Perhaps you know me as, the kung fu panda. Ah, youre adorable. Huh. Oh, whah welcome back to msnbc state of the Union Special coverage. President biden gave a forceful speech and made clear that democracy is under threat. Not just abroad but right here in the u. S. In front of both chambers of congress, he reminded of the january 6th Capitol Attack in the very room, three years ago. History is watching. Just like history watched three years ago on january 6. Insurrection stormed the capitol , the threat of american democracy. Many of you were here on the darkest of days. We also, they were not patriots. They stopped to overcome the peaceful transfer of power. January 6th lies about the 2020 election and the plots to steal the election posed a threat to the u. S. Democracy since the civil war. They failed. America stood. America stood strong. Democracy prevailed. The Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute of politics and public service. And brendan buck is here but he is the for
Clarence thomas and chaired those hearings. Our coverage of the State Of The Union will continue now with our colleagues. Dont go anywhere. Stay right here. Good evening and welcome to msnbcs State Of The Union coverage. Imtonight President Joe Biden gave a rousing speech just a few feet from where we are now. Noting the country is eyeing a reflection point with democracy under threat at home and abroad. Here is how he opened his speech, invoking fdr in 1941 telling congress that hitler was on the march. President roosevelts purpose is to wake up congress and alert the American People. That this was no ordinary time. Freedom in democracy were under assault in the world. And now its we who face some unprecedented moment in history of the union. Yes, our purpose tonight is to wake up congress and to alert the American People that this is no ordinary moment either. Not since president lincoln and The Civil War Had Freedom Of Democracy and as they are today. What makes our moment rare is t
three very, very good people in. they re great people. very smart people. i just hope that they re going to be fair. because the other side please the ref. well, the courts decision coming shortly after president joe biden mentioned trump in the riot multiple times in a major campaign speech in pennsylvania. take a listen. trump said that there was a lot of love on january the 6th. the rest of the nation, including law enforcement, saw a lot of hate. and violence. one capitol police officer called it medieval battle. that same officer called vile racist names. he said it was more afraid in the capital of the united states of america in the chambers then when he was fighting as a soldier in the war in iraq. with today marking the third anniversary of the deadly riot, new videos emerging of the mob gathered outside the house chamber door talking with two republican lawmakers, who had broken windows. what was said in just a moment for you. all of this is coming with just
won the week two. all in with chris hayes starts now. l in with chris hayes starts now. good evening from new york. i m chris. hayes i want to get ahead of the story. it appears this long week may be coming to a close and more ways than one. if grading on a curve, strong curve, would be speaker of the house kevin mccarthy had his best day yet today. i should say he still lost two more rounds of votes. he did manage to win over most of his detractors, including some previous hard-liners. and, for the first time, he actually won more votes in the democratic challenger, hakeem jeffries. so, clap. negotiations are still underway. they are adjourned right now when they reconvene just two short hours from now, mccarthy may finally become speaker of the house. they seem confident that is the case. we will see. but based on everything we ve seen, it s obvious, even if mccarthy does clinched the gavel, it will be a victory. this will leave him the weakest speaker in modern polit
catch up to donald trump. most of the republican field spread across the hawkeye state today, making their cases to voters. let s go to nbc s aly vitaly joining us from indianola, iowa. i hope i said that one right. ali, i know you ve been out with nikki haley today. how are things going for her and iowa? alex, you re right to pay this as a race of every other republican trying to catch up to donald trump. i think the reality here on the ground, for people like the former south carolina governor, who just left the stage by jaime, as well as the rest of the field, is the fact that trump is pulling in first for the rest of them coming in a strong second can mean a lot. that s true for nikki haley above all. especially because she never lead a metric down that iowa was must win. it was must finish strong. her team telling me, that s really the metric that they are applying in this home stretch as well. for haley, it s a question of parlaying what happens in iowa into a strong finish in