president biden s state of the union address. in the meantime, kick up your feet and watch the beat which starts right now. hi, ari. was that a lyric? you re rubbing off on me. i ll see you soon. have a good show. welcome to the beat s state of the union coverage. president biden now just hours away from delivering the annual trace. white house aides are touting that they say could be a positive and almost classy address, taking the high road. we know biden spent the weekend working on drafts at camp david, aides eyeing ways to tout what they see as job growth, navigating this post pandemic economy and laying the groundwork for an official campaign announcement. those are just some of the images we ve seen coming out of the white house operation. there s also the sense of security, extra fences going up at the capitol today. this is just two years after the violent insurrection. all three branches of government represented onsite. it is always a security challenge as
there are the imagery, the pageantry and sometimes, yes, the stories told through the people who are there. since you mentioned that and the politics of that as well, that joe biden, in his mind and he said publicly he feels what he says a special link to civil rights issues and the black america community and the way that clyburn and others resuscitated a campaign at one point left for politically dead, that s a constituency he s going to need if he does as expected run this re-election campaign at a time when folks, michelle goldberg of the state of the union, greeting a state of the union for him not to run again. as a reporting matter, in no way are we seeing prominent democrats or his allies talk that way in public, but what do you see politically on that in general and specifically with the coalition that he needs to hold or revive if he s going to run and win? right. you don t really see democrats willing to be on the record at least although they are talking