Harris the 81yearold confused and gafferidden biden just isnt the right person to lead. The white house is hoping for a reset to send him straight to a second term. Im harris faulkner. You are in the faulkner focus and is the president fit and ready to handle whatever comes his way. Polling shows a majority say no. The white house is trying to be chill ahead of tonight. The president is looking forward to not just being in front of congress but talking directly to the American People and think about it and hell be talking to folks sitting on coaches and around the kith couches and around the Kitchen Table and letting them know how he sees the vision for the country and going to build on the accomplishment that delivered, that has delivered gains for the American Families. Harris gains . Show us what you mean. Row lent resto rise on groceries and gas and theyre literally killing american victims. Our nations weakness on the world stage. Afghanistan, russia, china, ukraine, israel, the l
Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. Tonight, the countdown is on. Just hours from now, the president delivering a critical address to the nation before what may be the largest tv audience hell get this election season. It is a chance for the commander in chief to reframe the political debate about not only the state of this country, but also his stewardship of it. Earlier today, i went to the white house for a conversation with the president about what hell talk about. He is eager to engage politically with republicans. Cbss ed okeefe is at the white house, and ed, the president tonight will use the phrase americas comeback. Reporter thats right, norah, and as he engages with republicans he plans to call out how they have lost election since the repeal of roe vs. Wade and promises to sign a federal law to protect Abortion Services if it is ever passed. The president is also planning to take at least a few jabs at his likely republican opponent, donald trum
Rink. Rivian revved up after its big reveal. Tim seymour, dan nathan and guy adami with us. President biden expected to announce a slew of policy proposals on the agenda, a call to increase the minimum Corporate Tax rate to 28 and the rate and taxes on buybacks and crackdown on junk fees from credit cards to airline and shrinkflation. A proposed 10,000 tax credit for firsttime home buyers in an attempt to boost the Housing Market. Could that actually heat up that market . Lets bring in diana olick diving into this one. Diana . Melissa, Housing Affordability is still near a record low. Just 38 of both new and existing homes sold in the Fourth Quarter of last year were affordable to families earning the Median Income which is the 96,300. Home prices in january also hit another record high and showed the biggest annual gain in a year, so the Biden Administration is unveiling a plan to tackle Home Affordability and first theyre urging congress to pass a 10,000 firsttime home buyer tax cred
Sexy manatee and music back. Really big deal. Thanks, dana. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, President Biden is three hours away from what critics and supporters are calling one of the most important speeches of his political career. The incumbent president trying to fend off his predecessor and potential successor must prove to the American People he is not too old, too infirm or too out of touch on policies important to americans to justify a second term. He must also lay out a vision for a second term that his Campaign Hopes can prompt a reversal of his recent dismal poll numbers. The state of the Union Address can be seen right here live at 9 00 p. M. Eastern time. Were just now getting a sneak peek at a few elements of the president s speech. White house correspondent peter doocy starts us off with that live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter bret, this is going to be President Bidens balancing act tonight. Pitch a unity agenda tha
All right, folk, it aint all pretty, but liz is. Liz oh, charles, thank you so much is. [laughter] and the markets arent bad looking either. Okay, enough. We are watching the markets always very closely as we kick off the final hour of trade. Right now green on the screen. Folks, the s p 500 at a record, it needs to close up 32 points. Right now it is up 47. The nasdaq needs to be up 243 points for a record. It was but right now its up 227. So slightly below that. But at 3 p. M. Eastern, right now, we are also keeping our eye out on the credit card issuers and some of the big banks behind them as we wait headlines from the feds Monthly Consumer credit report. May have the power to move the markets. Its released on the fifth business day of the month. Its almost a temperature gauge of Consumer Health because it covers most credit extended to individuals including auto and student lobes, but it ex loans, but it excludes loans secured by reality. Last month the Federal Reserve bank of new