In the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington. Tonight, President Biden will deliver his state of the Union Address, making his case for a second term. It could be the most consequential speech of his presidency. The president is expected to draw a stark contrast between his vision for the country and Donald Trumps message of revenge and retribution. But the speech comes as President Biden trails as gop rival in nearly every recent poll with many pointed to concerns over his age and Mental Fitness. And that as Top Democrats speculating that the American People might be less concerned with what he said does that how we says it . And theyre urging President Biden does show the nation the fiery president. They say, they see Behind Closed Doors. Cnns White House Correspondent Arlette Saenz is joining us right now. Shes out there on the north lawn of the white house. Arlette, how does the president plan to get his message across to voters and tens of millions of people will be watching
Photo. We begin with nbcs Aaron Gilchrist in New Hampshire where President Biden just touched down a short time ago. Aaron, what are we expecting there . Reporter chris, good afternoon, we expect to hear from the president near the bottom of the hour here, and this is an official event as opposed to the Campaign Events we saw on saturday and on friday in philadelphia area, and in atlanta. Today the president s focus as we understand it from a white house official, will be on lowering health care costs, something he talked about during the state of the Union Address and will reiterate today, highlighting in particular his call on congress to make some changes to enact some policies that he believes would Lower Health Care costs, proposals that are in the president s budget that was released today, the 2025 budget. In particular, theres one portion of the president s policy plan that would reduce rather, cap costs for prescription drugs, theyre drugs that are already capped for people wh
And Demolition Man . Our reporters are following the latest developments. Lets begin with nbcs katie phang who has more. What happened and where does it all go from here . Reporter yeah, so now that the dust has settled a bit and weve had a chance to look at the order that judge mcafee ordered this morning, i want to start by saying to viewers this is not a ruling on the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. What it is is something that happens in common course in any type of case, civil or criminal. In this particular instance, when the District Attorney gets an indictment, the defense can seek to dismiss certain counts on legal grounds. What judge mcafee has done in Fulton County has said that because the state says in its indictment that certain of the defendants including donald trump relied upon violations of the United States constitution and the georgia constitution, because theres so many different clauses and so many different amendments that are con
Eyes that magic number to officially secure his nomination. All as they trade verbal fire like never before. Plus, a massive week ahead in georgia. A judge set to rule any day on whether fani willis will stay in charge of trumps sprawling election case. Also ahead, back in court, new jersey Senator Bob Menendez expected to be arraigned again on new charges this morning. Later, a new doj investigation into that midair scare on an Alaska Airlines flight. What it could mean for that airline and boeing. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Its good to be with you. Its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin this morning with the intensifying and newly combative race for the white house. President Biden Planning a big Campaign Swing this week fresh off his state of the Union Address. With tomorrows primaries in georgia, both he and the president in that state over the weekend trading verbal jabs and sharing two vastly different visions for america. Two nights ago we a
Years and the outsider has become an insider. You said when trump left the white house, the dc swamp was alive and growing just like our countrys federal debt, which grew by a stunning 8 trillion under trump do you stand by all that donald trump will admit that the swamp, a lot of people that worked for him, that were supposedly had allegiance to donald trump turned on him. Thats the swamp. He didnt he will be far smarter when he gets elected about who he who he yes, to work with him. And as far as the spending, he would agree, i mean, he came in at a tough time, but our financial crisis is the cancer in this country. And i think you will see a different donald trump on the spending for because we have to we cannot keep spending. So he recognizes all of that and i dont say that as a critical so as im i just those facts that were going to have to handle that this Administration Simply has not handled and the spending has been on steroids under him, as well as Everything Else that the Bi