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ah, they'll be like this for hours. hello dad, hello dad, hello da. uh-oh. good bunnies. ahh! the plans the biden and trump campaigns have to woo them to their side. ivf protection signed into law in alabama, why the political fight over reproductive rights is still far from over. and later a new midair scare, what caused flames to shoot from a united planes engine just moments after takeoff. ♪♪ it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific, i'm josé diaz-balart in for ana cabrera. we begin with one of the most important speeches president biden will give this year, the state of the union address set for 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. pacific tonight. we expect the president to highlight his administration's

accomplishments so far and what he still hopes to do and lay out the stakes of the upcoming election. with his general election rematch with donald trump now set. joining us is nbc's monica alba from the white house and sahil kapur from capitol hill. monica, good morning, what r we hearing from the white house about this evening's speech? >> reporter: of course it is very high stakes, jose, and it's a speech that the president has been working on for days. thematically he's been working on it for months, so you're going to be hearing a lot of familiar themes in terms of what the white house views as its major accomplishments of the first three years of this term and the president's pitch for what he argues he could do with another four years in office. this is the latest ever state of the union in terms of the calendar, and that's actually something that the white house and the biden campaign are welcoming because they feel like they can build on some of the momentum they argue from super tuesday earlier in the week in terms of framing this as a real general election choice, and

this contrast with a republican vision, which you're certainly going to hear on a lot of different topics including on immigration, on the economy, on taxes in particular, and on this larger overall theme of freedom and choice and on having that ability to really defend democracy, which the president is going to be speaking to as well, when it comes to things like reproductive health care and abortion access, you can expect to hear a lot of that in the speech tonight, and of course, jose, there's always these moments that are a little bit unscripted that are more spontaneous. the white house is ready for that. a year ago that was one of the standout moments they felt when there was a little bit of back and forth with those in the chamber on entitlement and social security. could there be another moment like that, that's possible. something else we also watch for are the guests of the state of union. the first lady always likes to come with a list of people who are coming from various different backgrounds that

represent different priorities. you're going to be seeing a woman, latoya beasley whose embryo transfer was canceled as a result of that alabama supreme court decision recently. they're going to be highlighting reproductive health care. you're going to be seeing a middle school educator, something that's important to the first lady and her work in office. you're going to be seeing people who represent important aspects on gun violence prevention in addition to someone named shawn fain who is the president of the united autoworkers, a key union that recently backed the president. and on the foreign policy stage, the prime minister of sweden will be there, which is significant given their recent addition to nato. of course there are the domestic issues i just laid out, and then there's plenty we also expect from the foreign policy perspective when it comes to the continued war in ukraine and the israel-hamas war and highlighting those remaining hostages who are still in gaza. >> and sahil, i mean, monica is talking about those unexpected moments like we saw last year during the state of union then,

but house speaker is now warning lawmakers about their behavior during the speech this year. what's he telling them? >> reporter: that's right, jose. this will be speaker mike johnson's first time on the lectern at a state of the union with the president, and the speaker is asking his republican members to exercise restraint, to be respectful, and to show restraint. that's according to a source that spoke to kristen welker. last year republicans had a series of outbursts during the president's speech. marjorie taylor greene was among several republicans who yelled, interrupted, heckled the president. johnson is urging them not this time. we're eight months before a election, and he would like to show voters that republicans are a serious party worthy of their trust ahead of the election. the other more unique dynamic for president biden is that he might potentially be facing some of this from the left this time given that prominent democrats keep getting protests, especially over the issue of u.s. policy in israel during this war in gaza right now.

that's been a fixture of democratic events. that's not to say that's necessarily going to happen, pu it's certainly a possibility. members can invite their own guests who can say what they want. and of course eight months before the election, democrats want to see this president make a forceful case for his achievements. they believe he has a great story to tell about economic recovery, and that this will be a huge part of trying to convince voters that the last four years were a success and that he deserves another four years. take a listen to what house minority leader hakeem jeffries said in this space recently. >> i think the president will also make clear that we know we have to finish the job, that there are still affordability challenges that we have to address on behalf of everyday americanss. we're willing to do that in a bipartisan way, but that president biden has a vision to grow the middle class.

