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today, thursday march 7, 2024. the state of the union. president biden about to deliver what might be his most important address to congress and america yet. what to listen for when he speaks tonight and how republicans are already pouncing. family law. alabama passes a new law to protect ivf treatments after the state ruled -- the state supreme court ruled that embryos are children. a bitter pill. a weeks-long cyberattack rattling pharmacies nationwide. patients struggling to get life-saving medications. and just like clock work. daylight saving time is this weekend and our days are about to get brighter. why do we do this any way? zinhle will be here to explain. we begin with a big day today in washington. final preparations are under way right now.

president biden about to give what could be one of the most impactful speeches of his political future, the state of the union. tonight's audience will be one of president biden's biggest of the year as he lays out his vision for the country. last year more than 27 million people watched the speech across 16 television networks. tonight's speech is being viewed as the first big moment of the 2024 general election now that formal president trump is the presumptive republican nominee. mr. trump says he will provide live play by play reaction to the president's remarks tonight. we'll break all of it down and talk about the speech, the economy, politics with our team. we'll start with allie and julie is on capitol hill. how does the white house view tonight's speech? >> white house officials are hyper aware of how high the stakes are for the president's appearance tonight. they know that this is pretty

much the first opportunity he will have since the general election kicked off on tuesday to draw this contrast between what the president has done and wants to do if he wins another term versus what former president trump has done when he was president and what he aims to do if he wins a second term in the white house. we expect the president to lay out what's at stake here at home and around the world during the speech. one of the major focuses he will have is the israel/hamas war. that hits a five-month mark today, as cease-fire talks remain at a standstill. we expect the president to make two major announcements to get more humanitarian aid into gaza. in addition to the construction by the u.s. military of a port

on gaza's coastline to get more humanitarian aid in by sea. we also expect the president to talk about how he has worked to help americans get more money in their pocket, how he's helped them get rid of student loan debt as well as lower the prices of prescription drugs. no shortage of topics on the list that the president will hit in this speech tonight. >> julie, we're already getting some previews from the republicans. the last state of the union there was a lot of heckling. do you think we'll have that tonight? >> speaker johnson did tell his colleagues yesterday that he wanted them to maintain decorum. this would be johnson's first time sitting in the seat behind the president. he got the gavel a few short months ago, the question is will his members listen to him.

the moment last year was marjorie taylor greene, the congresswoman of georgia calling president biden a liar for comments he had made on republicans wanting to take social security and medicare benefits away from americans. that was a viral moment that biden capitalized. johnson reiterating again that he wants his colleagues to respect the president's speech. >> some of the highlights of the state of the union are often when the president references guests that were invited to attend. who should we look out for tonight? >> this is a moment where lawmakers are using this opportunity to highlight issues that they care about, not only is the president having guests attend the state of the union, but all lawmakers are on issues concerning abortion, ivf, the border, the israel/hamas war. one issue i wanted to highlight is kids online safety act, kids and big tech. two senators have been all over this issue, senators blackburn

and bloomenthal. senator blackburn's guest lost her child at 14 to suicide. it will be a lot to watch tonight. >> thank you. you'll be busy tonight. thank you very much. let's keep it going with the economy. talking about that will be a big theme in tonight's state of the union address. christine romans is in washington. we've been talking about the disconnect between strong economic data that you're always talking about and the actual way that people feel. what are the numbers showing us? >> it is just a remarkable moment. it could be one of the best economies of our lifetimes, but people don't feel it because their grocery bills are still too high. you have a 3.7% unemployment rate. that's near a 50-year low. you have inflation at 3.1%. that's not 9% anymore. 9% was that painful inflation number. moving in the right direction

but not as low as the fed would like to see. economic growth in the last year of 3.1%. the average around 3%. that's an economy that is moving forward, that is firing on all cylinders. the president has that back drop here tonight. >> from the white house perspective, what message do you think they're hoping to send people on the economy when folks watch tonight? >> the president is going to say i am on your side. the side of the working person. the side of the american family. i'm at your kitchen table. there's two ways he's going to try to cast that or frame that. number one is lowering prices for every-day americans. he'll go through a lot of different examples of that from bank fees to student loans as you heard earlier. all these different ways. he'll also talk about housing. a big initiative to try to make housing more affordable and to cut some of the costs out of the closing -- the closing costs out of that practice. talking about some granular prices and costs but taken together could help american

