Their roles. The decision could change the direction of the party as we know it. Lets begin with jessica dean who joins us on the hill with more on this Power Sharing Agreement. Reporter the big thing here is democrats will now take control of the senate committees. When youre in control, youre setting the agenda. That means thing in joe bidens agenda that they wanted to get ahead, President Bidens agenda they wanted to push ahead like Merrick Garlands nomination for Attorney General can now move forward. Youll remember there has been a holdup on some of these nominees including Merrick Garland who is the nominee to be Attorney General because republicans maintained control of these committees, because they had to operate off the last congress because they didnt have this agreement in place. Now that democrats will take over these committees, that means democrats are going to have a much easier time getting things on the table. Theyre going to hold control. We expect now that someone l
Views on qanon and questionable sentiment, republicans believe her issues are being used to smear them during a substantive debate on the future of the party and point out democrats control controversial members of their own in their caucus like Congresswoman Ilhan omar who ran against the primary opponent who accused her of antisemitism and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez who claims gop lawmakers tried to get her killed and prehuman, wellintentioned serious people do not recklessly accuse a fellow member of congress of trying to murder them. Tomorrow republicans are expected to discuss the future of the House Republicans Conference Chair liz cheney in trouble with some lawmakers over support for Donald Trumps impeachment. Shes working the phones for support tonight so how do lawmakers move forward with a strategy they say about America First and moving forward with Donald Trumps vision and distancing themselves from conspiracy theories. Stick around for congressman jim jordan for a preview o
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
The state of the Union Address is tonight. All eyes are on the president of the United States under enormous pressure to address an enormous number of items that weve been getting in to all day on this fine network what is at stake for him from maybe the most influential player, leon panetta. If you think about it, his Advisory Role in so many capacities to bill clinton, it was a certain speech that he gave in the middle of the hole Monica Lewinsky scandal that changed his fortuning maybe forever. What a democrat can learn from another popular democrat that looked like he was in deep trouble and turned it around with one big speech. That was then. Well get into it. First, peter doocy at the white house. What were in store for, peter . What we think is in store is a president that is going to step up to the Microphone Tonight and basically say that republicans are a party that are jeopardizing reproductive rights. The radical extreme bills that were seeing on abortion, on ivf, youll hea
Ability to serve another four years. A Senior Administration official says israel agrees to a new Border Crossing for aid to be delivered into Northern Gaza. More details in a moment. Former President Trump planning to rebut his rival in real time while a Maga Super Pac floods the airwaves with a controversial ad questioning bidens ability to even survive until the end of a second term. Immigration, abortion, the economy, Prescription Drug price relief and the wars in gaza and ukraine. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. We report on the white house plans for the most important speech of the biden presidency. His Election Year State Of The Union. In eight hours, President Biden will be entering the House Chamber to address a Joint Session Of Congress and the largest bipartisan audience of his reelection campaign. Top aides say mr. Biden is putting the finishing touches on the speech today. Tonight, he will try to lay out his vision for a potential second term. Just on