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
I wanted to tell you. On may 26, i will be at the town hall in provincetown, massachusetts. You can get information about how and where to get tickets at msnbc prequel. That will do it for me now. It is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. May 26th does not help me i had to look it up, it is a sunday. All right. I can do that. Would you like me to save you a seat . How many of my brothers can i bring . There could be four of us. We will work it out. I will get the exact count. Lawrence and brothers. All right. I will buy you some tickets myself. Excellent. Otherwise known as, the gang. I cant wait. Thanks, rachel. In his sharply effective State Of The Union last week, President Biden, included the best Tax Policy Speech ever given by a democrat. Folks at home, does anybody think the tax code is fair . Do you really think the wealthy and big corporations need another 2 trillion tax rate . I sure do not. I will keep fighting to make it fair. President biden, has been using some
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government classified documents a whole lot different than the treatment afforded to his prede predecessor. let s go to peter doocy with the latest. president biden has no issues with his memory, so they think the special counsel must have felt pressure to put that in his report. republicans in congress and elsewhere have been attacking prosecutors who aren t doing what republicans want politically. here s the thing. that is what democrats are starting to do now as well. the comments that were made by that prosecutor gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate. so the way that the president s demeanor in that report was characterized could not be more wrong. there s also a new white house cleanup to a clear-cut mistake president biden made last night talking about gaza and calling the president of egypt by the. of mexico s name. initially the president of mexico, c.c. did not want to open the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in. he was clearly talking abo
the pentagon, u.s. response to the drone attack that killed three troops in jordan could come in stages. you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. we learn the identities of the three army soldiers, two of them were under 25 years old. some are calling for the u.s. to send a direct message to iran immediately. brooke singman has details. brooke: pentagon releasing the names of the three soldiers killed in the attack. they were assigned to 718th. sergeant william drone and specialist moffet. the president faces growing calls to take action against iran. sounded like the administration has ruled out strikes within iran. i appreciate the question, i will not telegraph punches. we are not looking for war with iran, not looking to escalate the tension anymore. everything has been done to deescalate tension. did does the administration not hold iran responsible for the attack or the risk is acceptable? i m not going to telegrap