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. Theyll 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. Im Anderson Cooper and im 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 presidency, and
hello, everyone. as we begin next hour, the next gop contest, it is taking shape. new and familiar republican faces jump into the 2020 war contest, selling themselves as the next and best alternative to donald trump. speaking of, incriminating evidence as we get in the classified documents case, and that is just one of trump s legal headaches. also tonight, legislating in action, president biden racks up another big win in washington post by delivering on a key campaign promise. it is pride month, the love story that triggered a movement for equality in chicago and beyond. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa, a crucial stop for gop presidential candidates as they work to find footing in a to be defined by trumpism. this afternoon, a republican 2024 hopefuls go to them one at a fund-raiser hopes to by iowa senator, joni irks, noticeably absent, front-runner, donald trump. the chief rival, at least for now, met florida rhonda scent is what he was there. desa
contractor inside syria, plus a trump lawyer testifying in front of a federal grand jury in the classified documents case, but the former president s attention is on new york. he calls the manhattan prosecutor a degenerate and he recklessly warrants of death and destruction if he is charged with a crime, and right now president biden meeting with his counterpart to the north prime minister, justin trudeau, the visit happening in the united states and canada strike a new deal too slow or growing migrant search. now, though, we begin with the commander in chief moment for the president of the united states. president biden signing off retaliatory airstrikes in eastern syria. social media video. you see it here, capturing the smoldering fire fury of american missiles fired from f 15 fighter jets president hitting back in iran after a kamikaze drone flew directly into a coalition base, killing a contractor and wounding five other u. s service members. cnn obtaining video of ambul
the president making his trip to the southern border since taking office. working to address immigration in the influx of people coming to our southern border. the other big story tonight coming from brazil. or supporters of former president bolsonaro fueled by election denialism storm the governments congress. refusing to accept the truth that bolsonaro lost. bolsonaro, we should note, refusing himself to accept defeat. we ll have more on this throughout the night. but first, let s start in el paso, texas, where the president s tonight. we re told that he has been briefed on the situation in brazil. he s in texas making a symbolic step toward addressing immigration. and the influx of migrants at our border. he met with local officials a short time ago, assessing border patrol operations at the bridge of america s port of entry. on arrival in tax, and biden was greeted by republican governor greg abbott. one of his chief critics who gave him a letter laying out what republi
Bidens aid request for israel and ukraine. We will preview tonights state dinner honoring australian Prime Minister anthony albanese. Washington journal starts now. Host it is the washington journal for october 25. House republicans gather at noon today. Representative mike johnson gained the votes needed to secure the position. Watch that on cspan. He has been over 20 days since the house has had a speaker. To start today, we ask you if you have seen over the past three weeks and if it has affected how you View Congress and how it operates. Tell us on our phone line. 202 7488001 for republicans. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002 is how you do that. If you want to text us and tell us your view of congress has been affected by the lack of a speaker and the election process, 202 7488003 is how you do that. You can post on facebook and on x and follow the show on instagram. A recent poll by the economist is highlighted in a recent story, looking at the view of congress in