So much. The news continues right here on cnn its thursday, march 7, right now on cnn this morning, joe biden, just hours from delivering a state of the Union Address that could help propel him to a second term or possibly put his Reelection Campaign in jeopardy. Plus donald trump challenging the president to a debate and signaling his second term in the white house could be even more chaotic and district corruptive than the first and alabamas governor signing an ivf protection bill into law. But access to fertility treatments still remains at risk. All right its 05 00 a. M. Here in washington. Thats a live look at jefferson memorial, looks beautiful at this time of day. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Wonderful to be with you this morning. This morning, President Biden and white house aides will put the finishing touches on his state of the Union Address. This is a White House Photo from earlier this week of him working on the speech. Its likely to be among the most consequential of bidens presidency. Or it could be. He is certain to highlight his claimed successes on the economy. And warned of the dangers of another trump term but more important, the address is a chance for biden to demonstrate the fight and fire democrats say that he shows in private in a chance for americans to judge for themselves, live and unedited, whether the president does have what it takes to lead for another four years. Joining me here is cnn senior white house producer, betsy klein. Betsy, good morning to you. Thanks so much for being here. Youve got a long day. So appreciate you. Started out with us theres the stakes are very high here for President Biden. How is he preparing for this speech and how, how did the aids look at these questions . We see it in all the polling about concerns about the president s age, hiS Performance, as much as the content of that speech is going to be on display tonight. And hell be judged for it. Yeah. I mean, this is a really critical moment for President Biden for the white house and for his campaign. We know that he has been wracked by poor polling questions about stamina, his age. And this is really an opportunity he is going to have an audience tonight to directly make his case for a second term as this general election is coming into view, really lay out the stakes, the issue theres some of those accomplishments that hes had trouble breaking through so far so betsy, one of the things that often tells us about the priorities of the speech or the guests that the white house chooses to invite. What do we know about the themes of the speech, and how are they being backed up by people that are going to be in the audience tonight. Yeah. So like you mentioned, the first ladys guest guests, her box at the State Of The Union in really show us a blueprint for what the president is going to talk about those issues. One of them that is really coming into focus. Were getting new details this morning on who will be with her. Were getting information about kate cox, that texas mother of two, who is one of going when biden makes that case for abortion rights, reproductive active rights, she is that texas mother of two who had to leave her state to seek an abortion. There is also an alabama mother who was in the process of ivf when that state halted its ivf. And were also going to hear about student loan debt. There is a teacher from minnesota whos going to help biden make that case on student loan debt, popular issue and on, democracy, one of the really interesting things happening today is that sweden becomes the 32nd member of nato and President Biden will host the Prime Minister of sweden tonight as he seeks to draw that contrast with trump, who has really railed against nato in the past, right . I mean, its, its quite something that they have to invite a representative of a soon to be nato country to contrast with someone in an american election, right . Were not even talking about what that message that would send to people overseas. Betsy, how would you say one of the things weve heard a lot about in the last 24 hours or those nikki haley voters who ultimately right there, a lot of a lot of more independence there or if disaffected republicans, some of them are moderate democrats who honestly are likely to decide the election at the end of the day how do you think the president is going to speak to those voters tonight well, i think its really interesting that he is certainly trying to make his case here. That is evident yesterday when he offered that olive branch to her supporters, saying in a statement, there is a home for them with his campaign. Hes making that case on foreign policy, pointing to nato Democracy Support for ukraine, places where they feel like they can win over some of those moderate voters and also issues like abortion and Kitchen Table issues like efforts to slash junk fees, lower the cost of Prescription Drugs and health care all, betsy klein starting us off. Betsy, thank you very much. Good luck tonight. Thank all right. Former President Trump does want to try and you guessed it control some of the spotlight during bidens State Of The Union, he posted on truth social that he plans to do a live play by play during the address. And writes, quote, i will correct and Rapid Response any and all inaccurate statements especially pertaining to the border and is weaponization of the doj that should be something to see. All right. Eugene scott, Senior Politics reporter at axios joins me now, live with more on this. Eugenes great to see you. Thank you so much for being here. Honestly, this sounds like staff work fine. Him so okay. Thats pretty much par for the course. Its rainy State Of The Union and president ial year, if you havent opposing campaign, what do you think were going to see from him tonight . You think its going to showcase the discipline is campaign wants or are we going to get the trump that lets the Biden Campaign make the argument that more trump would be more chaos. Well, i think he might start off pretty disciplined. I mean, that is the direction in which his campaign wants him to go. So thats very possible. The challenge for the former president consistently is staying disciplined right . We have had these stops, these starts and stops before. If hes going to be able