Now cnn news central. Today its thursday, march 7, right now on cnn this morning, President Biden preparing his State Of The Union speech. Its a highstakes moment in his rematch with donald trump. Plus alabamas governor is signing an ivf protection bill. Critics say it might not go far enough and someone died. I mean youve got to take responsibility a juror or explains why he found the Rust Movie Set Armorer Guilty after alec baldwin was given a gun with live rounds in it all right. 06 00 a. M. Here in washington. A live look at capitol hill, the scene of all the action tonight for the president s state of the Union Address. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you here. Dame, on the rematch that most americans dont want officially kicks off tonight when joe biden delivers a state of the Union Address that could set them up for four more years or make his road to reelection tougher he is expected to highlight the accomplishments of his first term while warning the country about the existential threat to the nation that he believes donald trump presents. The President S Challenge convincing voters who are concerned about his age and stamina that hes fit for another term. Trump fresh off a nearsweep on Super Tuesday that forced Nikki Haley Out of the race is challenging the president to a debate and vowing to deliver a running play by play on social media during the state of the Union Address. Lets bring in our panel on this important morning, democratic congressman pat ryan of new york is here. Sarah longwell, republican Strategist Executive Director of the republican Accountability Project and former abc News White House correspondent, and compton joins us and im so honored to have you here. Thank you so much. Ill see you again. Lets just start with The Big Picture here. You have covered. I understand. Save unions back to gerald ford. I started doing the majority w bushs administration i think youve got the table over all of us in terms of having seen it all how consequential do you think this speech is for President Biden considering the stakes of the 2024 election. There, theyre always important. Theyre important for the country to hear, but they dont really rock our world. I really do think the best year fears for State Of The Union. Our president ial election years because youre not only have a president incumbent up there, but youve got a candidate who really has to woo the American Voters and say, hey, im your guy trust me, i got this. And that thats the takeaway that he wants most of the most of the public but to be able to get from that, yeah, of course. Lets play a little bit. We showed we showed some of this little earlier, but i want to show it again because the thing that weve been reporting here that are reporters at cnn are hearing is that democrats really want more fire from President Biden, right . They want more of that passion that people say that they see in private. But it doesnt seem to make its way out in public as much they think it could counteract some of these concerns about his age. There was a moment at the State Of The Union last year that showed what, what, what we understood to be an offthecuff reaction by President Biden where he really came out on the top of that interaction. Watch this some republicans want medicare and Social Security sunset. Im not saying its a Majority Contact my office. Ill give you a copy. Ill give you a copy of the proposal so that of course Marjorie Taylor greene, congressman, standing up now, the leadership at the time urged them not to do this republican leadership. Theyve apparently urged them not to do this again this year, you were on you were in the audience for that. What do you expect from republicans tonight and how does that play into what President Biden is trying to accomplish . I wish i could say i expected civility, but i think my colleagues, i mean, the farright has taken over the Republican Party, certainly in the house. And not only are they wrong on policy, not only are they divisive and dangerous, theyre just rude. And i think the American People respond. The American People see that. And when the president hauled them on that, both the style but also the substance and said we and i are going to fight to protect Social Security and medicare. And youve got the plan on paper to sunset it and privatized it when he called them on that that was an important moment and i think well see more of that and that contrast is so stark between the Republican Party of today, who wants to take away our critical rights and freedoms and make it harder for folks to afford live in america right now, Sarah Longwell and you talked to voters all the time about what theyre looking for. And obviously theres the content of the speech that we were just talking about, the policies. But theres also the performance aspect and for joe biden that may be the thing that matters the most what do you hear from voters about what the risks are, what theyre looking for from him. And the balance of do they expect him to be bad and itll be better if its good or do they expect it to be good . And if hes bad, thats bad. No, no, no. Heres where they are. Right. So that republicans have done one thing that i think is a little bit but a mistake which is that they have set the bar at dementia, right . They tell their voters that joe biden has dementia, and so he can clear a dementia bar. And thats probably a win. And even better if he does what he did last time. Like, i understand why democrats are saying you need to have a fiery speech. I think the stakes are enormous for him this time, because the age is such a concern and that is left, right, and center. Right. Age is a concern across the board they just need to know this guy is with it. He can fight, he can still he can still do the job. And i think republicans have done him a bit of a service by setting that bar so low. So he just really needs declared what the performance is way more important than the substance because people hello or not that some in the far left, but swing voters arent as mad at him on the substance. Theyre worried about whether or not he can do the job. And i mean, what do you see in terms of the stakes for his performance . So they higher than they typically are for president giving this address. There are different in kind of this