A lot of political emotions in a very fired up President Biden, welcome to our special coverage of the State Of The Union. Im caitlin collins, and im abby phillip, President Biden tonight sought to take full advantage of a prime time tv audience, setting up the stakes for election day. He directly targeted donald trump quite a lot, but he refused to even say his name. My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about january 6th. My predecessor failed the most basic president ial duty. My predecessor are promising to pass a national ban on reproductive freedom. My predecessor, a former republican president , tells putin, quote, do whatever the hell you want. My predecessor came to office determined to see roe v wade overturned. My predecessor called Members Of Congress in the senate to demand they block the bill. But unlike my predecessor, i know who we are as americans. My predecessor told the nra hes proud he did nothing on guns when he was president. He said, my prede
weekend. the 119 congress is the least productive in decades. that could cost republicans big come this november. some of them already acknowledging that they had the embarrassment of not having nothing to run on, and a monmouth university poll released last month found only 17% of americans approve of the job congress is doing. this is as crucial issues like taxation, the border, ukraine aid, and government funding remain unresolved. joining us now to discuss it all is the house democratic leader congressman hakeem jeffries of new york. welcome to you, sir, thank you for being here. this is truly one of the most unproductive congresses in decades. what is your take here on the current border fight that is currently happening on funding? this is about ukraine aid at the end of the day, but donald trump seems to be scuttling any potential for a deal that is going to come together. this is a do nothing republican congress of epic proportions, and what we have seen is that the
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 here in new york. for about three minutes, a former president of the united states and current front runner for the republican presidential nomination was on the stand today. in case that seeks to hold him accountable for his words. that extraordinary courthouse moment today came on day four of ft defamation trial. donald trump testified in his defense. his attorney allowed to ask him only one question. do you standby your deposition? he said, 100%. he also added that he considers carroll s allegation false. that was stricken from the record immediately. that single question by his attorney is the result of a lengthy back and forth between the judge and trump s attorneys in which the judge warned trump not to relitigate the first trial in which he was found liable for sexually abusing carroll. there are no do overs. he ruled out the kind of statements trump has made outside of court. carroll s attorneys entered into evidence some of those statements in
the a iowa caucuses kick off tomorrow in below freezing temperatures as law a makerrers return to washington facing leadership plans of another continuing resolution to fund government and avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of next week. that despite a wide open border with some 8 million foreigners crossing into america illegally on joe biden s watch. utah senator mike lee on the choice to shut town the border or shut down government. then political stunts amidst allegations of bribery and money laundering. florida congressman byron donalds on the investigation into the millions the biden family accepted from foreign adversaries. plus, georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene on the why the first son got up and left when she started speaking at his contempt of congress hearing. hen taiwan elect ares a new leader, the man beijing as labeled an instigator of war. the impact with wisconsin congressman and head of the select committee on china mike gallagher with
on capitol hill, senators negotiating a deal on the border as house speaker mike johnson and fellow republicans are set to visit the border this afternoon. we want to begin this hour with that breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people confirmed killed. iranian officials calling the explosions a terrorist incident. want to bring in now tehran bureau chief ali arouzi who is live for us on the ground in tehran. we spoke last hour, what updates are we getting this hour as to what may have taken place and who is behind it? reporter: hey, yasmin, so we know there were two explosions about 15 minutes apart from each other at 3:00 local. the death toll keeps rising. right now saying at least 103 people have been killed, and over 210 people have now been confirmed injured at that blast, went off near a cemetery in iran where that ceremony was being held to mark the death of soleimani in 2020 by a u.s. drone attack. state media saying there was one explosion and second one du