Right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. You know, ever since human beings started congregating in institutions of what we would call a higher learning, colleges, universities, conservatives and traditionalists have been freaked out but just were dangerous ideas were being shared their. I mean, really the whole dangerous ideas coming out of universities is literally as old as universities themselves. It has been a core reactionary concern for millennia. Just like everything else, this old thing is new again. This brings us to the most recent republican freakout in florida, which as you may have heard as a governor there, ron desantis calling the creepy Thought Police to campus. He just signed a bill that would require public universities and colleges to survey students, faculty, and staff about the beliefs and few points to support intellectual diversity. Not only that, he is gone on to suggest that budget cuts could take place if schools are found to be, quote, indoctrin
To a larger place because theyre afraid theyre going to lose the Mortgage Rate they have. Guess what . I cant guarantee it, but i bet you i bet you the rates come down more because i bet you that that little outfit that sets Interest Rates is going to come down. Its going to come down. Folks, were cracking down on big landlords who Break Antitrust by price fixing and driving up rents. Congress needs to build and renovate 2 million Affordable Homes and apartments and bring those rents down. And by the way, my republican friends say, that a lot of money for the deficit. Guess what. We cut the deficit. We cut the deficit, 1 trillion. The last guy bloomed the deficit. We passed a budget deal that would cut another trillion dollar over the next decade. They kept trying to get out of it, but they finally agreed. Now, its my goal to cut the federal deficit by 3 billion more, 3 trillion more, by making Big Corporations, the very wealthy and im a capitalist man. You can make a million bucks, go
Confronting donald trump on issue after issue without ever naming the former president. And starting with an impassioned plea to help ukraine defend its country against Vladimir Putin. Bowing down to a russian leader, i think it is outrageous, dangerous and unacceptable. Taking to task donald trump and far right republicans for whitewashing january 6. My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about january 6. I will not do that. Here is the simple truth. You cant love your country only when you win. Calling out House Republicans telling them to stop Playing Politics on the border and pass the bipartisan bill. We have the simple choice. We can fight about fixing the border or we can fix it. Im ready to fix it. Send me the border bill now. And he delivered a forceful defense of womens Reproductive Freedom, critical Campaign Issue for democrats. Those bragging about overturning roe v. Wade have no clue about the power of women. But they found out when Reproductive Freedom
Clarence thomas and chaired those hearings. Our coverage of the State Of The Union will continue now with our colleagues. Dont go anywhere. Stay right here. Good evening and welcome to msnbcs State Of The Union coverage. Imtonight President Joe Biden gave a rousing speech just a few feet from where we are now. Noting the country is eyeing a reflection point with democracy under threat at home and abroad. Here is how he opened his speech, invoking fdr in 1941 telling congress that hitler was on the march. President roosevelts purpose is to wake up congress and alert the American People. That this was no ordinary time. Freedom in democracy were under assault in the world. And now its we who face some unprecedented moment in history of the union. Yes, our purpose tonight is to wake up congress and to alert the American People that this is no ordinary moment either. Not since president lincoln and The Civil War Had Freedom Of Democracy and as they are today. What makes our moment rare is t
State of the Union Address. Our Special Coverage begins two hours from right now. The beat with ari starts right now. Hi, nicolle. See you soon. See you soon. Welcome to a Special Edition of the beat on State Of The Union night. You know how it works. Were looking at the capitol where people will be gathering soon. This is the final State Of The Union of the president s first term. They could not be sure that these primaries would be over or what else would be happening in the country when they scheduled this, but the primaries did functionally end yesterday, as nikki haley dropped off republican race, so tonight, the president speaks to the a largest audience. As that reality sets in for many, you watch the news, but a lot of people dont follow this every day. Theyre hearing this week, we got a rematch, yep, trump has cleared the field, yeah, its going to be this, and at this Pivotal Moment that, like it or not weve seen on both sides not a ton of excitement, but its whats happening.