the growing frustration for residents. and a first look at china s spy balloon. take a look at this picture, as we learn that some of the surveillance aircraf is now at the fbi lab at quantico. announcer: this is the from the nation s capital. norah: good evening and thank you for joining us on a busy night here in the nation s capital. president biden set to address the nation tonight and what will likely be the largest television audience of the year for him. he is going to be touting his accomplishments, and we have just learned that he will directly address republicans, urging them to work with them. the other major news tonight, the quick thinking flight attendants preventing a midair disaster after a fire started right after take off. what caused the fire? we will have more on that in just a minute. but we do want to begin overseas as time is running out for victims buried in turkey and syria after that massive earthquake with a death toll at nearly 8,000. offic
the political aisle. we will also have an in-depth look at how the issues discussed affect all of us here in california. cbs evening news is next here on kpix 5. local news continues to streaming on norah: tonight as we come on the air, a number of developing stories. president biden set to address congress and the nation. also tonight, the death toll sourced nearly 8,000 from that powerful earthquake in turkey and syria. people trapped under the rubble, and the miracle moment, as rescuers peel rocks away to find a baby just born, still alive. but tonight, the race against time to find survivors. a big night here in washington. president biden s second state of the union, from the economy to china to prescription drugs. what key issues will he address? the burning from that train derailment may be over, but the toxic material lingers.
a dozen of them this morning when they were coming out of a closed door meeting. their districts are strong pro-trump. they themselves are strong pro-president trump. so they are unswayed by all these arguments. they re criticizing the leaks. they re criticizing the news media. but still, overall, on balance as he said, it s a toxic atmosphere. it helps house republicans. i think that s the majority view of the leadership and certain republicans, rank and file as well. and it will certainly be interesting to see how the american people feel because he is the elected president, and there are a lot of americans out there who, you know, still have enormous amount of faith in him as their elected an elected leader. it certainly is a big night here in washington, though. robert mueller, the new special counsel appointed by robert rosenstein, who is the deputy attorney general of the united states. meanwhile, attorney general sessions was over at the white house helping the president pic
right on the line, right now. a big night here in washington. at the white house right now president obama facing a new enter national crisis, a major distraction to say the least, as he heads to the capitol to deliver his last state of the union address. we re less than an hour away, and his at mrgts is scrambling to deal with the potentially flash point between the united states and iran. u.s. officials say iran has seized two navy ships in the persian gulf, taking ten sailors on board into custody. the ships apparently enter iranian water for a brief period of time. barbara starr has more on the breaking story. what is the latest, bauer ra? good evening. we have told by senior
gibbs, senior adviser to president obama s campaign. also, after the firestorm. she started by going after ann romney. democratic strategist hilary rosen is back, and only here, with a few more things to say. also here this morning, msnbc s rachel maddow. republican strategist alex castellanos. and vice chairman of the house republican congress, congresswoman kathy mcmorris-rodgers. plus, it s the morning after. a big night here in washington. the washington correspondence dinner adds a little glitz. it gives the president a chance to use some comedy as a political weapon. it s great to be here this evening in the vast, magnificent hilton ballroom. or what mitt romney would call a little fixer-upper. from nbc news in washington, meet the press with david gregory . we re going to get you caught up on a big weekend in washington with the white house correspondents dinner a little bit later in the hour. kind of like the prom in