pm, now scrapped because of a hydrogen leak. then there was this, pretty remarkable, slow developing drama unfolding all morning over the skies of tupelo, mississippi an ending in a cornfield. it began with the pilot threatening to crash that plane into a walmart. that is where we begin with this mississippi breaking news. the latest development we have just learned is that that plane is now down. apparently landing safely with the pilot now in police custody, after circling the skies for hours. i believe four hours total. and threatening to crash there in mississippi. it all started early this morning. people got rid of the plane, his pilot saying a planned to crash into a walmart in tupelo. that prompted evacuations from walmart. police that the pilot were apparently in by phone early on. then the plane flew this really haphazard manner for hours before coming down in that cornfield, again just minutes before we came on the air. here is part of the coverage from our affilia
they hold themselves called themselves domestic terrorists. there is a coup january six, it wasn t chinese, it wasn t iranians, it was trump supporters. it was republicans. we ve got to do something about that. joe biden went forward and made a speech that i think history is going to remember. he actually put a stake in the ground. he said, we re going to fight this. that s what this election is going to be about. yeah, it was a very powerful speech. let me ask you, kurt, when the new wall street journal poll came out and found it biden would defeat trump if the election was held today. a six point lead over trump. a few months ago, some democrats were wondering whether president biden should be the candidate in 2024? are we seeing a completely different president that we saw then? i think we re seeing the same president. this was the president who told us when he was running for president that he had a certain amount of goals. getting us through covid,
irrational to change channels to moderate republicans and choose democracy over. that listening to that michael, and in spite of the incredibly high gas prices, fortunately have come, down inflation in the leg, a recent nbc poll shows that threats to the democracy are the most important issues facing the country. clearly biden is taking that on. is this the midterm message, and can this get enough traction and avoid the thorny issues and the economy? look, democrats can argue policy and also argue passion. history is repeating itself. in 1939, 20,000 nazi sympathizers went to madison square garden and held a rally about true americanism. in 2022, the republican party at cpac has victor or back stand up and say that racists should not mix. the republicans are domestic terrorists.
president biden, making clear what s at stake in the upcoming elections. the president warning of threats to democracy in a speech that still resonating this weekend after he called out his predecessor by name, as a clear and present danger. not every republican embraces there extreme ideology. i know, because i ve been able to work with these mainstream republicans. but there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, and intimidated, by donald trump and the maga republicans. joining me now is michael hopkins attorney and president of and the democratic congressional campaign committee. guys, welcome to you both. michael, to whom was the president speaking on thursday night? what audience was he targeting? i think the president was
privately bemoaned the course that the party has taken. oftentimes are quoted in the background too many political reporters complaining about donald trump. what president biden did so effectively was give republicans, disaffected republicans, who don t want their party to keep going down this path, he give them permission to vote with the democrats in the 2022 midterms. he gave no reason an irrational to put democracy ahead of traditional partisan politics. this was setting the stakes for the election. it needed to happen. it was, by the way, upholding the very words that his oath of office includes. protecting and defending the constitution, the democracy is under threat from republicans. candidates that believe in the big, lie that say they re going to overturn free and fair elections? the president upheld his oath of duty and gave people