In the history of television, only two of the 100 most watched shows have not been live sporting events, the oscars and the State Of The Union. So as a campaign kickoff, you dont get a bigger platform than joe biden has tonight. But with enormous opportunity come enormous challenges. Can he meet the moment and how . Our team has reporting on what is happening inside the white house right now and the unique unvarnished insights of a former biden Speech Writer. Plus, as the president prepares to address the israelhamas war tonight, conditions in gaza are deteriorating to new lows. Children starving to death. Bright orange bursts of flames as a plane makes an emergency landing, what exactly caused it. An awful lot to get to. We begin with this, among all of the goals President Biden has for tonights State Of The Union address, there is one that rises above all others. Show americans he is still up to the job. Do not expect to hear the words age or energy or focus, but as much or maybe eve
Special counsels classified documents case is out on bail this morning. Maralago Property Manager Carlos De Oliveira made his appearance in a miami courtroom on monday. He didnt enter a plea including conspiracy to obstruct justice and lying to the fbi. More now from cnns jessica schneider. Justice department is unfortunately decided to bring these charges against mr. De oliveira. Now its time for them to put their money where their mouth is. Reporter carlos deal vary ra leaving the federal courthouse on monday escorted by his lawyer and federal agents. 20 year employee at maralago, he walked out on 100,000 bond after being charged along with former donald trump and trumps aide walt gnat ta. De oliveira telling the director at i. T. At miami, the boss, an apparent reference to donald trump, wanted to delete the server where Security Footage was stored. Cnn reporting that another maralago employee received a Target Letter from federal prosecutor. Over sees the Property Surveillance Came
And im laura coates in washington, d. C. Look, this indictment is like nothing weve actually ever seen before in the history of this entire country and looking at it In Black And White is absolutely extraordinary. It begins with this, everyone. Quote, the defendant, donald j trump, was the 45th president of the United States and a candidate for reelection in 2020. The defendent lost the 2020 president ial election. As you say, laura, it begins that way with those simple words. He lost. That is a fact, but of course the person who had sworn to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution instead tonight is accused in this 45 page indictment of trying to overthrow Americas Free and Fair Elections in an attempt to stay in power. It has been 1001 days since the 2020 election exactly. It has been 137 days since the january 6th attack on the capitol. It is now, though, and only now that donald trump has been indicted on four criminal counts , Conspiracy To Defraud the United States, conspi
can this little known former software executive break through and win over republican primary voters? did you ever do business with donald trump? i don t think so. i just think it s been important that you are judged by the company you keep. my exclusive interview from fargo. plus, biden s economy. bidenomics is just another way of saying restoring the american dream. president biden crafts his campaign economic message. bidenomics means you pay more for everything in life. i can t think of anything more un-american than what we are seeing in biden s economy. does biden even need an economic message to win in 2024 or do issues like abortion matter more? i m ask governor bill murphy. and civilian risk. the u.s. plans to send cluster munitions to ukraine despite concerns they could kill civilians. why is a weapon banned by over 100 countries the best option now for ukraine. it was a very difficult decision on my part. the ukrainians are running out of
who is the pick for trump? don. likely temp scott. okay, all right. he s your friend. all of you, my, friends thank you so much for joining me. that s going to do it on this breaking news coverage with jonathan from washington continues next on this big news day. we begin the 4:00 hour with breaking news from the presidential campaign trail. florida governor ron desantis has officially dropped out of the republican presidential race, following his disappointing and distant second place finish in the iowa caucuses. desantis said, quote, we don t have a clear path to victory. instead, desantis said he will endorse former president donald trump. moments ago, the florida governor released this statement on x. we have prayed and elaborated on the way forward. but if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, and more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources. we don