Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. In a few hours President Biden will address the nation in only his secondever Oval Office Address. The goal, convince the American People that it will be important to spend 100 billion of their tax dollars, majority of which would help israel and ukraine. Bottom line, sources tell cnn, that President Biden will not only try to make an argument about the immorality what Russias Vladimir Putin and the Terrorist Group Hamas have done but that the costs of u. S. Inaction of not supporting israel and ukraine would be harmful to u. S. National security. President biden arrived back in the u. S. Early this morning after roughly seven hours on the ground in tel aviv. President biden says he pressed israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu there on israels plans for the next phase of the war and worked to secure propositions from the israelis for humanitarian aid for the innocents in gaza. President biden will also speak about trying to bolster the Ukraine
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For targeted killing overseas. It was one year ago today that two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, survivors First Responders and family members of the four People Killed that week gathered this afternoon to mark the solemn anniversary at the exact moment the bombs went off a flag was raised at the site of the attack. What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars. And john terrett joins us now from bostons fenway park in boston. John, if you would, walk us through todays events. It was really well done by the city. Reporter it was very well done. And i think, tony, this is a day that the city of boston has been seeking, as a cathartic moment to try to begin the healing process proper. After the bombings of a year ago. Now, of course the healing process will truly begin if they can get away with a clean marathon next monday, which everybody here is working hard to try to achieve. But the process began this mornin