The white house blamed the proliferation of guns. Its already shaping up to be a Major Political debate for 2022. Theres no escaping how the now president , joe biden, has really pivoted on crime. He spent decades arguing with language like this to show how tough he was on criminals. Watch this. Every time Richard Nixon when i was running in 1972 would say Law And Order, the democratic mantra, the response was Law And Order with justice. Whatever that meant. Id say lock the sobs up. Martha senator Lindsey Graham has known joe biden for decades. He has watched this evolution of the now president up close. Senator, good to have you with us. Thanks for being here today. Thank you. Martha obviously we laid out the clear problem of crime across this country. Now the white house is in a position where they need to confront it. What do you expect moments from now . I hope a recognition of the problem. I think the Biden Administration is clueless. Theyre going after trying to take guns off of
Security fencing erected around the capitol in the wake of the deadly insurrection stay up permanently. Also police say a man arrested near the cap towel was armed with a gun and 20 rounds of ammunition and a list of lawmakers names. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responding to concerns about security by Members Of Congress saying the enemy is within the house of representatives. With all this, President Biden pushing for bipartisan support to pass his massive nearly 2 trillion covid relief plan. Lets get right to it. Cnns White House Correspondent john harwood and our cnn political analyst is john avalon. How will we distinguish ini guess ill have to say last names. Mr. Harwood President Biden trying to restore access to health care, pushing hard behind the scenes to get a covid Relief Package through on the heels of dismal economic news. Where do negotiations stand tonight . Well, theyve got a ways to go. Theres a lot of details that are going to get changed, and its unclear what the com
There was none of that for congresswoman Marjorie Taylor green who for years has spread lies and conspiracies rooted in bigotry. Greenes no longer the outlier in her party and the pervasive spread of lies, much of it on social media, has trickled down to exploit fears. When President Biden was sworn in i was just crying. I mean, i couldnt stop. It was that ugly cry that you do, just kept going. I was like, oh, my gosh, im seeing the funeral of our country. I went into panic mode. I called my mom and i told her, were all going to die. Were going to be owned by china. I might have to pull my daughter o you the of school because theyre going to take her. I was scared to death. Thats someone who does not believe the lies anymore but she wasnt forced to confront reality until trump left office. The spreads of qanon and likeminded conspiracy groups have left those outside the party looking in. So today republicans will have to go on record about what kind of party they want to have. More fro
Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. Madam speaker mr. Speaker. The president. The president. The president. Of the United States. By special invitation of the speaker of the house. Tonight, President Biden delivers the state of the Union Address. We are just getting started. A divided audience in the room. And the nation. The president makes his case for an american comeback. Lets finish the job this time. The economic success story. And its partisan combat over the southern border. U. S. Support for wars abroad, an assault on the fundamental rights of women, and the preservation of democracy itself. Democracy must not be a partisan issue. Tonight, Rachel Maddow, rachel wallace, it jen psaki all here for msnbcs special coverage of the state of the Union Address. Good evening. And thank you for joining us. For the State Of The Union. For democracy, this is the School Band Recital and the Scout Jamboree and the black friday sale and the Christmas Pageant and the new years eve ball drop and my girl
By Special Counsel jack smith. And then thursdays arraignment on the most grave case of all, this new indictment and arraignment for donald trump, the defendant, over his failed effort to overthrow democracy. We begin there tonight because we have a special for you tonight. Its called indicted the coup conspiracy. A detailed look into trumps failed coup plot with new reporting and context from that detailed Speaking Indictment this week. If youve been following this all really closely, so have we. Weve been working to bring you an even more indepth set of reports tonight. If you happen to be catching up after a long week, ive got a onestop shop for you on what really matters and what weve learned. And by the way, if you are a longtime viewer, i know some of you are, you might recall about a year ago, we broke down trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 Election Results along that grid, how his desperation and his plotting grew as all the legal challenges lost in court and he turned to plo