families. on the other side he'll frame around tax fairness and talk about making rich people pay more. making corporations pay more. making sure people who earn less than $400,000 a year do not pay more in taxes but that you raise taxes in other parts of the income ladder to make it more fair and cut deficits. those are the two ways i think he'll frame that economy message tonight. >> christine romans, always great to have you. we'll have steve kornacki with us in the next half hour for more on the president's state of the union. it's a big night of news. we have you covered. nbc's coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our nbc news now channel or you can go to our website and click watch live. also, you can watch at 9:00 p.m., 6:00 pacific on your local nbc station. so many ways to watch our coverage, plus updates and analysis at nbcnews.com. in alabama, two fertility clinics resumed ivf services

after state lawmakers voted to protect those treatments. the governor signed the bill into law last night. it's welcome relief for families and providers. some believe the new law just passed doesn't go far enough and it is likely to play a part in president biden's state of the union address tonight. dasha burns joins me from montgomery, alabama. tell us what the new law does and how it might factor into what we might here tonight from president biden. >> yeah. you have politics, policy and then real people in the middle of it all. this new law protects ivf providers from criminal and civil liability. essentially preventing them from getting sued for a absorbitant

amounts. they say it doesn't address what you mentioned at the top, it doesn't address the fundamental issue of calling an embryo a child. the democratic lawmakers i talked to say what's needed is a constitutional amendment to change that language so that the clinics and families can be protected in the long-term. they believe as things stand now, because that bill doesn't touch the issue of personhood for fetuses and embryos, the door is open for more complications. >> state of the union tonight, why do you think it might come up? >> the person giving the response to the state of the union, the gop response is senator katie britt from alabama. she is also going to point to the bill that governor ivey just

signed. she's been a vocal supporter of ivf and we expect her to reaffirm that support tonight as we expect to hear president biden point the finger at republicans as the party has been on the backfoot when it comes to reproductive rights. >> i want to ask you about another issue in kansas. a bill moving through the legislature there would require abortion providers to ask patients why they're terminating a pregnancy. this after a vote in 2022 to protect abortion under the state constitution there. what can you tell us? >> causing continues versecy because of that. the state did vote to support abortion rights and some see this as a way to hinder that. basically the bill would require providers to ask people seeking an abortion 11 questions about why they're seeking to terminate that practice. those questions include things like whether having a child would impact their education. whether they can't afford to have another child or if a partner pressured them to have a

child. proponents of the bill say this data will be helpful to lawmakers to address some of the concerns that women are facing, those who are against this bill say that it is a way to shame and to stigmatize those seeking abortions and harassment of abortion providers. >> dasha burns for us, thank you. time for today's cnbc money minute. a new fda warning about cinnamon and another streaming service is cracking down on password sharing. kate rogers joins us now. >> the fda warned that some ground cinnamon sold nationwide are contaminated with lead and asked the suppliers to voluntarily recall the products. the warning comes after the agency conducted a targeted survey after lead-tainted apple sauce pouches were recalled last summer. max is the next service to crack down on password sharing. the crackdown will bring max in line with netflix and disney

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a cyberattack on one of the country's largest health care systems has been crippling pharmacies for weeks now and it's making it harder for people to get their prescriptions filled. here's liz kreutz. >> thank you for calling. >> reporter: at magnolia pharmacy in los angeles, it's been two weeks of chaos. the pharmacy left in limbo after a cyberattack on change health care, that for days prevented many providers from filling

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the man accused of stealing an airport is due back in court today. first, another hit to downtown san francisco. the north face store ready to leave union square. workers at the north face confirmed the store will close march 17th. macy's says it's closing its flagship store next year. today, a 50-year-old is scheduled to be back in court. he stole a plane about a month ago. he later made an emergency landing on this beach in half moon bay. police arrested him after he ran from the scene. today's hearing is believed to be focused on a possible change of legal representation. east san jose leaders emphasize how important it is to build the light rail extension connecting that part of town. later today, the board will take a vote that could allow construction to begin as soon as next month. kris sanchez joins us with what's at stake. >> reporter: the people of east san jose have been waiting for

