This is the Ingraham Angle from washington tonight. We are hours two hours away from what we hope is President Bidens last state of the union address. Larry kudlow is in the house, Vivek Ramaswamy, and so many more. First, spinning themselves dizzy, that is the focus of tonights angle state of the union, state of the Union Speeches rarely memorable no. Real evidence that they help turn things down for flailing presidencies. Nonetheless brians advisers are doing their best to propose ideas. I think the top line should be the Inflation Reduction Act reduced inflation. Good policy makes good politics, right . And he has good policy. Jobs, wages, everything going in the right direction economically. The stock market is booming. Blockbuster job report after blockbuster job report. I dont think you guys need me. I was just listening to the commentary. [laughter] i dont think you guys need me this morning. Laura of course kjp is right. Although i might add that they do her job better than she
the lead in testifying against the former president in yesterday s hearing, including the speaker of arizona s house, who says he told trump in late december 2020 that he would not go along with the scheme to steal joe biden s win in his state. you re asking me to do something that s never been done in history, the history of the united states, and i m going to put my state through that without sufficient, and that s going to be good enough for me? i do not want to be a winner by cheating. incredibly powerful testimony. also new this morning, president biden aiming to help americans out, at least a little bit at the pump during the summer travel season. the white house expected today to call on congress to suspend the federal gas tax, three months. we have details on how much that would help reduce prices at the pump, and downsize to it as acknowledged by some members of the administration. more on that in just a bit. begin this morning with cnn s manu raju on the hil
Sporting the kick off the Savings Monopoly Tag for unlimited bonus game tickets at lucky killed in the blast. Many of the victims children. Demonstrations coinciding with the president s trip to israel where he said he is confident based on u. S. Intelligence that an israeli air strike was not to blame, but in the wake of the bombing a planned summit between biden and palestinian and egyptian leaders in jordan was called off. We want to begin with nbcs matt bradley who was in lebanon where protesters flooded the streets outside the u. S. Embassy in beirut. Give us the latest. Reporter hey, chris, im sorry, we just had a Power Failure here. This is what happens in lebanon. Theyre going through a fouryear economic crisis, and the power goes out regularly. This is part of the crisis thats going on in this country, and part of the reason why so many people here dont want to be dragged into another war with israel. You mentioned this Embassy Protest i was at today. We saw just the tail end
Thanks. Bret colonel muster in the library with gregs sculptor very possible. I want one of those for my desk. Judge jeanine yes. Bret all right. We will see you. Thanks. Breaking tonight we are following two major stories at this hour. Another setback in the search for a knew new speaker of the house with the next vote now delayed until tomorrow. And the israeli war against hamas. President biden just left on a trip to the region. He will visit israeli leaders along with other middle eastern figures although fewer of them after some Late Afternoon high profile cancellations. Why . Because reports say hundreds of people have been killed in the bombing of a hospital inside gaza. Hamas blames israel. The israeli government, Israeli Defense forces say the explosion was caused by an errant Islamic Jihad rocket. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has canceled a scheduled meeting tomorrow with President Biden and other middle east leaders including the king of jordan in protest of the hospital
Positive sign harris gave a thumbs up to the fans as he was loaded into the ambulance. We are staying on all the Breakiking News Out of israel a gaza. Stay with cnn news central. Starts now. Hello, thank you so much for joining us, im kate bolduan with john in new york, sara sidner is in israel. The Breaking News were following right now, u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is back in israel this morning. Blinken has been shuttling around the renal for days now. This morning he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hes also meeting with the israeli president and were standing by to see if blinken will be speaking after these critical meetings. One major focus, the horrifying news were learning this morning the idf says 199 are now being held hostage by hamas in gaza, thats a huge and significant jump from what was believed to be the number of people taken after the hamas Terror Attack. The latest from the Biden Administration is that at least 15 americans are still missing. W