new colleague, simone sanders, great to have you here sanders. she was senior adviser to biden s presidential campaign. most recently a senior adviser and to spikes person to vice president harris. but now we have her in our