At bassett. Com. This is cnn news President Biden is preparing to deliver his state of the Union Address tonight. A high stake speech that comes at a key moment in his presidency. And the 2024 race so what does he need to say and du to convince voters that he deserves another four years. Plus the National Guard now being called into americas largest Subway System. Why new york has taken highprofile measures lets to deal with a surging crime and stop me. If youve heard this before, last month was officially the hottest record. The hottest february on record, what Scientists Say is the global hot streak continues. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central in just a few hours, President Biden will deliver what may be the most consequential speech of his political career. The State Of The Union. A Growing Number of the president s top allies want him to ratchet up the intensity and ramp up his attacks on the trumpled Republican
conference. one of the issues the president s team has been dealing with this week the determination by his own energy department and the scientists there that the covid pandemic likely began with a leak in a chinese laboratory. last night, fbi director chris wray told me in the most straightforward way of any public official so far that the bureau has reached the same conclusion. the biden administration are still not on board. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is with the president tonight in baltimore with the latest, good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. white house sources say they are not fully embracing any single agency s findings because there isn t consensus yet about origin. leaving questions unanswered about when or even if that will happen and what it will mean for china. with two federal agencies declaring its most likely covid originated in a wuhan lab, the white house is facing questions about why there haven t yet been consequences. the pres
hello, everyone, and good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, february 26. i m amara walker. good morning. i m boris sanchez. we are so grateful that you are spending your morning us with, starting your week with us. i am pumped to be alongside amara. how are you doing? same here. good to be with you. it s our friday. i am doing great. plenty to get to this morning. here is what we are watching. one thing that has been made clear to me is that everyone wants this contamination gone from the community. the epa stopping the removal of all contaminated material from that toxic train derailment in ohio as a battle now looms over how and where it should be moved. there is an outcry from neighboring states and the white house is responding, too. the war in ukraine is now in its second year and marked by fierce fighting in the east. our alex marquardt is there with troops from around the world who joined the front lines to fight russia s invasion. see
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