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good evening. in the white house president biden getting ready to face a newly divided congress and the american people at a pivotal moment in his presidency. we will soon leave from the u.s. capitol to report on the state of the union and make an argument for a run for his second term. and i m jake tapper. we are counting down to president biden s big speech about an hour from now and his entrance into the house chamber where republicans are now in charge for the first time since biden took office. new house speaker kevin mccarthy will be seated behind the president, a visible reminder of the political pressures on president biden as the gop led house challenges his agenda and launches a slew of investigations. president biden is expected to try to use his biggest national tv audience of the year to test the waters for his 2024 campaign message. new excerpts of the speech reveal that he will make a direct appeal to americans in economic pain as he tries to make the c ....
Barack obama when obama delivered the address about health care to a joint session of congress here, jake. so mccarthy, too, recognizing a lot on the line as republicans and americans are watching their actions closely as well. all right, manu raju, on capitol hill, thanks so much. and i m joined by moy panel right now. abbey philip, let me start with you. what do you think the overall goal is for president biden for tonight s speech? every president has a captive audience during the state of the union address. he s basically going to be asking the american people to trust him. and the way white house officials have put it to me is that this is about saying we are not done yet, and they re not going to shy away in this moment because the question has been are they going to be giving a rah-rah speech about where the economy is or about how much they ve done and how much they ve accomplished this laundry list of items? they re not going to shy away from that, but the idea they want ....
It s those individuals, anderson. yeah, we just saw vice president harris walking in members of the senate, mitch mcconnell walking in. phil mattingly, to that point one of the other lines of the speech that s been released in advance and the president saying this is blue collar blueprint to rebuild america and making a difference in your live. stressing that blue collar in that sentence. look, that s president biden. he s the guy from scranton. this is joe biden. this is middle class joe. it s to some degree become a caricature as who he was as a senator, president, and vice president but also a persona he maintains both publicly and privately and his top advisor knows resonates most to the american people. not just laying out a laundry list of accomplishments but trying to tell a story, knit together a narrative. these legislative accomplishments are not one off, ....
Cabinet. here is the cabinet of the united states. we will see we should note that marty walsh will not be there the secretary of labor is about to leave the administration. i m kind of surprised he s not there. there is the secretary of state, anthony blinken, who recently cancelled his trip to china because of the chinese spy balloon controversy. he was supposed to go to china and have a high-level meeting with chinese leaders. and he cancelled that trip. there is janet yellen, the treasure secretary. behind her the secretary of defense, retired general lloyd austin. there is, of course, attorney general merrick garland, many democrats criticized for not acting strongly or more forcefully enough when it comes to prosecution of president trump. he recently appointed special counsels to take over the investigation into both biden and a separate one for trump. ....
The president s speech. it s taking on even more political significance this year obviously with the president preparing to launch his bid for a second term. going to get more on what the president needs to accomplish tonight especially in key presidential battleground states. zef zeleny is in one of those states right now in medication, wisconsin. you ve been talking to voters there. what are you hearing? well, anderson, president biden is going to be stopping here tomorrow, the first stop to sell the state of the union address. these are his supporters. people want him to do well. can he continue in this role? i talked to one woman said who said wouldn t it be lovely if we could have someone run for president that isn t in their 70s or 80s. that is one of the challenges here tonight to make the case, yes, he has the agenda, but more than that he the fire to still do the job. that s why he s coming here to wisconsin tomorrow, to florida on thursday on and onto make the ....