Responding that trump is quote, thirsty for attention. And the agonizing choice to leave your home state to terminate a wanted pregnancy. A mother put in that position because of texas so this Abortion Laws will be in the first ladys box at the state of the Union Tonight, but first, kate cox is my guest here this hour. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and Inside Politics first every moment matters, every word, every step, every pause, every reaction for an 81 yearold president who wants four more years in the oval office. It all matters big time. And Joe Biden May never have had a moment like this before and may not again in the next several months, at least. Tonights State Of The Union is likely the largest audience the president will have between now and the voter. When the voters go to the polls in november, Cnns Kevin Liptak is covering all of the preparations from the white house whats kevin . I want to start with some new reporting on a very thorny Foreign Policy issue. Yes, certainly this has been the topic that is consumed to the president s time over the last several months. And we do understand that in his state of the Union Tonight, President Biden plans to make a new announcement when it comes to getting humanitarian aid into gaza. Here we will announce that he is directing the us military to undertake an Emergency Mission to construct a port along the mediterranean coast in gaza to allow for the flow of humanitarian aid into the strip. There, likening this to a temporary pier, it will involve aid thats routed through cyprus on major ships to this pier and into gaza. And they say this will increase the capacity for aid by hundreds of trucks per day. And very importantly, they stayed this will not involve us boots on the ground. That is something that President Biden this made very clear that hes not willing to do. They say they are able to construct this port from offshore. And so certainly an important moment of the, for the humanitarian aid, but also politically for President Biden, as he is confronting this thorny crisis. So that will be a major announcement, but i think the real centerpiece of this speech tonight will be this focus on economic populism. President biden calling for higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations going after corporate greed. Talking about lowering costs for health care. Certainly this is not a new playbook for democratic president s running for reelection, but certainly President Biden wants to make clear the contrast with republicans and the former president donald trump. Hell also talk about protecting freedoms at home and abroad, including calling on the restoration of Abortion Rights nationwide, talking about the ivf issue in the first ladys box will see people affected by that issue. Interesting, well also see the Prime Minister of sweden thats the newest member of nato, President Biden. Certainly well talk about his commitment to the Defense Alliance to ukraine, all with the eye of providing this contrast with trump. And certainly those are the main topics hell talk about. Obviously the performance will be a main issue for the president as well. As he looks to combat that issues on age and fitness. Thats why hes been rehearsing over the last several days. Certainly a major moment for the president tonight no question. And i should just add to your Great Reporting, kevin, at that an official Biden Administration official adds that he is going to address the war and a quote, very meeting thankful. Tonight. Kevin. Thank you so much for that as he was just laying out the president and certainly the candidate part of his job tonight means it needs to make a very good impression. I want you to just look at this chart. You can see how the president standing with the American People has changed since his first address to congress. That happened soon after he took office, his Approval Ratings are hovering around the lowest of his presidency. I want to bring in my political panel, cnns david chalian, cnns priscilla alvarez, and carl hulse of the new york times. I want to start where kevin started, david. And i want you to talk about sort of The Big Picture in the moment, but specifically about this decision to make a very big Policy Announcement when it comes to first and foremost, what is needed, which is humanitarian aid. In the world. But what is needed for him . Personally politically, which is a nod to people in his party who are saying do something, do more. Well, lets put this in context with President Biden has basically not been able to go give a speech anywhere over the course of the last several months without being shouted down by protesters demanding calls for a ceasefire fire, demanding calls for more humanitarian aid. This is something that has bedeviled the president , the Vice President you just see it time and time again. So does getting ahead of this a bit apart from the political piece of it in terms of the electoral politics getting, ahead of this, putting this out, there could have been a moment and maybe theres still will be well see tonight with him at the rostrum in the well of the house. You could have had members of congress, a Rashida Tlaib or what have you sort of embody what all those protesters have been doing to the president as hes been out on the trail, even in fundraisers, this has been happening and so this now is trying, i think to sort of be a release valve, a bit of that built up political pressure on this specific issue to give a bit of a Policy Victory to that side of the equation in hopes of, i think bringing down the temperature of this moment in the speech jeff zients, the white house chief staff, doesnt do a lot of interviews, but he did one for with politico this morning and he said the following. He said states of the union or big moments. You could argue that this is a particularly big moment and i think theres no one better at handling high stakes then President Biden, youre going to see a very energized president. This is a big moment and the president rises to those big moments. I think what hes trying to say is this is a big moment have just spit balling here what do you hearing from your sources . Well, its not just about the substance. Right . Its also about the delivery because a lot of what were seeing in the polls is concern about the president s age and his acuity and whether he can have carry on a second term. So it is going to be focused on that as well. But in terms of the substance, i mean, this announcement is significant because there are two things happening at once here. Its not just the administration announcing that theyre scaling up. There also tweaking their rhetoric a little bit. Remember there was a time where we talked about humanitarian pauses. Now, the president will go on to say temporary ceasefire. The Vice President , also, for a ceasefire. Yes. The Vice President doing exactly that. And Salma On Sunday and talking about the hi or situation in gaza, talking about women, children starving. So there has been shifts here that i think are going to be reflected in his remarks to acknowledge that what voters are feeling and what theyre seeing. And that is what i am hearing from my sources. If that is what the president has to do, its also not just talking about what hes accomplished and what his vision is, but understanding the frustration that some voters still have been about the costs every day, the Kitchen Table issues that concerns about the us mexico border, and playing those into his speech. So lets just pick up on the substance, which is very important. Look at what he is going to talk about. Were told hold a betty has done and then what he will do first, what he has done, the accomplishments that they get frustrated, that they dont feel like are penetrating into the electorate. Affordability strike force to crack down on unfair pricing to 20 billion reduction in junk fees. Affordable Student Loan Repayment plan for giving 138 billion in Student Loans for 3. 9 Million People reducing drug prices and so forth. And then when you look prospectively, flash Campaign Promises its all about populism and the idea of punishing corporations, helping the working person raising the Corporate Tax rate 28 , raising corporate minimum tax, 21 , raising minimum income tax for billionaires, 25 increase medicare taxes for wealthy carl house, you know, the mood on capitol hill better than most members of congress i mean, im not suggesting that he thinks that this is going to all pass tomorrow and that this is this is his platform, but is there any desire for funding the government but youre going to do a lot of other things. Its a bit and lapping, its a bit of a pipe. Yeah. I mean, you mentioned kitchen people. This is like the kitchen sink, right . Were going to do all this stuff that were probably not going to do and, Policy Announcements are great and State Of The Union, no one really remembers. Im very long but what theyre going to remember from tonight is how joe biden performance. This is one of, one of the State Of The Unions where i think people are going to focus on it and see see how he does. Thats pretty good setting for biden. Hes very familiar with it as both a senator and a person who, who sat there as Vice President , i think that the republicans will try and rattle them and but the rattling by the republicans was the best thing about his performance in last years State Of The Union when he got it did you staying with them . Joe biden knows how to counter this kind of thing, but i do think he really needs to step up. But according to the Chief Of Staff there, they know that this time they know that theyre well aware. Lets acknowledge what the cheapest f is also doing. Yeah, raising the stakes and leaning into it in describing what a big moment to say isnt that he needs to deliver and what have you if joe biden doesnt trip on the steps on his way up and gets through the speech. Hes going to meet the bar of like, of what people are doing in terms of expectations here. So i dont i think that the performance is obviously key Given Everything are saying, but i think we are will probably buying into this notion that somehow does you said its a very comfortable setting for impedance, shouldnt be able to deliver us minus nine problem, agree . But its also obviously not just about this speech, its about the cumulative effect of the feeling of not just apparently some voters, but the people who are in the Chattering Class and people who are Writing Checks are colleague isaac dovere has some Great Reporting this morning, talking about what he is hearing from democratic officials. He says two dozen top democratic officials operatives who spoke to cnn said theyre tired of reading that the president is cursing about donald trump and israeli Prime Minister netanyahu Behind Closed Doors of the oval office or Hearing Reports that he told donors that Vladimir Putin as a crazy sob and that maga republicans are worse than segregationist. They want to see that passion and fire out in public as assurances that the president behind the scenes demeanor doesnt match the Public Perception of the 81 yearold commander in chief wearing thin. Well that is where yes, this is a very structured setting. The remarks, but its the off scripted moments. And that is exactly what the democratic strategists and officials and lawmakers want to see more of and he did exactly that last year with social security. He then followed that up by going to tampa and basically taking aim at rick scotts plan. And those are the moments that people obviously, people are looking for, but that he also does well in, i mean, he plays that to his advantage in those moments and it speaks again to whether he can can carry the second term like voters want to see. But this is a place where he can package everything that may and other white house reporters see on the trail in one place, but then also play off what the republican lawmakers, if they go after him and this may be remembered as the Abortion RightsState Of The Union two and with ivf fbi i mean democrats are really, really pushing that today. Theres a bunch of events leading into this. They see this as a really, really big winner for them in the electric and maybe the issue that could be decisive for biden as hes trailing. Okay, up next, because of course he is donald trump promises a quote, live playbyplay during the state of the Union Tonight. 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