selling the speech, public confirmation of private plans, and new help now on the ground. up first, president biden taking his state of the union to the union, pointing to the economy, saying his plans are working, but what about those calls for bipartisanship with republicans ramping up their investigations on capitol hill? we ll take you there live. also this hour, a new global response in the headlines over that chinese spy balloon. the secretary of state this afternoon appearing alongside the head of nato revealing the u.s. was not beijing s only target as the u.s. gets ready to declassify aspects of the program sometime soon. dozens of americans now on site in turkey helping in that huge rescue operation from those devastating earthquakes. we re learning now even more people have been killed. we ll take you to the scene live. i m hallie jackson in washington. let s start with nbc s mike memoli with the president in wisconsin. chad brewster is in the key voting state. a
good evening everyone, thanks for tuning in, i m alisyn camerota. welcome to cnn tonight. we have a lot to talk about. we are one night away from what will be the unofficial kickoff of joe biden s likely reelection run, also known as his state of the union address. what case will he make to the nation to elect him to a second term? a lot of political types think it s not just what he says, it s how he appears. president biden would be 82 if he wins reelection. he s already the oldest american president ever. is that why so many people are still on the fence? plus, lebron james is on his way to breaking the nba s all-time scoring record. remember when he was advised to just shut up and dribble? he did not take that advice. now he s 36 points shy of lakers legend gerard s record. we will talk about it. is it stressful at all? the chase? no, because it was never goal, it was never journey. the stress so far for me is competing every single day. also, nerve-racking moment
from obesity world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with the growing concern over china s posture on the war in ukraine. three u.s. officials telling nbc news new intelligence suggest china is considering sending artillery and ammunition to russia. this could be the latest in a series of insults. here is an exchange between my colleague, chuck todd, and white house national secretive of jake sullivan on meet the press today. we re sending more troops to taiwan. that shine is ignoring calls from our defense secretary. secretary blinken to cancel his trip. the president wants to have a call with xi, there s no evidence that anything it s been scheduled. this like a communication, how dangerous is the situation with china right now? we have said repeatedly that we need to have military communications channels to avoid escalation, to avoid surprise, to avoid mistake. it is unfortunate that the chinese defense ministry has d
the game. check him out. where is the waldo? [laughing]. it was a jesse watters edition. his favorite team steam rolled the 49er s. america wants to know where is your jersey. why do you look like you just came from a business meeting. no word on whether jesse watters joined his bird brother climbing up greased poles. not everybody is taking the news well. we have to console bengals super fan bill hemmer. wow, did that really happen? wow? that s a tough way to lose. a rough way to lose. jesse watters, congratulations. going back to the big cowl. bowl. you waited a year for revenge and got it. the refs? dana, i might be a pain for a few days. [laughing]. so deal with it. see you soon. that s bill complaining with controversial calls after they lost a tight game. it seems like the chiefs were given extra motivation after cincinnati s mayor talked trash. the players did not hold. since the mayor, know your role and shut your mouth. the mayor came at me. i understan
there was a hunt for him for two days, finally turned himself in to authorities in florida, the events took place on tuesday in gastonia outside charlotte. some children were playing basketball. charges are eminent and the biden administration has been mishandling this case. my client wrestled with whether or not to come forward. he had a lot of sleepless nights about coming toward with that he could not live his clients seek to provide details that contradict sworn testimony to congress and multiple reports have named appointee as attorney general merrick garland. i promise to lead and have pledged not to interfere with the investigation and i have carried through on my pledge. the whistleblower says they can dispute that. at the same time antony blinken is facing accusations by house republican who is say that testimony from former cia indicate that is blinken who was a biden campaign adviser at the time pushed the creation of 2020 better sign bid over 50 intellig