Where the eyes of Tens Of Millions of americans will be trained, in just a few hours time, for the annual State Of The Union address. It could be one of the most important Speechesjoe Biden delivers this year. The concerns about the president s age have intensified in recent months. His average Approval Rating is 38 the lowest mark in his presidency. He is facing a host of International Crises and domestic challenges. So its notjust what he says tonight it is how he delivers it. The white house recognises the significance. They have been rehearsing for days because they know that, right now, the election is a coin flip, and this is a valuable opportunity for President Biden to stake his case to four more years. We are told that in this speech tonight, President Biden will announce to congress that he has ordered the us military to build a Temporary Port in gaza to help with the transfer of humanitarian aid from cyprus. The pontoon on gazas mediterranean coast, which you would think wou
Speaker mike johnson and walk trump will make a public appearance with johnson, a big question is, will he give the Speaker A Public show of support . Johnson is facing a serious its challenge to his leadership. Gop congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene is Still Standing firm on her threat to force a vote to remove johnson as Speaker Trump and johnson are expected to deliver remarks on wait for it election, integrity. Remember, johnson played a key role in trumps efforts to overturn the logit jim, it results of the 2020 election. We are told the two are planning to draw attention to alleged efforts to allow ncitizens to vo. Wehould note currently federal law bans noncitizens from voting in federal elections if they do, which th often do not, they riskajor fines up to a year in prison and rtees i want to bring in cnns melani what more do we know about why speaker johnson feels that he needs to go marao to kiss theing mieah. Brianna, this is a big ment for speaker joson, on the line right
That was going into the black sea. That in itself not a hugely significant step because the ship was going to leave tomorrow anyway. What it has done, the navy is for shore leave for future navy visits to turkey, those are all to be determined based on the investigation that happens now with turkish authorities in conjunction with the u. S. Embassy there. The u. S. Ships go through turkey, to the black sea and stop in turkey 8 to 10 times a year. Theyll be watching this closely to see if they allow soldiers in the future if they consider it safe enough to take shore leave. The white bags, i understand thats a reference to an incident that happened during the ooh rack war . A number of years oago, u. S. Forces allegedly put bags over their head. That became turkish centiment to the war and sort of antiamericanism. You see this on both sides from leftist and rightists there. And the group that carried out this attack is a nationalist group. And its a real measure of that kind of feeling
The u. S. Embassy in turkey condemned the attack. InterNational Security correspondent jim sciutto joins me with some details. What is the navy doing . The navy has canceled shore leave for all sailors on the uss ross. Its a guided missile destroyer that was going into the black sea. That in itself not a hugely significant step because the ship was going to leave tomorrow anyway. What it has done, the navy is for shore leave for future navy visits to turkey, those are all to be determined based on the investigation that happens now with turkish authorities in conjunction with the u. S. Embassy there. The u. S. Ships go through turkey, to the black sea and stop in turkey 8 to 10 times a year. Theyll be watching this closely to see if they allow soldiers in the future if they consider it safe enough to take shore leave. The white bags, i understand thats a reference to an incident that happened during the iraq war . A number of years ago, u. S. Forces allegedly put bags over their head.
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