The American People before this summers conventions. What he needs to do for a strong state of the Union Address tonight and how some allies are working Behind The Scenes to push the president to own the big stage. And within the next few hours, the city of uvalde, texas is expected to release its findings of its report on the Botched Police response to the Robb Elementary School massacre. We have a closer look at what we can expect and were learning burning more about last years Train Derailment in ohio and how the response that followed was based on a bad call. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central The Stage is set for tonights big speech from president joe biden, perhaps the biggest of his presidency. And just a few hours he sets deliver a State Of The Union dress that i have to navigate some pessimism about the economy, anxiety over record immigration, frustrations with the israelhamas war and growing concerns about him personally, about his age with those hurdles complicating bidens path to reelection and a looming rematch with former President Donald Trump dozens of top biden allies want him to a leash, unleash his inner hulk to start being more aggressive on camera when he makes the case for a second term lets start this hour at the white house with cnns mj lee. Mj biden is facing huge policy implications, huge political implications tonight, what should we expect from his speech . Thats right, boris, without a question, this is going to be one of the most pivotal speeches that President Biden delivers as president and so much of that, of course, has to do with timing and the moment that he is in in terms of the huge issues that he is confronting both abroad and here at home. And we definitely expect that throughout the speech he is going to, for one, look back on his accomplishments over the last three years and also try to paint a picture of what a second term of the biden presidency would look like. And hes going to use a lot of these policy ideas to make that point. We know that he is going to be talking about, for example situation in israel. The state of the economy of course, is expected to be a big feature of the speech. Hell talk about other things like Reproductive Rights and the situation at the border. Another critical issue that his base very much cares about, and the rest of the country, of course, has been critical about him. With him on the white house. Has we should mention teed up a number of announcements that will be unveiled in tonights speech as well, including, for example raising the Corporate Tax rate to 28 and one way in which we are going to get a pretty good sense of the top policy and political priorities for this white house in this problem president is by looking at the guess who the first lady has invited to join for tonights speech, including, of course, kate cox. This is the woman who was denied an abortion in the state of texas, will see shawn fain, the head of the uaw, just goes to that base that we were talking about and part of that Key Coalition for the president and all so a woman named jazmin cazares, she is the sister of someone who was killed at a school mass shooting. Of course, gun violence is a domestic priority that the president has talked about. A lot over the course of the first term. And keep in mind this is going to be us hearing. President biden deliver this important speech, but also president ial well candidate joe biden as well. And to that end, we do expect to hear a good amount of Finger Pointing at republicans when it comes to policy issues. And just a lot of drawing of that contrast between the vision for vision that he has for this country and the vision that he says is broken, that donald trump has for this country as well, boris andrew, we understand the white house was hoping that another israel hamas hostage deal would have been finalized before tonights speech. Obviously, that didnt happen. So how might that issue specifically about whats happening in gaza factor in tonight . Yeah. We are told by Senior Administration officials that the president will be addressing the situation in israel in a very meaningful way. Of course, this is an issue that has consumed the president and this white house for the last several months. The announcement that we are going to see the president make on this front is the us Military Setting up a port in the mediterranean in the off the coast of gaza. So as to allow more humanitarian aid to enter the strip the context here, of course, is exactly what you just mentioned a cnn reported just this morning, that the hopes of getting that hostages and temporary ceasefire deal by the start of ramadan which is set to begin this weekend. But those hopes have very much that certainly means that we dont expect to see that kind of deal announced before tonight. And that is going to make the tone that the president strikes in talking about the situation in israel so important because he is obviously cognizant of the frustration and the anger that people are feeling across the country country on that issue mj lee live for us at the white house. Thanks so much. Im jim brianna for more on the Behind The Scenes, strategizing, and then also some of the Hand Wringing in the white house and beyond. Lets bring in cnns isaac dovere isaac, you spoke to a lot of democratic insiders who want to see more fight from biden. What did they tell you yeah, thats right, brianna, a number of people saying to me that they are getting a little tired of hearing that the president is cursing about donald trump or Benjamin Netanyahu Behind Closed Doors or that at fundraisers where there are no cameras, he really rips into republicans. They want that biden out there. Tim walls, governor of minnesota, really top biden allies saying to me, you got to hear it from the candidate himself. Thats