>> reporter: and lastly, there's the intangible, jose. everyone knows the president's age is a concern for many voters. democrats want him to go out there, deliver a vigorous speech and make them feel like he's still got this and can do this for another four years. >> the republicans have chosen senator katie britt from alabama to deliver the response. >> republicans are particularly excited about the visual contrast here between president biden, the oldest sitting president and senator katie britt, a freshman senator. she is 42 years old. she hasn't telegraphed a lot about what she is going to say. she has issued some fund-raising emails that give us a hint here. she was first elected in 2022. katie britt likes to talk about her story, her family, you know, being a mom of school aged children. she tends to call herself a momma on a mission. she likes to talk about republicans as the party of families. she's mentioned in these fund-raising emails the america first agenda. she has endorsed donald trump for president like most republicans have. one interesting thing to watch

will be how she navigate this is need to throw red meat to the conservative base with appealing to these suburban moderate independent voters who have moved away from republicans in these last several years. that is not an easy balance to strike. republican leaders made clear yesterday they hope this state of the union will be president biden's last. >> monica alba and sahil kapur, thank you both so very much. and for more on this, we are joined by former florida congressman david jollies and julian castro, former secretary of housing and urban development. both are msnbc political analysts. julian, what do you think are the stakes tonight for the president at this so important event? >> last year on lineal, traditional television about 27 million people watched this speech. if you add in all the people who watched clips or watch it online on some other platform, this is far more people that are going to watch any other speech that

he's going to give this year, probably until the debates perhaps. this is a super important moment for him. i think three things. first of all, this is the last point that sahil made. for president biden, it's as much about how he comes out, whether he's energetic and optimistic. he seems robust as what he says. so i think he needs to beat the expectations game today and maybe take a page out of reagan's playbook. you know, the other day i watched the 1982 state of the union address, and this is when inflation was sky high in less than a year after reagan had been shot, and a lot of worries about the '82 election, which they didn't do well in, the republicans. but there was reagan optimistic, and smiling and giving people confidence that he was with it. joe biden can do that tonight. he's done it before. secondly, i think he needs to shore up his base, particularly on this issue of the israel-hamas war. it's clear that the

administration wants to make a pivot. tonight is the opportunity to make a stronger pivot toward calling for a cease fire, putting more pressure on netanyahu, and then i think he has the chance as he always does in a contrast with donald trump to be the adult in the room. that's why people elected him in 2020. he was the adult in the room. he was the steady hand. that's still important, especially for people that are not super partisan. he has a chance to show that again tonight. >> david, what are you watching for in tonight's speech? >> look, i think joe biden is actually made for these moments. he always over performs in these moments. we saw it last year when he went impromptu and played rope a dope with rick scott, and i think he has a good message to tell, so we will see a very confident joe biden. look, the partisanship sin ev inevitable in these rooms. the two parties see the world differently.

i think what joe biden always bridges which ultimately meets americans right where they are is the ability to turn partisanship on its head and say tonight for instance to republicans, join me, work with me for the economy. don't root against the economy. work with me to secure the border. don't try to defeat legislation when we have a solution in front of us. joe biden has a good story to tell on his legislative agenda thus far and what he wants to do, and i think he will highlight that the obstructionism is by the do nothing republican conference in congress, and he always did tuz does it with a certain gentility. these are the moments for which joe biden is made, and i think we'll see a very strong president tonight. >> julian, do you think that the president should take on the former president somehow in this evening's speech directly? i mean, that's not really the venue for it, but there is some very real important issues that the president has versus the former president. >> well, i think he does that by

speaking about what's been accomplished. one of the lines that he's used very well during the trump administration, it was infrastructure week for four years, but they never got anything done. they got infrastructure done. so by pointing out those accomplishments, that's an understated contrast to trump. i think his style, as i said, in coming off as steady and as presidential, what we always have thought of as presidential until trump came along is a contrast, and i would imagine that his speech writing team will find a couple of ways that are not over the top to contrast with trump as well. now especially that the race is clarified, it's going to be biden versus trump. there is no more mystery about the primary process, so this is the time to do it in a big setting, but to do it without coming off as somehow being beneath the president in that moment. and you have to strike that balance. >> yeah, i mean, david, trump has said he's going to be watching the speech closely. trump posted on his social pages

