i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. we re hours away from president biden s state of the union address tonight, his first to a divided congress. instead of nancy pelosi over the president s left shoulder, it will be speaker kevin mccarthy. the speech is expected to draw the largest television audience for the president this year. americans will hear biden lay out why he believes the state of the union is strong as he said last week. he s expected to talk about lowering inflation, improving infrastructure and getting past the worst of the pandemic. he s also expected to talk about america s stand against china. of course just days after an american fighter jet shot down one of its supply balloons. the president will likely increase the urgency for congress to act on policing reform and an adult weapons band. all of it will be a test run for his re-election bid. phil mattingly is with us now. what more should we expect from the president tonight? you know, vict
moment. that is it for us this afternoon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. the state of our union is the lead is starting right now. president big tonit s address before a died congress and country to tout his accomplishments. and perhaps lay out his case for another term. but how might his message land with the american people who according to polls disapprove of the job he s doing. rare cries of joy as a little girl and her younger sibling are pulled from the rubble alive. a small bit of good news amid the growing death and destruction from the earthquake in turkey and syria. the death toll now soaring to more than 7,200 people. then, if you ve flown in the past few weeks, you know the skies are not very friendly. cancel takeoff clearance. delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance. an i-team meltdown, one airline grounded during the holidays, two runway near misses, now lawmakers want answers. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper on capitol hill
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you need to take time, ingest it and take a deep breath and use reason and logic to come to a conclusion about what happened and how we can fix it. what happened in memphis is a disgrace. based on the feedback i received from my hundreds of friend in law enforcement i work with and met after i left, they are as disgusted if not more disgusted than anyone else about this incident. because they personally do this every day. now what they do, putting their asses on the line every day, their image is tarnished forever and they know it. and they had nothing to do with it, a lot of those good men out there. i looked at these videos multiple angles and multiple times. as a former police officer myself. i worked in brooklyn. we had everything from kidnapping to drug dealing to murder. anybody in the nypd between the 75 in brooklyn and upper manhattan, those were the busiest precincts around. busy when you are a police officer means bad. you are not responding to birthday parties to c
you need to take time, ingest it and take a deep breath and use reason and logic to come to a conclusion about what happened and how we can fix it. what happened in memphis is a disgrace. based on the feedback i received from my hundreds of friend in law enforcement i work with and met after i left, they are as disgusted if not more disgusted than anyone else about this incident. because they personally do this every day. now what they do, putting their asses on the line every day, their image is tarnished forever and they know it. and they had nothing to do with it, a lot of those good men out there. i looked at these videos multiple angles and multiple times. as a former police officer myself. i worked in brooklyn. we had everything from kidnapping to drug dealing to murder. anybody in the nypd between the 75 in brooklyn and upper manhattan, those were the busiest precincts around. busy when you are a police officer means bad. you are not responding to birthday parties t