Years and the outsider has become an insider. You said when trump left the white house, the dc swamp was alive and growing just like our countrys federal debt, which grew by a stunning 8 trillion under trump do you stand by all that donald trump will admit that the swamp, a lot of people that worked for him, that were supposedly had allegiance to donald trump turned on him. Thats the swamp. He didnt he will be far smarter when he gets elected about who he who he yes, to work with him. And as far as the spending, he would agree, i mean, he came in at a tough time, but our financial crisis is the cancer in this country. And i think you will see a different donald trump on the spending for because we have to we cannot keep spending. So he recognizes all of that and i dont say that as a critical so as im i just those facts that were going to have to handle that this Administration Simply has not handled and the spending has been on steroids under him, as well as Everything Else that the Biden Administration has inflicted on American People. Congressman ralph norman, we do appreciate your time today. Thanks so much for being with us passionate, fiery energize, not just what you can expect from this show. Its what the white house says is saying that you can expect from President Biden tonight when he delivers the state the union new details are coming in about his major focus this evening. The National Guard headed to the New York City subways. The major step to address fears of crime im in violence on the tracks. He took his son to buy the gun that his son used to kill four people at his michigan high school. Will a father now be held accountable in the schools . Shooting his son committed Opening Statements will begin very soon in the trial of James Crumbley, we are following all of these stories and more. Im sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. This is Cnn News Central so tonights the night that President Biden finishes this sentence, the state of our union is, and how he feels in the blank, there is critically important to the president and the administration today, and also critically important to his chances to win a second term in the white house. You could think of this as the first major speech of the general election. Were learning more this morning about where President Biden will focus and how republicans who including donald trump, are planning to counter that. Cnns Arlette Sciences at the white house for us this morning, arlette, what more are you learning at this hour about what President Biden is planning to say . Well, kate, President Biden is expected to put the finishing touches on his state of the Union Address throughout the day, his team has worked for months to prepare for this moment, trying to identify the issues to prioritize in the president s speech, but also trying to craft a message that will convince voters that he is up for a second term. Now the key focuses of this speech will be touting economic issues. The president in part is expected to talk about efforts to raise taxes on wealthy and corporations that includes new details that he will call for raising the Corporate Tax rate to 28 and also increasing the corporate minimum tax rate from 15 percent to 18 . The president will also use this speech to talk about ways to address everyday cost facing americans. And that includes on the issue of health care and Prescription Drugs, he will prod congress to expand the ability to negotiate under medicare more Prescription Drug prices. That number currently stands at 20 drops he wants to increase that to 50 drugs. A key focus of the president s Reelection Bid is preserving democracy and freedoms. That is also something that hes expected to touch on today in part as hes trying to draw this contrast with former President Donald Trump. One of those key freedoms or relates to Reproductive Rights as the administration and campaign really believe that that will be a Galvanizing Issue for voters heading into novembers election there, then theres everything from ukraine, how to address israel. Also border security. And the president s unity agenda, which hes pointed to in each major address. And really this gives one of the biggest platforms he will have in this campaign to tout his accomplishments, but also lay out a vision for the second term another dynamic thatll be interesting to watch is the guests who are attending as with the first lady in the House Chamber that will include a texas mother who had to travel out of state to receive an abortion woman in alabama trying to go through ivf procedures, having it canceled due to that recent Supreme Court decision down in alabama, also a key figure in the nato alliance, sweden, the swedish Prime Minister, as sweden is about to join the nato alliance, something that the biden has pushed for. But really, this is a highstakes moment for President Biden as hes trying to convince voters that he is up for the task of a second term in office as he is expecting a very close race against former President Donald Trump. Arlette, thank you so much. Its great to see you this morning laying it all out for us and you can see right there, john, the list who is in the gallery with the first lady, a statement of priorities. The statement what you think is an accomplishment and also a statement of the work you want to do ahead. Yeah. Look at the scene of the eu is not just to speed, its the entire day, its the runup to it. Its the president meeting with reporters as whos in the gallery. They do the lunch du the launch and then of course theres the republican response as well, which well get to right here. And we did just get in the full list of guests, the republicans have invited to be there when the president speaks hes person obviously is a sign is signal about the republican messaging plan as House Speaker mike johnson has urged republican lawmakers to show respect during the speech. You just heard Congressman Ralph Norman from South Carolina saying that he does does hope that republicans behave in the chamber there. Cnns Kristen Holmes is near maralago, where donald trump will be watching tonight. Kristen, this list of republican guest whos on it. What does it tell us . Darn well, it tells us what the republican priorities are and it really shows that Speaker Johnson is using this as a platform to highlight those priorities with one glaring exception. So lets pull up the list of just some of the people who will be there with Speaker Johnson tonight. The first one is that outlier . That is the parents of evan gershkovich. Obviously, the Wall Big Journal Reporter who has been imprisoned in russia, Speaker Johnson himself has come under fire for not passing ukrainian funding, so that they can fight against russia. But the rest of this reads like a