that he'll be doing a live play-by-play of the speech, and he's challenging president biden to a debate, quote, anytime, anywhere, anyplace. what should the president do about this? >> ignore it. donald trump's just upset the camera's not on him tonight, and that's okay. that's the way the rules work. look, i'm a bit of an institutionalist who believes not just in the congress but also on the import of the state of the union address and the ability of a president to connect with the american people. tonight is not a campaign speech. joe biden will have that opportunity. i believe he hits the road after this speech and will certainly lean in to campaign themes. but as julian said, the vision for the future of the country is a contrast that will isolate donald trump without ever having to mention him. joe biden is working for an economy for all people. fair border laws and respect for those who are currently here in the country without documentation. access to health care, access to education, a more balanced tax code. he's going to talk about

balancing and going after some of the loopholes for the very wealthy and billionaires. so that contrast will draw itself, and on the fundamental theme that biden's so strong about protecting democracy, it will really isolate donald trump without ever having to mention the former president's name. tonight is a night about representing the presidency, representing the country. you can do that if you're joe biden without having to point a finger at donald trump. >> julian, how does the president, you think, best deal with and explain the humanitarian crisis that is a humanitarian crisis at the border but it's now a humanitarian crisis throughout our country. how does the president define and explain that? >> i think he has to define it as an issue, as he has, of maintaining order at the border and recognizing the very real concerns that especially communities along the border whether they're in arizona or texas or even in california

have, and even in these big cities, the concerns that mayors have voiced. so to do that, to show that he had a plan, they had a plan to do something about it, that he's being proactive, we can agree or disagree about what was in that plan. but now, he can argue, look, i tried to do something, and republicans didn't go along. they did not meet us in the middle. they really just want this as a political talking point. and then he does, i think, for the base of the democratic party that cares about compassion and humanity toward migrants, he needs to assure them that he also does have that heart. that he is trying to make sure that people are respected and that we have an asylum process that still maintains its standing as respectful of the aspirations of people who are coming here for refuge from around the world, but recognizes that, you know, a limited number of people are going to be able to receive that.

that, i think, is the tight rope that he has to walk. because in this election for joe biden, he needs to address. >> haley's voters. >> very importantly, the haley voter is not a monolithic group, and so i think republicans are trying to bring back into the fold those voters that they know are traditional kind of jeb bush chamber of commerce republicans. they preferred haley over trump, but what we also know is that a number of haley voters voted for nikki haley because they simply see donald trump as unfit. and for those voters, joe biden represents a normalcy and a

stability, a defense of freedom and a western alliance, a fairness and a respect for our institutions, the protection of democracy, and so joe biden is going to those voters saying, listen, patriotism ahead of partisanship. we can restore stability in the country by defeating donald trump once and for all. i think those voters will respond very well. >> former congressman david jolly and julian castro, thanks so much for being with us this morning. new warning signs about donald trump's classified documents case as we learn when the supreme court will hear arguments about his immunity claims. pretty amazing, a shocking midair scare after flames are seen bursting from a united airlines plane. and alabama's governor signs a bill to protect ivf, but will it lower the political temperature? we're back in 60 seconds. temperature? we're back in 60 seconds power e*trade's easy-to-use tools,

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this morning families in alabama may be closer to resuming fertility treatments. governor kay ivey signed a bill late last night to protect ivf clinics from prosecution. lawmakers rushed to pass the bill after a court ruling caused weeks of confusion over whether ivf was legal, but for now at least one clinic is still waiting to treat patients saying the new law doesn't do enough. nbc's legal correspondent laura jarrett has more. >> it's only been two weeks since that court decision brought ivf in alabama to a standstill. the reaction and frustration so palpable that lawmakers managed to pass this legislation in record time, but real questions still remain about whether this new law can fully accomplish what it set out to do. this morning fertility patients and doctors in alabama hoping a new law will now pave the way for them to restart ivf treatments left on hold for the last two weeks.