what the question is here. Its about showing is biden tough enough that he needs to answer that question, not just in tonights speech, but overall, as we head into this campaign year, and of course its all about calibration. Brian schatz and other big biden bidens supporters, senator from hawaii said to me, you cant be at 11 out of ten on the alarm scale for the next eight months. But on the other hand there needs to be this sense that biden is there is engaging, is showing that there is the enthusiasm for reelecting him. And also of course, answering some of the questions that are there about his age and whether hes up to the job is he open to this this sort of feedback that hes got coming in joe biden knows politics, he knows that hes in this campaign. He does seem to have a very clear sense of the importance of the speech at this moment when there are all these questions about him and his candidacy and what weve seen out of the white house today is people like jeff zients is Chief Of Staff at the white house, saying, youre going to have an energetic biden, an energize those are the words that are coming out from white house officials today we will see what this actually comes through. But of course last year, job biden had a pretty good speech from the view of the white house. And that moment where he engaged with republicans when they started jeering him and got them to, it seemed like g or the idea of cutting Social Security and medicare which had been part of some republicans proposals and then said, i enjoy conversion. That was really good moment in the minds of the white house aides and of the president himself. They are hoping that theyll get another moment like that tonight. My sources telling me that they looked for a couple of places where they could trap republicans into that. Well see how it all goes down. All right. Isaac dovere. Thank you so much. And just hours before the speech, the house passing a new piece of immigration legislation, the Laken Riley Act, named after the georgia Nursing Student who was murdered while jogging along a path on the University Of Georgia Campus last month, Authorities Say the man charged in her death crossed into the us illegally. We have cnns Melanie Zanona joining us live now from capitol hill with the latest on this meloche, you tell us yeah, well, this bill did pass. It was bipartisan. Every single republican voted for it and just 70 democrats supported it. Of course this comes on the eve of the State Of The Union dress, where republicans are hoping to make the border a big issue. They were even seen passing out buttons beforehand that said say her name laken riley, the house so republican conference was also passing out buttons that said biden border crisis. So clearly, they are trying to time this vote in conjunction with the state of the Union Address tonight. But democrats said this was just a way to exploit a death that happened, and that is why you saw so Many Democrats ultimately vote against it. But i talked to Marjorie Taylor greene. She is a member from from georgia where laken riley is from, and she said that all of her democratic colleagues in the state delegation voted against this bill and that she is going to make sure that voters in the state remember it so clearly republicans planning to make this issue in the campaign in november, and this is really a Starting Point as we look ahead to the general election. All right. Melanie zanona on the hill. Thank you. Boris were joined now by republican congressman Godless Human as of south florida, congressman. Great to see you. Thanks for sharing part of your afternoon with us. I do want to ask you about this Laken Riley Act the fact that it passed with a degree of bipartisan support. Whats your reaction to this news well, i think that the bipartisan support tells it all. I mean, if we had had this kind of vote, say a year, yearandahalf ago, it wouldnt have been bipartisan, but now, more and more democrats are realizing that we have a crisis at the border and while they wont admit it, that crisis was caused by the president of the United States and his actions, he took 64 different actions that actually created this crisis, this mess that we have at the border. And we need to fix it he needs to fix it. And so i expect today when he when he speaks that hes going to somehow blame that the republicans havent given him the resources needed in order to fix the problem at the border, which its completely false. Look, this first day in office, he he issued Executive Orders rescinding a lot of the Executive Orders of the Trump Administration that actually he had the border under control. Hes taken 64 different actions on the border and this is what we have as a result i think describing as the border being under control fall under President Trump isnt exactly precise to the issue of immigration has been a problem now, for generations i am curious to get your perspective on the approach. Well, lets say no, hold on. Hold on a second. Okay. No, no, no the border is completely out of control right now. And so yeah. Im regression issue yeah. But its completely out of control in a scale we have never seen an american history. And thats whats causing the problem in america. I dont i dont refute that the numbers show that there is there are huge crisis at the border. I am curious about the framing of the issue coming from some in your party because obviously, what happened to laken riley . Its a tragedy and it should never happen to anyone. The data though, when you scale back doesnt show that immigrants, whether legal or not are more likely to commit murder or more likely to commit Violent Crime than american citizens. And the way its described by folks like former President Donald Trump, whos now the republican nominee of sensibly for president. Is that Hannibal Lecter