Immediate experience of the screen. Listen, you deserve a really great weekend and i hope you have one. You do too. And thanks to you at home for joining me tonight. There are a lot of words that you might expect to hear a president say over and over in a state of the union address. Words like jobs, freedom or if its a joe biden speech, folks. But he chose a different theme. He chose the word, predecessor. My predecessor. A former republican president tells putin, quote, and do whatever you want. My predecessor was seeking to see roe v wade overturned. He is the reason it was overturned and he brags about it. My predecessor failed the most basic duty to care. And i think thats unforgivable. I predecessor told the nra he is proud he did nothing on guns when he was president. My predecessor, and many in this chamber, want to by repealing Affordable Care act. Im not can let that happen. We stopped you 50 times before and we will stop you again. President biden did not utter Donald Trumps
In the history of television, only two of the 100 most watched shows have not been live sporting events, the oscars and the State Of The Union. So as a campaign kickoff, you dont get a bigger platform than joe biden has tonight. But with enormous opportunity come enormous challenges. Can he meet the moment and how . Our team has reporting on what is happening inside the white house right now and the unique unvarnished insights of a former biden Speech Writer. Plus, as the president prepares to address the israelhamas war tonight, conditions in gaza are deteriorating to new lows. Children starving to death. Bright orange bursts of flames as a plane makes an emergency landing, what exactly caused it. An awful lot to get to. We begin with this, among all of the goals President Biden has for tonights State Of The Union address, there is one that rises above all others. Show americans he is still up to the job. Do not expect to hear the words age or energy or focus, but as much or maybe eve
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. This morning when nikki haley announced she was dropping ouch the race, a huge swath of voters got thrown back into play. They followed four distinct buckets, the ones who will never vote for donald trump, the ones who grudgingly will vote for donald trump, the ones who are willing to switch over to joe biden and the ones who will throw up their hands and stay home. It is that third category, the ones willing to switch that both sides will now try to win over. What are their issues and what will the candidates do to get them . Joining us now from charleston, south carolina, nbc news correspondent ali vitali, and in west palm beach, florida, covering the Trump Campaign, nbc news correspondent, garrett haake. So ali, you have been talking about the haley voters, what they like, what they dont like. What theyre looking for, this is from voters in utah, gathered yesterday. Thats a really good question. Its probably going to be biden just because its been f
On the books and what implications would that have for trump were he convicted. Thank you so much. Got to leave it there today. Very busy day. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News from the u. S. Supreme court, which unanimously ruled that states cannot remove former President Trump from the ballot over his actions leading to the january 6th attack on the capitol under the 14th Amendment to the constitution. As the justices wrote in their opinion, quote, because the constitution makes Congress Rather than the states responsible for enforcing section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates we reverse. Colorado Secretary Of State Jena Griswold reacted on x saying she was disappointed by the decision ask that colorado should be able to bar oath breaking insurrectionists from our ballot, and donald trump reacted on his social media website calling it a big win for
His new comments outside maralago as he pushes ahead to a big Super Tuesday. Also breaking, trumps money man in handcuffs, and pleading guilty, what hes accused of lying about under oath. And the man behind one of the biggest pentagon leaks in years back in court. The sentence for Jack Teixeira has part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbcs ryan reilly who is covering this unanimous ruling from the Supreme Court. Ryan, what stands out in this decision by the court . I think really that the court wanted to come to a united decision on this that left no doubt here in terms of 90 for the main part of this ruling here. Essentially what it means is that on the day of what was supposed to be the first trial for donald trump in the judge chutkan case in d. C. , originally as it was scheduled, we have this decision from the Supreme Court. The idea of states taking the ballot off the table. It would have been a m