for more on the message from tonight's speech keisha lance bot bottoms.r joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> first, biden, of course, will say the state of the union is strong tonight. according to a new abc news "washington post" poll, though, more than 6 in 10 americans say the president has not accomplished much during his administration, despite the passage of bills in the last congress. i wonder, how does he plan to change minds tonight? >> well, it's going to be important for the president to remind the american people of what has been accomplished. as you know, there's been a lot that's been done over the past two years from strengthening the economy to making sure that insulin prices are capped for seniors at $35. the toughest gun legislation in decades. so there's an entire list of things that have been accomplished but it's going to be important for the president to remind the american people of those accomplishments and also to remind us that there's more work to be done. we have to finish the job. there's still so many addi

house to the white house including new jersey governor phil murphy and senior white house aide keisha lance bottoms. >>> and 643 days, more than a dozen possible republican candidates. is the fear of challenging trump in 2024 in the rearview mirror? >>> plus, the just released information about the potential contender whose home is about to be searched for classified material according to people familiar with the matter. >>> frozen power lines, fallen trees, the misery in texas where ice storms have led to power outages for more than 400,000 people. how long before they get it back? but we begin with the demands for police reform, proclaimed loudly from the pulpit at the mississippi boulevard christian church, and yet, seeming to fall on deaf ears in the halls of congress. later this afternoon, the congressional black caucus is set to meet with president biden demanding new laws to address police brutality hoping that the horrific death of tyre nichols might unlock the political will to do something this time. but senator tim scott is now saying that discussions about bringing back the geor

keisha lance bottoms, mitch landrieu, we're here on behalf of the people of our country and our president going to be very brief. mothers around the world, when their babies are born pray to god when they hold that child for the rest of his life. yet, we have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today. they have a grandson who now does not have a father. his brothers and sister will lose the love of growing old with their baby brother. and when we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe. [ applause ] and when i think about the courage and strength of this family, i think it demands that we speak truth, and with this, i will say this violent act was not in pursuit of public safety. it was not in the interest of keeping the public safe because one must ask was not it in the interest of keeping the public safe that tyre nichols would be with us here today? [ applause ] was he not also entitled to the right to b

keisha lance bottom, mitch landrieu, we are here on behalf of the people of our country and our presidentbabies are born pray to god when they hold that child that they body and that life will be safe for the rest of his life. yet we have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today. they have a grandson who now does not have a father. his brothers and sister will lose the love of growing old with their baby brother. and when we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother through an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe. [ applause ]. and when i think about the courage and the strength of this family, i think it demands that we speak truth, and with this i will say this violent act was not in pursuit of public safety. it was not in the interest of keeping the public safe because one must ask was not it in the interest of keeping the public safe that tyre nichols would be with us today? [ applause ] was he not also entitled to the right to be safe? so when we tal

with me now is keisha lance bottoms, she's the senior adviser to president biden for public engagementvery much for joining us. tell us a little bit, what are we expecting to hear from the president in virginia today? >> well, what the president will remind people, abby, is what's at stake if the affordable care act is put back on the chopping block. what we're potentially facing, more than 100 million people with preexisting health conditions, having their coverage cut. tens of millions of people could see their precipitation drug coverage cut back. 40 million people with health insurance in this country today potentially could see that go away. over 7 million seniors and people with disabilities could see their home care, nursing care cut back. there's so much at stake. and unfortunately, what's old is often new. we have seen maga republicans put the affordable care act on the table, on the chopping block, time and time again. and the president is going to remind people the catastrophic results that this country could face if there are cuts to this program. >> and i do want to ask yo

with me now is keisha lance bottoms, a white house senior adviser for public engagement.t to that question, will the president be addressing this chinese surveillance balloon in the context of u.s./china relations? >> i think what you will hear from the president will be a number of things that are of concern to the american people as jeremy mentioned. you will hear about the economy, you'll hear about the president's desire for us to work together in a bipartisan manner. and i don't know if he will specifically address that, but what he will talk about is just the work that has been done by this administration to restore our standing on the world stage. whether it is competing with china for manufacturing jobs, the safety of ukraine, the nato alliance. so you will hear a number of things addressed by the president including those issues of international concern. >> and in terms of international concerns, this surveillance balloon was significant enough to cancel his top diplomat from a planned trip to china over the weekend to meet with president xi. obviously relations