is crossing the border. The folks that are coming into the country are out just to kill and maim and rob and destroy. Being someone that comes from an immigrant community, being someone who is an immigrant yourself, from an immigrant family. Does that concern you . But that Rhetoric Damages what is supposed to be one of the key parts of the American Dream that you can come here from anywhere in a legal fashion and find success but there you go. You said it, the league and a legal fashion that you can come from anywhere in an league so fashion not an illegal fashion. And ill tell you whats, whats really happening. The problem that we have now is that immigration used to be pardons, used to be shoot on a casebycase basis. Its not being done on a casebycase basis. Dont on a mass basis. And in there in that mass, there is a criminal element thats entering United States. Look, in miami, we had a former Venezuela Police officer that was kidnapped, arrest, and taken and murdered by gang members. Something called thing that iowa, which is a gang that originated in a notorious prison in venezuela. Theyre being let lose. They go, they cross the darien, they get into the United States thats just one example of whats happening here in the United States. Were not saying that every, every immigrant coming in the United States is a criminal. I know that ive spoken to him the most the majority of coming here for the American Dream, they need to be doing it in a legal fashion. But in that, in that mass of millions of people there is a criminal element. And yes, that is putting american lives at risk and laken riley is just an example that, that poor form former Police Officer from venezuela in miami is another example of that. And they wouldnt have been killed, they wouldnt be dead. If the government had done his job ive been issued parole on a case by case basis. I do want to point out it is legal for Asylum Seekers to claim asylum once they have crossed the border just thats the point that out. Absolutely. Like but i want to get to something about, you know, no, no, no, no, it cant let you go on that one either because then theyre released into the United States on a parole basis. And thats supposed to be done on a case by thompson. Im not sure, matches. You think i said but i didnt i didnt try to get away with anything. I do want to ask you about your guests that the state of the Union Tonight. Its an activist and Human Rights Activist from cuba, pro sumeria biuh. According to the interamerican in court, her father, oswaldo paia, was killed by the cuban government, murdered by the cuban government for his desire to bring free and Fair Elections to cuba, to bring Free Expression to cuba. You have some colleagues in the house its the reason it recently visited the island, who are pushing for cuba to be removed from the list of State Sponsors of terror i dont doubt for a second that youre trying to send a message to them and to the Biden Administration by having rosa maria there at the state of the Union Tonight oh, no, its a message. Is the message to my colleagues on the house house that went to cuba supposedly on a secret mission to have conversations where the cuban government representative, iowa pal representative, omar to try to lift them from the list of State Sponsors of terrorism, a country that is actively sending soldiers to russia fight against ukraine, and a country that is actively supporting hamas. And then also to lift the embargo against against cuba, keep the regime look, this regime has been oppressing the cuban people for 64 years. 64 years. Theres no free election though, freedom of expression, no see them of religion. Youve got thousands of people that are our political prisoners. Youve got tens of thousands, not hundreds of thousands of people that may be a paris in the Florida Straits and trying to prostitute to reach our shores in the United States to find freedom. And then you have two members of congress. They want to be apologists for them and yeah, its a clear message to that and its a clear message to the Biden Administration that, hey, we should be the defenders of freedom and democracy in this hemisphere. And it starts right there. Cuba venezuela, nicaragua, and cuba is the, is the heart of it. All. Its, its the head of the snake thats actually infiltrating and corrupting and trial thank to bring their revolution, their brand or revolution to the rest of central and south america. And frankly the rest of the world. So, yeah, we need to be heartened degree stronger with cuba. Not lift the sanctions on them congressman godels jimenez very much appreciate the respective look forward to having a conversation again soon. Yeah, me too. So the city of uvalde, texas is releasing its report on the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting when a gunman murdered 19 students and two two teachers. What that report could reveal. And theres a new Report Finding that the Controlled Burn that came days after the ohio train crash, not only not only released more than 1 Million Pounds of toxins into the environment, it was completely unnecessary so why they do it, those stories and much more next on Cnn News Central Cnn News Central. 