In the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington. Tonight, President Biden will deliver his state of the Union Address, making his case for a second term. It could be the most consequential speech of his presidency. The president is expected to draw a stark contrast between his vision for the country and Donald Trumps message of revenge and retribution. But the speech comes as President Biden trails as gop rival in nearly every recent poll with many pointed to concerns over his age and Mental Fitness. And that as Top Democrats speculating that the American People might be less concerned with what he said does that how we says it . And theyre urging President Biden does show the nation the fiery president. They say, they see Behind Closed Doors. Cnns White House Correspondent Arlette Saenz is joining us right now. Shes out there on the north lawn of the white house. Arlette, how does the president plan to get his message across to voters and tens of millions of people will be watching this evening well president. Biden is spending the day putting the finishing touches on this state of the Union Address, an opportunity for him to lay out a vision for a second term in office. His team has been working for months now trying to identify the issues to prioritize in this speech, but also working to craft a message that will convince voters he is prepared for a second term. Now a big part of this speech is expected to focus on economic issues. The president trying to move the needle with voters who feel pessimistic and their personal outlook when it comes to the economy, the president will talk about the need to raise a Corporate Tax rates to tax Corporate Tax rates to 28 also raising the corporate minimum tax rate from 15 to 21 . The president will also talk about trying to address thats a cost issues facing everyday americans, especially on the issues of Prescription Drugs and health care costs. The president also will really lean into the democracy and Freedom Arguments hes been making in this 2024 campaign. One of those key freedoms the president often talks about protecting is reproductive rights and the that democrats believe will really mobilize voters heading into novembers election. Hes also expected to talk about ukraine, israel, border security, and also his unit the agenda. But really this speech later tonight sets up a highstakes moment for the president as he is facing a challenging time in his reelection bid, polling has shown that theres no clear leader in these hypothetical well head to head matchups with former President Donald Trump. Theres also frustration within the Democratic Party towards the president over his handling of the conflict in gaza and questions about his age and Mental Fitness. Question questions many voters have about his ability to serve a second term speech really will give the president an opportunity to make his case to voters, present a contrast with former President Donald Trump and republicans. And most importantly, show that hes up for another for years in the job or let aside from the lawmakers, members of the house and the senate, who will be there in the chamber, who is on the guest list, the president is guestlist for tonights address. Yeah, the guest list is always interesting, but because they tried to craft a group that speaks to the priority is the president wants to address in this speech. So the first lady has invited he did about 20 people to sit in her box in the House Chamber that will include the swedish Prime Minister, who today, sweden has actually set to become a nato ally. That is something that the problem thats it didnt had pushed for expanding the Nato Alliance after russia invaded ukraine. Of course, that presents a contrast with trump who recently has suggested that Vladimir Putin should do whatever the hell he wants to countries that are not meeting their nato obligations are there will also be shawn fain of the united it auto workers union, a key union that endorsed biden in recent months, there will also be some people related to reproductive rights. Kate cox, thats that texas woman who had to travel out of state state to terminate her pregnancy after she was facing lifethreatening conditions also, a woman from alabama who was trying to go through ivf procedures, but had that procedure or canceled duty until the recent Alabama Supreme Court decision relating to ivf, theres also maria shriver, who has worked with the first lady on womens health, but also notably is the cousin of robert f. Kennedy, who is running in this Third Party Bid for the white house. So that just gives you an idea of the people who will be at the state of the Union Address as the present is trying to use each of these guests for one quick moment to highlight some of the priorities that he sees in this term. And also a second term, if you were to be reelected. Yeah, lots of guests will be up to the gallery. There well be watching it. Arlette saenz at the white house. Thank you very much. When President Biden begins his speech tonight, we will have at least one heckler who is hundreds of miles away. Were talking about donald trump who says he will deliver a live rebuttal as his likely november opponent is speaking our national correspondent, Kristen Holmes is in west palm beach, not far away from maralago right now, kristen, how is this going to work well, first of all, it is not going to be a video rebuttal. This is just going gonna be on social media, truth social, which is a relief to some of his allies who thought that trump trying to respond in real time on video would be diminishing to the former president. Now he will be again going after biden, going after what he is saying during the State Of The Union on true social, and a series of live posts. However, he since hes done this before, we have a little bit of a taste of what this is going to look like. Now, i do want to note that Speaker Johnson has already asked members encourage them to be respectful of biden to show decorum obviously, donald trump will be there he likely also wont be showing the quorum because that is what we have seen in the past from the former president. So expect a lot of attacks on social media. Im also told that they can pay will be putting out videos, both trump on camera videos, as well as short digital videos, rebutting some of the stuff that biden is saying in real time, look for a focus on immigration, the withdrawal from afghanistan, among other issues. The other thing i want to point out too is what weve seen today already before. The State Of The Union speech. And that is from the super pac that is aligned with donald trump, Maga Inc They made a national ad buy this week that started this morning on cable. That essentially challenges bidens Mental Health, his mental acuity, his age. It even asked at one point if he would be able to survive another presidency, another four years so going for the jugular there and that of course, is the title of the ad unsurprisingly, but you can see that this age and the mental acuity, the Mental Fitness as arlette said, is going to be a very big issue heading into november we will see what happens our kristen. Thank you very much, Kristen Holmes, down in west palm beach, florida. Lets discuss all of this and more with cnn contributor, the staff writer at the new yorker magazine, evan osnos. Hes also the author of the very important biography entitled joe biden, the life, the run, and what matters. Now evan, thanks so much for joining us. Thanks for all the important work that you do. You know, President Biden recently had a chance to do a very lengthy interview with him in the oval office. And i know youve written about that in the new yorker. First of all, could you could this be from your perspective, evan, the most consequential speech of bidens presidency see at least so far, i think thats a fair reading wolf. I mean, the reality is for a lot of americans, this is the moment when theyre tuning back into politics and checked out for the last few years, they wanted a break from it. There are a lot of people who are tuning in tonight and for the first time, i think coming to terms with the reality that this is a choice between joe so and donald trump. So hes been in politics 51 years of course, in washington. But i think youd be hardpressed to describe a speech with higher stakes, with more on the line. And frankly, its one of these kind of been dying to give my impression from being with him recently as hes kinda pawing the ground to get into this General Election against trump the spec youre right. What does President Biden ever need to do tonight to sell the American People on a second term in the white house i think theres a couple of things that are most important. I mean, number one is people often in many ways they want to its, its not what you say in this speech as much as it is how it makes you feel that people come away from a speech each feeling like, fundamentally this is somebody who has my interests at heart. Are they thinking about me . Are they on my side . Youre going to hear a lot about the economy. When i talked to him recently, biden takes some kind of i a little bristly pride poking at the press saying how many times did you and your colleagues say there was going to be a recession that didnt happen . But also more importantly, youre gonna have to hear him lay out very specifically, what is he doing to try to cut drug price, get down the price of groceries things that really matter in concrete ways in peoples lives, youre gonna hear a big focus on that and also wolf, lets, lets be blunt. People are going to be looking to see does he look up to the job as he had the energy, the vitality. Can you punch . Which back in the room if he needs to . Performance is a part of this last point that President Biden, his white house chief of staff, jeff zients, tells politico that were going to quote, see a very energized president tonight how far do you suspect evin hell go in attacking House Republicans for attacking the bipartisan border. Security bill and Log Jamming Aid critically important aid to ukraine. Yeah, thats a key piece of it in some ways, the argument is action versus paralysis. Look, republicans were the ones who came up. They helped draft this bill. And then when donald trump said, we dont want it, they killed it. I got the sense from talking to biden he finds does that offensive because after all, he spent his career in the senate. He thinks of the congress as something that can and should act. He doesnt want to see people sitting around on taxpayers dime not actually solving problems that they believe are problems. Youre gonna hear from him on that. Im sure we will. Do you expect the president to directly call out donald trump by name tonight . Especially when speaking about the threat to democracy here in the United States i think hes going to talk about the threat that maga republican maga Republican Movement represents the democracy. But this is not Donald Trumps night from his perspective, this is joe bidens chance to make a case for himself and to draw a contrast between somebody, as he said in his speech, not to