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
security can conference next hour. we ll have is a live preview of what s on the agenda. you want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven t done that yet. a plea from tyre nichols mother as the five police officers charged in the beating of her son awe peer in court. heartbreak and hope in syria. we ll take you toist stand bull for a look at the miraculous rescues that are still happening. the war in ukraine is dominating this year s agenda at the security conference in germany, one of the largest and most influential diplomatic forums. kamala harris is leading a large american delegation there and is expected to deliver a major speech next hour ukraine s president pleaded with allies to hurry up with deliveries of the advanced weapons they promised including tanks pledged by the u.s. and nato al lice. ukraine s military is expected to launch its own counteroffensive once it has those. volodymyr zelenskyy called for uk
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. as president biden gears up for one of the biggest speeches of his political career, can he use tomorrow night s state of the union address to address growing unease among his fellow democrats and drum out growing criticism from republicans over his handling of that chinese spy balloon? brand new polls show president biden isn t the only one facing discontent within his own party. donald trump is, too. the big difference, the dozen or so republicans who appear to be lining up to take trump on. will the bae hive make out better than the swiftys did? with sales about to get under way, the pressure is on ticketmaster to make sure it doesn t crash like it did in november. will today s test impact calls from washington to break up the country. we have a lot to get to. we start with the enormous political stakes in tomorrow night s state of the union address, a speech that will be watched by millions
unidentified object has been shot and by the united states military. this, time it s over canada. the prime minister justin trudeau announced yesterday that an unidentified cylindrical object was being trapped over canada s yukon territory. he treated that canadian and u.s. aircraft scrambling to respond. the u.s. heads to successfully strike the artifact. the readout of biden s phone call with the canadian prime minister. the white house, said quote, earlier today president biden spoke with prime minister trudeau on the unidentified object in north american airspace. the object was closely tracked by north american aerospace defense command over the last 24 hours. and the president has been continually briefed on the national security team since the object was detected. and abundance of caution, the recommendation of the military, president biden and prime minister trudeau authorized visit to be taken down. canadian forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage. but at th
press. if you want peace, destroy hamas. if you want security, destroy hamas. we want to minimize civilian casualties and we want to minimize casualties on our side while maximizing the casualties on the, of the hamas terrorists. and netanyahu also offering some hope for the release of 239 hostages including americans. is there a potential deal? there could be but i think the less i say about it, the more i ll increase the chances it materials. if a deal is available, well, we ll talk about it when it s there. we ll announce it if it s achieved. plus, speaker johnson s two step plan to fund the government. a second shutdown show down in the new year. and a live report from manhattan where former president trump s attorneys are beginning their defense today in the trump organization civil fraud trial with don jr. back on the stand. good day. the world health organization says gaza s main hospital is no longer functional while others have closed completely. as newb