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
Attacked a black dock worker. Authorities are about to update us on their investigation and we are live in montgomery next. Also happening this hour, biden is expected to announce is new National Monument at the grand canyon that will block, among other things, uranium mining. And Senior Western officials tell me that the update on ukraines counteroffensive they are receiving are more and more sobering. We are going to tell you whats behind the slow progress on the battlefield. We are following major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central. Here in moments we are going to hear from Law Enforcement in montgomery, alabama, for an update on their investigation into that ugly Waterfront Brawl that went viral on social media. It started on saturday when a group of white boaters appeared to attack a black dock worker over a boat, their boat, that was parked in the wrong place. And this led to a huge fight there on the dock, disturbing footage of the inci
More charges could be on the way, but for now, three white men have been charged with assault in the third degree for allegedly attacking a black boat cocaptain in a fight that quickly morphed into an Ugly Riverside Brawl in alabama this weekend. Videos of the incident went viral. And it showed fighting broke down largely along racial lines. But last hour, police in montgomery said, none of the actions they have investigated so far have met the threshold for hate crime charges. Heres cnns ryan young who was at the Press Conference where we just learned a whole lot. And, ryan, i know that you have been speaking to officials there. Youve been speaking to witnesses. What are they telling you . Reporter yeah, absolutely. After talking to mayor reed, its pretty clear here everyone in the city was shocked. This is obviously a place a lot of people like to enjoy on the weekends. The video has obviously shocked the nation as its gone viral. We do believe the suspects theyre looking for are in
On the boat dog. Why the whole country seems to be talking about what happened when a black cocaptain standing on that dog, pre faced an unprovoked attack by a mob of white folks for asking them to move their pontoon boat, please say. As the cocaptain approached the dock and attempted to peacefully move the boat over, just so that they could park, the owners of the boat confront them in a hostile manner. There were words exchanged and then it turned into the combat that you have all seen. So the cocaptain was doing his job. Now we have an interview with the Montgomery Police chief in a bit and we will will more charges becoming, or talk about it ahead. But lets begin with our Breaking News this hour. Cnn projects that voters in ohio have rejected a measure that is seen as a proxy in the battle over Abortion Rights. They voted down in effort to make it harder to amend the state constitution. The head of November Referendum On Whether to constitutionally guaranteed Abortion Rights in tha
Setback in his attempt to delay his upcoming hearing in the january 6th case. The judge rejecting his legal teams request to push the hearing unless next week. Tonight, a defiant trump sounding off. Plus, Trench Warfare. Were going to take you to the front lines to see how one ukrainian soldier is risking his own life in order to bring comfort to the families of the fallen. It is a Special Report that you will see first here outfront. And the Suspected Gilgo Beach Serial Killer is now refusing to provide his dna to investigators. Why . The sheriff in the case will be outfront. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, rejection. Trump losing his effort to delay a Court Hearing in the january 6th case. The judge shutting down trumps efforts to move the hearing to next week, saying that it will happen this friday at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. Now, this puts trumps team in a Florida Court for a hearing in the maralago case thursday, and then friday in washington for a j