now cnn news central. today it s thursday, march 7, right now on cnn this morning, president biden preparing his state of the union speech. it s a high-stakes moment in his rematch with donald trump. plus alabama s governor is signing an ivf protection bill. critics say it might not go far enough and someone died. i mean you ve got to take responsibility a juror or explains why he found the rust movie set armorer guilty after alec baldwin was given a gun with live rounds in it all right. 06:00 a.m. here in washington. a live look at capitol hill, the scene of all the action tonight for the president s state of the union address. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you here. dame, on the rematch that most americans don t want officially kicks off tonight when joe biden delivers a state of the union address that could set them up for four more years or make his road to reelection tougher he is expected to highlight the accomplishme
congressman james comer says we need to confront the terror group head on. we can t continue to turn a blind eye to what is going on, they are in the transportation business. every person that enters the border pays a toll. the biden administration is making the drug cartel more powerful. todd: jackie ibanez has the latest. the u.s. is offering $50,000 reward for information leading to their safe return. there is video showing the moment the three men and one woman were kidnapped. they drug the people into the back of a pickup truck after entering the city. authorities believe it was a case of mistaken identity and the victims were wrongful ly targeted. the victims were from south carolina. according to a family member, they were heading to mexico for a medical procedure. she says this is like a bad dream you wish you could wake up from. to see them thrown in the back of the truck and drug is unbelievable. the president of mexico is assuring the families the mexican gov
the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election. the
moments. breaking two police officers in newark and new jersey shot while trying to serve a warrant. the area remains on lockdown and the suspect remains at large. the fbi and u.s. marshals are involved. man who attacked paul pelosi was on a quote, suicide missmiss missmiss missmission, us with his take on the scramble. the new york times warned democrats they played the wrong card and president biden insists the election is not a referendum on him and maga republicans are wo woworse. kevin corke is joins with more. with the president looking for a safe environment from which to trump and his administration s accomplish mmentes, democrats decided to make a call to the bullpen. biden hoping for a gop red wave next week. you may be asking yourself how bad may things get? power rankings, republicans will paint the house red with a 19 seat majority if the prediction holds up. even in a democrat s best case scenario, the gop will likely gain an 11-seat margin in the house
New budget plan today, including raising taxes on some americans and how much medicare pays to prescription drugs. ashley: cheryl casone is here with the details. cheryl: good morning, we re getting more detail on this, this all just crossing this morning. the white house plans to propose a plan to raise taxes on americans making $400,000 and above and reducing what medicare pays for some prescription drugs. 60 million seniors depend on medicare for health insurance. the president writing the budget i m releasing this week willic mathe medicare trust solvent without cutting a penny in of abouts, we can get better value making sure americans receive better care for money they pay into medicare. here is chuck schumer on biden s budget plan. focus on creating opportunity