Sexy manatee and music back. Really big deal. Thanks, dana. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, President Biden is three hours away from what critics and supporters are calling one of the most important speeches of his political career. The incumbent president trying to fend off his predecessor and potential successor must prove to the American People he is not too old, too infirm or too out of touch on policies important to americans to justify a second term. He must also lay out a vision for a second term that his Campaign Hopes can prompt a reversal of his recent dismal poll numbers. The state of the Union Address can be seen right here live at 9 00 p. M. Eastern time. Were just now getting a sneak peek at a few elements of the president s speech. White house correspondent peter doocy starts us off with that live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter bret, this is going to be President Bidens balancing act tonight. Pitch a unity agenda tha
Im dana perino along with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr. , jesse watters, greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 in washington, d. C. , and New York City, and this is the five. All right, coming up, the big biden reset coming to a television near you. The commander in chief gearing up for the state of the Union Address tonight, tweeting out this image of him, reviewing his notes, which appeared to be short and choppy sentences, two at a time and in big bold fonts, but you should see our notes. The president aiming to rehab his image as someone who is fit for the highest office in the land and not an elderly man with a poor memory, as arrayed in a recent special counsel report. So with multiple crises at home and abroad, the president has a lot of convincing to do. Especially with a public who has lost faith in his ability to handle it all. Only 20 of americans say that they are extremely or very confident when it comes to his mental capacity for the presidency. This could be why he is consulting
hot button social issues, republican congressman nancy mace will join us with her take. but first correspondent matt finn with the latest hi matt. mike: the house voted to amend the annual defense spending bill by overturning policy that reimbursing service members for abortion-related expenses. the house also voted to ban transgender health services in the military. in a bitter debate republicans have been arguing in part that the abortion reis burstment is a piece of the democrats woke military agenda that republicans are trying to end. the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy says democrats are trying to change the course of history. and for decades in america, from the most proceed-life to the most pro choice person in congress they believed in the hide amendment and that is simply what it s saying. do not use taxpayer money on abortion. and the other part would be is, what they re looking at, should we allow wokism in our military. now democrats allege republicans a
the once-a-day oral contraceptive will be available with no prescription or age restrictions. officials have not yet provided a price or timeline. the secret service has now closed its investigation into white house. officials were not able to identify a suspect in the inquiry. norah: extreme weather from coast-to-coast. the area around chicago is cleaning up from a series of tornadoes that left a trail of damage. another near o hare international airport forced hundreds of people there to take shelter. there is no end in sight to a dangerous heat wave. please swim at your own risk. norah: beachgoers across the northeast warned to stay out of the water due to high levels of bacteria. with the changing climate, we are going to continue to see these types of closures. the union representing 160,000 hollywood actors announced they will be going on strike at midnight. if we don t stand tall right now, we are all going to be in trouble.
or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming. and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was till there still there. o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave will: good morning. welcome to fox & friends where we start with a fox news alert. the suspected gilgo beach serial killer pleading not guilt to six counts of murder yesterday. and long island authorities say they cracked the decade-old cold case thanks in part to dna from a pizza crust. pete: alexandria hoff joins us. reporter: good morning. there s some indication a few years back that the fbi had reenergized this investigation. 59-year-old architect rex hewerman had lived for all of those years about 25 minutes from where 11 sets of human remains were found on the long island beach parkway between 2010 and 2011. he has been charged in three of those murders in the death of