President joe biden delivered his 2024 state of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress Last night. Throughout the speech he drew a contrast to himself and former president trump, the leading mrn the 2024 president ial election. President biden spoke with members of congress for 30 minutes after the speech as he was leaving the chamber. President of the United States. ■l xn [applause] [indeservible conversations] [indiscernible conversations] ■ n [indiscernible conversations]bq5 [crowd chanting four more years] ■s [indiscernible conversations] [cheers and applause] the president thank you. The president good evening. If i w home now. Mr. Speaker, madam Vice President , congress, my fellow americans. In january, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt came to this chamber to speak to the nation and he said, i dress you at a moment unprecedented in the union. Hitler was on the march. War was raging in europe. President roosevelts purpose was to wakess and alert the American People that t
We know better. Look at the facts. He was inviting the heckle to the point that he was like, what did you say . You guys dont want another two, trillion dollar tax cut . He has turned the State Of The Union into an interactive speech. It was difficult to sit through. It was a hyper partisan speech. These guys are whining about, oh. There was no unity. Marjorie taylor green was on the house floor wearing a maga hat. This was a happy warrior. He gave not only as good as hes got but he gave better. They call it golden Super Tuesday for a reason. This is a big one. There will be a rematch. We like that rematch. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes in our party. Here is the simple truth. You cant love your country only when you win. Good evening. Once again, i am stephanie ruhle. Where 242 days out from the election and it has been quite a week. Donald trump is now the Presumptive Republican nominee and we saw a fiery state of the Union Address from President Biden. He touted his
For the future should voters elect them to a second term. Geoff joining us in the studio art amy walter, editor and chief of the cook political board or, david brooks, a columnist for the new york times, and jenna capehart, associate editor of the washington post. Amna our White House Correspondent is a capitol just outside the chamber and at least that is inside the House Chamber and joins us for congressional rules by audio only. Geoff lets start with the lower end as we keep our eye trained on the floor. How was the white house aiming to use this piece tonight for President Biden to convey his vision for the future but also reconnect with key parts of his coalition . President biden has three main dreams when giving his third state of the Union Address. One of those is the defending of democracy at home and abroad. He will revisit the events of january sixth as well as talk about comparisons to ukraine and what is happening abroad there. He also plans on defending individual freedom
Divided congress outlining the challenges facing americans at home and abroad the war in ukraine now at a critical crossroads while fears remain of a wider war spreading in the middle east. Here at home despite an improving economy, americans under pressure with the cost of living and still stubbornly high. Plus, growing tensions over some key issues including immigration and abortion rights. With eight months until the general election and his Approval Rating under water, can the president make the case that the state of the union is strong . Announcer from nbc news, President Bidens state of the union, live from washington here are lester holt and Savannah Guthrie good evening and welcome, everyone, to our nbc News Coverage of President Bidens state of the Union Address. Tonight is a pivotal night for the president as he prepares to deliver what could be the most important speech of his presidency. We are still eight months out from the general election, but with that rematch now set
Text republicans, maybe just a reminder that i actually do no republicans. Is this an app . Text a republican. So i texted my republican friends and they are really saying the same thing, i asked the same question, what should or could biden say to win over the nikki haley supporters and theyve been very clear, they think that he should laser focus and they said that her base was, it was really women, who in some cases dont normally vote in republican primaries, thats her basis, they are light voting republicans, loosely attached to the party, except for in this case, they were driven to come out because of abortion and ivf and he should do a heavy emphasis on trying to win over republican women, not so much on the democracy stuff but on ivf and reproductive rights. One of the excerpts that they released, as you said in the beginning, he wont mentioned. I would be shocked by that but its clearly those dragging about Overturning Roe V Wade, he clearly has no idea about women. Hes speaki