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
december 31st, 1971. no lying up about your age. that actually happened. nominations are open until august 1st. but sooner you submit, the better. head to forbes.com to nominate someone today or nominate yourself. chief content officer of forbes media and editor, randall lane, thank you very much. it is now one minute past the top of the hour. the fourth hour of morning joe. and today is primary day across a number of southern states including georgia, alabama, arkansas and texas. in a moment, steve kornacki will break down the major races an update us on the republican senate race in pennsylvania that is headed to the courts i think. still too close to call. also ahead, the latest on the war in ukraine. where an ashamed russian diplomat quits over moscow s invasion. plus our conversation this morning with house speaker nancy pelosi. it was wonderful. willie. let s begin in georgia where polls open a just little over two hours ago. today s vote will have a major impact
The armed forces and the press. After canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper announced the canadian aircraft and personnel would be taking part in the Coalition Air campaign against isis militants in iraq, the Defense Department subsequently announced new restrictions on how the media would be allowed to cover Canadian Military personnel deploying to that fight. This is how a clearly frustrated toronto Sun Newspaper wrote up the new media restrictions. This is that article from the sun. They explained for the first time although they, as the press, were being allowed to show that there were some canadian troops leaving to go fight isis in iraq, the new restrictions on them included news photographers not being allowed to show any of the soldiers faces too closely and News Reporters and photographers not being allowed to reveal the names of any of the men and women who were being deployed to iraq. The Defense Department also banned the Canadian Media from interviewing any members of thos
Just happened in canada leading up to this. Last week, canadas version of the pentagon, their department of National Defense instituted a new policy related to members of the armed forces and the press. After canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper announced the canadian aircraft and personnel would be taking part in the Coalition Air campaign against isis militants in iraq, the Defense Department subsequently announced new restrictions on how the media would be allowed to cover Canadian Military personnel deploying to that fight. This is how a clearly frustrated toronto Sun Newspaper wrote up the new media restrictions. This is that article from the sun. They explained for the first time although they, as the press, were being allowed to show that there were some canadian troops leaving to go fight isis in iraq, the new restrictions on them included news photographers not being allowed to show any of the soldiers faces too closely and News Reporters and photographers not being allowed t