I expect him to welcome the new speaker of the house. by the way, george w. bush welcomed nancy pelosi and made a point of the fact that she was the first woman speaker. i expect him also to talk about the ways that the parties can work together, but there s one big difference that gives president biden an advantage over president obama. what s that? he can point to the fact that unity has already brought results, that the 117th congress saw republicans and democrats voting for a number of measures. you know, in our system, even if the democrats control the senate, they still need the republicans to avoid a filibuster. so he can say, you know, people, when we work together, this is what we achieve, and he can go down and list all the achievements of the 117th congress. he s not only going to talk about unity, but he s going to show that unity works and is effective. and tim talks about unity. there are a few things that divided the country sadly more
Being investigated by the eastern district court of new york, who is being investigated by the nassau county d.a. and the queen s county d.a. and the state attorney general. so he s a guy that needs to leave congress and we need to have another special election there. we ll see what happens. congressman meeks, good luck to you in the new congress. thank you for joining me. thanks for having me. and congressman greg or my weeks. extra security measures there place up here for the state of the union address and what has the attention of the capitol police as they monitor potential threats. . we have a full report with information when we come back. sr to deliver more great tasting options with less sugar or n no sugar at all. in fact, today, nearly 60% of beverages sold contain zero sugar. different sizes? check. clear calorie labels? just check. with so many options, it s easier than ever to find the balance
But i think that everybody wants safety and after you ve seen with your own eyes kindch brutal death that mr. nichols suffered, i think any american would want to make sure that those individuals that commit such an act are held accountable. before i go, your thoughts on george santos, his district is not too far away from queens, but some of his district spills over from long island into queens, is that right? that is correct. and you want him out. i m the care of the democratic party and i believe that he got elected because he s a fraud. and every day is an embarrassment to all of the members of congress. but it should be a particularly embarrassment for the republican party. and so i think that speaker mccarthy should he didn t step down or prevent him from having committees. he s stepped down on his own al allegedly. but he s an embarrassment.
Will reject full stop. so the question will be on that major issue that they have to deal with, what will they say, and will he say anything to poke republicans in the eye? kevin mccarthy there warning president biden not to go that route. manu raju, thank you. manu and phil, stay with us. let s bring in our cnn political commentator and cnn historian. trump, obama, george w. bush, clinton, all entered office with their party holding both chambers in congress, and then at some point at least one of them flipped. ron brownstein writes for cnn.com, we saw a breadth, the spectrum of responses. what are you expecting from the president tonight? i m expecting president biden to follow president obama s approach. i expect him to congratulate the republicans for winning the house.
The george floyd bill that passed congress. and that is some of the criticisms that you hear. they are mainly saying that this was something for, you know, training for police officers, and that is not going to work. all right. i am interested, when did you watch the video, and we all, we have always had these conversations. unfortunately, we continue to see these videos. but this is the first viral video post george floyd. and in watching what was 54 minutes of footage in total, this to me, what i saw on that video was gut-wrenching, and i think worse than what i saw on the george floyd video. it was terrible. but if the video of george floyd s death impacted the world in the way that it did, one could argue, with this video be the same? i m talking about for democrats, republicans, independents, just people. you would hope so, you use