>> 29 aye, 1 nay. >> the new legislation signed overnight by kay ivey meant to shield ivf clinics from costly lawsuits. civil damages now also sharply limited if an embryo is damaged or destroyed. >> this bill gives us the ability to immediately offer ivf care to our patients. >> state lawmakers under pressure to pass something fast after the alabama supreme court found parents could sue for wrongful death when their frozen embryos were destroyed, causing clinics in the state to worry more lawsuits could follow. abruptly halting all ivf procedures. now some fertility clinics in the state still evaluating the new landscape. the university of alabama at birmingham, the state's largest hospital saying it's moving to promptly resume treatments but adding we will continue to assess developments. but one clinic at the center of the state's supreme court case telling local outlets, quote, we are not reopening until we have

legal clarification patients like megan cole left in limbo for weeks now hoping to restart the ivf process once again with the help of a surrogate. >> we're hopeful that although this has been probably the worst two weeks of our lives that it will get back on track and we can move forward. >> reporter: but some lawmakers acknowledge the new law is only a temporary fix, doing nothing to tackle the underlying reasoning of the court decision equating frozen embryos to children. >> we're not addressing the court's central issue, which is putting a band-aid on a hemorrhaging wound when we're talking about refusing to address the constitutional crisis we have created. >> the situation in alabama has been a cautionary tale for other states as well like florida where proposed bills allowing wrongful death suits for embryo destruction appear to have been shelved for now. turning now to a major date just added to donald trump's

legal calendar. on the 25th of april, the supreme court will hear arguments on trump's presidential immunity claims. the case will determine when, if at all, the d.c. election interference case goes to trial. i want to bring in former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade. it's good seeing you. this case is being heard on the last day for arguments on the court's calendar. what does that tell you? >> yes, well, a couple of things i suppose, jose. that they do want to squeeze it in this term and did not set it for next term, which was a possibility. but also that they're not acting with the kind of urgency that i think some voters might like. there have been times in the court's history when it has heard cases immediately. the pentagon case was heard in a matter of days. it's putting it not on a fast track or slow track but kind of a medium track. >> what kind of ripple effects could this have on the timing of the d.c. trial and trump's other trials as well? >> yeah, i think one concern about this is that if it is heard on april 25th as it appears to be and it is not

decided very quickly, it could jeopardize the likelihood of a trial occurring before the election. now, it is possible they could hear the case april 25th. they could decide the case even in a month at the end of may and still probably get this case tried sometime in late summer or early fall. but the worry is, of course, it might take them a couple of months to reach that decision. judge chutkan in d.c. has promised donald trump to give back the trial prep time which was taken away, which is three months. every day that goes by that the court does not decide the case jeopardizes the ability to try the case before november 5. st i think this is an issue also in the georgia election interference case. i can't imagine that the judge there would want to try that case until issue is decided. and then it's not an issue in the mar-a-lago case, but that is moving slowly for other reasons. >> let's talk about that mar-a-lago case. there are new developments in that classified documents case. judge cannon filing an order

saying that two briefs submitted by trump-aligned lawyers may be of considerable help in resolving trump's motion to dismiss the case. what does that mean? >> well, these are amicus briefs. it means literally friend of the court, non-parties who are filing information for the court. that language that she says that might be beneficial to the court is sort of routine language, and so i don't know that we should read too much into it, but the nature of these briefs, if she does follow them, is concerning. one says that the case should be dismissed because the national archives was defective in the way it provided a referral to the department of justice. the other says the case should be dismissed because the special counsel regulations are unconstitutional. if either of those end up being helpful to the court, then this case is in trouble because it suggests dismissal. i wouldn't read too much into the precise language. it's likely a clerk inserted that parroting the language that

