This afternoon President Joe Biden is taking his brand on energy on the road after a fiery state of the Union Address in which he laid out the choice facing voters in november. He made a stunning indictment of the gops decision to turn its back on democracy and freedom both here and abroad, all in service of the disgraced wannabe autocrat who is The Republicans presumptive president ial nominee. President joe biden will be soon making remarks in pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is central to his hopes of prevailing in november. If todays speech is like anything we saw last night from the president he will take a blow torch to his opponent and the Republican Party. Standing before congress in front of some of the very same people who aided and abetted donald trump, trying to overturn the 2020 election, and the very seen of the crime that is the january 6th insurrection, President Biden on thursday night painted a picture of a Republican Party that has fallen so far it no longer respects or ad
Movement led by sdon don. He is mon shod the 13 13 times. Trump and the threat he thoses to our democracy here at home to our standing in the world looms large over every line of the speech. New york times describing the president s State Of The Union quote unleashed an unyielding. Mr. Biden seemed to relish the showdown. While he boasted his accomplishments as president s do, he made no aspiration to rhetorical flourishes. He men shod his utty agenda with no utty in it and he. We will not walk away biden said in his address we will not bow down. He was speaking go russia and he seemed to intend it for the fight for his own presidency. President biden came out swinging against donald trump and the gop in the speech that laid out in the bluntest terms the stakes in the upcoming election for our democracy and freedom at home and abroad. With us at the Table Board Member Analyst is here and National Affairs analyst is here. The host of politics nation here, and the president of the Nation
Democrats. Members of congress here here from both sides of the aisle to talk about wa happened today. Lets turn back to the breaking news, the Washington Post explosive report that the president of the United States is currently under a Criminal Investigation for the Obstruction Of Justice. Responding in a statement, a spokesman for the president s attorney did not dispute the post report, saying only the fbi leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable, and illegal. Joining me now, the Washington Posts sari horwitz, one of the reporters who broke this tire. Sari, this would seem to confirm what james comey appeared to indicate, what many have been sort of hinting at, but squarely you guys have nailed down that apparently Robert Mueller is looking at Obstruction Of Justice. Yes. Youre right, chris, that the former fbi director in his testimony did seem to be laying out a case of possible obstruction. But what we found out that, indeed, the special counsel, Ro
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