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,
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