Kangaroos. Must be Kangaroo Time taking us off the air tonight. On that Pretty Amazing note, i wish you a very good night, but do not go anywhere, at least not tomorrow, tomorrow we are going to a very, very special coverage of the State Of The Union address, starting right here at 8 00 p. M. Eastern, followed by commentary from our allstar cast, and of course friday night do not miss our night cast with maia wiley, christine romans, and one and only savannah guthrie. Not only on friday, but saturday, too, 11 00 p. M. Eastern. On that note i wish you a very good night, we had kangaroos tonight, great women for the next two nights. Across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. Ill see you at the end of tomorrow. Donald trump is now the Presumptive Republican nominee for president. Is only opponent in this race, former governor nikki haley, had vowed to stay in the race through to Super Tuesday and this morning, after only winning the state of vermont and the city of washi
Welcome to the beat weekend. Let us get right into the headlines. I noticed some of you strongly vote against. They are cheering on that money but if any do not want that money in your district, let me know. The Border Patrol unit has endorsed the spell. The federal Chamber Of Commerce you are saying, no. Look at the facts. I know you know how to read. No, you do not want another 2 trillion tax cut . I kind of thought that was your plan was. That is good to hear. Now, my predecessor, a former republican president tells putin , quote, do what ever you want. It is outrageous. It is dangerous and it is unacceptable. That was the tone we heard from the president last night. I will walk through exactly why this matter so much. This was more than just a good speech, according to many. That would be todays current standards. It was obviously a strong speech by Biden Standards because he is a person who, lets remember, is a respectful traditional aspirate that is part of his thing and that has
Ah, theyll be like this for hours. Hello dad, hello dad, hello da. Uhoh. Good bunnies. Ahh the plans the biden and trump campaigns have to woo them to their side. Ivf protection signed into law in alabama, why the political fight over reproductive rights is still far from over. And later a new midair scare, what caused flames to shoot from a united planes engine just moments after takeoff. It is 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im jose diazbalart in for ana cabrera. We begin with one of the most important speeches President Biden will give this year, the state of the Union Address set for 9 00 p. M. Eastern, 6 00 p. M. Pacific tonight. We expect the president to highlight his administrations accomplishments so far and what he still hopes to do and lay out the stakes of the upcoming election. With his general election rematch with donald trump now set. Joining us is nbcs monica alba from the white house and sahil kapur from capitol hill. Monica, good morning, what r we hearing f
Donald trump on the president ial ballot rejecting the state efforts to try to brand trump illegally and thus keep him off the ballots this year of its big news no matter how you slice it. Its big for a nation divided by trump, big for an election that is legally intertwined. Its between trumps efforts to overthrow the last election laws and efforts to run right now. There is no way around dealing with what trump has brought. This is also big news for the court itself. Big news longer for voting begins. As the time is reporting today, the decision is the most important ruling. Of handing the presidency to bush the most important such ruling in 25 years. Thats how it played out as the news broke. One of the unprecedented legal questions over the election has been resolved. And unanimous decision they keep donald trump on the ballot. Not just a colorado but across the entire nation. Monumental Supreme Court decision. Huge, inanimate decision today. Reversed colorados decision to ban dona
Appellate court. By merely deciding to do this, though, the court has essentially upended the attempt to hold donald trump accountable for his actions to subvert democracy. In fact, the court may have ended that attempt entirely. This decision is also certain to reshape the 2024 president ial race, and it will likely play a Determinative Role in its outcome. As much as the significance of this ruling is already apparent, the full consequences here hinge on the timing. In it the Supreme Court said it would hear Oral Arguments in the case the week of april 22 nd. Now, april 22nd is not close to today, and well get into exactly why exactly the court didnt choose a date a lot sooner than that, but april 22nd also on its face sort of seems pretty far from the november election. Its not. Because when you start crunching the numbers and looking at how a trial could actually time out after the Supreme Court makes its decision here, the window in which trump could face trial, the window of that