in the middle of an international crisis, president biden must deliver his first state of the union address on tuesday. he will have to offer perspective on not just ukraine but domestic issues as america's strength is being tested. it comes in the face of a looming supreme court nomination fight, america's fatigue over the pandemic, soaring gas prices and supply chain issues. it falls on the same day at the texas primaries. it is the first primary held after republicans passed legislation that make it increasingly more difficult to vote. so all eyes will be on that state. i told you we were following everything tonight. who better to help me throughout this hour than our panel of experts, simone sanders, former chief spokesperson for vice president kamala harris and a new msnb host. also new to our hosting family,