Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. Madam speaker mr. Speaker. The president. The president. The president. Of the United States. By special invitation of the speaker of the house. Tonight, President Biden delivers the state of the Union Address. We are just getting started. A divided audience in the room. And the nation. The president makes his case for an american comeback. Lets finish the job this time. The economic success story. And its partisan combat over the southern border. U. S. Support for wars abroad, an assault on the fundamental rights of women, and the preservation of democracy itself. Democracy must not be a partisan issue. Tonight, Rachel Maddow, rachel wallace, it jen psaki all here for msnbcs special coverage of the state of the Union Address. Good evening. And thank you for joining us. For the State Of The Union. For democracy, this is the School Band Recital and the Scout Jamboree and the black friday sale and the Christmas Pageant and the new years eve ball drop and my girl
top issue in the 2024 election, did the former president just derail a bipartisan border deal? does donald trump have the ability to kill this immigration bill? there is not a deal to be killed yet. james: cbs evening news begins now. good evening, i m james brown in for norah. thank you for being with us. you just heard from republican senators mitt romney and lindsey graham. just when congress appeared close to a deal on the southern border and funding for ukraine, there are concerns election politics are getting in the way. cbs s scott macfarlane is on capitol hill tonight speaking to lawmakers about what is standing between america and immigration reform. the election s other top issue: the economy. we got big news today. u.s. gdp grew at a surprising pace last quarter, but despite low unemployment and a booming stock market, we speak to americans about why some are not feeling the effects. but we begin tonight with severe weather. nearly 26 million people are
top issue in the 20s 24 election did the former president just delay a bipartisan border deal. there is not a deal to be killed yet. james: cbs evening news begins now. good evening, i m james brown in for norah, thank you for being with us. you just heard from republican senators mitt romney and lindsey graham, just when congress appeared close to a deal on the southern border and funding for ukraine, there are concerns election politics are getting in the way. cbs a scott macfarlane is on capitol hill tonight speaking to lawmakers about what is standind immigration reform. the elections other top issue, the economy. we ve got big news today. u.s. gdp grew at a surprising pace last quarter, but despite low unemployment and a booming stock market, we speak to americans about why some are not feeling the effects. but we begin tonight with severe weather. nearly 26 million people are under flood watches from louisiana to west virginia, with more rain expected in the days
masking. we need to talk about n-95 respirators which would do a lot for both people who are not yet vaccinated or not previously infected protecting them as well as keeping others who might become infected having been vaccinated from breathing out the virus. so i think one of the things right now is we ve got to get a better handle on what does protect people and what doesn t. one thing the administration says, it sees some modest progress in vaccinations. they ve been essentially trying everything th everything, influencers, we re averaging 663,000 vaccinations a day, new ones. there are 800,000 shots administered yesterday. three weeks ago, it was down to 515,000. we want to zoom in right here on the state of alabama. three weeks ago they were down to 4,200. up 200% from three weeks ago.
president s counsel and the president himself don t get to be represented in this process. with jim jordan, that will now be the case next week. and i think that makes it less and less likely that during this public impeachment phase, that you would see republicans come out and defy the republican leadership and the white house. we have some news about mr. jordon at the conclusion of our praf broadcast tonight. thank you to all for starting us off. coming up next, we re seeing and hearing all the familiar signs. could it be we re about to see and hear a fall guy or two? we will put this question to a former u.s. attorney and see if it s a legal strategy that could work, for starters. and later, the author of everything trump touches dies on the state of alabama. why it suddenly has the president s attention. and what s out there that could blow up the democrats at this