Sexy manatee and music back. Really big deal. Thanks, dana. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, President Biden is three hours away from what critics and supporters are calling one of the most important speeches of his political career. The incumbent president trying to fend off his predecessor and potential successor must prove to the American People he is not too old, too infirm or too out of touch on policies important to americans to justify a second term. He must also lay out a vision for a second term that his Campaign Hopes can prompt a reversal of his recent dismal poll numbers. The state of the Union Address can be seen right here live at 9 00 p. M. Eastern time. Were just now getting a sneak peek at a few elements of the president s speech. White house correspondent peter doocy starts us off with that live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter bret, this is going to be President Bidens balancing act tonight. Pitch a unity agenda tha
to liken the president to neville chamberlayne, did you think in retrospect it was over the top? i m sure it was an exaggeration, candy, if you want me to plead guilty here on cnn, guilty. are you going to vote for the compromise budget bill? and whether yes or no, do you ultimately think it will pass the senate? i hope it will pass the senate. i don t do anything, not anything, but we must not shut down the government again, we can t do that to the people of this country in my state. second of all, carl levin, chairman of the senate armed services committee has pledged to us that we will review this provision concerning military retirement and because this givings them relief from the harsh effects of sequestration that they are supporting this
fight on the controversial rider such as defunding planned parenthood and npr, saying there will be no agreement on a number until everything, including the important policy provisions from hr-1 is resolved. but senate democrats have already said many of the idiosyncrasy logically driven riders such as defunding planned parenthood are deal breakers for them. the congress has until friday to pass a compromise budget bill and avoid a government shutdown and two new political and budgetary complications are looming tomorrow. house budget chairman paul ryan will unveil the republicans 2012 budget proposal with cuts far more drastic than the ones being debated today and treasury secretary tim geithner warned congressional leaders today that the united states will hit its debt limit no later than may 16th. they ve never failed to raise the debt ceiling when necessary because the economic