Gentleman and also the first lady, the president will lay and out his agenda to those lawmakers and to you, the American People. Congressional correspondentd th American People. Aisha hosny is standing by withs a preview of the republican response. But we begin standin with housee house correspondent Jackie Heinrich and a preview of the president s speech tonight. Jacqui good evening, jackie. D good evening, martin. Resident good evening, bret. Well, President Biden directly a assail republicans tonight. Officials have sent ousst memos hitting republicans forro everything from trump tax cuts ,adding to the deficit to proposals for National Abortion bans. Deficit, and also plans to cut social ban security and medicare. Wes an this speech is widely vid as an anchor to a anchor t 2024 announcement, but its not supposed to look like a campaign speech. So the president Will Instealo D frame his achievementsai as progress made against allns odds that needs to be protected and continued. Righ
gentleman and also the first lady, the president will lay and out his agenda to those lawmakers and to you, the american people. congressional correspondentd th american people. aisha hosny is standing by withs a preview of the republican response. but we begin standin with housee house correspondent jackie heinrich and a preview of the president s speech tonight. jacqui good evening, jackie .d good evening, martin.resident good evening, bret. well, president biden directly a assail republicans tonight. officials have sent ousst memos hitting republicans forro everything from trump tax cuts ,adding to the deficit to proposals for national abortion bans. deficit, and also plans to cut social ban security and medicare. wes an this speech is widely vid as an anchor to a anchor t 2024 announcement, but it s not supposed to look like a campaign speech. so the president will instealo d frame his achievementsai as progress made against allns odds that needs to be protected and conti
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