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It was the Justice Department report that found cascading failures in the way that police responded, including waiting more than an hour to confront the gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers. Cnns Shimon Prokupecz is live for us in uvalde has been inside that city council meeting. Shimon walk us through what youre learning about the report so boris, he just started were about 15 minutes or so into this meeting this is the private investigator, the investigator that was hired by the city of uvalde back in july of 2022 out of concern that there was a cover up here by the department of Public Safety, the da that they were not getting enough information. And so the mayor at the time decided that he needed to start his own investigation and he hired a former Police Detective from austin texas, man by the name of jesse prado. Hes a 25 veteran of the Austin Police department. He did this investigation. Now, nearly two years later, were starting to see the results of it. And finally today, we are getting our first indications of what he found. And certainly so far already, hes been testifying at the City Council Hearing that there were failures. We know that they were filled now the years, but weve not gone into any of the intricate details of exactly how the officers of the Uvalde Police department failed in their duties that day. What we do know based on Body Camera Footage and other evidence and other information that we have reported on. Is that three of the uvalde Police Officers that you, lieutenant, a sergeant, and other Police Officer where someone the first officers on scene that day, they were in the hallway as the gunman was shooting and as they were in the Hallway Approach in the classroom, the gunman was firing through the walls and they retreated. And then basically went back again and then retreated again. And theyve been criticized by other investigators, certainly by the Department Of Justice and by the department of Public Safety in their investigation for not going in that classroom for retreating and sort of how they had described it was that the momentum had stopped in those first few minutes when they got to the scene, those officers should have kept going and should have gone inside that classroom to try and stop the gunman. And we know they didnt. And ultimately officers would wait for an hour before they went in. The other thing, obviously that we have heard a lot about from the Department Of Justice report. And now whats happening inside is the lack of leadership that day, the chiefs that were on scene that day from the School Police chief to the Acting Police Chief . With the Uvalde Police department on that day. That didnt take any kind of Leadership Role to insist that their officers go inside, that they form a team and they go instead, they go inside. So that is some of what we are starting to hear that there was a lack of leadership that they were its failures that day. Weve not gotten any indication into exactly what each of the officers from the Uvalde Police department did that day or how if at all theyre going to be held responsible for their actions, ethic important in all of this obviously is the families they are here today. Theres a number of them inside. They are expected to speak at some point. They want accountability, they want some of these officers fire discipline, and its its not entirely clear at this point if any of that is going to happen. So certainly as this day progresses, you know, this is something that the families are going to be speaking about, but certainly to have this report finally believe two years later from the Uvalde Police department, from there investigators going to be significant . Yeah, 77 minutes. Its two years later and it is no less heartbreaking shimon. 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As always been scheduled t and these sketches tnts get to slip in. Is the easiest way to reduce sugar President Bidens last State Of The Union 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 state of the Union Address tonight at eight times cnn a massive Controlled Burn conducted after the Norfolk Southern Train Derailment in ohio last year was apparently not necessary. In testimony on capitol hill yesterday, the chair of the ntsb said that evidence shows there was no scientific basis to support it, and that there were better options. The disaster itself released more than 1 Million Pounds of toxic chemicals into the air, water, and soil of East Palestine and some residents say they are still suffering from Health Issues because of it. Cnns Jason Carroll has been following this story. So jason walk us through these findings by the ntsb well, boris, really this is the strongest indication yet from the ntsb that that socalled Controlled Burn, that Control Release really may not have been needed at all. I want to take it back to the events of quickly what happened there in the ground when those rail cars were burning, we were there on the ground and i remember what officials were saying they were telling us that they basically had two options. They said they were facing either a catastrophic explosion one that would spread shrapnel in all directions. Thats why they evacuated the town of East Palestine. So the decision was made to do the socalled controlled release to avoid that explosion . And at the time East Palestines fire chief said the consensus in the Command Center was that releasing, doing this controlled release was really the least bad option that release created that huge Mushroom Cloud that we saw there on the ground that you see there of toxic smoke smoke that spread throughout the area. Many residents still telling us thats part of the reason why they got sick. And now youve got the ntsb saying there was another option, one that some officials there were not aware of at the time to just let the cars cooled down. Thats because evidence shows that that the decision to do the controlled release was not justified because the real the railcars were not in fact heating up the ntsb says data shows they were actually cooling down the Chemical Company oxy vinyls, the one that makes vinyl chloride, had experts apparently on the ground with some of that Information Showing that there was not a danger of a chemical reaction. The ntsb says, while that information was relayed to Norfolk Southerns contractor at the time it did not make it to the people