i am stephanie ruhle. welcome to a special monday night, our state of the union preview. there is now less than 24 hours before president biden s big speech at 9 pm eastern tomorrow. this will be his first state of the union before congress. one with the republican house majority. it comes two years into biden s first term, and late today, the president hinting at what they were telling the nation tonight. i want to talk to the american people about the state of affairs, what s going on. i want to say what i m looking forward to working on from this point on, what we ve done, and just have a conversation with the american people. with that, let s get smarter with the help of the insiders. former white house press secretary and msnbc host, jen psaki, and former chief smoke and host of symone on msnbc and peacock. michael steele, the only person at the table without a show here, we might want to talk. they ve been going to let you go first. jen, you re part of this admi
president hinting at what they were telling the nation tonight. i want to talk to the american people about the state of affairs, what s going on. i want to say what i m looking forward to working on from this point on, what we ve done, and just have a conversation with the american people. with that, let s get smarter with the help of the insiders. former white house press secretary and msnbc host, jen psaki, and former chief smoke and host of symone on msnbc and peacock. michael steele, the only person at the table without a show here, we might want to talk. they ve been going to let you go first. jen, you re part of this administration. tomorrow night comes at a pivotal moment in president biden s presidency, what does he have to tell the american people? what people are going to get tomorrow night s big, progressive, fold joe biden. what does that mean? it means they know that one of the biggest challenges right now is that they ve done a lot of stuff, accom
i wouldn t hold back on that, alina right into it. if you want to sit here with your hands and do, boo this. maybe they should hire michael steele. [laughter] i was going to say what michael said about he just turn that friend upside down. what michael said was a really important point, why he should be hired is that it s about who you are speaking to. one of the white house officials i was talking to describe his approach is speaking to the people that are not felt seen, the visible americans. the people who feel like nothing s listening to them. they don t get a leg up forward, they don t get a leg up. they re not getting the health care they need. that s who he s speaking to. if i m kevin mccarthy, joe biden, anybody that knows him, he s not a person that goes rounded punches everybody in the face when he s around with them. i don t think he s going to do that tomorrow night. he is going to pick his
are also people who have terrible biased, sexist, racist angles and we have to talk about that as well. when the people standing up for good stories, when they go to people who claim to be but they are really just allies in sheep s clothing if you, will not actual allies, people it always have a problem. i don t know any allies that have criticism. that s where the story s turn. i think is the, the vice president had a historic turn. they ve got all of these expectations from outside individuals, expectations that don t match up with the reality of the vice presidency. she s doing real work, and you ve been talking about the root causes of migration. she just had another event where she laid out commitments from corporations. whether it s the work that she did to rally folks around the issue of abortion, talk to advocates and activists. they will tell you is the work of the vice president during this summer through up until the midterm elections, and why
to do these things, and there are also people who have terrible biased, sexist, racist angles and we have to talk about that as well. when the people standing up for good stories, when they go to people who claim to be but they are really just allies in sheep s clothing if you, will not actual allies, people it always have a problem. i don t know any allies that have criticism. that s where the story s turn. i think is the, the vice president had a historic turn. they ve got all of these expectations from outside individuals, expectations that don t match up with the reality of the vice presidency. she s doing real work, and you ve been talking about the root causes of migration. she just had another event where she laid out commitments from corporations. whether it s the work that she did to rally folks around the issue of abortion, talk to advocates and activists. they will tell you is the work of the vice president during this summer through up until the midterm elections, and why