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contact my office, i ll give you a copy of the proposal. i ll give you president biden heckled during the state of the union and he seemed to enjoy it. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. president biden delivering his second state of the union address, the first before a newly divided congress. the president of the united states. the president called for unity telling republicans he wants to work together instead of fighting for the sake of fighting. still he was heckled more than once by some unruly house republicans. some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. i m not sayings it is the majority. let me give you anybody who doubts it, contact my office and i ll give you a copy, i ll give you a copy of the proposal. i m glad to see i tell you, i enjoy conversion. you know, it means if congress doesn t keep the programs the way they are, they will go away. i m not saying it is a majority of you, i m not even saying it
hello. i m abby phillip in washington. right now, a desperate search for life, a race against time and an escalating death toll in turkey and syria. 41 hours have now passed since a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated the region. and experts say the critical rebuild to find people alive in this rubble is now closing. more than 6,300 people have died in this tragedy. and the scope of the destruction is must terrifying. take a look at these buildings. they among thousands that have collapsed but amid grave discoveries there is still hope that keeps crews growing. this little girl was rescued earlier today after being trapped for more than a day. cnn s nick paton walsh just filed this report from the region. reporter: in the town closest to the epicenter, two simultaneous rescue separations going on. in there, a 64-year-old woman, her son heard her voice, he says, this morning. and he thinks she s in fact still lying in the bed where she was when the earthquake st
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
Thank you very much. Me so by, if it is a direct address, let me get back to defense that you seem to have very strong views on you advocate for negotiation between ukraine and russia. How do you negotiate with someone whos bombarding a neighboring country . First of all, we are for a ceasefire into want that the European Union plays the political world in finding a solution to the pro methics at ocean because i dont see a solution for the conflict taking place on the baptist people. Do you think that russia is interested in diplomatic solution . We must put pressure on, on russia. China must put pressure on the ice, is happening to your opinions, putting pressure on pressure. Where is it dont . Obviously, the European Union doesnt take any effort in mediating a political solution, trying to find that people not think solution after 500000. Thats how when will these and we must put an end to this terrible war in order to create the safe and prosper us ukraine to the future. If you get