long ago, we all know who donald trump is by now. As biden puts it, the question is, who are we . I think thats the message youre going to hear more of how Speaker Johnson is urging House Republicans tonight to show respect last year as we all remember, the president clashed with some republicans on the few, on a few occasions during the course of his speech last year, listen and watch this some republicans want medicare and Social Security sunset. Im not saying its a majority contact. My office ill give you a copy. Fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 americans a year you got it you expect were going to see more of that off the cuff yelling toward him tonight yes i think we will. Republicans are already saying that theyre going to do it. Brian mast of florida has already saying about speaking up tonight. And i think joe biden, in a sense, hes going to use that as a moment. I think that having talked to his advisers about it to showcase, this is your options, folks, american public, you can either have a kind of Performance Art on the side of folks in the room im who want to draw attention itself or you can have somebody lay out what it is that theyre trying to do to solve problems in your life. From his perspective, The Border Talks were an obvious example of when republican said solve this issue, solve this issue, but when donald trump says, i dont want its all because thats how im running for reelection, that they abandon it. Thats pretty eloquent evidence from bidens perspective. Evan osnos, thanks so much for joining us. I highly recommend your most recent article in the new yorker and i highly recommend your biography of President Biden as well, both really important reads. Evan, thank you very, very much still to come, hamas walking away from negotiations without a breakthrough as hopes clearly dim right now for a Hostage Release and a ceasefire by ramadan in the coming days. Also ahead, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is meeting with visiting swedish Prime Minister. As that makes should becomes natos 32nd member. And later february was the hottest month in recorded history. Shattering records for the ninth month in a row. Were going to explain how that is impacting our planet youre in the Cnn Newsroom Special live coverage of the state of the Union Address. Tonight that todd cnn congrats carole, your youngest, finally popped the question, but now youre really going to have to get those new dentures after all, you need a smile that matches the moment. So this might be a good time in dimension that aspen dental can create natural looking dentures in no time just for you. 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Hes here with the alex israel warrant that it will launch a Military Operation Offensive into gaza, the southern part, into rafah in the southern part of gaza, if the hostages arent released and released quickly, whats the latest status of the effort to free the hostages and get a more of a pause, or a ceasefire in place. So wolf, the Biden Ministration has said for weeks that it is imperative that the ceasefire be in place by the beginning of ramadan, which is believed to be early next week, the president earlier this week. So that it would be very, very dangerous for the region if that cease fire, were not in place by the beginning of ramadan. And despite fervent efforts by the media caters to work on this deal, it looks like that is not going to happen. One us official told me that hope is fading there have been talks in cairo this week, israel did not attend, and one of the diplomats who is involved in these discussions said that these conversations for the past few days have been very hectic, and that hamas came forward with proposals that in the words the diplomat, no one is happy about. Now, israel refused to send a delegation because they have this demand that they want a full list of all the hostages who are dead and alive. So they can get a sense of who would be released in this hostage deal for the most part, the us says, israel has already agreed to this ceasefire. Hamas now is making more demands according to sources following that, the deaths of more than 100 palestinians around that aid convoy last week, when israeli troops opened fire. So this deal is not dead, but it looks like this is not going to happen by the beginning of ramadan. The conversations continue at the mediators are trying to get israel and hamas to agree to to the ceasefire, which would be expected at least an initial phase to last six weeks and a separate issue, but its a significant issue. Sweden, as you know, is the newest member of nato, where the swedish Prime Minister is now here in washington. Hes meeting with the Secretary Of State, Antony Blinken as we speak right now, this is a significant moment. It really is. This is a big deal. Sweden now, the 32nd member of nato, they have, they are now joining quickly on the heels of finland. These are two countries that head for a long time, resisted joining nato. What changed . Well, russia decided to invade ukraine and that really provided the impetus for these two new members to apply for membership. Now, these, there a session was held up by turkey and hungary, but now they are joining us officials, nato officials like to remind Vladimir Putin that he invaded ukraine to prevent ukraine from joining nato. But now they are, now, nato is actually tighter, more cohesive, and enlarge. And so now you essentially have nato oh, countries running all the way from the baltic sea down to the black and mediterranean seas. So it