Official who joins me in just a moment says theres no need to hyperventilate. Put down the paper bag says jen psaki. Shes here with us. First, lets get to our reporters with what the president is expected to talk about tonight and how democrats and republicans will react. Joining us now, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, and chief White House Correspondent and political analyst, peter baker. Peter, bring us into the planning from the white houses perspective. What should we expect . I think youre going to hear the president talk about a few things. First of all, hes going to talk about his accomplishments. Hes going to try to remind the country of how things were when they were in the country when he took other the period, in the middle of the covid pandemic, lockdowns, social unrest in the streets. There was of course the January 6th Attack On Congress and the economy was in free fall. I think hes going to try to remind people how things have gotten better over the years, and take
Reporting on what the former first lady is saying. Plus, the major announcement shaking up the battle for the senate. And taylor swift getting political. Her super tuesday message to her 282 million instagram fans. Also tonight, the Plane Crashing in a ball of flames along a highway in nashville. Five people killed. Youll hear the pilots desperate call for help. The fiery explosion at a vaping Supplier Turning Canisters into flying projectiles. 19yearold Bystander Hit and killed about a quarter of a mile away. What caused it. The massive outage for facebook and instagram. What Parent Company meta is pointing to as the cause. The new cap on credit card fees from the Biden Administration, and now the industry is fighting back. And a piece of tv history on the auction block. How much did someone pay for the booth from the Series Finale of the sopranos . Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, everyone and welcome. As we come on the air tonight, it is super tuesd
welcome to a special edition of jesse waters prime time. i m kelll editioofy mcinerney. there s one thing that every republican candidate has in common. the second you start to become popular, the liberal media will come after you. he s seen it tikayle and time fr again. it s true for trump, desantis. it even happened trump to viveke he made a splash at the debates. and today, it s true for nikki haley. at a town hall event yesterday. . . question about the civil waras . what was the cause of the united states civil wawas thr and what don t come with an caue easy question, right? i mean, i think the cause of the civil war was basically h how government was going to run the freedoms and what people could and couldn t do. what do you think the cause of the civil war was? k thi m not running for preside. i want to use a good thing forps the causide of the civil war.es i mean, i think it always comes down to the role of government and what the rights of the people are. an
what a moment. remember when we were on the court last week and we did that interview with tnt, they asked us about that and i got the note from kareem, he said he was very proud. people thought that he d be upset that someone is taking his record. but he said he was very proud and he was on the court last night. what a night. good morning, everyone. we re for getting we re on television. you can see we re this washington. the capitol is behind us and it is another big day for washington. the state of the union happening last night and president biden delivering his second address to a divided congress. he was heckled and booed and kept the focus on issues impacting middle america. highlights straight ahead. also survivors are still be pulled from the rubble in turkey and syria. the death toll has now risen to 9500 people from that earthquake. see the heartbreaking images this devastating story. we ll take you live to turkey. and we begin with president biden facing a
home. that is the third batch found within a week. now his opponents are pouncing as a special counsel investigation gets under way. apocalyptic scenes in ukrainian, russian missiles kill at least 36 people, a deadly attack with a weapon meant to take out instruments of war, not people. the ukrainians say they re absolutely certain the missile who hit this building was a so-called kh-22, a cruise missile designed to destroy aircraft carriers. a university of alabama basketball player accused of murder after a deading shooting near campus early yesterday morning. a 23-year-old woman is dead. darius myles is off the team. he and another man are being held on capital murder charges. flood watches in place in california for 8 million people. there could be a break in the forecast soon. something that state desperately needs. dr. martin luther king jr. would have turned 94 yesterday if he weren t gunned down 55 years ago outside a motel in memphis. we ll speak to his son