Away. Joe biden should not be shouting angrily at america. Americans should be shouting angrily at joe biden. President biden and donald trump escalating their attacks in georgia over the weekend. What each candidate warned would happen if the other returned to the white house. Plus, the president caught on a hot mic after the state of the Union Address showing his growing frustration with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. What biden told msnbc in a sitdown in an exclusive interview on what he actually meant to say. And also. And the oscar goes to kelly murphy. Oppenheimer wins big at the oscars, taking home awards. Well show you the biggest moments and oscar snubs. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, march 11th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. Well start this morning with a race to the white house. President biden and former President Donald Trump each made Campaign Stops in the balleground State Of Georgia on saturday ahead of the states president ial primaries tomorrow. Biden took his state of the Union Address to atlanta where he went after trump several times. My state of the Union Address, i talked about a social worker in alabama. Shes scheduled an ivf treatment. It was shut down on the supreme courts decision to overturn roe v. Wade. What her family has gone through should have never happened. And, folks, you know why this happened. Ill tell you why. Donald trump. Our freedoms are literally on the ballot this november. Donald trump and the maga republicans are trying to take our freedoms away. And, by the way, not all republicans. This aint your fathers republican party. These guys are different. But guess what . Were not going to let them take them away. We all know donald trump sees a different america, an american story of resentiment, rew e vench, and retribution. Thats not me, thats not you. We see a future where were defining democracy and defend it, not diminish it. We see a future where we defend basic freedoms, not take them away. And on saturday in the city of rome, which is marngry Taylor Greenes district, donald trump started things off by mocking President Bidens stutter, only to stutter with his own words as the night progressed. He also blasted a recent judges ruling which he found been. We all heard crooked joes angry, dark hatefilled rant in his state of the Union Address. Didnt it bring us together . Bring the country totototogether. I just posted a 91 million story, a madeup story. Think of it. 91 million. I could say things about what it would cost normally. 91 million. Based on false accusations made about me by a woman that i knew nothing about, didnt know, never heard of. I know nothing about her. She wrote a book. She said things. And when i denied it, i said its so crazy. Its false. I got sued for defamation. Everything Joe Biden Touches turns to [ bleep ]. They talk about the beautiful dream of migrants. It sounds so nice, like in a fairytale book. Some of it is monstrous. It sounds so invasive. I will stop the killing, i will stop the bloodshed, the agony of our people, the plundering of our cities, the attacks on our towns, the conquering of our country. These people are conquering our country. Theyre horrible people. The polls are all rigged. Of course, lately they havent been rigged because theyre winning by so much. I watch the criminals back there. Look how many of them. Women. Women love me. You know, i protect women. I did more for black people than any president other than abraham lincoln. They have little problems like they westernlet allowed to have water go into their washing machines. You know, minor little problems, but they took care of it. Ukraine and russia wouldnt be fighting. Theyre recognizing Law Enforcement for high election interference against joe bidens top and his political opponent, me. 10,000 for electricity. All over an incompetent Biden Administration. Weve become a nation like nobody thought possible. So much of that untrue and dangerous. And the day before, trump hosted hungarys autocratic Prime Minister viktor orban at his florida home. Trump and orban met at maralago to discuss wideranging issues affecting hungary and the United States. Orban who has close ties to russian president Vladimir Putin has refused to provide any aid to ukraine while seeking to turn his own nation into a liberal state. Trump has repeatedly bragged about having orbans endorsement for his 2024 campaign, and at dinner on friday, he fawned over the hungarian leader. Theres nobody thats better, smarter, or a better human than viktor orban. Hes fantastic. As you know, hes the Prime Minister of hungary and does a great job as a noncontroversial figure because he said this is the way its going to be and thats the end of it, right . Hes the boss. No, hes a great leader. Joining us now, Senior Politics reporter for axios, eugene scott. Eugene, nice to see you. Lets start with the viktor orban meeting. Hes running an illegal state, cracking down on free speech and trump idolizes him and boasts about having his endorsement. Tell us what this means for the campaign ahead. How will democrats try to use this as an issue . Well, theyve already been using it. As youve seen, joe biden has highlighted the fact that the former president has cozied up to someone whos known for his i cant even speak for his criticism on democracy, his criticism on free speech, his hostility toward immigrants and just being a very difficult person when it comes to trying to put forward an agenda that would be winsome to many people outside of trumps base. Yeah. There were moments where trump wishes that he could rule the United States like orban does hungary. So lets talk about the weekend, this split screen here. Trump and biden both in georgia, key battleground state, traditionally. Polls show trump up slightly, and the president s team has acknowledged winning it this year probably harder than it was in 2020. Tell us a little more about what we heard from each man, their respective messages, and particularly as they aim toward African American voters. Well, one thing i think we realize about this election that we learned in 2020 is that it will be won by swing voters, or shall we say independent voters, people who are undecided, not in either parties. These are the individuals theyre trying to turn out. They need new voters. They need voters who perhaps consider the previous guy but are maybe upset with how hes done and are looking to make a change or along with voters not wed to any clear ideology but arent really pleased with the alternative. So thats where youre going to see a lot of the messages directed toward, trying to get these people to be willing to participate instead of sitting this election out. Eugene, it seems like President Biden has a message coming out after a strong state of the Union Address, and also recent polls show some improvement there for him. When you speak to democrats around washington, some who are really gripped with anxiety about the president s standing and his age, are they starting to feel a little better now . They are pretty confident. They were pleased with how the state of the Union Address went, and they believe that this momentum can continue toward november. What theyre also trying to put an emphasis on is the importance of not just cutting out and backing biden but voting for democrats in the house and the senate because theres a real awareness to get bidens agenda accomplished, hes going to need people in congress who can move that forward, opposed to blocking it, and making it very difficult for him to do what he wants to do, which is currently the case with republicans in control of the house and having a significant makeup in the senate. Senior politics reporter for axios, eugene scott, thank you for starting us off this morning. And speaking of the state of the union, senator katie britt of alabama is attempting to clean up her strange and misleading response to President Bidens address. During her remarks, the first term republican senator linked a graphic account of a young womans Sex Trafficking to bidens immigration policies, but that abuse actually happened during president george w. Bushs time in office, which was nearly 20 years ago, and it happened in mexico, not the United States. Did you mean to give the impression that this horrible story happened on President Bidens watch . No, shannon. Look, i very specifically said this is what President Biden did during his first 100 days. Minutes after coming into office, he stopped all deportations, he halted construction of the border wall. But to be clear, the story that you relate is not something that happened under the Biden Administration, that particular person. I very clearly said, i spoke to a woman who told me about when she was trafficked when she was 12. Britt still trying to recover from that speech. Saturday night live and others poked fun at it. Still ahead on Way Too Early, well bring you the latest from haiti and the u. S. Military evacuates Embassy Staff amidst the unrest thats growing across the country. And it was a big, big night for oppenheimer. 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