is a big deal that sweden is joining. And the swedish Prime Minister will be at the State Of The Union tonight. Very interesting, indeed very significant to be a member of nato, you need a unanimous consent of all the nato allies, turkey and hungary. Of course our members of nato, and they eventually came around and supported swedens entry into nato. Very significant. Alex marquardt, appreciate it very, very much. Lets get the latest right now on the investigation of another possible spy balloon, it was filed last week in the waters off the coast of alaska. The Defense Department tells cnn its trying to figure out who made the balloon and where it came from. Cnn reporter Katie Bo Lillis is following the story for us. Candy, but this is the first time the government is now acknowledging that the debris that was found by a fisherman off the waters of alaska was in fact a spy balloon well, so this is the big news today, wolf is that, is that the federal government is acknowledging that what they have now taken custody obvious a balloon, theyre not entirely sure yet whether night it can be termed a Surveillance Balloon at this point, this all started last week when these commercial fishermen off the coast of alaska found some interesting sea trash. So we shall we say that they took some photos of and reached out to Law Enforcement about the fbi. Takes a look at these images and says, this is suspiciously similar to the kind of chinese Surveillance Balloon that blew off course last february, transited the entire United States and was ultimately shot down by the us military off of the, off of the east coste. They wanted to take a look at it and see exactly what it was. So the fbi meets the ship when it comes into port, the Defense Department has now taken custody of this object. Its at a Military Base in alaska, and the dod and other federal agencies are going to do a forensic analysis of this thing to try to determine its purpose and its origin, right . They want to understand, is this, is this a hobbyist balloon, a Weather Balloon . Is this a Surveillance Balloon that was potentially operated by a Foreign Government . And how did it wind up in the waters off of the coast of alaska . It should take very long to determine if it was a spy balloon. You could go inside a normal balloon would have air inside. Spy balloon would have some sort of equipment. Well, so what weve learned, i think wolf since last year when the concept of Surveillance Balloons burst into the american consciousness, is exactly how many balloons there really are floating around up there. One thing that the Us Government did was they essentially widened the aperture of their Radar Systems after last february so that they could see more, right . They wanted to close essentially a Visibility Gap that some officials believed had allowed this chinese balloon to get a little bit closer than the us, may be wanted. As a result, we saw lots and lots and lots of other balloons floating around up there. Everything from hobbyist balloons, like one that was that fighter jets scrambled to take a look at just a few weeks ago that turned out to just be a hobbyist balloon. So theres a lot of possibilities of what this could be when you find out, let us know. We went, our viewers will be interesting. 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I think the Convention Speech will be, but this is right up there, wolf. And i think the challenge for him and the task for him is very clear. You know, we saw in 2018, 2,020. 22, there is a big audience for arguments against donald trump and biden is not going to have to reach far to find Pressure Points that are going to concern people about what a second Trump Presidency would mean. I think his bigger challenge is to convince people that a Second Biden Term would mean improvements in their lives. I mean, you know, he is looking at an Approval Rating right now that is in the level of president s who were defeated for reelection jimmy carter, george hw bush, donald trump himself. There are a lot of voters who will say theyre disappointed in biden, but theyre still going to vote for him because trump is unacceptable. But theres not an infinite pool of such voters. Wolf and what biden i think needs to do above all, is to begin improving his own standing with the public by convincing them he has the vitality and the agenda to make their lives better if they send him back to the oval office. Let me get howard dean into this conversation. As you know, governor, the president that we just heard from ronna, as well as fees facing pretty low Approval Numbers right now, Approval Ratings widespread pessimism about the economy, even though the numbers are pretty good out there on the Economic Indicators and Major Concerns about his age. What does he need to do tonight to help overcome those concerns . Well, i had forgotten how great his address was. The last time because he he went off the off camera. I mean, off the record and went after the republicans right in front of them on Social Security i expect him to do that tonight on immigration i agree with ron. Hes got to show fight. I happened to know because i obviously know people in the administration and senior positions that in fact as totally intact and completely in charge. Now, hes just simply got to give that impression to the public. And i think tonight is a great opportunity to do that. A lot of this stuff is packed journalism and we all know that exists and thats a big problem. But you can turn that around with a big performance tonight and thats what im looking for on