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 s a lot of stuff that i fear for her but it mainly stems from what happens in florida. it s a mind-boggling situation, mehdi. if you look at what was on your screen right now, you have big voices in florida that are making change, but they re hitting a wall. a big, red, gop wall. it s not for any lack of trying. ultimately, would you have to do is realize that florida is a microcosm of what is happening on a more national level. we have desantis appointed judges, we have desantis redistricting, we have desantis laws, we have desantis going after disney, which is one of the largest employers in the state of florida. but we try to do is grassroots it, from a legal perspective, we have massive challenges that go before desantis appointed judges, and we have problems. ric, let me bring you in. you know republicans. are florida republicans really out there, even by modern gop standards? if so, why?