happening now, racing the clock, fighting the climate. bitter cold and utter devastation slow the search for quake survivors as the death toll in turkey and syria climbs. is he or isn t he? kevin mccarthy weighs on whether george santos is being investigated by the house committee while some constituents demand his removal. and making his case. president biden gets ready to report on the state of the union. and what also could be a preview of his 2024 re-election campaign. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we re up here at the u.s. capitol just hours away from the president s state of the union message to the american people. with me tonight are cnn correspondents and analysts, we will all break down what to expect. but we begin right now with a devastation and the growing loss of life in turkey and syria. the death toll which has been climbing for days, now approaching 8,000 men a
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
claims he made has many payments to stormy daniels after their alleged affair. nate foy is live in new york with the latest on this. they declined to comment on this. donald trump is reacting to his expected arrest on tuesday posting this on truth social reading and part, quote, with no crime being able to be proven and based on old and fully debunked by numerous other prosecutors fairytale, the far and away leading republican candidate and former president of the united states of america will be arrested on tuesday of next week, protest, take our nation back. this case centers around $130,000 hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, donald trump s former lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to his role in that payment in a 2018 case, he claims it was meant to keep daniels quiet about an alleged affair the trump denies, prospered his claim the former president and his business reimbursed cohen for that payment.
this week s actions demonstrate our resolute commitment to insure that our financial system remains strong and that depositors savings remain safe. paul: let s bring in jason trender, chairman and ceo of an investment strategy firm. jason, quite a week in financial markets. you know, the treasury secretary says all is well, safe and sound, but the markets aren t acting like it. just how big a question a problem is this in the banking system? well, paul, we don t know yet, but i think that, you know, history has taught us that, generally speaking, when there are problems like this in the banking system, they re not they generally don t tend to be isolated. i feel very strongly that in many ways the precursor for this has been 12 the years of i would say borderline irresponsible monoair the policy and fiscal policy paul: right. and so in some ways, it s not surprising that when inflation moves higher as a result of those policies, that people get caught offsides when
rachel: good morning, everybody from daytona international speedway and that is the apopca high school blue darter band performing live here at the speedway ahead of daytona 500 here on fox. good morning, will. good morning, pete. pete: good morning, rachel. i m pumped. it s finally warming up here at the track. if you re a high school band, what a better backdrop than the daytona 500 and the international speedway, the big race is tomorrow at 2:30 and we get a chance to cover it all morning long and talk news. rachel: absolutely. pete: always fun to be here. rachel: let s get to some of that news and we re going to talk about east palestine and sounding the alarm and the effects of toxic chemicals in the town. i ve had a headache and odd tinkling sensation like in the gums and on my lips. my brother-in-law went to the hospital and got checked out. he was having some severe symptoms, some breathing issues. they let this sink in and burn for days before they evacuated an