President joe biden delivered his 2024 state of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress Last night. Throughout the speech he drew a contrast to himself and former president trump, the leading mrn the 2024 president ial election. President biden spoke with members of congress for 30 minutes after the speech as he was leaving the chamber. President of the United States. ■l xn [applause] [indeservible conversations] [indiscernible conversations] ■ n [indiscernible conversations]bq5 [crowd chanting four more years] ■s [indiscernible conversations] [cheers and applause] the president thank you. The president good evening. If i w home now. Mr. Speaker, madam Vice President , congress, my fellow americans. In january, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt came to this chamber to speak to the nation and he said, i dress you at a moment unprecedented in the union. Hitler was on the march. War was raging in europe. President roosevelts purpose was to wakess and alert the American People that t
Bret alive look at the u. S. Capitol a beautiful evening in washington as we are Just Moments Away from President Biden and tonights state of the Union Address, good evening from washington i am bret baier. Martha i am Martha Maccallum in moments we will be on the house floor from the familiar call of the sergeant at arms will make his way down the aisle greeted by lawmakers along the way. Bret you can see mitt romney talking to joe mansion it seems like they are pretty engaged in some conversation that can happen on the sidelines as you have a lot of lawmakers waiting a long time in the chamber, a lot of folks expressing themselves, different ways, republican some of them wearing buttons about the border, others dressed in white on the democratic side in solidarity, we set the stage now with White House Correspondent with a preview of the president s speech good evening. Good evening officials at the white house think that most people who will watch it tonight have not been very polit
Across the globe. Well bring you insights into what voters and World Leaders are hoping to hearfrom the us president this evening. The speech marks a crucial moment in his presidency. This will be his third State Of The Union as president and last planned National Address before voters head to the polls this november. Withjust under eight months until election day, the us is preparing for a 2020 Rematch Betweenjoe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Its a match up that 48 say they feel negative about and 42 call depressing. Will President Biden be able to reassure voters hes best able to tackle the countrys issues and that the State Of The Union is still strong . We will hear all about but a little later. Well bejoined tonight by our experts, reporters, white house veterans and lawmakers attending the speech on capitol hill. First, lets go to our reporter Helena Humphrey live on capitol hill. This is one of the busiest nights on the hill. Of all of the knights of the year, what is
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Ed Ronald Reagan thundered, mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. Now myssor, a former republican president tells putin do whatever the hell you want. Thats a quote. A former president actually said that, bowing down to a russian leader. I think itss, a outrageous, unacceptable. [applause] america is a Founding Member of nato. The military alliance of democratic nations created after world war ii to prevent war and keep the peace. And today, we have made nato stronger than ever. We welcome finland to the Alliance Last year. And just this morning, sweden officially joined, and their minister is here tonight. Stand up. Welcome. Pres. Biden welcome, welcome, welcome. And they know how to fight. Mr. Prime minister, welcome to nato, the Strongest Military alliance the world has ever seen. I say this to congress, we have to stand up to putin. Send me a Bipartisan National Security bill. History is literally watching. The United States walks away it will put ukraine at risk. Europe is at risk.