state of the union, hitting reset on his reelection campaign, and taking his message on the road to voters in battle around states. plus as the president touts his record, the new february jobs report beating expectations, we break down the numbers and what they mean for you. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central this hour, president biden will arrive in the critical 2024 battleground of pennsylvania. this is part of a new campaign, push to amplify the message we first heard in a confrontational and somewhat unconventional state of the union address last night at times, it sounded more like a stump speech. to be fair, he was contending with some heckling republicans no surprise, things were politically charged because of that looming election rematch with former president donald trump let s get you out to the campaign trail with cnn senior white house correspondent, mj lee, who s in pennsylvania for us. m
at the white house, right now, president joe biden preparing to face congress and the american people and deliver a speech that could have huge consequences for his reelection campaign. they ll soon leave for the us capitol to give his state of the union address. less than 48 hours after his long anticipated rematch with donald trump became a reality. welcome to a special edition of ac360. i m anderson cooper and i m jake tapper. about an hour from now, president biden will walk into the house chamber under enormous pressure to forcefully and successfully sell his vision for america and his argument for a second terme. mister president biden needs to take advantage of this opportunity with tens of millions of americans watching to make his case and perhaps, perhaps the most important speech of his decades long career in public life, this will be a critical test of the 81 year old commander in chief. he will try to convince skeptical voters that they have benefited from his
text republicans, maybe just a reminder that i actually do no republicans. is this an app? text a republican. so i texted my republican friends and they are really saying the same thing, i asked the same question, what should or could biden say to win over the nikki haley supporters and they ve been very clear, they think that he should laser focus and they said that her base was, it was really women, who in some cases don t normally vote in republican primaries, that s her basis, they are light voting republicans, loosely attached to the party, except for in this case, they were driven to come out because of abortion and ivf and he should do a heavy emphasis on trying to win over republican women, not so much on the democracy stuff but on ivf and reproductive rights. one of the excerpts that they released, as you said in the beginning, he won t mentioned. i would be shocked by that but it s clearly those dragging about overturning roe v wade, he clearly has no idea abo
fabulous, who was expelled from congress after a series of lies and federal indictments that george santos, he was actually in the house chamber last night for the state of the union because he s still has floor privileges. go figure. he announced he is running for congress in new york s first congressional district. lauren fox in washington, with the details, i guess my question, lauren is really yeah, it seems that george santos has not gotten the hint from his republican colleagues that they are not interested in him coming back more than 100 republicans voted to expel him from the house. just a few months ago, but he announced last night he is running a primary challenge against one of the new york republicans who lead the charge to get him out of the house that person nick lalota of new york s first district in a tweet. lynda made clear he s not afraid of challenging george santos. george santos responding, pathetic little man, since you refused to move to the district
you re watching cnn news central. we begin with breaking news. two major stories we re following right now. one overseas and the other on capitol hill. any moment we expect to hear from secretary of state antony blinken after a series of key meetings during his high-stakes trip to israel. soon the house is expected to debate an expulsion resolution for george santos. santos lashed out at colleagues during a news conference, accusing them of bullying in the wake of the scathing house ethics committee report. the report says santos spent thousands of dollars on botox, personal vacations, paying off personal credit cards and luxury goods. lauren fox is live on capitol hill. lauren, as lawmakers weigh whether to boot santos, what are the chances he survives this vote tomorrow as he s done on two previous occasions? reporter: that is the key question and what we ll be watching in the hours and day ahead. we expect this expulsion vote will come to the floor tomorrow in