it comes but once a year for politics junkies, it is the christmas and new year s and arbor day and obscure state specific holiday you can t really remember the reason for rolled into one. it is state of the union night, and we are so happy that you re here with us for it. here s a live look at the u.s. capital tonight. members of both chambers of congress, guess, supreme court justices, cabot secretaries, admirals, ambassadors, they re all gathering to hear this big heavy on the pomp and circumstance annual address the president of the united states. on the other end of pennsylvania avenue of the white house, we are watching for president biden to part from the white house for the capital. the is expected shortly. i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters. joined by my colleagues of chris hayes, joy reid, nicole wallace, alex wagner and ari melber. i also do mean it when i say thank you for being home with us. we know you had every choice in the world were to watch thi
Inflation dropping, fewer uninsured people than at any time in history of the u.s.. all those things are easy and short sentences, and that s the sort thing that the president list for, to be able to brag about those sorts of things. also, that balloon steve kornacki, we will not ask you for any balloon reporting, but we definitely want to check in with you, steve, about whether there is a story to tell about how president biden is doing at this point in his presidency? whether there is a number based story? i think it s interesting to look at biden and the broader political climate right now. i think one thing that jumps out when you look at the numbers is i am not sure that there is a president in modern times for quite where we are in our politics are. now let s take a view at the numbers, because there are some numbers here with joe biden that politically for him, are just not good, they re flat out. that is approval rating, on average, sitting at 44%. he s been in the low to m