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Leading this hour, a new sign of the clear dysfunction in the republican party, right . Right now. I mean, how bad things have to be to turn down two days. All expenses paid at a Luxury Resort well, thats the reality for many many House Republicans and a source says, fewer than half of them have rsvp. Yes. For the annual event starting today, that is meant to build party unity. Republican Congresswoman Name since he made shes doing a tv or parents instead congressman Kelly Armstrong says hed rather focus on his campaign for governor. And congressman tim burchett remarked, quote, i dont retreat i move forward. I got a farm to run. This comes just one day after republican Lawmakers Said hes quitting congress altogether next week because of the fighting and bickering cnns Melanie Zanona is live for us in white sulfur springs, West Virginia where this retreat is taking place. Melanie, nice gig. What are you hearing . From lawmakers who did show up apparently we lost Melanie Zanona as sound
Is trying to make a comeback. But is it a bluff because he just trying to get attention will ask one of his former closest aides who will be here this hour plus a friday. Feel good from my hometown philly. See how the power of popcorn is giving one group but sense of pride and independence and leading this hour, President Biden on the road taking his state of the Union Address on tour for stop bat around pennsylvania and were standing by for him to speak any moment now, after last nights supercharged rather political speech, lets get right to cnns mj lee whos in wallingford, pennsylvania, one in 08 six as i recall, were President Biden is about to speak and mj President Bidens speech is to set to kick off a monthlong tour, continuing his State Of The Union message, what exactly is the white house planning . Yeah, jake, we should be seeing President Biden take the stage behind me any minute now, here in the suburbs of philadelphia to really kick off his post State Of The Union tour. And
Actually pushed back and yell back at the president. And what could be a very tense speech at the same time, democrats view this speech is very high stakes. They see the poll numbers, they see people concerned about the president s age and fitness for office. And some hope that his speech tonight will reassure those skeptical voters are you worried that the age issue though, is significant liability for him theres nothing joe biden can do to change the numbers after his name . What he can do is be a sharp, funny, aggressive, real presence, authentic, and peoples minds. I dont know if an old white guy can come out and say hes not an old white guy, right . You are who you are. Well, if hes a liar, he should be called out. Well see how he how he talks tonight. And then ill decide then of course, Marjorie Taylor greene was one of those republicans who did you yell loud ad joe biden last week calling it last year, calling him a liar on the house for making very clear there that she is not a
For joining us, cnn newsnight with abby phillip starts right now carnage and catastrophe in black and white. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby philip in new york. What is it like to watch chaos unfold at your feet, unable to stop it, unable to do anything but watch well, tonight, the world knows this is video from the Israeli Defense forces. And thats warm, that buzzing nucleus. Those are people, Desperate Gazans surrounding aid trucks, who are carrying food and supplies now this hour, 112 of those people are now dead. Hundreds more are injured as cameras caught. A clear eyed view of what this war is doing to innocence inside of gaza. All of what youre about to watch is disturbing and its shocking. And we thought long and hard about whether to show this to you but the brutality of what happened is in escapable. This was the scene that was surrounding that aid convoy before the disaster intervene, palestinians huddled there chatter. You could hear here it there over the d