who ultimately made the decision about what to do. Id see vinyls was onscene providing information to Norfolk Southerns contractor who was in the room when the decision made with was made and when advice was given to the governor of ohio, to the Incident Commander, they werent were not given full information so Norfolk Southern released a statement. Let me read it to you. It says the final decision to conduct a controlled release was made by the Incident Commander with input from multiple stakeholders, including Norfolk Southern, local, state and federal authorities. The successful Control Released prevented a potentially catastrophic uncontrolled explosion that would have caused significant damage for the community. They also go on to say that to date that the air, the water is safe there in East Policy The Ntsb will ultimately release its final report on what happened and caused the derailment that its going to happen this june for us. Jason carroll. Thank you so much. Brianna tonight is President Bidens third state of the Union Address, and it may be the most consequential speech of his political career this afternoon, the president held the traditional white house lunch with journaling lets previewing his remarks and cnn anchor erin burnett, was that that lunch with the president s shes joining us now from the white house, aaron, tell us about what you heard so brand as you say, its a tradition, i obviously goes back a long time. Were journalists. Have an off the record lunch with the president ahead of the allimportant state of the Union Address. And there were about a dozen of us in the room, old and new media. And it wasnt off the record lunch, as you said, brianna, so i cant talk about the topics, but i can say you tell you this. It was a freewheeling conversation a lot of backandforth from the president. Went about an hourandahalf. He spoke extemporaneously. There were no notes and he had a lot to say. Obviously, you know, throughout the day today, weve seen the announcement summons from the white house on everything from Corporate Tax changes that they want to make to gaza and humanitarian aid with a port deal in gaza. Also, weve heard them talk about bank fee changes that they want to make and it wouldnt surprise me if a lot of those specifics happened to be in the speech tonight from the backandforth, though, brianna, i can tell you hes very thoughtful while he was some moments of humor for sure, as he is known for he was serious and i think it is a moment of great gravity it certainly appeared to me from the way he was speaking today that thats what were going to see much more of tonight. And although perhaps hes also ready to interact, maybe more on that stage tonight. Then has been in some years, obviously last year, you remember sort of the moment that went viral about Social Security wouldnt wouldnt surprise me if something spontaneous like that is possible from him. But the comments in that room today off the record again, so i cant share the topics, but extensive and expansive and he did speak without notes. Briana for about 90 minutes, so well see if thats much more of what we get tonight. If thats indicative of what we hear. But i do think that there is a very he knows the seriousness of the moment and the importance of the moment coming into what is now a headtohead with donald trump . And that is the feeling that we all are going to see tonight as americans watching it is a big night this evening for the president and for the country, erin, thank you so much for sharing that with us and well be right back. Youre watching Cnn News Central happened to the golden boy of new jersey. I engaged in affair with another man did you want to be outed . United . States of scandal with jake tapper, you gotta get a therapy is if theyre having an interview with jake tapper, new episodes next sunday at nine on cnn my name is cody archie. Now im erica. And were firstgeneration ranchers from central texas. And because of tiktok, were able to show people from All Over The World where their food and fiber come from. 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He is chair of the White House Council of economic advisers. Jared great to have you its a great pleasure to be here with you on this exciting day. It is a big day and i know the president is he needs to appeal to a lot of people. He needs to appeal to young voters for sure who helped him win and in 2020, especially as theyre taking issue with his handling of us support for israels war in gaza. I know hell address that, but on the economy, this is such an issue of concern for them. What Vision Of The Future is biden going to sell specifically for them tonight one of the great opportunities in State Of The Union is to speak directly to tens of millions of the American People. Younger people included. But of course, much broader than that about the historic progress weve made on the economy. The fact that when he got here, the economy was in a very tough place a Vaccination Program didnt even really exist. In a matter of months, were shots in arms and checks in pockets. He started getting this economy back to full employment where its been ever since the Unemployment Rate below 4 for two years, 15 million jobs since its prejudice got here, about 800,000 in manufacturing and real wages rising. Thats part of his effort to put downward pressure on cost and folks will hear about that tonight too. And specifically for young folks is theyre going to be anything tailored for them well, certainly the president will talk about the extensive student debt cancellation. Hes been able to pull off 138 billion affecting almost 4 million people. Thats some real Breathing Room for young people for whom thats an important issue. Theres another part of the speech which i think is particularly important in this space. And thats