epidemic of violent crime in america. his focus, overwhelmingly and as expected is on guns. if white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off from the north lawn, good evening. a few minutes ago, the president said he never gives up hope that congress could someday pass on assault weapons ban but in the meantime he thinks there are more common sense measures that can be taken to protect crime-ridden cities making the same joke twice. he doesn t think anybody needs a gun with 100 rounds of ammo unless they think a deer is wearing kevlar. we aren t changing the constitution, we are enforcing it. speak of the headlines of the presidents multipoint plan are arrest firearms dealers, help former prisoners reenter the community and expandable limit opportunities for young adults. help make sure the young people pick up a paycheck instead of criminal. critics argue criminals are emboldened by softer sentencing standards and bail reform. the biden plan will not address
maricopa county. trump earned 261 fewer votes. republicans hope that the audit would back up trump s false claims of fraud in the state. but biden was declared the winner in november and taxpayers are still on the hook for $425,000 states that trump actually won, florida and texas. natasha chen joins us from phoenix. the group that ran this, cyber ninjas from florida, expected to detail in a presentation to the senate this afternoon, what should we expect? that s about to happen in a couple hours. they will detail their hand recount shows booids had a larger lead than maricopa canvas, results that trump supporters may not like to hear. and also sewing doubt in this room behind me. you see people lined up prepared to go in. we see a lot of people gathered across the street and in the plaza, signs that say trump won, stop the steal. this is a group that has their heart set on somehow insisting still that trump won, even though the draft report we got last night with a handp
fraud, it actually found that joe biden won arizona by even more votes than we thought. that s according to a draft report obtained by multiple news organizations and confirmed by maricopa county officials. but trump is out with a statement that says the media is lying about the results, phantom voters and fraudulent balance on the ballots. arizona is just one of several states including pennsylvania, texas, florida, and wisconsin where the former president is pushing for similar audits to uncover massive fraud that doesn t exist. meantime the investigation into those false claims and the insurrection that resulted on january 6 has taken a dramatic turn today. house investigators have issued subpoenas to four trump insiders who very likely know what donald trump was doing behind the scenes in the days leading up to and on january 6. joining me right now is nbc news national political reporter on capitol hill, white house bureau chief ashley parker, and nbc legal analyst cyn
this is the story. today we re live in our nation s capitol ahead of tonight s consequential state of the union address. you re going to see a very energized president says his chief of staff. still some democrats said to be nervous about the stakes for this evening. the washington post put it this way. the goal is not to give up old man vibes. it could be the last time that he in front of such a big tv audience until at least the convention. voters will no doubt be weighing whether or not he s held up to this promise from the beginning of it s presidency. watch this. i m a man of my word. america is back. i speak to you today as president of the united states at the very start of my administration and i m sending a clear message to the world. america is back. martha: a lot has happened since then. the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. attacks on our troops in the middle east, the explosion of the border crisis, which is a huge issue to name a few. we kick things o
good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. this is a busy afternoon on the story. we are about to hear from president trump at the border. we re also waiting for an update on president biden s travel to brownsville, texas. so we ve got a lot of activity, a lot of things popping. these two individuals obviously very serious about this issue with regard to the campaign. they both want to win the 2024 presidential election. former president donald trump would like to be president again. president joe biden wants to keep his job. they ll have to find their way through this issue in order to do it. it s a big issue on voter s minds in this country. it s a crisis as we heard from the former homeland security secretary this morning on fox and friends. obviously all of this has a huge impact on cities across the country and small towns as well as migrants have flooded in to all of these areas. for example, athens. athens, georgia. the tragic death of laken riley at the alleged hands o