we ve got lawson uso cover, and lots of questions to answer. so let s get started. that ceiling showdown, house speaker kevin mccarthy not just a win in the house, but his victory lap may run out of gas in the senate. or live on capitol hill with the latest as the nation inches closer to a debt default. plus, telling their side, the same moment a woman suing former president trump for an alleged rape it is giving tearful over price jerry six insurrection in d.c.. we re going in-depth on all those trump troubles ahead. later, desantis drama, florida governor ron desantis arrives at the white house, while the house memos hits him with the federal lawsuit. we go inside the drama and how it will impact his presidential aspirations. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. we start today s show with the standoff over the debt ceiling. speaker kevin mccarthy is taking a premature victory lap after house republicans narrowly lashed
bret: but, first, breaking tonight. house republicans are taking a microscope to the hunter biden scandal. the oversight committee grilling former twitter executives today about their censorship of the story in the new york post which many in the g.o.p. contended could have directly affected the 2020 election. the most pointed questions though aimed at the u.s. government influence into the censorship decisions. correspondent david spunt reports tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. a fiery hearing lasting the majority of the day. democrats argue there is nothing there but republicans believe something more sinister wer and. and this was the chance for republicans to make the case to the public. we don t know where the fbi ends and twitter begins. emotions running high. we are talking about hunter biden s half fake laptop story. i mean, this is embarrassment. front and center this new york post cover from october
hello, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. president biden is taking his state of the union pitch on the road. right now he s speaking in the battleground state of wisconsin focusing on his administration s effort to boost manufacturing in america. this is part of a two-day swing. biden is also going to tampa, florida, to reinforce last night s message which is seen as a preview of his expected 2024 re-election campaign. cnn s phil mattingly joins us now. so what more do we expect to hear from the president today? i know he s feeling good from that speech last night. i don t think white house officials could be happier in the wake of the speech last night, not because they feel like they delivered on the extensive remarks they spent months probing and in the off-the-cuff moments he had with republicans back and forth where they felt the president demonstrated a level of vigor they wanted him to show but als
fortune 500 made profit and paid zero in federal taxes? zero. todd: boos, yelling and outburst during unprecedented state of the union address focused on bashing republicans. i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. new york post isul caing the president joe lie-den, he told so many fibs last night we can t keep track. we have guests on deck to give reaction, tom homan, pete hegseth, joe concha and kellyanne conway will be here live. todd: lucas has the latest. and sarah huckabee sanders scathing response. brooke: president biden pushing the idea of unity during his second state of the yoonion address while taking digs at republicans blaming them for the country s top issues. several comments sparking resounding boos including the moment he claimed republicans want to end social security and medicare. listen. president biden: some of my republican frnds want to take the economy hostage, i get it. you should know what plans are. instead of
american border problems won t be fixed until congress acts. fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 americans a year. border. we now have the worst border crisis in american history. china threatens our sovereignty we will act to protect our country and we did. the president s refusal to stand up to china, our most formidable adversary. it s never a good bet to bet against america, never. america can once again be the land of the free and the home of the brave. steve: we are using the official state of the union address music as you can see. good morning, everybody. it s wednesday, february 8th, 2023. currently in our nation s capital it is 44 degrees. come on in here to studio m., midtown, manhattan. we are at 36 degrees. and welcome to the official post game show. if you did not see what the president was talking about last night in the congress, we got you covered. ainsley: we have all the highlights for you. did you all stay up and watch? brian: