contact my office, i ll give you a copy of the proposal. i ll give you president biden heckled during the state of the union and he seemed to enjoy it. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. president biden delivering his second state of the union address, the first before a newly divided congress. the president of the united states. the president called for unity telling republicans he wants to work together instead of fighting for the sake of fighting. still he was heckled more than once by some unruly house republicans. some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. i m not sayings it is the majority. let me give you anybody who doubts it, contact my office and i ll give you a copy, i ll give you a copy of the proposal. i m glad to see i tell you, i enjoy conversion. you know, it means if congress doesn t keep the programs the way they are, they will go away. i m not saying it is a majority of you, i m not even saying it
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 books now,
and unbroken. as we gather here tonight, we re writing the next chapter in the great american story. a story of progress and resilience. when world leaders ask me to define america, they do believe it or not, i can define it in one word. i mean this, possibilities. we don t think anything is beyond our capacity. everything is a possibility. you know, we re often told that democrats and republicans can t work together. but over the past two years we proved the cynics and nay sayers wrong. yes, we disagree plenty. and yes, there were times when democrats went alone. but time and again democrats and republicans came together. came together to defend a stronger and safer europe. came together to pass one in a generation once in a generation infrastructure law building bridges, connecting our
there are times when democrats went alone. but type and again democrats and republicans came together, came together to defend a stronger and safer europe, you came together to pass one in a generation infrastructure law building bridges, connecting our nation and our people. we came together to pass the most significant law ever helping victims exposed to toxic burn pits. and in fact the president of course was expected to highlight the economy and he did touting low unemployment and easing inflation. he also pushed again for minimum tax rates for billionaires and corporations. i m a capitalist. but pay your fair share. i think a lot of you at home, a lot of you at home agree with me and many people that you know, the tax system is not fair. it is not fair.
members of congress in front of him that just because congress is divided now for the next two years doesn t mean that democrats and republicans can t continue to work together. take a listen. i don t want to ruin your reputation, but i look forward to working with you. you know, we are often told that democrats and republicans can t work together, but over the past two years we have proved the cynics and naysayers wrong. we came together to defend a stronger and safer europe. you came together to pass one in a generation once in a generation infrastructure law building bridges, connecting our nation and our people. we came together to pass the most significant law ever, helping victims exposed to toxic burn pits. and, in fact [ applause ] reporter: and we ve talked about how the state of the union speech last night would be sort of a soft launch and a preview of the president s eventual reelection campaign message and