good evening. in the white house president biden getting ready to face a newly divided congress and the american people at a pivotal moment in his presidency. we will soon leave from the u.s. capitol to report on the state of the union and make an argument for a run for his second term. and i m jake tapper. we are counting down to president biden s big speech about an hour from now and his entrance into the house chamber where republicans are now in charge for the first time since biden took office. new house speaker kevin mccarthy will be seated behind the president, a visible reminder of the political pressures on president biden as the gop led house challenges his agenda and launches a slew of investigations. president biden is expected to try to use his biggest national tv audience of the year to test the waters for his 2024 campaign message. new excerpts of the speech reveal that he will make a direct appeal to americans in economic pain as he tries to make the case th
some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. let me give you anybody who doubts that contact my office. i ll give you a copy i ll give you a cop yf of the proposal. oh, yeah. it was on last night. good morning, everyone. here we are in washington, d.c. live on capitol hill this morning. some republicans jeering and booing and heckling the president. but biden punched back during last night s heated state of the union. we ll break down the key take aways. and we re going to speak to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who were there. plus this. children rescued from the rubble but countless people remain trapped and buried alive. more than 48 hours after the catastrophic earthquake in turkey and sear yachlt we ll take you for the search for survivors. the death toll is near 11,000. also, we have updates in memphis. the five police officers charged with murdering tyre nichols have now been accused of beating up another young black man just days before. we l
together the last congress. there is no reason why we can t find consensus on this congress as well. good morning, everyone. who said washington, d.c., is boring? i ve been trying to tell everybody. i mean, the real what would you call it, the real congress? the real lawmakers of washington, d.c. a lot livelier. where is andy cohen? i m sure somewhere watching and taking notes saying i need to start this. hey, we re here live in washington with our coverage of the state of the union. post analysis. president biden heckled and boo d during a speech he gave last night. still, insisting he can reach acro across the aisle to get things done. we re going to talk to the white house in just a few minutes. also, a moment that stood out last night, mitt romney calling out george santos and his lies on the house floor in the chamber after president biden s speech telling santos, quote, you don t belong here. i told you it was dramatic. and manhattan s district attor
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
those who served alongside him. and the thousands, we know who will be called upon to serena served after him. deserve to know they have a country, and a community back home, doing our part in the fight for freedom. america s great because we are free. but today, our freedom is under attack. and america we love, is in danger. president biden and the democrats have failed you. and it s time for a change. a new generation of republican leaders are stepping up. not to be caretaker the status quo, but to be changemakers for the american people. we know not what the future holds, but we know who holds the future in his hands. and with god as our witness, from people chokehold africa is still the place where freedom rains, and liberty will never die. god bless, two and goblets america. the republican response tonight from arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders, former press secretary to donald trump, with an extended anecdote at the end there, about how anna trip with president