i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. we re hours away from president biden s state of the union address tonight, his first to a divided congress. instead of nancy pelosi over the president s left shoulder, it will be speaker kevin mccarthy. the speech is expected to draw the largest television audience for the president this year. americans will hear biden lay out why he believes the state of the union is strong as he said last week. he s expected to talk about lowering inflation, improving infrastructure and getting past the worst of the pandemic. he s also expected to talk about america s stand against china. of course just days after an american fighter jet shot down one of its supply balloons. the president will likely increase the urgency for congress to act on policing reform and an adult weapons band. all of it will be a test run for his re-election bid. phil mattingly is with us now. what more should we expect from the president tonight? you know, vict
united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. spy balloon down. a recovery effort now underway after fighter jets launched a precision strike. cnn has reporters across the globe on the latest developments. plus parts of the u.s. finally warming up, this after record-breaking freezing temperatures, the coldest in decades in some areas. we ll look at when people can see relief. and basketball superstar lebron james continues to chip away at the nba s all-time scoring record. we ll break down his latest game with cnn sports coy wire. you re about to see and hear the dramatic moment a u.s. missile took out the suspected chinese spy balloon that caused such havoc in the u.s. last week. have a look. it happened saturday off the coast of south carolina near myrtle beach. the balloon was so high up that it took a few seconds of the sound of the blast
hello and welcome to all of you watching new state and canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, another shoot-down. this time the unidentified object was in the skies over northern canada. we ll look at the differences. plus we ll take you live to istanbul with a look at incredible stories of hope and survival still coming from turkey six days after the deadly earthquake. and ukraine is facing a new barrage of russian strikes in kyiv. we ll show you the latest on the front lines. we re working to learn more details about what caused canadian and u.s. fighter jets to be scrambled saturday and what triggered the shooting down of another unidentified object over canada. prime minister justin trudeau and president biden agreed to the shoot-down. trudeau said the latest object violated canada s airspace. it will be supported by the canadian armed forces in conjunction with the rcmp. this coordinated operation will allow a further investiga
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Students who have taken over a historic Campus Building after they smashed windows and used furniture to barricade doors. And the new arrests, more than a thousand nationwide, since the unrest began. Also tonight, donald trump held in contempt for violating his gag order in his Hush Money Trial. The judge warning if he does it again, he could go to jail. And the former President Making Headlines with his agenda for a possible second term. What he said about letting states track womens pregnancies. Mass deportations and refusing to rule out violence if he loses again. The historic move on marijuana. The Biden Administration planning the biggest policy change in more than 50 years. Major River Flooding and tornado reports in the heartland. Al roker is here. New details in the shootout that killed four officers in North Carolina, plus, what was found at the scene. A man with a sword going on a deadly rampage in london. The Moment Police with a taser took him down. The issue many iphone us