Love acceptance speech. Now i want to bring in a special guest who is at the State Of The Union. Last night i have with me tonight Grammy Nominated artist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, all around wonderful man, fat joe, nice to see you. Hey, laura. Whats up . Thanks for having me on. Im so glad youre here. Im happy you were in town. You were actually there last night as congresswoman barragans guest. Right in part because, joe, you have been an enormous advocate for a Transparent Health care system. I mean, you even released a psa with with rick ross, with busta rhymes. Others listen to what you had to say. I want everyone to see this. Love our nurses, and we need our doctors. But hospitals and insurers rigging a system to make profits off of people thats in struggle is unforgivable. We demand prices and transparency in health care. Power to the patients. First of all, youve got the best beard of everyone we just saw. Im just saying for a second there, dont tell them that you you know
Closer. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia on friday, the thirdparty group no labels ended months of speculation about whether it would field a unity ticket for the president ial race in a Virtual Convention with an 800 delegates from all 50 states voted to move forward with the process and on the heels of that news, several outlets are reporting theres a particular candidate. Now under consideration. Geoff duncan, 48 yearold, was a republican Lieutenant Governor of georgia under brian kemp from 2019 to early 2023, is a conservative republican and also a vocal critic of Donald Trumps efforts to over returned the 2020 president ial election. Duncan recently wrote an oped in the Atlanta Journal constitution titled end doesnt justify the means on trump about why he wont support trump for president. Writing quote, trump has become incapable of leading in a respectable or mature way until more of us are willing to acknowledge that pardon, truth, we will be on the outside looking in. The
Speaker emerita and democratic congresswoman from california, nancy pelosi. Speaker pelosi, thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate it. So i have to say this was this may have been the highest stakes speech of President Bidens long career in politics. It may have been the highest stakes state of the Union Address that ive ever seen. I think he met the moment. Oh, i think he did definitely. Actually, i should quote him and just say, maybe i should go home right now because i think what he did was spectacular. He did it with vigor. He did it with vision, with patriotism. And i think it was one of the finest state of the Union Addresses i have seen. And ive seen many. So obviously a lot of republicans are critical of it. One of the things that theyre criticizing it for is for being political. And it was a very political state of the Union Address. Well, it had some political aspects to it, mostly generated by the audience saying four more years, but the perhaps amnesia has set in
Disaster. Bizarre. Thats how some republicans are describing senator katy barretts response to bidens State Of The Union. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erica hill in for erin burnett. Outfront tonight, breaking news. Biden turning up the heat on trump, riding the momentum from his state of the Union Address just moments ago, wrapping up a visit to the key battleground state of pennsylvania, making it clear he is not afraid to take on trump. Donald trump and the maga republicans are trying to take away our freedoms. Donald trump he came to office determined to overturn roe v wade, but donald trump has announced he wants to repeal the Affordable Care act. Donald trump enacted a 2 trillion tax cut when he was president , overwhelmingly benefiting the very wealthy. The president fired up tonight, pointing out the stark differences he sees between the two differences that are on full display at this hour. Actually, Biden Campaigning there as trump spent time today with hungarys far rig
Any moment democratic senator bob menendez is expected to be arraigned on a dozen new charges reallive outside the Federal Courthouse, plus a cnn exclusive. Russia is producing three times more for Artillery Shells and the United States and europe as funding for Ukraine Stalls in the us congress and passengers say, people quote flew through the cabin well, we know about a terrifying moment on a flight to do zealand. Hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and youre in the cnn newsroom any moment now, embattled senator bob menendez is due to appear before a judge in Federal Court. This is video of him arriving just a few moments ago. The new jersey democrat, once chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign relations committee, is accused of trying to obstruct an investigation into bribery. Menendez and his wife are about to be arraigned on these new charges. The senator remains defiant, calling it, and im quoting him now, a flagrant abuse of power, end quote cnns Jason Carroll is outside the c