Gentleman and also the first lady, the president will lay and out his agenda to those lawmakers and to you, the American People. Congressional correspondentd th American People. Aisha hosny is standing by withs a preview of the republican response. But we begin standin with housee house correspondent Jackie Heinrich and a preview of the president s speech tonight. Jacqui good evening, jackie. D good evening, martin. Resident good evening, bret. Well, President Biden directly a assail republicans tonight. Officials have sent ousst memos hitting republicans forro everything from trump tax cuts ,adding to the deficit to proposals for National Abortion bans. Deficit, and also plans to cut social ban security and medicare. Wes an this speech is widely vid as an anchor to a anchor t 2024 announcement, but its not supposed to look like a campaign speech. So the president Will Instealo D frame his achievementsai as progress made against allns odds that needs to be protected and continued. Righ
gentleman and also the first lady, the president will lay and out his agenda to those lawmakers and to you, the american people. congressional correspondentd th american people. aisha hosny is standing by withs a preview of the republican response. but we begin standin with housee house correspondent jackie heinrich and a preview of the president s speech tonight. jacqui good evening, jackie .d good evening, martin.resident good evening, bret. well, president biden directly a assail republicans tonight. officials have sent ousst memos hitting republicans forro everything from trump tax cuts ,adding to the deficit to proposals for national abortion bans. deficit, and also plans to cut social ban security and medicare. wes an this speech is widely vid as an anchor to a anchor t 2024 announcement, but it s not supposed to look like a campaign speech. so the president will instealo d frame his achievementsai as progress made against allns odds that needs to be protected and conti
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these plans are fully paid for.r and we can afford to do them. restoring the dignity of work means making education. affordable ticket to the middle class. you know, when wble madeic publc education, 12 years of it centuy universal in the last century, s we made the best educated, best paid. we became the best educated, best paid nation i cn the worldh the rest of us caught up. it s caught up. tim jill , my wife, who teaches i full time, has an expression. i hope i get right, kid. any nation that out educates out us is going to outcompete us . any nation our educationtion cao outcompete o folks we all know.h twelve years of education com of not enough to winpe the economic competition of 21st century 2. te do i have the best educated workforce? let s finish the jobool, f by providing access to preschool for three fouor anr years old. studies show that children go to preschool are nearly 50%