about housing this president has a truly ambitious set of ideas youre going to hear some tonight that involve direct lowering costs. I wont get into details because i dont want to get ahead of him for Affordable Housing, which is again, a critical issue for many young people starting out and what about, you know, we know a lot of young people obviously as they are starting out there, theyre feeling like they cant really realize what their parents and grandparents did. What do you say to people who are being told . Yeah, the economy is great, but theyre being priced out or not just buying a home, but theyre feeling the squeeze on childcare well, here i think you have to look at both our agenda. We have a Childcare Agenda which weve been trying to get congress to help us with for quite awhile now, of course, the president will be talking directly to congress about that very issue to make child care affordable, to make housing affordable, i actually would call those two of our most important pieces of Unfinished Business and we have great legislation in that area, but we need congress to work with you. So youll hear the president speaking about that directly. But brianna, its also really important in this setting. To talk about and to tell young people about the contrast about whos fighting for whom this speech is replete with the president explaining who is he, who hes fighting for, and now hes fighting to lower costs prove the Living Standards of lowincome families, good jobs, union jobs, standing up. Production in this country. And who the other sides fighting for which she looks a lot like tax cuts for the very rich Interest Rates. And i know it probably you spout these economic positives and they are positive. And looking at some of the poll numbers that arent so great for biden. I know some of these actions the administration has taken probably feel thankless but you also have these Interest Rates. They are not expected to come down soon. You had the fed chair jerome powell, he was on the hill today hes making that clear, 30 year fixed Rate Mortgage average is 6. 88 today, pretty high food costal, burdensome where it can biden talk about that. To people about their everyday lives and finding a little more room in their margins. Well, he can talk about it that directly, again, to tens of millions of people tonight in the speech. And he does so he will talk about measures in the Housing Space Hill actually cite the Mortgage Rate and theyll talk about measures that are directly intended to make housing more affordable. Even with the Mortgage Rate being where it is. Now, look, wed like to see that rate come down that has nothing to do with Federal Reserve policy. Theyre going to do what theyre going to do. But as inflation comes down i dont remember. It is down six percentage points, twothirds off of its peak. We have every reason to believe that Interest Rate should eventually ease as well. And that will help on the mortgage front from our perspective, what can we do to increase the supply of Affordable Housing . Hes going to talk about measures that could add 2 Million Units tonight of Affordable Housing i dont mean it could add them tonight. Hes gonna talk tonight. He was the dangling participle. Hes going to talk tonight about a policy to add 2 million affordable units to our Housing Stock can i think thatll be very welcome for people who are listening for that. All right, well be watching tonight, jared. Thank you so much. White house economic adviser jared bernstein, we appreciate but your time my pleasure. And well be right back President Bidens blast de the union before the 2024 election, with challenges at home and abroad, can he make the case for four more years . 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And guys, this is a pretty unusual pharmaceutical Tv Commercial usually youre listening to people saying you ask your dr. About this drug. Well now theyre saying dont ask your dr. About this drug if you want to use it for cosmetic weight loss, eli lilly actually makes a competitor to ozempic called mounjaro for type2 diabetes and one called zepbound, which is approved for obesity. They are rolling out this new commercial this weekend around the oscars and you can see it really references a lot of those themes. Take a look some people have been using medicine, never meant for them for the smaller dress or tux for a Big Night For Vanity but thats not the point people whose health is affected by obesity are the hes a on these medications now we talked with eli lillys ceo, but why they made this drug or this ad. And he said essentially theyve only tested this and type two diabetes and obesity. Also, theres a shortage of these medications. People with diabetes and people with obesity cant necessarily access them. So that is a big problem. And the third the reason he said is because Health Insurance coverage for use in weightloss for people with obesity or weightrelated health conditions, he says, is really bad. So they are trying to capitalize on this attention around the oscars. The joke made last year, perhaps more discussion this year. Heres what he told us this is a serious condition with a serious medication and yes, the the Media Attention drawn on that from last year and might draw in this year. Were taking a Point Of View on that, that these medicines were invented for people with a Serious Health condition theyre not invented just to have someone whos famous look a little bit better and so you guys, the reaction to this, of course, is theres some skepticism out. There are some folks are saying is this Reverse Psychology . Are they trying to get people interested in these drugs . Other people are saying, are they trying to protect themselves from liability if these drugs are used off label and appropriately but they are trying to make a point, guys