Will not. [ applause ] but Ukraine Ukraine can stop putin. Ukraine can stop putin if we stand with ukraine and provide the weapons it needs to defend itself. My predecessor and some of you here seek to pery the truth about january 6th. I will not do that. This is a moment to speak the truth than bury the lies. Its a simple choice. We can fight about fixing the border or we can fix it. Im ready to fix it. Send me the border bill now. Here in the Chamber Tonight are families whose loved ones are still being held by hamas. I pledge to all the families i will not rest until we bring every one of your loved ones home. Thats just a small sample of president joe bidens wide ranging and at times down right fiery state of the Union Address. Were going to have complete coverage of his speech and the reaction straight ahead. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 8th. Its friday. Its been a long week. Were so glad you spent it with us. Im jonathan lemire. Good morning. An
Special counsels investigation. The big question is how much will a judge allow him to say about his case . And those dangerous wildfires raging across hawaii right now. The coast guard says its already rescued multiple people who jumped into the ocean as an escape from those wild flames. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments, but i want to start right there, talking about maui, dealing with those terrifying wildfires. Maura barrett is following this story. What more can you tell us . Reporter well, chris, its really a dire situation. Just about 8 00 a. M. Right now in hawaii, so were finally starting to get some updates from officials, but unfortunately because were seeing thousands of people without power, down power lines on the roads, downed trees, theres a lot of issues with communication, in terms of firm details about how many injured there might be, and rescue efforts and Fire Fighting efforts is limited, due in big part to a massive category 4 Hur
up for discussion as well. but that same official played down the idea that a broad range of deliverables would come from this trip. the two days that secretary blinken is spending in high stakes talks marks the highest level american to visit china since president biden took office. keep in mind, the visit was already delayed once. that was after the chinese spy craft was detected roaming over the u.s. president biden this weekend called that air space intrusion silly. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentioned. so i m hoping that over the next several months i ll be meeting with xi again and talking about legitimate differences we have but also how those areas we can get along. reporter: the taiwan strait is likely not one of those areas at present. the white house recently acknowledged that china secured a spy base in cuba, back in 2019. president biden has
he is accused much killing 11 people in pittsburgh. all jews need to die is what he said. jews are killing our kids. the rise of anti-semitism, the third highest incidents tracked last year. the ukrainian capital is bracing for more drone strikes after the kremlin blames ukraine for a drone attack on moscow. this is putting pressure on him and he s trying to control the narrative. showing ability to attack behind enemy lines in advance of this highly anticipated ukrainian counter offensive. china will have a permanent human presence in space even longer than the iss. we cannot concede our leadership to china when it comes to space. we need you, nasa. the space race, china is it in and they re in it to stay. as can you see there, a lot going on this morning. we re so glad you re with us on cnn this morning. i m joined by my friend erica hill. good morning. good morning, my friend. lot to get to. let s get to this. the kremlin says the situation has beco
good morning, everyone. erica is here again, looking like a ray of sunshine. let s get started with five things to know. there may be a deal. we re not quite there yet with the final house vote expected to day. the drama now is not between the two parties but instead within the republican party. the finger pointing intensifies as russia blames ukraine for a drone attack on moscow on the heels of a deadly rain in kyiv. president zelenskyy senting a date for the counter offensive. also, republican president hl h presidenttial hopeful ron desantis in iowa. he paints a pretty grim picture of the country. a historic ruling in big pharma. one family is fighting the opioid epidemic in exchange from immunity in future lawsuits. and what this means for the global race to conquer space. cnn this morning starts right now. deal or no deal? there s a deal. do they have a vote is the question. there say huge breakdown in capitol hill for the deal. the house is set to vote o