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
abortions sued texas over its near total ban on the procedure. we ll hear from one of them who says she nearly died because of the law. we begin this hour with that breaking news out of mexico concerning those four americans who were shot at and kidnapped in matamoros, mexico. the governor of the state of tamaulipas says two of the four americans have been found dead while one more is injured. the fourth was found unharmed. disturbing video shows part of the kidnapping where you see the assailants dragging people into a white pickup truck. a law enforcement official confirmed. joining us now, nbc s ken dilanian, nbc s peter alexander at the white house, and the former head of the dea s operations. ken, what can you tell us? what the governor is saying is these americans have been recovered, two dead, two alive, one injured. they are in mexican custody and will be transferred to the u.s. this has not been confirmed by u.s. officials, but u.s. officials saying that they wer
giuliani did not invent the practice of allowing the press to photograph interest, but, as a criminal law professor from loyola marymount university put it, mr. giuliani took that practice and made an art form out of it. and giuliani did not always make sure he had his facts right before doing so. wall street isn t used to the site of its best and brightest in handcuffs, being arrested or charged with insider trading. people like robert freeman, a partner at goldman sachs, timothy taber a former vice president at hubert peabody, richard freeman wicked in, also of that last guy, richard wegman reportedly crying because of how shaken he was by the arrest. mr. giuliani thought the humiliation of being perp walked would make these guys just come clean. the problem is that just a few months after arresting just two of the people he perp walked,
of me, like people won t recognize me. so, here is that mugshot. this is what giuliani was so incensed about, being photographed at a county jail and paraded in front of the press like a criminal. which is ironic part of what made rudy giuliani a national figure in the first place was his practice of parading people in front of the press like they were criminals. when giuliani was the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york in the 1980s, he re-popularized the concept of the perp walk. giuliani did not invent the practice of allowing the press to photograph interest, but, as a criminal law professor from loyola marymount university put it, mr. giuliani took that practice and made an art form out of it. and giuliani did not always make sure he had his facts right before doing so. wall street isn t used to the site of its best and brightest in handcuffs, being arrested or charged with
but look you could not have asked for a better situation that exist right now. europe shoulders in exchanging texts, in the upper stratosphere of the business world in our they have the and least the animal instinct. are they as happy as the data said they should be? jamie dimon, the ceo of morgan chased gave a blockbuster of a speech last week when he said that america is in pretty darn good shape, all things considered given all the concerns that we have as americans and now he may or not be running for president but wall street isn t that great. and there aren t a lot of deals not so the investment bankers are probably not that happy. but look, in real america the economy is strong. let me ask you this because the white house is trying to make, what is, a biden i m not even sure i m seeing it right. well that s part of the problem. maybe they can t make that happen here. do you think that the more they say it that maybe people will start to believe it?