address, president biden is expected to present a picture of a nation on the rebound making solid progress, especially in regards to the u.s. economy. republicans will portray the president as largely failing. and they have a boat load of new poll numbers to back them up. perhaps, most striking of all those polls, results showing a majority of americans and most democrats do not want president biden to run for re-election. and after the spy balloon journey across the country and increasing aggressive actions around the world, china is expected to be a major topic tonight as well. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. this speech is widely seen as an anchor to president biden s 2024 announcement. but, looming over it is the fallout from his handling of the chinese spy balloon exposing division within his own party and doubts about his job in office. hours before his speech, the pent
spaces. roam big wild and discover more. come to think of it. more wildlife in alaska making it the best kind of unbelievable. jesse: alaska is the perfect place to hunt and hike, ski, kayak or pop a chinese balloon. but, by now we all know that s not what happened. joe biden let the spy balloon float around north america for a whole week before a civilian spotted it in montana. so why is joe so gun shy? he didn t shoot it down in alaska where there is one person per square mile or in montana where there are more cows than people. biden let it go for 4500 miles. from the pacific to the atlantic, zigzagging in between our military bases and nuke site. soaking up our secrets like a sponge. and when joe finally popped it over the ocean. the debris spread just for about seven miles. you re saying biden couldn t find a 7-mile stretch in alaska or montana or anywhere else in the world s third largest country to take it down? we can put a tomahawk missile through a window in ji
the white house from camp david today saying he wanted to shoot down the balloon at the first available opportunity and that, in his view, is exactly what the pentagon did. watch it come over into the united states from canada. i told them to shoot it down as soon as it was appropriate. they concluded we should not shoot it down over land, was not a serious threat and we should wait until it got across the water. that s, of course, what happened saturday afternoon. a usf-22 fighter firing a single sidewinder missile at the chinese balloon bringing it down just off the coast of south carolina, and the president said the chinese were well aware of what was coming. we made it clear to china what we were going to do. reporter: but critics, many of them republican, question the wisdom of waiting to shoot down the balloon until after it had flown right across the united states and over several sensitive u.s. military sites. look, i m not saying detonate this thing over a
leadership dhs secretary. did not shoot it down. questions why the president waited a week to shoot it down. gank of 8 to be briefed. an opportunity to protect america in a simple way chose not to do that. she comes bearing gifts. you are bringing in these cookies. probably cooking these forever. the plan is it screen really loud every time somebody halls the ball. both of boys are on offense. all right now baby, it s all right now ainsley: that is sue saint marie located in michigan. 35 today. if you live there, snow boots. need a sponge not going to snow. 90% chance of rain on top of the snow. that s going to be a mess. ainsley: janice said overall the state of the union when it comes to weather pretty good. steve: the weather department is cold. ainsley: ains might be a little chilly but overall most of america is going to experience nice weather. no rain. steve: when i was in kansas city last weekend it was 11 degrees. but do you know what? i
a farmer sitses? jail for killing a migrant on his land. dhs secretary. deploying teams to assist. we need urgent help. criticizing disney. ron desantis will rename disney reedy creek. florida is dissolving the corporate kingdom, beginning a new era. steve: okay, live from washington, d.c., 13 hours from right now, the state of the union in that building with the round roof. right now, they have 32 degrees, but tonight 9:00, according to my iphone, 48 degrees and cloudy. hope the president clears things up. brian: maybe he ll do it outdoors. ainsley: 72 in our apartments and homes in our pajamas and we will watch martha maccallum and bret baier. brian: half of the state of the union. steve: you can see more stuff and bret and martha explain what you are looking at. ainsley: exactly and sarah huckabee sanders will do the rebuttal. brian: what will they wear? ainsley: suits and ties. steve: probably a blue suit and the president will wear a b