several other biden administration officials are also expected to iattend the funeral, including keisha lance bottoms. the mother of breonna taylor and mother of george floyd will be there today. reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy and spoke with members of tyre nichols' family >> my brother was the most peaceful person you ever would meet in your life. the most >> that's right. in he's never lifted a finger to nobody >> got a long fight ahead of us. >> that's right. >> we got to stay strong for it. so justice for tyre. >> justice for tyre. >> justice for tyre. >> justice for tyre. >> reporter: and five memphis police officers have been charged with second degree murder while two roothers are o administrative leave lawyers for two of the men charged say they will plead not guilty, and three memphis fire department employees were also terminated for not providing proper medical aid to nichols. now as memphis prepares to honor tyre nichols, the investigation into his violent encounter with police continues frances? >> celebration of life, and i can imagine more calls to action there to

thank you for welcoming on keisha lance, bottom, mich landra. we are here on behalf of the people of our country and our president joe biden. and we are here to celebrate the life of terry nichols, mrs. wells. mr. wells, you have been extraordinary in terms of your strength, your courage and your grace. and we mourn with you and the people of our country moring with you and i just i but just just i'm going to be very brief mothers around the world when their babies are born, pray to god when they hold their child that that body and that life will be safe for the rest of his life. yet we have a mother and a father who mourned the life of a young man who should be here to day. they have a grandson. who now does not have a father. his brothers and sister will lose the love of growing old with their baby brother. and when we look at this situation, this is a family that lost their son and their brother threw an act of violence at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe. and when i think about the courage and the

to all the other clergy, to mayor keisha lance bottoms, we thank you for coming to congresswoman sheila jackson lee who told rowvaughn and rodney that not only is she going to reintroduce the george floyd justice in policing act right after the state of the union address, but she is also going to have a tyre nichols duty to intervene in that legislation so thank you. [ applause ] so, congressman steve, we thank you for your great leadership in memphis, tennessee. and certainly to mitchell landry and i would be remiss if i didn't acknowledge yet again the highest ranking african american woman in united states history the vice president of the united states, kamala harris, who did not think it robbery to take time out of her busy schedule to come and comfort this black mother who lost her child unjustly. thank you, madam vice president. we will never forget this day. and then i want to acknowledge some of the activists. the local activists here in memphis, tennessee, who were here before i even got here, i want you all to stand and be recognized because without you local activists we wou

pastor turner, thank you for allowing us in your cathedral, to all the other clergy, to mayor keisha lance bottom, we thank you for coming to congresswoman sheila jackson lee, who told rowvaughn and rodney that not only is she going to reintroduce the george floyd justice in policing act right after the state of the union address, but she is also going to have a tyre nichols duty to intervene in that legislation, so thank you. >> so we thank you for your great leadership here in memphis, tennessee. and i will be remiss reverend al if i didn't acknowledge yet again, the highest ranking after can american woman and united states history, the vice president of the united states kamala harris who did not think it robbery to take time out of her busy schedule to come and comfort this black mother who lost her child unjustly. thank you, madame vice president. we will never forget this day. then i wanted to acknowledge some of the activists. the local activists here in memphis, tennessee, who were here before i even got here. i want you all to stand to be recognized. without local activists, we w

vice president kamala harris plans to attend along with keisha lance boughts and mitch landrieu. tomorrow night we'll speak with reverend sharpton about how the nichols family and people across the country are grieving in this moment and what justice in this case looks like. but tonight sharpton, nichols family, and their attorney, benjamin crump, are gathered at the historic mason temple to discuss how authorities continue to investigate nichols death. the memphis fire department fired two medics and a lieutenant who all failed to give nichols medical attention in the immediate aftermath as theia officers who had just bean him laughed on the side lines. in addition to that the memphis police department confirmed yesterday that two other memphis officers on the scene that night have been suspended since january 8th. one of those two officers is a man named prestten hemphill. nichols family attorney and civil rights lawyer ben crump says hemphill is the one who pulled nichols from the car. you can see him tasing him in the body cam footage. nichols family and lawyer says hemphill

kamala harris plans to attend, along with current biden administration officials and former mayors keisha lance bottoms and mitch atlantic. reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. tomorrow night, we will speak with reverend sharpton about how the nichols family and people across the country are grieving in this moment, and what justice can this case looks like. for tonight, sharpton, nichols family, and their attorney benjamin crump are gathered at the historic -- in memphis to discuss how authorities continue to respond to nicole's death. we learned yesterday that in addition to the five former police officers who were arrested last week on a litany of charges including second degree murder the memphis fire department fired two medics and a lieutenant who all failed to give nickels medical attention, and the immediate aftermath of officers who had just beaten him left on the sidelines. in addition to that, the memphis police department confirmed yesterday that two other memphis officers on the scene that night have been suspended since january 8th. one of those two officers is a man name

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