good evening. in the white house president biden getting ready to face a newly divided congress and the american people at a pivotal moment in his presidency. we will soon leave from the u.s. capitol to report on the state of the union and make an argument for a run for his second term. and i m jake tapper. we are counting down to president biden s big speech about an hour from now and his entrance into the house chamber where republicans are now in charge for the first time since biden took office. new house speaker kevin mccarthy will be seated behind the president, a visible reminder of the political pressures on president biden as the gop led house challenges his agenda and launches a slew of investigations. president biden is expected to try to use his biggest national tv audience of the year to test the waters for his 2024 campaign message. new excerpts of the speech reveal that he will make a direct appeal to americans in economic pain as he tries to make the case th
we have florida still reeling from the devastation from hurricane ian. we re concerned about the storm. i should have left and shouldn t have stayed. listening to the winds, which were horrible for hours. the storm now soaking the mid atlantic making its way up north and death toll in florida continues to climb. pete: alexandria hoff is live in fort meyers beach. alexandria. well, good morning. we re here on san carlos island, part of fort meyers beach and aside from the utility crews working up the street and the occasional police siren, the scene is quiet, it s still and sad. it s really easy to understand when you look at the wreckage behind me why this rescue and recovery and these operation haves been so challenging, but they ve been productive. according to the lee county sheriff s office, 6 to 700 rescues were made and the sheriff is reporting 35 deaths in the county as well and the numbers may rise as individual counties are reporting. about 30 minutes north o
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secretary is a very key member of president biden s economic team and several of the key items the president will be details tonight will have some ties to what the labor department does. but he will be the one outside of the chamber, jake. that s right. we re seeing the first lady of the united states, dr. jill biden walk in right now. the fist lady is usually somebody who gets bipartisan support, no matter whom her husband is. and there she is, sitting right next the second gentleman of the united states, doug emhoff, the husband of vice president kamala harris. among the first lady are as we were referring to earlier, a number of individuals, often picked from public notice or public life or the news, who represent a specific story, represent a specific cause. we saw not only paul pelosi there but the ukrainian ambassador to the united states. mr. speaker, the president s