it comes but once a year for politics junkies, it is the christmas and new year s and arbor day and obscure state specific holiday you can t really remember the reason for rolled into one. it is state of the union night, and we are so happy that you re here with us for it. here s a live look at the u.s. capital tonight. members of both chambers of congress, guess, supreme court justices, cabot secretaries, admirals, ambassadors, they re all gathering to hear this big heavy on the pomp and circumstance annual address the president of the united states. on the other end of pennsylvania avenue of the white house, we are watching for president biden to part from the white house for the capital. the is expected shortly. i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters. joined by my colleagues of chris hayes, joy reid, nicole wallace, alex wagner and ari melber. i also do mean it when i say thank you for being home with us. we know you had every choice in the world were to watch thi
House chamber are now live. look at this, i love the scrum. john fetterman is always going to be the easy pingel cart play on nights like this. this is always the best part of the state of the union, i ve got to say. you see which member of the cabinet is keeping which backbench member of congress, which member is camped out early to get a seat on the aisle, what are they going to do what they see on the aisle? are they going to try to touch the president s face, there s always we re stuff like this to watch for. we will be keeping eyes and ears on the chamber up until the moment he walks in. we believe he is already on site at the capitol. it s kind of like a live action renaissance painting. [laughter] it s always a little unpredictable. joining us on set, jen psaki, former press secretary, host of a soon to come msnbc show. we are all awaiting excitedly. it s good to have you here, jen. tell us about president biden s process. this is technically second but