that needs to be confirmed and quickly, president biden is going to deliver his first state of the union address to congress tomorrow. the president hoping to fire up his base ahead of the midterms amid a divided nation and security concerns prompting fencing to go back up around the u.s. capitol for the first time in months. but ukraine is certainly now going to be a major part of the speech as white house press secretary jen psaki told kristen welker and peter alexander today at 11:00. >> certainly what we're seeing on the ground in ukraine, the fact that the president has built a coalition of countries around the world to stand up to russian aggression to stand up to president putin, to put in place crippling sanctions, that is part of what people will hear in the space. that wouldn't have been the case three months ago. >> joining us now, former obama white house press secretary robert gibbs. former republican national committee chairman, michael steele, usa today's washington bureau chief susan page, and first tv appearance as nbc