playbyplay of the republican list of priorities one you have the parents of Service Members who were killed in the afghanistan withdrawal. You have on Immigration Two Nypd officers who were attacked outside of a migrant shelter. You also have the one who was kidnapped in the israelhamas war. You have people from cultural issues who have because don that an advocate for womens single spaces as well as a man who has been outspoken on biological men in womens sports the other thing i want to point out here because what you talked about with johnson urging respect and decorum. Sure. That is inside the chamber and he can say that to his members in his position. But what happens outside the chamber . What happens with former President Donald Trump, who is not necessarily known for his decorum, more respect levels because we know donald trump plans to live post all about the State Of The Union in real time, pushing back on his social media platform, truth, social. The other thing i want to point out is what was launched earlier today by The Super Pac that is aligned with donald trump. And this was an ad that started airing on cable particularly on a program that joe biden is reported to really like this was hitting biden, particularly on his age and Mental Acuity at one point, a narrator even asked, could he even survive another presidency . So again, you have johnson on one hand, you have this ad coming out the de of the State Of The Union. On the other hand, but obviously, as we know the issue of age, Mental Acuity, acuity, fitness for office. Thats going to come into play and going to be a huge factor in this election in november although it is it youre saying donald trump doesnt often talk about age specifically because hes not all that much younger. Kristen holmes, great to see you. Thank you very much there. All right. To continue the conversation with me now, as pete said, former white it how spokesperson for George W Bush and jim messina, former Obama Campaign manager, gentlemen, thank you both for being here this morning and good morning to you, jim. Im going to start with you. What must President Biden do tonight to change perceptions about him and his will to fight back really hard to keep donald trump out of office one thing thats what youre going to see him do tonight. You have the white house Chief Of Staff saying youre going to see an energetic can focus president and he needs to answer one simple question which is whose side are you on . Elections need to be choices. When i ran president obamas campaign i said to him all the time, if its a referendum on the income but the incumbent usually loses if its a choice, he will win. And thats the choice hes going to lay out in pretty stark terms tonight, but hes going to do with optimism. Hes going to do with hope because thats one place President Trump just wont and cant go. I do want to talk to pete about President Trump, who says he is promising to factcheck in real time. President biden during the address. The irony though, cannot be overstated here after trump was clocks telling more than 30,000 lies over four years according to the Washington Post factcheckers, who tracked his speeches. Pete, what do you make of this new tactic by the president to try to do this on his social media platform. Well, theres nothing new about it. Its campaign 101. Jim knows this well. Any campaign worth its salt has prewritten, ready to go queued up fact, check content for social media, for press releases, and its like, you know, peewees playhouse can you hear the secret word . Boom, you hit sand and it goes out into the world. So theres nothing really new, maybe because its going to be on his personal platform. Theres Something Interesting about it. I would be more interested if he did this mystery science theater 3,000 style and was actually doing Live Commentary during the State Of The Union all right. Three years ago, the capital was under attack. Donald trump was president. He refused to calm or condemn the violence for hours. And yet here we are with these poll numbers and these are poll of polls and all four of the polls that youre about to look at. Donald trump is up. Its within the margin of error, but up in four points in 2. 2 points in the other, jim, is there something after looking at this polling and this is just a snapshot in time, but something that joe biden can do to begin to change these Polling Numbers tonight . With his State Of The Union speech well, its a perfect time for the State Of The Union speech because now voters are starting to grapple with the fact that its going to be biden versus trump. Some 70 a week ago said they didnt think that was going to be the matchup. 80 . Not the matchup they wanted this, the matchup theyre going to get. And so people are going to start thinking about okay, how do i make this choice . And tonight really is one of the two moments that an incumbent president of the United States gets to make his case directly to the public. Stay the union, and his speech at the Democratic National convention. So its a highstakes moment for him to look at the country and say, heres what im doing to make your life better. And heres what the other side isnt doing. And i think that kind of contract is what we need in this race. All right, pete, one of the people that is being brought to this State Of The Union by the democrats, by biden is someone who had to leave her state because she her life was in danger and she had to get an abortion outside of the state because of the laws there the overturning of Roe Versus Wade and that sort of knock on effect fact that weve seen like the decision by alabama Supreme Court that had an effect on ivf and stopped it there for awhile. Is this something that republicans are worried about . Well it should be the Republican Party does not have a consistent message on the issue of abortion, but i think these guests up in up on the balcony with the first lady and the laundry list of Policy Proposals and lost in all the coverage people are watching. This is a made for tv of that. And what does that mean . Theyre not necessarily listening. Theyre watching. What do they see on that screen. And he needs to assuage not just economic anxiety concerns, but concerns about his age. The good news for joe biden. This is a very Body Language, friendly event. So he should be able to at least clear that bar for tonight. But i think American People are gonna be watching more than listening to this speech. Pt, jim messina. Thank you both for that analysis. Appreciate it. Okay. We need more Body Language friendly event just like our set like i all right. Coming up Breath A Crime Crack down in New York City. Why the National Guard is being called in now to help the citys subways. 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