year, you have two incumbents we have two president s who were going to be meeting again in the rematch. And vice President Biden has been through this before and he knows those reactions and he opted be prepared to again, bring on that. Im the guy you can trust and i would assume hes hes hes prepared for that. But this kind of antagonism in the house and the typical quires of applause and booing and everything. Its been around for awhile and i think americans are really kind of tired of it do you agree . I dont know about that. I think i think weve hit a different moment in politics where i here now you certainly heard it from republicans for a long time. They wanted a fighter, they chose donald trump because he went hard and mixed it up and went after their enemies. And now i hear from democrats all the time theyre like what they get frustrated with. Joe biden is that they feel like hes not enough of a fighter. These not out there enough taking swings and so i saw reports the other day that biden said his strategy is to go for the jugular on trump. And i think thats the right thing to do offense. They need to go on offense now, what do you think is made you agree . I think folks are frustrated and worried and it is about being a fighter. But its who are you fighting for and what are you fighting for . I mean its so clear and so stark in a contrast, trump is just about himself. I mean, in every dimension about himself and about taking us backwards, President Biden and the party are about the American People reminding it is literally we the people. So why dont americans see it that way when the president s Approval Rating is it like historic lows . And hes losing in National Polls to donald trump granted some of those poles have flaws. But the Washington Post bowl, for example, in 2020, he was never losing to trump by a significant margin and hes got a tougher road this time. Why . No disrespect to the pollsters and all the experts. Ive been in a few tough races. Ive every single time the polls have been wrong in every single day are enough. Both of my tough races last year i was supposed to lose and i want and i think its the difference of do you talk to voters and real people on the ground, or do you get over . Overly focused on these numbers and polls that increasingly in todays communications were like dont work. I think one of present binds unique strands is he has this deep connection to real people. And when that comes through and when he talks about stories and when he talks about what is delivering, when he talks about why he thought the lower so then prices, for example, down to 35. And the stories of that back connects with people and i think we will see that again from him tonight. I want to show a little bit of one yesterday, nikki haley dropped out of the president ial race. She did not endorse donald trump, but she did talk about what she thinks donald trump needs to do if he wants to win the general election watch haley it is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it, who did not support him. And i hope he does that at its best. Politics is about bringing people into your cause not turning them away. So i mean that message does seem to me to speak to the people you talk about who might be tired of the instability on the floor of the house, right . The people that voted for nikki haley, who are saying, we dont want donald trump what could the president do tonight to try to win over those haley voters . Well, be more ecumenical, be a broader appeal, more to people who got just on party politics. But on what actually ought to happen. And when you look in the gallery tonight, mrs. Mrs. Biden has dr. Biden has all of these people sitting around her, the woman who had to leave texas to get Ivf Procedure or abortion . Abortion. And theres an ivf woman as well who had to leave the state. So i think if he can try to appeal to everything except the diehard trump Trump Supporters and of course, trump when he did his last State Of The Union when he finished. That was pretty partisan. Speaker pelosi stood behind him and quietly took his advanced text and tort and a piece most partisan those moments make, make an evening when the last word, yeah, heres what joe biden should do. He she he put out a great statement yesterday where he said nikki, who haley voters, we want you, because right now that stands in stark contrast to donald trump, whos saying, i dont want you, youre permanently barred. Hey, did you like mitt romney with an i dont like you if hes going to play the politics of subtraction, joe biden should play the politics of addition and say, you are welcome in this tent. Fair enough. All right. Thank you. All stay with me, please. Gonna chat again in just a moment. Ahead, Deputy White House press secretary, Olivia Dalton joins me for an insider preview. The president s state of the Union Address. And a mysterious find off the coast of alaska. The pentagon trying to figure out if its a spy balloon plus this nearly three weeks since the state Supreme Court ruling that embryos are children alabama lawmakers pushed across the Finish Line A law to protect ivf clinics and patients. Ill break down how it works and where exactly it falls short. Were live from montgomery, alabama with that story. Next President Biden last State Of The Union before the 2024 election with challenges at home and abroad, can he make the case . 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If the Supreme Courts decision joining us now from alabama is cnns isabel rosalas isabelle. Thanks so much for being here. What does this bill accomplish . And what do critics say it doesnt . Kasie, good morning to you. Speed was clearly the priority for lawmakers here after that state Supreme Court ruling. She just sparked public outrage. This was a republican dominated legislature that push this bill across the finish line. And it was a republican governor that signed it into law. So lets dig into it. But what it does and does not do, this is a law designed to protect those who are receiving or providing ivf by offering them civil and criminal immunity. So this is very crucial because ivf clinics routinely dispose of frozen embryos that are nonviable or are unwanted this law applies immediately and it applies retroactively. So now lets go into what it doesnt do. It does not add