to continue that throughout the speech, especially if biden is hitting him hard in areas in which hes very sensitive about. Ill be surprised if he he maintains restraint. What do you think is the line for President Biden in terms of i mean, these speeches obviously our political, but there also is a difference between being the president of the United States and being a candidate, right . Right. And this is something hes going to be doing in his role as president for all americans, as opposed to in his role as someone who is running against donald trump. Obviously, its all tied together, but where do you think the white house is drawing that line . I think its going to be very important for him to spin as much time, if not more communicating what he hasnt done opposed to highlighting the fears and anxieties that he thinks people should have if trump were to return to the oval office, its also important than line that he was pretty hey, good at like treading when he ran in 2020 is attacking trump, not attacking trump supporters. Thats something that people running against trump in the past have really struggled with. And thats because biden needs the supporters. He needed them in 2020. He needs them now eugene, what will you be watching tonight in terms of the president S Performance . I, think one of the challenges for people obviously is a lot of people think the president s age is a problem and you shouldnt, you know, hes not up to this do you think this is a situation where people are expecting the worst . And so seeing Something Better than it is going to be good for them . Or is this a situation where theyre going to see something that they didnt expect. And this issue potentially gets worse for the president. When i think about the voters who are really concerned about his age, i think theyre going to be focused on whether or not he actually is as old as they think he is. And if he is actually performing in a way thats better than they fear, you know, he hits responded recently in a few weeks, weve seen latenight interviews where he said, you know what, i am not, where you all think i am. And so i think the pushback on some of these voters has led some of them to say, maybe im wrong, let all i love them, maybe not even most of them, but i think enough of them will be open to seeing if he can deliver Something Different from what they fear. Yeah. Right. Eugene scott of axios, eugene. Thank you very much for being with us this morning. I really appreciate it. All right. Coming up, congressman pat ryan from new york joins us live what he thinks President Biden has to do during tonights State Of The Union, its view from a Swing District plus the threat of genocide in haiti, how the us is trying to bring an end to violence there. And here we go again, Congress Racing against the clock to head off another government the shutdown vegas story. Of sin city next sunday at ten on cnn with so many choices on booking. Com, there are so many tina feys. I could be hired body doubles to help me out splurging. Tina loves a hotel near road day. 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One gang leader calls it a direct challenge to the unpopular henry cnns max foster joins us now, live from london. Max, can you explain what is going on in haiti . I mean, this explosion of violence against the government has really threatened the foundations of it all. What do we know were all complete lawlessness. And whats unusual here, this isnt an Opposition Group rising up. This is gangs taking control of the country tree, loss of Prime Minister was out of it. These are gangs that dealing drugs and arms. Thats how they operate. The Prime Minister left the country and theyre effectively not allowing him back in by threatening to take over the airport so, we dont know where he is. He cant get into the country. But there is a political message here. So barbecue, whos the most prominent gang leader, talked yesterday about how he wants elections because that might reflect what, a lot of the public feels here, because henry came into power twoandahalf years ago without an election, he promised an election. It hasnt happened yet. So what theyre talking about is free and fair elections, but its not entirely clear what barbecue wants after all of this, he has suggested in the past a group of elders, for example but really this is Gang Violence out of control. And then this political message being folded in and the International Community really calling on the Prime Minister to speed up this transition because its not operating as democracy right now. Max, what do we know about the International Community and what theyre doing about the security here. I mean, is there any hope from the outside for the institute, a civil institutions that exist to the extent they still exist in haiti when it wasnt kenya earlier last year. And there were big discussions there about setting up a Un Peacekeeping police force effectively to go into haiti to take back control to support the legal system there and the Enforcement System and thats what the Prime Minister thats one of the Prime Minister left the country to sign that deal in kenya, which is when all of this really kicked off. What the gang leaders are saying is that this isnt to support civil society, its literally just two the Prime Minister will use that Security Force to protect his position in power and continue without elections so now were seeing america speaking up on this slightly yesterday, not leaning into it too much, but certainly i think were going to see other countries. China put some sort of system together to try to bring back order to haiti because its absolute chaos. The Police Stations are being rated, the banks are being rated. No ones in control of people are leaving capital and theyre trying to find safety outside yeah, just a very, very dire situation and clear that the us doesnt want to involve its own Security Forces, not pressuring henry to step down, but saying they do want him to move forward with something that will transition things there. All right. Max foster for us in london, max, always wonderful to have you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. See all right. Up next the city of uvalde about to release its own report on the Police Response to the mass shoot