all right. They sure are meg tirrell. Thank you for that. And the lead with jake tapper starts. Now so how much are we going to hear about shrinkflation . And Cookie Monster tonight . The lead starts right now a jam packed room expected for what could be the president s final state of the Union Address theoretically, but the Primetime Speech also being used as a campaign address, will biden be successful in his big pitch plus the guy that said the president s capacities are diminished. Now endorsing him, congressman Dean Phillips joins me on set for his first interview after dropping out of the democratic president ial race. And what to lawmakers want 150 million americans to understand about one particular social media app on their phones, what they want the Chinese Company to jail . Two will they hold tiktok accountable welcome to the lead on a very busy thursday, im jake tapper and we start today in our politics lead perhaps the most consequential speech of joe bidens long public life. Sit in 1972, of course, at age 29, he became one of the youngest people ever elected to the us senate. He turned 30 before he was inaugurated. And tonight the stakes are unusually high for the now 81 yearold who wants four more years in the white house amidst voter dissatisfaction. And frankly voter concerns about his age and wherewithal. Biden is headed for a rematch with the man he felt in 2020, and we can expect biden to draw sharp contrasts between his record and trumps this evening, what we should not expect, perhaps by partisans civility, congressional leaders are worried, particularly about unruly House Republicans heckling him. I know i will be looking out for republican protests about the border and you might remember last year, less than an hour into his beach after biden accused republicans of wanting to Sunset Medicare and Social Security. This happened to light me not naming them, but its being proposed by some of you folks it was true there were a few people proposing that biden was able to definitely deal with the outbursts and that frankly might be the most memorable part of the entire night so folks, as we all apparently agree, Social Security medicare is off to off the books now, were not his team is frankly praying for such deafness this evening, though some democrats are also worried that tonight might also bring shouts from the left, from progressive members of his own party or their guests, or protesters in the gallery, angry and frustrated with bidens support of israel and its war on hamas. Lets start things off with cnns mj lee live at the white house for us mj. What are we going to hear from the president tonight . Well, jake, you know, so well, how important this moment is for President Biden. But the pressure really is incredibly high for this president this is the last speech of this kind that the president gets to make before he faces voters again, come november. And this is a chance for him to address a really huge audience on everything that he feels like he has accomplished over the last three years and try to paint an optimistic picture for a second term that he is trying to earn. That. Of course, there are a number of incredibly weighty issues both abroad and here at home that we expect the president to address everything from the israelhamas war to the health of the economy, to reproduction fact of rights that we have heard the white house talking about for so many months. And we also know that the white house has teed up for this evening a number of new announcements, whether it is on raising the Corporate Tax rate to 28 , or when you proposal on getting in more humanitarian aid into gaza. Now, keep in mind jake, that this is of course, us hearing President Biden and Commander In Chief, biden, but were also hearing president ial candidate joe biden. And to that end, we certainly expect that throughout the course of the evening, he is going to be consistently finding opportunities to contrast his vision for this country with the policies that he says are so broken coming from those across the aisle, including, of course former President Donald Trump and mj. Were being told that the president and his expected to address the israel Hamas Conflict this evening, quote, in a very meaningful way, what does that mean . Thats right, and that is no surprise given how much this issue has completely consumed this president and this white house over the last few months since the october 7 attacks, we are learning that he is going to be announcing that the us military is going to be setting up a new port in the mediterranean off the gaza coast. So that he can help bring in more humanitarian aid into gaza, which is of course, in dire straits right now. And the context that you have to keep in mind is that there was a point in time, not that long ago when officials here at the white house had hoped that by the time the president delivered this address tonight, that they could have been touting a humanitarian ceasefire and aid and hostages released deal. That of course is not going to happen. So this is going to be one way in which the president gets addressed the nation and the anger that people are feeling across the country that is going to be an incredibly important moment to watch of many tonight. Jake. All right. Mj lee at the white house for us. Thanks so much. Lets turn to capitol hill where we find cnns Manu Raju And manu, the speaker of the house, mike johnson, says he has sent a very clear message to his caucus, his conference House Republicans turn the temperature down tonight, tell us more yeah, thats the message. So be polite, show some decorum, dont heckle the Commander In Chief as he delivers this address to the nation. But some members simply are discarding that. In fact, some of them that i talked to senator simply depends on what joe biden says