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
publicizing what the state deemedukraine. that the government decides, you know, if this journalistic account about russia s war in ukraine is false or not, and if they think it s false, they put you in jail. so it s a joke, frankly, jo journ journalistically, it s sad for russia and for russians what vladimir putin is doing here and how much he s discrediting russia. many journalists for major os have gone through training, what will you do if you re kidnapped. i went through it. very different situation than actually living it, which you did. what is evan facing right now? he it s a funny, you know, thing. he feels terrible for his family i know that might sound strange, but you know, he loves reporting. i was reporting afghanistan many years ago and the taliban held me for seven months, and you know, he s like telling the truth. he s actually trying to i think help the russian people by reporting on the ground there and taking a risk, but showing how much th
congressional correspondent aishah hasnie tells us what some lawmakers want to do about that now. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. in a very rare public appearance. the chiefs of the fbi, the cia. nsa and odni and d.e.a. all came together on capitol hill to hand over their annual threat assessment to lawmakers. and it covered a wide variety of topics from the russia war on ukraine to iran s nuclear program, but china, they say, is the most consequential threat to america s national security right now. and lawmakers grilled them on this app. tiktok which even intel officials admit screams national security concerns. it may be the beginning of the end for tiktok as the nation s top intelligence officials testified on capitol hill about the dangers of the chinese-owned app. at a hearing on threats around the world. could they use tiktok to control data on millions of users? yes. could they use it to control the software on millions of devices given the
ukrainian territory in the country s east. the biden administration says if beijing does provide weapons it will pay a real cost. we re not just making direct threats, we re just laying out the stakes and consequences how things will infold. and we are doing that clearly and specifically behind closed doors. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond joins us now, so, jeremy, some intense discussions as we go going on behind closed doors. any idea how imminent this potential for china could be? well, bianna, it s been clear, china has been weighing this for several months or so. but we re seeing over the last week, u.s. officials publicly and privately conveying to china there would be severe consequences if they do indeed move forward with providing lethal aid to russia. we do know china has provided nonlethal aid, body armor, helmets but u.s. intelligence now believes china is considering presenting russia with drones and ammunition. and there are questions about th