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for his handling of the economy. many americans feeling the brunt of the high cost of living. nbc news correspondent dasha burns is in eerie county, pennsylvania, a swing county, set to have a big impact in the 2024 election. >> darrell grace has lived in erie county, pennsylvania, all his life. the former maintenance worker is an avowed steeler fan and muscle car aficionado. in 2020 he voted for biden, but three years later he says the economic growth the president talks about isn't helping him. >> how does the economy feel to you? >> it doesn't feel well, you know. they say everything is doing better, but it doesn't feel that way. >> darrell's kids both in their mid-20s and employed still live at home. >> when i was retired, i didn't expect for my kids to be here with me. and i was like my golden years, me and the wife. >> you thought you'd be empty nesters. >> yeah, you know, having fun, you know. >> as for his vote come

november, if it's biden and trump, it's bad. >> are you considering going third party? >> yeah. yeah. >> president biden narrowly flipped this bellwether county in 2020 thanks to strong democratic turnout and won the state. with his approval rating on the economy at just 36%, polls show swing state pennsylvania is very much in play. >> i think he has done a good job. >> republican turned independent marianne frontino is planning to support biden. >> we did not go into a recession. it's kind of surprising that people aren't more in support of him. he has a real pr problem, a big pr problem. >> that problem for the president is playing out at eduardo's tavern where we met a group of conservative customers. >> you've got low unemployment rates, wages are up, inflation is easing, stock market's doing well. but are you feeling any of that? how do you feel about the economy day-to-day? >> i'm not sure i agree with what you just said.

>> i never planned on using some of the money that i saved to retire that i had to use because of the economy. >> groceries, gas, everything you have to buy every day is way more expensive than previous years. >> do you feel like there's a disconnect between what the biden administration is saying about how good the economy is versus what you feel? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> a disconnect that democrats will have to address this election year, dasha burns, nbc news, erie, pennsylvania. >> and i want to thank dasha for that report. and joining us from the white house is steve benjamin, assistant to the president and director of the white house office of public engagement. steve, it's great seeing you. i thank you for your time. we were just listening to some of the folks in pennsylvania to react about how they perceive the economy. and when you look at the nurjs

numbers they're clear, gdp is up. inflation is easing, but polls show the president getting poor marks on the economy. one recent poll from fox news found 36% say biden has been successful on handling the economy. you heard that one of the voters said biden has a pr problem. how does the president deal with this disconnect? >> well, you know, super tuesday is now in our rearview mirror, jose, and we believe that very clear now that this will be a rematch, the president with the historic work he's been doing on rebuilding a post-pandemic economy versus the ideas of the past on being resurgent. folks are going to start dialing in no and seeing, yes, as you mentioned not only a stock market moving strong, unemployment below 4% for over two years in a row now, almost 15 million new jobs. and very strategic and

thoughtful investments around the president's investing in america agenda, that's not only bringing supply chains to america, helping create great manufacturing, high paying jobs that don't require a college degree but help people move from maybe the two bottom quintiles to the middle class and growing the middle class aggressively. helping getting arms around some of these dramatic costs. that's when the president talks very effectively on junk fees and making sure that the hardworking families that earned these resources are able to keep them, and they're not being taken by those, by corporations that might be unwittingly placing additional fees on them, but i agree, we have to make sure that as people are now dialing in and the very noisy environment, post-super tuesday, making it clear that it's ideas of the future for the biden harris administration versus ideas of the past that folks are going to have to start paying attention and seeing, yes, the

incredible success of the biden harris administration, seeing exactly who's working every single day for working families and growing the middle class in this country. and we feel very good that between now and then folks are going to say we want joe biden to finish the job. >> as you know better than most, this is going to be one of the longest general election campaigns in american history, and that includes a lot of noise to use a phrase you just mentioned. steve, i'm just wondering your thoughts on the disconnect because if you look at under 4% unemployment, that's essentially full employment. if you look at cold facts around the world, probably one of the best economies in the entire planet, you've got african american unemployment down historic levels, latino unemployment down historic levels, and yet people do feel in many cases that those numbers, they don't see reflected in their personal economy. how do you, steve, kind of put

those two things together? >> sure, well, i think -- and i'm going to make sure i stay on the right side of the hashtag, let the campaign do its job. i think it's important that we listen closely to what people are articulating as their concerns. we have to tell the story. a lot of us obviously have the pandemic in our rearview mirror, but the reality is that joe biden and kamala harris came into office i guess after the greatest pandemic since 1918, maybe the greatest economic unrest since 1929, and greatest social unrest since 1968 all wrapped up into one and immediately got to work on the american rescue plan and then the infrastructure bill, and then the chips bill and have effectively, you said one of the best economies in the world. i love it when people put data up as you have, jose. the best economy in the world. the best economy in the g-7 working, again, to invest here in america, in american jobs, and we're seeing the proof in

