we bipartisanly passed the respect for marriage act. don t say we can t get along. years ago, i wrote with great consternation, but we ve reauthorized it again, the violence against women act. the electoral reform act. folks, we did that in a bipartisan way, democrats and republicans did it. i don t know why they don t acknowledge any part of what s making the country again, but in addition, we passed the american rescue plan. the inflation reduction act, and the people sent a clear message. fighting for the sake of fighting gets us nowhere. there s things that we ve got to get things done. that s always been my vision for the country, and i think that s what the american people said in this off year election. yesterday i went to wisconsin, nice and warm like down here. [ laughter ] to talk about how we re building an economy from the bottom up and the middle out. i m so tired of trickle-down economy. not allowed to trick down at my dad s table when we re growing up. today
congress finally receives a classified briefing on the matter today. the senate being updated at this hour after the house was briefed earlier today. sandra: all of this as senior u.s. military and national security officials warn and have confirmed that spy balloon shot down off south carolina s coast on saturday was part of a major surveillance program run by china s military. so, what else are lawmakers learning in these briefings? we ll ask tennessee senator marsha blackburn and california democratic congressman ro khanna coming up. john: begin with lawmakers sparring over the politization of the federal government and whether the justice department has been weaponized against republicans. hello, i m john roberts in washington. let me be the first to say it, sandra, happy friday eve. sandra: and we made it to thursday. good to be with you, john. i m sandra smith in new york. america reports. republican-led committee says many questions need to be answered by the f
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. a busy news day for us. fox network and its highest rated anchor tucker carlson sever ties. this will no doubt raise eyebrows as it happens one week or so after a nearly $800 million settlement for election lies. plus waiting on the word go. the president s team rushes to lock in key pieces of a would be 2024 campaign. an announcement video taped. campaign manager chosen. top advisers settled. a green light from joe biden to turn the re-elect on? still not assured. and a world tour for ron desantis, the florida governor trying to look the part of commander-in-chief in japan while playing coy about if or when he will challenge donald trump. more on the president s coming soon campaign in a moment. first the stunning and sudden end to tucker carlson s tenure at fox the network revealing minutes ago carlson hosted his last show this past friday. carlson had been a network staple since 2009. almost seven
hello, everybody. welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing a very, very busy news day with us. 6,000 plus dead. 6,000 plus. grief running over turkey and syria. hope, too, running out as rescue crews continue to look for thousands still lost in the rubble of a monster earthquake. plus, tonight, the president tells the country what he s done and where he wants to go advisers promise a classic joe biden speech. out but his state of the union collides with challenges and implications of a newly divided washington. plus, briefing, congress getting a briefing on the chinese balloon. and raises questions why the pentagon was so slow to shoot down that suspected spy in the sky. up first, a dramatic harrowing race to find survivors it s barely 24 hours after a massive earthquake hit turkey and syria. already again, more than 6,000 are dead. and the aftershocks still creating treacherous conditions for rescuers trying to reach those tr
we will get there at the end of the show. all right, a lot to get to this hour but we look ahead to tonight, president biden will deliver the state of the union address in less than nine hours from now. and he certainly will have a lot of explaining to do to the nation. first, there is the growing controversy over the chinese spy balloon that flew over the country for more than a week. before he took action. the record-breaking biden search at the southern border and the scandal surrounding his son hunter. i don t think he will mention that. plus, his address tonight seen as a kickoff for his 2024 campaigns. yes, he is running, i told you he was but he may have a lot of convincing on that front. the poll says majority of democrats don t want him to run again and biden to talk about unity but that may be a tough selling point considering he just said this on friday. judgment till my jobs are up, which is a rub from inflation is down and covid no longer controls our life. the