bret: alive look at the u.s. capitol a beautiful evening in washington as we are just moments away from president biden and tonight s state of the union address, good evening from washington i am bret baier. martha: i am martha maccallum in moments we will be on the house floor from the familiar call of the sergeant at arms will make his way down the aisle greeted by lawmakers along the way. bret: you can see mitt romney talking to joe mansion it seems like they are pretty engaged in some conversation that can happen on the sidelines as you have a lot of lawmakers waiting a long time in the chamber, a lot of folks expressing themselves, different ways, republican some of them wearing buttons about the border, others dressed in white on the democratic side in solidarity, we set the stage now with white house correspondent with a preview of the president s speech good evening. good evening officials at the white house think that most people who will watch it tonight hav
across the globe. we ll 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. it s a match up that 48% say they feel negative about and 42% call depressing . will president biden be able to reassure voters he s best able to tackle the country s issues and that the state of the union is still strong? we will hear all about but a little later. we ll bejoined tonight by our experts, reporters, white house veterans and lawmakers attending the speech on capitol hill. first, let s 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 o
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court. how it could wipe out charges for hundreds of rioters and even affect one of donald trump s cases. our reporters are following all the latest developments and we begin here in new york city in lower manhattan with vaughn hillyard. where does jury selection for the former president s trial stand right now? reporter: we are 15 minutes away from the jury reconvening here. this is a big lunch break here because this was a moment for the defense teams and the prosecutors teams to deliberate internally amongst themselves, huddle over that first batch of 18 individuals. 18 potential jurors who went through the process, who answered questions on both sides on whether they were qualified or to what extent they had preconceived opinions about the defendant, donald trump, and whether they should be individuals who are fair and impartial and could sit on the jury. and what over the course of this lunch break, again, they re convening here at 2:15 eastern, 15 minutes from now, th
the first lady now entering the fray after her husband s twitter rant attacking a pair of tv hosts. plus the new curveball on health care. is the president changing his tune now? and shark alert. the holiday weekend warning. great white sightings on both coasts. predators dangerously close to swimmers. the boat had no idea that those sharks were in the area. the advice you need to hear before you hit the beach. hey, good morning. happy holiday weekend. let s take another look at that new shark video. not what you want to see as we kick off this holiday weekend. this video is captured via drone off the coast of california. you can see a shark coming uncomfortably close to a paddleboarder right there. no thank you. one more reason to stay in the pool, everybody. but much more on that as well as the deadly shooting at a hospital here in new york. but we do have breaking news right now. a nightclub shooting overnight in little rock, arkansas, and ron is here with the la