the pudding. we've got to go out and tell the story while people are talking about the great successes of the inflation reduction act. we're taking care of the planet and making the most significant investment in climate in the history of the world, but also what he's probably most proud of is what we're doing to drive down costs of health care for americans. we talked often about $35 insulin, you know. in my family and many families across the south, we talk about the sugar, but the idea that people are paying 800 bucks a month for insulin and trying to make sure that all americans have the benefits of access to 21st century health care along with 21st century infrastructure. i mean, the amazing broadband investments made in rural, suburban, and urban america, the success of the acp program that has now 23 million people all across the country finally being

able to afford internet access understanding that that's the only way that a lot of kids will get education, that people will be able to apply for jobs and continue this amazing small business boom. use mentioned, the greatest number of african american businesses started in the last 30 years and latino businesses as well. we got a lot to talk about in an environment that is not only noisy but it's very different, you know. i had to talk to some young people the other day and remind them that there was actually a time when there were primarily three channels that also cut off at a certain point in the night and that not only are we no longer in the 24 hour news cycle but we're in news cycle now where things are like, with you and i probably receive hundreds of emails as we're sitting here talking. we're going to have to flood the zone, share the message, share a clear vision for the future that joe biden and kamala harris want to continue to deliver for the american people. and we're confident that the president the's going to do that tonight and over the next several months. >> steve benjamin, i thank you so much.

let's continue our conversation going forward. i'm really passionate about the whole digital divide that exists in our country, about broadband access that many communities don't have, and it really affects them generationally if they don't have it. we'll talk about that coming up. i really appreciate your time, my friend. thank you. >> thank you, i appreciate it. next, wild video of flames erupting from a united airlines plane seconds after takeoff. take a look at that. plus, another historic trial beginning today in michigan. this time with the father of the michigan school shooter at the defense table. an school shootere defense table. (sigh) (snoring) if you struggle with cpap... you should check out inspire. honey? inspire. sleep apnea innovation.

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42 past the hour. the first witness just took the stand in the historic case against james crumbley standing trial for involuntary manslaughter. his son killed four of his classmates at oxford high school two years ago. crumbley's wife was convicted on the same charge last month. nbc's adrienne broaddus joins us

from pontiac, michigan. good morning, what have we heard so far today? >> reporter: good morning to you. on the stand right now is the prosecution's first witness, a former teacher at the high school who was also shot prior to this witness taking the stand, we heard opening statements from both sides, the prosecution and the defense. let's begin with the assistant prosecuting attorney mark keith who told members of the jury that james crumbley was in the best position to prevent these shootings, saying in part, quote, these murders were preventable by him and foreseeable by him. preventable and foreseeable will be key in this trial. he also told the jurors that these involuntary manslaughter charges, remember four counts, one for each student killed, are rooted in negligence. now, on the flip side, the defense attorney, clear and concise only speaking about seven minutes during her opening statement saying in part to members of the jury, ladies and

gentlemen, james crumbley did not know what his son was going to do. he did not purchase the gun with the knowledge that his son was going to use it against other people. now, you all may remember about a month ago in the same courtroom in front of the same judge, jennifer crumbley was found guilty on all four counts. back to you. >> thank you so very much. this morning the faa is investigating a new midair scare, flames shooting out of a united plane shortly after takeoff. nbc news senior correspondent tom costello has more on exactly what happened. tom. >> reporter: yeah, this looks like an engine or a compressor stall, and that happens when there's an air flow disruption and a balance on the engine. it causes the engine to spit fire out the rear, almost like a backfire, usually not a serious risk to the plane, but pilots do need to get the plane on the ground as soon as possible. it was a terrifying few moments

