address, president biden is expected to present a picture of a nation on the rebound making solid progress, especially in regards to the u.s. economy. republicans will portray the president as largely failing. and they have a boat load of new poll numbers to back them up. perhaps, most striking of all those polls, results showing a majority of americans and most democrats do not want president biden to run for re-election. and after the spy balloon journey across the country and increasing aggressive actions around the world, china is expected to be a major topic tonight as well. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. this speech is widely seen as an anchor to president biden s 2024 announcement. but, looming over it is the fallout from his handling of the chinese spy balloon exposing division within his own party and doubts about his job in office. hours before his speech, the pent
mirage. in biden s world, inflation is not at a four-decade high and 64% of americans are not living paycheck to paycheck. democrats are already cheering on the con job, chuck schumer s wetting himself with excitement. i think the president will do a very good job at selling the accomplishment. from what i hear there are like 40 million people to watch. it s not the super bowl but a heck of a lot of people. jesse: and general psaki thinks her old boss can seal the deal. people will get big, progressive, bold joe biden. he s done a lot of stuff, accomplished a lot of stuff, and nobody really knows about all those things. they can t make the speech about that, they know that. you can t do a list of all the things you ve done. people will tune out. they don t want to know about data. he needs to tell a story. joe biden is an amazing story teller. you sit in the oval office and karine can tell you and he can story tell for six hours. he needs to do that in the speech tonight
january 6th. dana: at least i didn t use a comb and check out this. go ahead. jesse: harold, were you witnessing this? dana: i actually i can t believe i got outed in the commercial break. jesse: you can t tell greg anything. dana: in the green room. commercial break. be a part of the table. jess that s it for us. good night. special report is up next with bret. bret: i don t think dana is a creepy salad either. i really don t. thanks, jesse. good evening, welcome to washington. a big night here. i m bret baier. the death toll skyrockets following the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. we will bring you there live. chief border patrol agents tell their story on capitol hill as house republicans look into the immigration crisis. you will want to hear that we talk live with west virginia democratic senator joe manchin with breaking news on negotiations. bret: but, first, breaking tonight. in his state of the union