Everyone, and thanks so much for joining me this afternoon. Im jessica dean in for Fredricka Whitfield and americans now have a clearer view of what the 2024 Race For The White House will look like this weekend. President biden and former President Trump traded sharp jabs at dueling rallies in the battleground state of georgia, which holds its primaries on tuesday. Biden won georgia in 2020 by about 12,000 votes. And the state will once again be key to winning the white house in november, trump used his rally to mark biden, State Of The Union speech tonight to go, we all heard truckee joes angry, dark, hatefilled rant of his state of the Union Address wasnt it didnt it bring us together emerging border, bring the country together . Im going to bring it together. Its not an age thing. Its a competence thing he didnt White House Reporter Priscilla Alvarez is joining us now and priscilla, you were at bidens rally on saturday in georgia what is his message now as this General Election gets
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States around the world and streaming us on cnn max, im Rosemary Church, just ahead. Ramadan begins under the shadow of war in gaza, where people are preparing to mark the muslim holy month amid fears of Food Shortages and artillery strikes, more Controversy Swirling for the Princess Of Wales after Kensington Palace released the first photo of her in weeks, why it was then swiftly retracted by News Agencies. And oppenheimer dominates during hollywoods biggest night but it was qin who stole the show live from atlanta. This is cnn hes room with Rosemarie Church it is asia in the morning across gaza where palestinians are marking the start of the holy muslim month of ramadan as the threat of an expanded Israeli Offensive looms, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he plans to push ahead with a Military Ground Incursion into rafah, the Southern Gaza city where more than 1 Million People are sheltering. These comes jus
Is trying to make a comeback. But is it a bluff because he just trying to get attention will ask one of his former closest aides who will be here this hour plus a friday. Feel good from my hometown philly. See how the power of popcorn is giving one group but sense of pride and independence and leading this hour, President Biden on the road taking his state of the Union Address on tour for stop bat around pennsylvania and were standing by for him to speak any moment now, after last nights supercharged rather political speech, lets get right to cnns mj lee whos in wallingford, pennsylvania, one in 08 six as i recall, were President Biden is about to speak and mj President Bidens speech is to set to kick off a monthlong tour, continuing his State Of The Union message, what exactly is the white house planning . Yeah, jake, we should be seeing President Biden take the stage behind me any minute now, here in the suburbs of philadelphia to really kick off his post State Of The Union tour. And
Here in the suburbs of philadelphia, to really kick off his post state of the union tour. And we are about to see Justy Of Travel from the president. Tomorrow he heads to atlanta, georgia. And then next week well see him traveling to New Hampshire on monday, and then on wednesday and thursday, wisconsin and michigan, of course, two of some of the most important Battleground States heading into november. And what the campaign is saying is that between the president and Vice President kamala harris, they plan on the two of them hitting up every Battleground State in the coming weeks. Now, of course, all of this is about amplifying the message that we heard from President Biden last night in his state of the union remarks. And just a few minutes ago, we heard the president telling reporters on the tarmac about the idea of debating his gop gop opposition candidate, donald trump, and also whether he tuned into the republican rebuttal to his remarks last night. Take a listen. Will you commit
To leave israel. Hes never going to cut off all weapons, leave them without an iron dome or anything like that . Clearly that did not come across as much of a threat to the israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, who said, as you mentioned, that the offensive in rafah on the ground will press ahead as planned he said that the fighting there could take two months, maybe six weeks, perhaps only one month, but it will happen regardless, despite warnings from the us and from even israels closest allies, that going into rafah, given you have well over 1 Million People sheltering there and really no other safe place for them to go inside gaza would be catastrophic. And he also said that that is israelis are byinlarge behind him. This was in response to President Biden saying that, yeah, whose policies are hurting israel more than its helping. Heres netanyahu well, i dont know exactly what the president meant but if you meant by that done, im pursuing private policies against the majority