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the country first applied to join two years ago, but hungary and turkey only voted in favor this year. the swedish prime minister handed over the final documents to u.s. secretary of state antony blinken in washington, d.c. earlier today. in a statement, president biden said together with our newest ally, sweden, nato will continue to stand for freedom and democracy for generations to come. sailor cole broward just became the first american woman to race nonstop around the world by herself. the 29-year-old new york native docked in spain after a 30,000 mile journey over 130 days. she placed second overall in the global solo challenge. she was the youngest competitor and the only woman in the event. she told the "today" show this morning that she hopes her historic finish inspires young girls to follow in her footsteps. look at this video of a wisconsin town's biggest

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face tonight. we know obviously some of the recent polling has put donald trump ahead of joe biden. one of the big reasons is this, joe biden's job approval rating. in our most recent poll, an approval rating under 40%. 37% in our poll. disapproval rating hitting 60% in our poll. you ask the question how that compares to past presidents. let's look at presidents this century in their re-election year coming into their state of the union. the same position that president biden isiding public

transportation safe. stephanie gosk reports. >> reporter: over 3.6 million people take the new york city subway every day. >> i'm always mindful of my environment, i'm always looking. >> reporter: the national guard will be checking bags after a rash of violent assaults on the nation's largest train system. one high-profile case, this

horrifying moment a woman smashed cellist ian forest in the head while he was performing on a subway platform. >> a lot of pain, i didn't know what happened. >> reporter: the increased security part of the new york governor's plan to crack down on crime. >> these brazen, heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated. >> reporter: it builds on the 1,000 additional nypd officers new york city's mayor ordered to patrol the trains last month after a reported 45% spike in transit crimes in january. the latest gallup poll finds 77% of americans believe crime is on the rise nationwide, but that is not the reality in most places. the fbi says violent crime is actually on the decline, after a nationwide surge in 2020. still, some cities are facing big challenges. in philadelphia, eight teenagers were shot at a city bus stop, just hours after the transit

police chief there pledged an aggressive push against all crimes on public transportation. >> we're going to target every criminal code on the books. >> reporter: despite the national trends, washington, d.c. saw an historic spike in violent crimes last year, up 39%. >> the bill is approved unanimously. >> reporter: the d.c. council passed a massive bill aimed to make the district safer, including increased penalties for some gun offenses, and expanding the definition of carjacking. here in new york city, transit chief michael kemper says the increased police presence on subways is a deterrent. >> if anyone is thinking of coming into the subway system with a weapon, there's probably a good chance they're going to get caught. >> reporter: stephanie gosk, nbc news. artificial intelligence is going nuclear. a new group of companies want to restore old nuclear reactors to fuel the new technology. jacob ward shows us how it would work. >> reporter: this remote site in eastern idaho could soon be the birthplace of a new nuclear age. >> the reprocessing and

refabrication of highly radioactive fuel. >> reporter: the idaho national lab is a research facility where the u.s. government experimented with a safer kind of nuclear reactor. >> the federal government put their early research reactors out here because it's full of underground water and frankly there's no one out here. decades after the plant stopped running, a silicon valley backed company wants to build a new version, a 15 megawatt reactor called aurora. >> reporter: the reactor will use liquid metal as cool land and leftover nuclear waste from the government as fuel. >> this is where they will recover the fuel? >> yeah. >> reporter: the company's ceo has been working in nuclear since he was 16 and envisions his reactor powering a town or a factory. >> for most of my life, there's not been a question about the demand for what nuclear energy is, which is reliable, clean,

affordable. >> reporter: big tech wants it, too. jeff bezos, bill gates and a host of others have invested in nuclear companies. sam altman is the chairman of the board and speaks about the huge amounts of power necessary for ai centers. this is not an unregulated technology like ai. this is nuclear where the waste from even new reactor designs will remain dangerously radioactive for centuries. in 2022, the nuclear regulatory commission said they had not provided enough safety data. >> you have to ensure this meets adequate safety requirements. >> reporter: in idaho falls, folks seem pretty comfortable with the idea. >> i think it's great.

