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very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. today president biden taking that state of the union message to the battleground state of wisconsin. it s part of a two-day swing where he will be touting his administration s accomplishments and also which of course were laid out during last night s address. sounds like the start of a campaign. president biden s speech set the stage for a likely 2024 bid. he vowed to, quote, finish the job. while making a point to call for unity and bipartisanship, asking to work with republicans even as he sparred with a handful of republican lawmakers on a number of topics. instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share some republicans, some republicans, want medicare and social security to sunset. i m not saying it s a majority. i m not politely not naming them, but it s being proposed by some of you. look so, folks, as we all apparently agree, social security and medicare is off off the book ....
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have you both. we will rock this hour. we begin at the u.s. supreme court where the justices right now hearing arguments into cases challenging president biden student loan and out program. in one of those cases, the coalition of six republican-led states is fighting to block biden plan to pass nearly half a trillion dollars of student loan debt onto the backs of taxpayers. many didn t have those loans because it s only 13% of the american spirit of the coalition calls it an executive branch overreach. and it is absent of clear congressional mandate. the white house as it is confident in its legal authority. but the outcome will determine how much power will be granted to the president of the united states moving forward. the wall street editorial particles at one of the most consequential separation of power cases in american history. i see you nodding. why? marc: the biden administration knows this is one, unpopular and unconstitutional. they will lose the case. the ....
solve the problem of million of moms out there with the lack of affordable child care. how businesses may be part of the solution coming up. but we begin with the battle for the soul of the republican party amid new signs of momentum for ron desantis. his book, hitting number one just hours after going on sale, but also new signs of the challenge he and the rest of the potential republican field face. a poll out showing donald trump holding a 20-point lead. all of that coming ahead of two conservative events that will demonstrate the choice the party has ahead of it. one for cpac bound tightly to the maga crowd and the club for growth which mostly severed ties with the former president. while trump headlines cpac in d.c. nearly every republican hopeful will be at the donor retreat in florida, ron desantis, mike pence, estimate cot, trump very pointedly wasn t even invited there. but anyone ready to declare the end of the trump era needs to take a look at this new morn ....
happening now, new fears that russia s war against ukraine is about to get a very serious boost from china. i ll acquit white house national security official john kirby whether beijing is actively considering sending lethal aid to putin s forces. also tonight, a new assessment on the origins of the covid pandemic is stirring up major controversy. we ll tell you why the u.s. energy department now believes the virus likely emerged from a chinese lab. and breaking news, new legal filings in the dominion voting systems lawsuit against fox news. the fox chairman rupert murdoch admitting underoath that popular tv hosts endorsed false claims about the 2020 presidential election. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the war in ukraine. the deepening alliance between russia and china sending chills throughout the u.s. intelligence community. our senior national ....