and president biden on the road, celebrating his economic winds, plus a remarkable story of perseverance, and the most special way to end our thursday night. you do not want to miss this. the 11th hour just getting underway, right now. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we have a lot of big news tonight, including the scathing federal report about the massacre in uvalde, texas. we will have more on that in a few minutes. but first, this evening, let us head to capitol hill, where congress passed another short term funding bill to prevent a partial government shutdown. this is a third stopgap bill to kick the can down the road since we have had in meanwhile, president biden is talking about donald trump s big win in iowa. and he does not sound impressed. i don t think i would means anything. the president got 50 some thousand votes, the lowest number who has any way he wants. but while we wait for a federal appeals court ruling on trump s argument that
ruhle with starts now. ow tonight, our government shutdown avoided, for now. congress kicking the can down the road on long term funding until march. donald trump takes his immunity claims to social media. then, the scathing report from the doj on the response for the school shooting in uvalde, texas. and president biden on the road, celebrating his economic winds, plus a remarkable story of perseverance, and the most special way to end our thursday night. you do not want to miss this. the 11th hour just getting underway, right now. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we a lot of big news tonight, including the scathing federal report about the massacre in uvalde, texas. we will have more on that in a few minutes. but first, this evening, let us head to capitol hill, where congress passed another short term funding bill to prevent a partial government shutdown. this is a third stopgap bill to kick the can down the road since we have had in meanwhile, presi
don t want to be herbert hoover. oh, okay. donald trump hopes millions of americans lose their money from their 401(k)s and retirement savings within the next 12 months so he doesn t look bad. [ laughter ] we have a lot to get to this morning, including a key hearing today for trump s claim of presidential immunity in the federal election interference case. we re going to have expert legal analysis on that in just a moment. plus, the very latest on two major developments in the middle east. israel says it has killed a hezbollah commander in southern lebanon. it comes as the israeli military says it is shifting to a more targeted campaign inside gaza. retired four star navy admiral james stavridis will join us with more insight on both of those stories. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 9th. with us, we have former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington
i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. we re hours away from president biden s state of the union address tonight, his first to a divided congress. instead of nancy pelosi over the president s left shoulder, it will be speaker kevin mccarthy. the speech is expected to draw the largest television audience for the president this year. americans will hear biden lay out why he believes the state of the union is strong as he said last week. he s expected to talk about lowering inflation, improving infrastructure and getting past the worst of the pandemic. he s also expected to talk about america s stand against china. of course just days after an american fighter jet shot down one of its supply balloons. the president will likely increase the urgency for congress to act on policing reform and an adult weapons band. all of it will be a test run for his re-election bid. phil mattingly is with us now. what more should we expect from the president tonight? you know, vict
a day of brutality remembered as a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. at any moment president biden will lead a crowd across the edmund pettus bridge. this is the site 58 years ago of bloody sunday, peaceful demonstrators calling for equal voting rights for black americans when white deputies turned on them. it became a seminal moment in the civil rights movement. as you can see, you see president biden joining hands with civil rights leaders, leading members of congress. i think one of the house democratic leaders, james clyburn is there as well as other civil rights leaders. they re going to cross the edmund pettus bridge in just a few moments. one thing we should note to our viewers is that the satellite images coming out of selma have been a little spotty at times. there you see it right now as the shot pulls out, the president biden linking hands with civil rights leaders and other african american leaders as they prepare to walk across the edmund pettus bridge