Paul welcome to the journal editorial report. President biden and donald trump secure the delegates needed to clinch their partys nomination setting the stage for the first president ial rematch since 1956, most americans dont want that. Following the state of the Union Address President Biden has been barnstorming battleground states in pennsylvania, georgia, wisconsin, and michigan which were crucial to his victory but polls show the president narrowly trailing donald trump in those states which can he turn that around as the general Election Campaign kicks off . Lets go to doug showing. The initial polling after the State Of The Union suggests the president has not received a bump in his Approval Rating despite the fact so Many Democrats love that speech. Are you surprised . Not surprised. The speech was directed almost exclusively at democrats and to show that his cognitive issues as described by Special Counsel and others are not an issue. He wasnt really trying to change his Appr
gaza. a notable balance there. thank you so much, hadas. early start continues right now. all right. good morning, everyone, this is early start, i m christine romans. and i m laura jarrett. almost 30 minutes past the hour here in new york. new this morning the eu slapping sanctions on belarus after the state-sponsored hijacking of a flight from athens to the lithuanian capitol and the arrest of a belarusian opposition journalist. passengers speaking for the first time about what they saw. translator: i even asked the flight crew, this is the first time they ve seen something like that. the pilot didn t even know what was going on. translator: he was nervous at first, but later when he understood he couldn t change anything he calmed down and accepted it. translator: he said nothing. he just turned to people and said he was facing the death