i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. we re hours away from president biden s state of the union address tonight, his first to a divided congress. instead of nancy pelosi over the president s left shoulder, it will be speaker kevin mccarthy. the speech is expected to draw the largest television audience for the president this year. americans will hear biden lay out why he believes the state of the union is strong as he said last week. he s expected to talk about lowering inflation, improving infrastructure and getting past the worst of the pandemic. he s also expected to talk about america s stand against china. of course just days after an american fighter jet shot down one of its supply balloons. the president will likely increase the urgency for congress to act on policing reform and an adult weapons band. all of it will be a test run for his re-election bid. phil mattingly is with us now. what more should we expect from the president tonight? you know, vict
hour on cnn newsroom. i m bianna golodryga. i m victor blackwell. in just a few hours, we ll see president biden in primetime. this will be his first state of the union address before a divided congress. the speech will offer the president his largest television audience of the year, and unlike last year when nancy pelosi sat behind the president, the house speaker seat will be occupied by republican kevin mccarthy. his party holds a slim majority in the house, and the president said he will extend his hand. he ll go across the aisle for veterans and the opioid epidemic. he expects to lay out his successes setting up what insiders say is a test run for his re-election bid. manu raju and phil mattingly are at the white house. give us a preview of what we can expect tonight. i think the president will try to connect. when you talk to his advisers, connect what they view of critical accomplishments to what they know they still need to accomplish the year or two ahead. it
hello and welcome to all of you watching new state and canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, another shoot-down. this time the unidentified object was in the skies over northern canada. we ll look at the differences. plus we ll take you live to istanbul with a look at incredible stories of hope and survival still coming from turkey six days after the deadly earthquake. and ukraine is facing a new barrage of russian strikes in kyiv. we ll show you the latest on the front lines. we re working to learn more details about what caused canadian and u.s. fighter jets to be scrambled saturday and what triggered the shooting down of another unidentified object over canada. prime minister justin trudeau and president biden agreed to the shoot-down. trudeau said the latest object violated canada s airspace. it will be supported by the canadian armed forces in conjunction with the rcmp. this coordinated operation will allow a further investiga
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