good evening. in the white house president biden getting ready to face a newly divided congress and the american people at a pivotal moment in his presidency. we will soon leave from the u.s. capitol to report on the state of the union and make an argument for a run for his second term. and i m jake tapper. we are counting down to president biden s big speech about an hour from now and his entrance into the house chamber where republicans are now in charge for the first time since biden took office. new house speaker kevin mccarthy will be seated behind the president, a visible reminder of the political pressures on president biden as the gop led house challenges his agenda and launches a slew of investigations. president biden is expected to try to use his biggest national tv audience of the year to test the waters for his 2024 campaign message. new excerpts of the speech reveal that he will make a direct appeal to americans in economic pain as he tries to make the case th
shot down. the u.s. destroys the suspected chinese spy balloon that triggered a diplomatic crisis. the presence of this surveillance balloon is a clear violation of u.s. sovereignty and international law. what s the fallout for the critical u.s. relationship with china? plus, the president gears up for re-election. four more years. four more years. and trumpets a blockbuster jobs report. the biden economic plan is working. can biden convince voters that the economy is back on track? donald trump unloads on his would-be primary rivals. ron desantis got elected because of me. nikki suffers from something that s a very tough thing. she s overly ambitious. as the 2024 field takes shape, are they ready for the attacks coming their way? welcome to in inside polit sun sunday , i m abby phillip. at 2:39 yesterday afternoon a tense and dramatic diplomatic crisis ended with one shot from an f-22 fighter jet. oh [ bleep ]. those a missiles. they shot it down. they
crew has reached the site where a u.s. drone crashed in the black sea after being hit by a russian jet. i ll ask key white house official john kirby what, if anything, the kremlin might learn from the wreckage. also tonight stock prices slide amid fresh chaos in the banking industry. two troubles at two banks atting to fears more failures on the horizon as many americans are wondering if their money is safe. and former trump lawyer michael cohen just wrapped up his second round of testimony in the investigation of hush money he says he paid to stormy daniels. the adult film star meeting with prosecutors today as a grand jury considers criminal charges against the former president. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. sources now telling cnn that russian naval craft have arrived at the site of the u.s. dron
it s a family s worst nightmare. it s happening far too often in this country, far too often. while we gather more information there s one thing we do know to be true, we have to do something to stop gun violence from ripping apart our communities. president joe biden marks another deadly mass shooting by once again calling on congress to pass gun reform legislation. we ll bring you the latest on the victims and the investigation in just a moment. plus evacuations, toxic chemicals, and now thousands of dead fish. a train derailment in north eastern ohio has a community still on edge nearly two weeks after the crash and massive fire. and the white house says it s not aliens, so just what are the three objects that were shot down by the u.s. military over the past several days? well, a possible explanation from the intelligence community just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your
hi there, everybody, it s 4:00 in new york, if war is hell as those who know say, then it has been a year of hell on earth for millions in ukraine, a year of anguish and grief of bravery and heroics, of death and destruction, and of pride. and hope still. that ukraine still stands today, one year after the war began is nothing short of a miracle, one of the ukrainians own making. my most conservative estimates, 8,000 civilians in ukraine are dead. 13,000 have been injured. 5 million have been at least temporarily displaced within ukraine, plus another 8 million ukrainians have been forced to plea abroad, the equivalent of every person in los angeles, chicago, houston, phoenix, philadelphia, and san antonio, all of them, suddenly end violently driven from their homes and lives. and all of that is to say nothing of military casualties that have been suffered, an estimated more than 10,000 plus ukrainian troops are dead, many of whom were school teachers or shop owners or utilit