Harris the 81yearold confused and gafferidden biden just isnt the right person to lead. The white house is hoping for a reset to send him straight to a second term. Im harris faulkner. You are in the faulkner focus and is the president fit and ready to handle whatever comes his way. Polling shows a majority say no. The white house is trying to be chill ahead of tonight. The president is looking forward to not just being in front of congress but talking directly to the American People and think about it and hell be talking to folks sitting on coaches and around the kith couches and around the Kitchen Table and letting them know how he sees the vision for the country and going to build on the accomplishment that delivered, that has delivered gains for the American Families. Harris gains . Show us what you mean. Row lent resto rise on groceries and gas and theyre literally killing american victims. Our nations weakness on the world stage. Afghanistan, russia, china, ukraine, israel, the l
Will he get one at the state of the union . Good morning, i am dana perino and bill hemmer is on assignment. Thank you for having me Gillian Turner In Washington and this is americas newsroom. Tonight speech a prime Time Opportunity to ease some of those concerns about his fitness for office. He is expected to tout his economy as his biggest achievement but hes really got nothing to brag about. He will try to stand up here and convince the American People that the state of the union is strong and we are on the right track but Everybody Knows that is simply not true. The state of the union is in decline. Dana former President Trump the presumptive nominee for the republicans. He is promising a live factchecked of the speech and i dont think thats ever happened before so we will be watching for that. He also says hes ready to debate the president anytime anywhere. We have Fox Team Coverage for you, josh holmes is on deck and bryan llenas out in palm beach. But first Jacqui Heinrich at th
hot button social issues, republican congressman nancy mace will join us with her take. but first correspondent matt finn with the latest hi matt. mike: the house voted to amend the annual defense spending bill by overturning policy that reimbursing service members for abortion-related expenses. the house also voted to ban transgender health services in the military. in a bitter debate republicans have been arguing in part that the abortion reis burstment is a piece of the democrats woke military agenda that republicans are trying to end. the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy says democrats are trying to change the course of history. and for decades in america, from the most proceed-life to the most pro choice person in congress they believed in the hide amendment and that is simply what it s saying. do not use taxpayer money on abortion. and the other part would be is, what they re looking at, should we allow wokism in our military. now democrats allege republicans a
politicsnation. ten nights lead, the showdowns to come. culture or politics have consumed the republican party as we approach an election year. threatening the legislative agenda in congress in the house speaker kevin mccarthy s concessions to the hard right flank of his caucus have led to the passage of a military spending bill. bogged down with amendments targeting diversity programs and lgbtq protections. in the meantime, alabama senator tommy tuberville is holding up dozens of military appointments over the pentagon s abortion policies. some colleagues are warning the blockade could endanger national security. against that backdrop, a potential government shutdown. the showdown looms and the first presidential caucus of 2024 is just six months away. delaware congresswoman lisa rochester joins me shortly to talk about all of it. plus, the phony war on critical race theory is still raging in state houses. and on school boards across the country one of the intellectual archi
competitively that republicans flipped four seats, ultimately handing the republican party the majority in the house, and kevin mccarthy, the gavel, we re going to work on the lights. now, democrats have a chance to try once more. a state appellate court threw out the maps again. a major win for the party. we re going to explain what happened because if that ruling stands, the democratic party has a serious shot at retaking the house next year. especially since the needs of front line republicans, the moderate ones who won, like toes here in new york are being sacrificed by kevin mccarthy to appease the conservative wing of the party. the amendments added to the defense version of the budget focusing on culture war issues like abortion, diversity, critical race theory, transgender medicine and covid vaccines. what does the democratic party do now, and what does kevin mccarthy do now? let s bring in nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake and msnbc legal analy