moment. that is it for us this afternoon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. the state of our union is the lead is starting right now. president big tonit s address before a died congress and country to tout his accomplishments. and perhaps lay out his case for another term. but how might his message land with the american people who according to polls disapprove of the job he s doing. rare cries of joy as a little girl and her younger sibling are pulled from the rubble alive. a small bit of good news amid the growing death and destruction from the earthquake in turkey and syria. the death toll now soaring to more than 7,200 people. then, if you ve flown in the past few weeks, you know the skies are not very friendly. cancel takeoff clearance. delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance. an i-team meltdown, one airline grounded during the holidays, two runway near misses, now lawmakers want answers. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper on capitol hill
go and how much he will go in demanding congress move to say avert a debt default, one of the big issues outstanding this congress. one in which the house republicans and the white house must resolve their differences to avoid a potential cevent to the economy and talking about all the issues surrounding the global security around the world, choir these spy balloon, the president expected to address the threat from china as well. a lot of questions about the president s tone and house republicans plan to showcase what they believe is a reasonable opposition, sit there, listen to the president, act respectfully as republicans are planning to battle back on things that they believe simply have no chance of passing this congress, jake. yeah, act respectfully is an interesting point. they are leaking and telling reporters mccarthy gave a warning to house republicans to behave during the speech. tell us about that. reporter: yeah, behind closed doors in the house republican co
tell you the president did seem upbeat and eager to convey his optimism of the nation. tonight s address is being viewed by many observers as a test run for biden s messaging for a potential second term. cnn manu raju is live on capitol hill. walk us through what we re going to see unfold in the next few hours. reporter: around 8:30 eastern time the house will gavel into session. kevin mccarthy will call the house into order before the senators come in there and the formal procession of the president s guests and then the president himself making an address to the nation in the 9:00 p.m. eastern hour, an address expected to run an hour or so where he ll layout accomplishments, things to sell to the american public at a time voter votes will show they do not believe the president has done enough and layout things he believes cob done in the next two years in this divided congress and take aim at republicans to call on a passage for measures that have no chance of passing in this repub
optimism of the nation. tonight s address is being viewed by many observers as a test run for biden s messaging for a potential second term. cnn manu raju is live on capitol hill. walk us through what we re going to see unfold in the next few hours. reporter: around 8:30 eastern time the house will gavel into session. kevin mccarthy will call the house into order before the senators come in there and the formal procession of the president s guests and then the president himself making an address to the nation in the 9:00 p.m. eastern hour, an address expected to run an hour or so where he ll layout accomplishments, things to sell to the american public at a time voter votes will show they do not believe the president has done enough and layout things he believes cob done in the next two years in this divided congress and take aim at republicans to call on a passage for measures that have no chance of passing in this republican controlled house, but there are questions about how far h
on the left, they have protested not only here in west virginia but in washington, d.c. on the right, they have said this is a state that voted for donald trump by 42% over hillary clinton. if he were really representing the state, he would already have announced his support for brett kavanaugh in some way for many conservatives here it is too late for joe manchin, but he has not said how he is going to vote. yeah. senator chuck grassley just said this is one vote that we probably won t know until the votes are actually passed. going down to the wire for about 90 minutes away from when the senate will gavel into session. a little bit after that the first crucial votes on brett kavanaugh s supreme court nomination. chuck grassley said we may not know which way it will go until the votes are actually cast. we are following every development on this story, so let s get to it.