president biden s state of the union address. in the meantime, kick up your feet and watch the beat which starts right now. hi, ari. was that a lyric? you re rubbing off on me. i ll see you soon. have a good show. welcome to the beat s state of the union coverage. president biden now just hours away from delivering the annual trace. white house aides are touting that they say could be a positive and almost classy address, taking the high road. we know biden spent the weekend working on drafts at camp david, aides eyeing ways to tout what they see as job growth, navigating this post pandemic economy and laying the groundwork for an official campaign announcement. those are just some of the images we ve seen coming out of the white house operation. there s also the sense of security, extra fences going up at the capitol today. this is just two years after the violent insurrection. all three branches of government represented onsite. it is always a security challenge as
to broadcast the hearing and whether trump s indictment will be unsealed before it begins. we re also tracking the massive security operation underway right now, as officials prepare for the former president s movements. through the city and the courthouse. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight. we re less than 24 hours away from the arrangement of former president donald trump had a new york city courthouse. cnn correspondents are on the ground in manhattan with new information about the case. we also have a team of experts ready to break down this truly historic moment from every angle first, let s go to our senior legal affairs. correspondent paula reaches just outside the courthouse for us. give us the latest paula great. we learned that trump s lawyers are opposing having cameras in the courtroom for tomorrow s historic arrangement. a media organizations, including cnn,
i don t know. okay. i have to admit i heard you re not happy with shawn s performance. i wouldn t say that. face doesn t say confidence. i didn t ask on the bull [laughter] maybe. maybe his performance could be better. [laughter] i hung out with shawn and rachel and went to the boot store and outfitted with brand new cowboy boots on that mechanical bull guaranteed increased his performance. by the way thanks. who is next? i don t know. we have to find out it is me or will and might be you. with that hair, that s going help you draft with that hair. we get results of who went into the dunk tank ppg the results are not yet. preliminary. it is check-in but who goes into the dunk tank tonight? will it be pete or will right now it is a run away. pete hegseth will be in dunk tank with champagne a little bit later tonight. you have still time to go to will we have a poll. count mail hen ballots. can i tell you seven days after the election. i think he l
night long and, of course, a little bit later in the show if you re just join us griff jenkins gave out the phone number on tv. so how s that going to get a few checks. jimmy what s your phone look like? are you blowing up? yo i am i am so far over my data plan right now. [laughter] like i am on a peter strzok rachel stornlg level remember those fbi weirdoes in texas. this is unbelievable. let me read you some text shall we? these are only the ones i can share on the air because griff jenkins encourage them to sending pictures and i have to be honest request you if i share one picture. this is the last broadcast we re ever doing for fox so stick with me. dwan from texas is asking me looking good jimmy who are you kissing at midnight? dawn i m kissing my marriage good-bye if i answer this question wrong but thank you and someone please take away dawn s car keys she thinks i m looking good mike from pennsylvania. saying jimmy you should have picked judge jeanine as your o
news. classified documents found from biden s time as vice president. what were they doing in a private office? the attorney general now asking a u.s. attorney to investigate. also breaking this hour, a major development in the doj s investigation into trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we are learning that special counsel jack smith s team has subpoenaed trump s former attorney rudy giuliani and more on what smith is zeroing in on. this is reporting that you will hear first outfront. and new audio revealing the dire state of russia s hospitals full of injured soldiers. an intercepted call that wasn t meant to ever be heard by you. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. and outfront tonight, the breaking news. classified documents from biden s time as vice president have been found at one of his private offices in washington d.c. this is according to a source. the documents were found by president biden s attorneys last fall, and then turne