caught on video at altitude. >> something happened outside. >> flames shooting out of unit flight, possibly an engine stall as the plane departed houston en route to fort myers earlier this week. >> stall on the left engine. >> reporter: the aircraft a boeing 737 made an emergency landing back in texas. united calls it an engine issue adding the flight landed safely and the passengers deplaned normally. boeing does not provide the engines for the planes. elliott trexler was on board. >> it's just not a normal bump that you would hear when you're flying. this is a loud explosion. there was no question in any of our minds that something bad had happened. that combined with the plane nose diving and seeing the flames. >> reporter: it's the latest midair scare for passengers caught on video, and it comes during the ongoing fallout from that alaska airlines flight blowout back in january when a door plug flew off the boeing 737 max 9 moments after takeoff.

ntsb chair jennifer homendy criticized boeing to a senate committee wednesday. >> boeing has not provided us with the documents and information that we have requested numerous times over the past few months. >> reporter: investigators' initial findings determined that four critical bolts that literally hold the door to the jet's fuselage were missing. boeing says it had provided the detailed information including a full list of individuals on the 737 door team to the ntsb. but adds in a statement, if a door plug removal had not been documented, it would have no documentation to share. today after a long inspection process, the plane involved in that blowout along with the entire fleet is back in the air. now, the ntsb chair did confirm that those inspections did not turn up missing bolts on other max 9s i service. an audit of boeing's

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gets worked on the most. the chief speech writer and the president were talking about that speech for months in advance. the drafts were going around for weeks in advance. but the night still feels, you know, it has this countdown to kickoff feel to it. as one of the people on the speech writing team, we were saying, okay, what happens over the next hour will drive all of our work for the next six months. it is a big speech, but it is also a big story about the country. then the white house's job is to keep telling that story over and over, you know, both in this case from the stump and on the campaign trail. >> obama gave eight state of the union addresses. the first one early, early on. i was in those lunches that the president has every state of the union afternoon, all eight of them. and he was so focused on the message that he was going to be giving that night. how much focus and detail does the president or in the case of president obama, president obama

have on the actual wording of that speech? >> well, one of the things about president obama that made him both very fun to write speeches for and intimidating to write speeches for is he's a great writer and a great lawyer. and that combination, i mean, the guy cares a lot about an argument, end of story. >> a structured way of thinking, right? >> exactly. different speakers follow different patterns. president on on liked to make a case as if it were a legal argument, a to b to c. and i think the challenge for a speech writer and for a speaker is to do that while telling an engaging story. that's where the writer side of him came in. the thing about president obama, any speech, if you turned in something that wasn't good writing, he was going to know. you knew that going into it. >> what does president biden have to tonight do and, you know, there are probably few better communicators in our history than president obama. president biden is different.

what are some of the key ways that president biden can utilize his strengths and, i guess, you know, the weaknesses as well to tell the story? >> well, i think this is a huge opportunity for president biden because i think, actually, the most important poll that came out last week was one that didn't get a lot of attention. it was a poll of non-maga voters, so gettable voters for joe biden. it found only 31% of them understood some of the trump stuff has been saying. similar surveys found a lot of people don't know what joe biden has done. for example, bringing down prescription drug prices, capping the cost of insulin. if you went on the street and talked to a random swing voter, they don't know about it. so one of my favorite types of speech is when people kind of agree with you but they don't know they agree with you yet. that's a low hanging fruit. joe biden's big job tonight is this is what the last four years looked like. >> how do you do that when this

isn't a political speech, supposedly. it is part of the constitution that the president has to give a state of the union, not through an address but in this case, yes. how do you separate those issues? >> well, i think the challenge with state of the union addresses is that you don't want them to become a laundry list of policies. you have to have a frame, a story. but i think joe biden has a good story to tell. this question of are you better off now than four years ago? four years ago i don't think we would have been in this studio because we were in lockdown and we had a president that was suggesting we drink bleach. >> but you can't say that. >> but we all remember it. the nice thing about running against someone that you have run against before, there is an elephant in the room, right? this guy has been the elephant in the room for almost a decade. i think that means any time joe biden makes a positive case, not only is it positive, not only is it informing people, but it draws an implicit contrast. and that's great. >> thank you very much. it is good to see you. i appreciate you coming in.

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