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
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: straight to the a fox news alert, eight victims killed and seven others hurt after a shooting at an outlet mall in allen, texas, yesterday. [gunfire] [inaudible conversations] [gunfire] rachel: the gunman was shot and killed by a police officer or who just happened to be nearby while responding to an unrelated call. pete: alexandria hoff joins us with the latest. reporter: good morning to you. this is a terrible hinge to wake up to the. at last update, three of the injured victims remain in critical condition, four have been described as stable, and our fox affiliate in dallas reporting of those who received hospital treatment, their ages ranged from 5 to 61 years old. of course, not everyone made it that far. our rescue task force teams found seven deceased individuals on scene. we transported nine individuals to the hospital to the area trauma facilities. of those that we transported, two have since die
those who served alongside him. and the thousands, we know who will be called upon to serena served after him. deserve to know they have a country, and a community back home, doing our part in the fight for freedom. america s great because we are free. but today, our freedom is under attack. and america we love, is in danger. president biden and the democrats have failed you. and it s time for a change. a new generation of republican leaders are stepping up. not to be caretaker the status quo, but to be changemakers for the american people. we know not what the future holds, but we know who holds the future in his hands. and with god as our witness, from people chokehold africa is still the place where freedom rains, and liberty will never die. god bless, two and goblets america. the republican response tonight from arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders, former press secretary to donald trump, with an extended anecdote at the end there, about how anna trip with president
tonight from excuse me, arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders, former press secretary to donald trump, with an extended anecdote at the end there about how, on a trip with president trump now most felt like they were in the military. they were not in the military. other than that, it s kind of an american carnage speech from their huckabee sanders talking about how president biden surrendered his presidency, to the woke mob, and he has been hijacked by the radical left, and america s is having war waged on it by the left, a war that didn t seek. two things, on a factual basis, which is not where she is hanging. donald trump was known and it was reported extensively, and some of the most harrowing reporting in the atlantic reported it to the believe men and women who served in the military, who died, were quote, suckers and losers. he was especially disgusted by men and women who ve been injured, in the service of our country, something so cystic, i don t even l
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour in ukraine. new worries, one year into the war that russia could soon receive support that could be a game changer. the source of the concern is china and the possibility of beijing providing lethal aid to russia. now, the white house has called this a red line and the cia doesn t believe a final decision has been made by beijing, but it s worrisome, nonetheless. and, you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance, but if it goes down that road, it will come at real cost to china and i think china s leaders are weighing that, as they make their decisions. but first, let s go to cnn s alex marquardt, who is in ukraine with the latest on the fighting there. jim, some of the heaviest fighting, some of the worst casualty rates on both sides is now taking place around the eastern city of bakhmut. russian forces from the gro