some of the issues out there, run, the president is expected to specifically address the Israel Hamas War headon tonight. Not however, apparently without any progress to point to on a temporary ceasefire and hostage deal, what should his message on this very sensitive issue be when hes facing serious backlash from arab and Muslim Americans and progressives for that matter, over his handling of this war yes. And hes also facing the reality that backlash is real. And its a challenge for him, but its obviously not the whole political story because polls show that most americans are still more sympathetic to israel even as concerns about their behavior have increased, i think biden is going to look for ways to declare more of his independent its from a Benjamin Netanyahu and the israeli government. He is bound himself to a partner who probably doesnt have his best political interests in mind. I think theres no question that netanyahu would rather have trump in the white house. Then biden and the, and his government has, i think consistently frustrated what . How biden has tried to steer this conflict and particularly the post conflict periods. So i look at that as one of many issues where biden is going to have to assert more mastery over events. I mean, the concern about age really is a concern about whether he is driving events or events or dropped bribing him and you can see that on a lot of fronts, whether its immigration or inflation, or hamas overarching goal in this spring has to show, again that he has the vitality and the agenda that kind of bring this very chaotic world under at least a little better sense of cohesion and control. Yeah, good points. Howard dean, do you expect President Biden to take on donald trump and maga republicans directly tonight i do. And i also in response to what ron just said, i think biden is in charge of events and his record frankly, is the most extraordinary domestic policy record since lyndon johnson, when you consider what hes actually done, the irony is that trumps support is concentrated in rural areas and they have benefited enormously from bidens presidency. Whoever heard of putting all those chip plants and covid money into rural places, where are you going to now have great jobs and youve helped the Auto Industry enormously. So biden is in charge. He is focusing well, all i think hes got a new tonight and i do agree that if i were biden, i would probably call for a an immediate ceasefire and a permanent ceasefire. Why . Because the Policy Netanyahu has been essentially netanyahu picked a fight with obama and he began the process of writing off the Democratic Party. Well, that now is going to come home to roost. And i think biden just needs to get out there. Nobody wants to get involved in foreign wars with the polls have shown that theres even ukraine fatigue, which i think is extraordinarily stupid because i think if we fail in ukraine, that we will invoke, embolden putin threaten our own interests i think hes gotta be out there. Hes got to be tough and hes got to make policy here. And i think he will. I was stunned when kamala harris, the other day, said we need an immediate ceasefire. That was a move and hes going to move further than i think he needs to keep our coalition together. And the hell whether republicans well see how he does. Thats an eye on that very, very sensitive issue. Howard dean and Ron Brownstein to both of you. Thank you very much still to come. The Michigan High School shooters father on trial over his sons crimes that trial is now underway. We have details from day one in the courtroom just ahead President Bidens blast, either before the 2024 election with challenges at home and abroad, can he make the case for four more years in the white house join cnn for special live coverage of the steele the Union Address tonight at eight on cnn luck and good guys. 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And the prosecutor in the Opening Statement said this is a very rare set of circumstances stances, i think trying to calm the jury down that conceivably, our parents also, there a lot of gun owners on this jury, and they talked about during jury selection, how they stored their guns. And he says this is not about guns. This trial is not about how you store guns. This is trial is about this gun, but the focus was really in the process discussions opening foreseeability, that James Crumbley was the one who could have prevented this mass shooting because he knew what his son could do throughout this trial that he was the adult kind of anyone in the world in the best position to prevent these kids . Youre going to learn. Those kids will still be alive today that James Crumbley seize any one of the tragically small and easy opportunities . Were going to take him to prevent his son. From committing murder. James crumbley did not know what his son was going to do he did not know that his son could potentially harm others he did not know what his sons plan he did not purchase that gun with the knowledge that his son may use it against other people . So once again, you see this foreseeability because thats such an important evidence of all of this and its an element of the crime. Also, Mariel Layman said that James Crumbley, you will learn, had no idea that his son knew where he had hid the gun and so that is going to be a focal point to and also the defense said youre going to hear from witnesses who saw the interactions between james and his son, ethan. Youre going to see what they saw, how they assessed it, and also people that have training in this