Across the globe. Well bring you insights into what voters and World Leaders are hoping to hearfrom the us president this evening. The speech marks a crucial moment in his presidency. This will be his third State Of The Union as president and last planned National Address before voters head to the polls this november. Withjust under eight months until election day, the us is preparing for a 2020 Rematch Betweenjoe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Its a match up that 48 say they feel negative about and 42 call depressing. Will President Biden be able to reassure voters hes best able to tackle the countrys issues and that the State Of The Union is still strong . We will hear all about but a little later. Well bejoined tonight by our experts, reporters, white house veterans and lawmakers attending the speech on capitol hill. First, lets go to our reporter Helena Humphrey live on capitol hill. This is one of the busiest nights on the hill. Of all of the knights of the year, what is
walking around the capital and giving their viewpoints, saying how they plan to vote. lots of republicans expressing their disappointment at the bill. there s a lot of confidence, president biden is confident it will pass, the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy as well. and a key figure people might not have heard of, the majority whip for the republican party. they need 218 votes, the republicans control the boat with 222. he said he is confident republicans will pass it through the house, and he says those making the noise haven t probably fully read the 99 page bill and when they do, he thinks they will get on board. ., , ., board. you just mention the republicans board. you just mention the republicans control - board. you just mention the republicans control the - republicans control the house, are we seeing any defectors? there is the house freedom caucus, they are members of the republican party who expressed a lot of anger yesterday at a press conference. they don
the i m helena humphrey, great to have you with us. king charles crowned in a sacred and solemn ceremony centuries old at westminster tens of thousands of people are first reported from nicholas witchel. our first report is from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. may 6th, 2023. coronation day. in the abbey church at westminster, where these things have been done for nearly 1,000 years, a congregation to represent the britain of today had come together, with honoured guests from the wider world. the flags of the realms, the 1a other nations of which the british monarch is also head of state, were borne in procession. god save the king! at buckingham palace, the military detachments were drawn up. the only blemish the weather. as predicted, it left a lot to be desired. the king and the queen consort left the palace in steady rain. at the abbey, the king s family were taking their places, the duke of sussex making a brief visit to london, without his wife, and the duk
College. he studied history at washington s georgetown university. in 2009, he was named heir to the throne when he was just named heir to the throne when he wasjust 16. named heir to the throne when he wasjust16. his bride is 29. she is an architect and was born and raised in saudi arabia. she studied architecture at so accuse university in new york. talking of the us, the first ladyjoe biden was amongst the guests at the wedding ceremony, as is the king of the netherlands. a public holiday has been declared injordan so people canjoin in the declared injordan so people can join in the celebrations. before we go, a recap of the top story. the us house of representatives is on track to vote on the debt limit bill after lawmakers approved to debate the rule. it goes to a make or break vote and without the deal the us would hit its borrowing limit on monday. that would mean defaulting on its $31.5 trillion worth of debt. if that happens, federal and military workers would stop being paid
It goes far enough. they have not explicitly said so but they are questioning kevin mccarthy s leadership in all of this. they think any compromise with president biden is too much. so we are hearing some of them planned to vote no in the house. it s notjust the republicans. remember, it has to go to the senate as well. it needs to 60 votes, the democrats control the senate by 51 votes so they need republicans on board. already bernie sanders the vermont democrat senator has said he plans to vote no to the bill. a lot of yes, no, but we will find out. lot of yes, no, but we will find out- lot of yes, no, but we will find out. ., ., , , ., find out. for the latest, you can no find out. for the latest, you can go to find out. for the latest, you can go to our find out. for the latest, you can go to our website. - russia has been accused of multiple war crimes since it invaded ukraine but it was allegations of the illegal deportation of children that led to an international arrest