Movement led by sdon don. He is mon shod the 13 13 times. Trump and the threat he thoses to our democracy here at home to our standing in the world looms large over every line of the speech. New york times describing the president s State Of The Union quote unleashed an unyielding. Mr. Biden seemed to relish the showdown. While he boasted his accomplishments as president s do, he made no aspiration to rhetorical flourishes. He men shod his utty agenda with no utty in it and he. We will not walk away biden said in his address we will not bow down. He was speaking go russia and he seemed to intend it for the fight for his own presidency. President biden came out swinging against donald trump and the gop in the speech that laid out in the bluntest terms the stakes in the upcoming election for our democracy and freedom at home and abroad. With us at the Table Board Member Analyst is here and National Affairs analyst is here. The host of politics nation here, and the president of the Nation
congress all about it. that s where we start on thursday morning as we get rolling here. i m bill hemmer live in new york. dana: good morning, i m dana perino. there is a lot of news. bombshell allegations come from an unnamed i.r.s. supervisor asking congress for whistleblower protection so he can tell them how the administration is mishandling the hunter biden tax probe. bill: that investigation started back in 2018. white house repeatedly promising to stay out of it. this agent says it has done anything but. according to his lawyer, he has receipts to prove it. my client wants to come forward to congress. he is ready to be questioned about what he knows and what he experienced under the proper legal protections. would you find any evidence or allegation of a political agenda? no. to him the truth is one truth. he wants to come forward with it. the things he has been through are very well documented in emails and other communications with the department of justice
With your opponents but don t question their motives. i this i to myself on the big issue raising the debt creeling but you refused to negotiate. it is at odds with what he is doing at home. everything is politics. the problem for the president is he is in trouble. look at this. this is monmouth poll in late march. 44% of democrats of democrats say biden should step aside. 30% say we don t have a preference. those people are being polite. they don t want him to run. only 25% say we would prefer that he run again. now that s while he has 74% approval among democrats. lower than it should be. nonetheless three out of four democrats like him and think well of him but 44% say don t run, 30ers 30%. we don t want him to run.
Who will be actively lobbying in day ahead, that pressure could get very, very intense. i think that is exactly about what is about bo t.about to hap. i think the pressure will be almost unbelievable and as it becomes clearer that it may pass senate the focus on the house right now to at least let this come for vote in the house, you got 9 30ers support among the american public. you can count on every democrat in the house pretty much to support it. all you need is enough republicans to be allowed to peel off to put it over the top. the pressure on this is going to be unbelievably intense and that is going to make for a very unpredictable few news days on this subject. stay up late. l of healthy habit. so daphene, do you eat activia. i do it s always in my fridge. and you know activia isn t just for minor digestive issues. exactly, it s also important for my overall well being because it helps regulate my digestive system. and when you feel good on the inside, it shows on the outside!
Higher performing nations. scores from a comprehensive 2009 test reveal out of 31 countries 34 countries, the u.s. ranked 14th, 17th and 25th, scores all higher than those of 2003 and 2006. far behind the highest scoring countries, south korea, finland, singapore, hong kong, shanghai, and canada. still ahead on the way too early, with a new contract in hand, derek jeter admits he was angry with the yankees when management went public in the newspapers during negotiations. we ll tell you what caused jeter to display human emotion for the first time since the fall of 2009. plus, rolling stone has been sitting on the final john lennon interview for 30ers. what exactly are you waiting for here, guys? lennon takes on critics from the grave.