Bret we are moments away from president s address to the nation. I am bret baier. Martha i am martha maccallum. An important moment for any president. An Oval Office Address to speak to the nation. We will make his case for a number of things. He will layout additional aid for this fight in israel. Also for the fight in ukraine. That was the original road map for the speech. And humanitarian assistance for the residents of gaza. Bret President Biden will speak to the nation from the oval office. We have Team Coverage tonight. We have John Roberts In Jerusalem and peter doocy at the white house. Martha lets start there. Tonights remarks will explain to the American People why u. S. Dollars and not u. S. Troops are critical to wars in the middle east and europe. He is not expected to attack maga republicans because he needs them to vote 100 Billion Dollars in new funding. Bret interesting to see if this sounds like a state of the Union Address or more emotional after his trip in israel.
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thank you. thank you. and cnn this morning continues right now. our first look at the results from cnn s new 2024 presidential poll. donald trump has a narrow lead among registered voters. the president has to do things that show people he can engage, he can handle the combat and debate. do you think the bidens policies helped you or hurt you? the bestning in the poll for joe biden is the date on it. 2024 top of mind this morning after yesterday s elections. big wins for democrats and for abortion rights. ohio voters decided to make abortion a right under the state constitution. in virginia, cnn projects democrats will gain full control of the state legislature and a major setback for republican governor glenn youngkin in virginia who had been pushing to restrict abortions after 15 weeks. and in the deep red state of kentucky, democrat andy beshear won re-election. donald trump won kentucky by 26 points in 2020. last night s results have left us with som