moment. that is it for us this afternoon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. the state of our union is the lead is starting right now. president big tonit s address before a died congress and country to tout his accomplishments. and perhaps lay out his case for another term. but how might his message land with the american people who according to polls disapprove of the job he s doing. rare cries of joy as a little girl and her younger sibling are pulled from the rubble alive. a small bit of good news amid the growing death and destruction from the earthquake in turkey and syria. the death toll now soaring to more than 7,200 people. then, if you ve flown in the past few weeks, you know the skies are not very friendly. cancel takeoff clearance. delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance. an i-team meltdown, one airline grounded during the holidays, two runway near misses, now lawmakers want answers. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper on capitol hill
waste at the department of energy. briton identifies as non-binary and gender fluid. laura: oh, does he? talk about holding the bar really high. you know he would still be there if they didn t have that security footage, by the way. for this administration, it s failure as far as the eye can see yet zero accountability, none. still no senior officials, no cabinet official fired. not alejandro, let em all in, mayorkas at dhs. not leave it to pete buttigieg at the department of transportation. not the queen of transitory inflation janet yellen at treasury. so the only logical conclusion at this point can be that america s decline is their agenda. now biden s balloon fiasco was a national embarrassment for the united states at every turn, and it reminds us that we really don t have military leaders who are looking out for us. even when generals austin and milley blew the afghanistan withdraw which led to the deaths of 13 service members, they still kept their jobs. the inte
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migrant on his land. catastrophic leadership of the dhs secretary. she comes bearing in her ma. you are bringing in cookies. probably cooking these forever. the plan is to scream really loud every time somebody has the ball. both of the boys are on offense. come on over. come on in. pull up a seat, take a load off your feet come on over come on in. brian: port canaveral in florida keep the cruise ship. when we see a cruise ship it s full of illegal immigrants what we call housing. been a while since on a cruise. i wonder if they have a pool. steve: doesn t every ship have a pool? look at the top deck right there, brian. between the front part and back part. brian: how do they get up there from the dock. ainsley: salt water. you think a poll in your backyard it s all. steve: at night they drain the water. rather than haul a bunch of clean water from the land. they pump it full. you are absolutely right. i have been on those salt water crews. brian:
next in this. china has decided to try to impose s will on the world. our economic security is connected to china whether we like it or not. imagine a missive flying so fast that you can t pick it up on radar. we ve seen behavior by the ccp, purchase of agricultural lands, strategic lands around military bases. china is the most challenging national security threat that the u.s. has faced in 30 years. martha: with that, we bring in general jack keane, fox news strategic analyst. good to have you with us. some strong voices from capitol hill about the threat that we face from china. do you expect that strength to be matched in the way that we talked about china in the president s speech tonight? i hope so. i mean, the president in his national security strategy and national defense china has identify them as a major threat in the future and now. he has to share with the american people, what are we doing about this. do we have any vulnerabilities. that s not to g