we had it before. >> reporter: at this point you would say you're comfortable with nuclear power? >> yeah. >> reporter: a growing number of americans feel the same. critics argue that nuclear solves a problem for tech ceos, not for humanity. >> if you were to integrate large language models, gpt-style models into search engines, it will cost five times as much environmentally as standard search. i want to see innovation in this country, i want the scope of innovation to be determined beyond, you know, the incentive structures of these giant companies. >> reporter: couldn't we just cut back on our energy consumption? why do we need to feed our society more and more and more power? >> yeah. i'll answer that in two ways. we've almost always seen a correlation between high energy footprints and pretty much all aspects of quality of life. not to mention, we're trying to

decarbonize. we're so far away from electrifying vehicles, and the amount of energy needed to do that is huge. >> reporter: jake ward, nbc news. whether you love it or hate it, daylight saving it around the corner. some experts say the seasonal shift is bad for your sleep. earlier this month, the state of oregon tried to get rid of it altogether. in this installment of simply explained, zinhle essamuah gets into the history and controversy in daylight saving explained. >> reporter: daylight saving time is a system used around the world for maximizing hours of daylight. at least 70 countries and territories observe the practice, which typically happens twice a year in march and november. >> why is it considered an important practice? >> the goal of daylight saving time is to move the hours of human activity and make the best use of daylight. >> reporter: put simply, daylight saving time resets your clock with the goal of getting you more sun at least half the year.

quick history lesson, founding father benjamin franklin first alluded to daylight saving in an 1784 letter, though there are competing theories about who proposed the practice. several countries including the u.s., australia and great britain adopted daylight saving as early as world war i with the u.s. passing the uniform time act in 1966 as a means of conserving energy. but today, at least 63% of americans want to stop turning back their clocks. seema is a medical director and a fellow at the american academy of sleep medicine. the aasm just last year calling for the u.s. to eliminate daylight saving entirely citing standard time for health and safety. >> what we find is after we lost that hour, the monday afterwards, there's a higher instance of more vehicle collisions, medical errors.

>> reporter: expert david prarar says the practice goes beyond statistics. why do you think daylight saving is losing some of its popularity? >> i think the emphases has been in the wrong area. people don't like to lose an hour of sleep. however, people don't think why we're doing it? what's the benefit of it? if you kept daylight saving time all year around, you would have very dark mornings all winter. >> reporter: earlier this year, the oregon legislature attempting to end daylight saving in the state. hawaii and most of arizona have never participated in the practice. >> people shouldn't focus on the loss of that hour for one day but think about the benefit. >> reporter: for now, the controversy and the clocks keep ticking. this spring forward on sunday, march 10th. that's daylight saving simply explained. >> very cool. thank you. now we want to hear from you. what else do you want simply explained? let zinhle know by connecting with her on your favorite social media platform. coming up, when cats get

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thought of steve, who runs a tree service. >> they reached out to the fire department, local services and nobody could help. they asked if i wouldn't mind trying to climb the tree. i was like, of course, i would. what are you doing in there? >> that first rescue was emotional. >> after five days without water, they can start to get organ failure and on top of that, fatigue from being in the cold for four or five nights in a row. it was kind of like the last chance for that cat. >> reporter: now, he's take calls up to an hour from his home in southern new jersey. back in february, chris and heather gamble found their missing 7-year-old, callie, in a tree. >> i know her meows. she doesn't cry like that. she was stuck. we were devastated. i didn't know what to do. >> reporter: steve drove to them before dawn. >> how you doing? i'm steve. >> reporter: gearing up in minutes and scaling the tree. >> where's callie? >> reporter: he offered salmon, but she jumped higher. >> i need to get my ropes higher.

>> reporter: steve went above callie and got her to climb down a bit. but suddenly, she fell. >> in true cat form, she righted herself and started running before she hit the ground. >> reporter: callie wasn't hurt at all. the gambles thanked them with their homemade honey. steve doesn't charge a fee. he's not just a tree climber. >> he's not. no. he's got a heart of gold. he does this so quickly. reassures us the whole way, it's going to be okay. >> it's just such a nice thing in this world that people are willing to put themselves out there to do that. >> can you see pancake? >> reporter: he's helped more than 100 cats. some really high up. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: some like stormy in danger. >> there was birds and crows swooping at her and she was literally all the way out on the tips. so i rescued her and two days later, she goes up another tree. >> do you do repeat calls?

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back live out to the scene. this is 580. all lanes shut down because of police activity. a heavy police presence. pleasanton pd the lead agency where this first started. it ended here on 580. this is near fairmont drive exit. right now police have shut down lanes ahead of that. we want to let you know, all westbound lanes at 164th are

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