are going to testify looking at the math worksheet, what those drawings could exemplify. And so i think were going to see a different trial wolf than we did before obviously, its a different defendant. There are some similarities, but were going to see some stark differences. Well watch it together with eugene because ours thank you very, very much. Other Important News were following hundreds of National Guard troops will be in the New York City subways. Thats after a series of violent incidents that led the governor kathy hochul to announce a new five safety plan lets bring in our cnn chief law of and intelligence analyst, john miller. John also served as a former Deputy Police commissioner from the nypd. How exactly john will this work . Are we talking strictly about the presence of these soldiers as a deterrent, or will they actually be authorized to engage in Law Enforcement . So yes and no, their job is going to be to do bag checks, to inspect bags, to make sure that theres no weapons, explosive, so on knives, guns going into the subway, but theyre also a high visibility deployment. Youre going to be seeing soldiers, theyre going to have weapons, theyre going to be in uniform but no, they dont have the authority to make arrests. And thats where after the 750 National Guard members youll see about 250 state Police Officers from the state police and the metropolitan Transportation Authority also are they going to be all over New York City in brooklyn the bronx, queens, Staten Island are just in manhattan and some of the big subway stations. I think the latter, youre going to see these deployments are going to be mainly at major transit hubs because thats where you get the most people, but thats also where the be seen by people well, wolf, were having a clash here in this story about perception versus reality. Right now, subway crime is down its down about 14 15 percent so far this year but you have upticks in felony assaults, upticks in larceny and you have these stories that become frontpage news. The slashing of a conductor, the assault on a passenger, and the thing about the subways that most new yorkers will say makes them not feel safe isnt that they saw a crime. Its that they see disorder, unhinged people, people with mental illness, homeless people, people smoking marijuana on the train car in violation of the rules. And the core of that is between the changes of the laws in New York State and the policies of the District Attorney which is to decline prosecution on most of these minor crimes. Youre seeing disorder without consequence. Yeah. Were always grateful to you, john miller for your expertise. Thank you very, very much. Other Important News were following february was the hottest month ever recorded. Not just in the United States, but on the entire planet. 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Well, wolf, they just continue to drop the jaws of climate scientists around the world, Brian Mcnoldy down in Miami University of miami, says that some of this heat is statistically impossible as we look at 1. 77 degree above, preindustrial levels for february, the hottest february ever recorded now its nine months in a row that these records have been beaten again and again now were about over 1. 56 degrees of warming over the last 12 months. So the last 12 months, the hottest, at least for 120,000 years, Scientists Say this is of course some of this has fueled by the natural Warming Patterns of el nino nino in the pacific. But that is ending now, and were heading into a Hurricane Season in which water, warm water is the engine for these big storms. So massive concerns about that, about coral reef die offs. And thats the, thats the trend line is that you can see on the screen going back to the 1940s, theyre just hotter and hotter and hotter and this also is hugely problematic in the North Atlantic Sea surface. These are all average air temperatures. But if you look at Sea Surface Temperatures back of the march of a year ago in 2023, we set a new record then and then every day since then, has broken that record. So sea surface its temperatures are off the charts and just amazingly, gobsmacking ways wolf theres a lot of us remember a bill that 2015 Paris Agreement saw almost all of the worlds countries agreed to cut Greenhouse Gas emissions. Is that working . Not really. Unfortunately, we hit peak emissions again, another record recently and whats interesting about that, its the result of hydropower, which is a sustainable renewable resource hydropower dams are getting weaker because a hotter planet, theres less water rivers arent as strong running through those turbines as well. Were losing hydropower as the earth heats up as well. The United States admissions have been coming down steadily with the shift away from coal towards better but still not great natural gas. Chinas emissions are still on a rocket ride as they try to meet the needs of over 1 billion people, theyre also adding record amounts of solar and wind capacity city as well. But the energy appetites of humanity dont seem to be slacking in light of all these warnings from science its a really Disturbing Development aid. Bill weir, as usual, thanks for your expertise. Thanks very much for joining us, Bill Weir Reporting and to our viewers. Thanks very much for joining me here in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington. Ill be back later tonight, 06 00 p. M. Eastern in the situation room. And of course, right back here tomorrow morning, 11 00 a. M. Eastern. 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