Now on cnn this morning one america gets knocked down, we get back up President Biden, rising to the occasion the burning a fiery state of the Union Address. Did he do what it needed to do to convince voters that hes fit for a second term and President Biden just doesnt get it republicans responding to the state of the Union Address painting a dark picture of america under the leadership of President Biden and the clock is ticking on tiktok, a bill that could lead to the app being effectively banned in the us is gaining traction in the house after a move by ticket talk, well tell you about it is 05 00 a. M. Here here in washington. A live look at the white house, the Washington Monument behind clearly theres still sleeping it off after last night. Good morning to all of you. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. President biden was fiery and focused on Fighting Donald Trump last night, one of the most political state of the Union Addresses weve heard in recent memory hiS Performance sharpened by the incredibly high stakes of a historically pivotal Election Year adding to the energy the president s frequent freewheeling exchanges with republicans on the floor republicans can cut Social Security and give more tax breaks to the wealthy i thats the proposal you guys dont want another 2,000,000,000,000 tax cut. Oh, you dont like that bill . That conservatives got together and said was a good bill ill be darned. Thats amazing bidens approach was a clear response to widespread concern as voters tell us in polls that he is too old for another term. He also tried to parry that with a couple of selfdeprecating jokes i know you dont wanna hear you more, lindsey, but i got say a few more things i know it may not look like if ive been around awhile when you get to be certain things become clearer than ever now, the president was clearly focused on donald trump, but he never said his name. He warned that his opponent poses a serious threat to democracy how mark predecessor predecessor, a former republican president , tells putin, quote, do whatever the hell you want. My predecessor on some of you here, seek to bury the truth about january 6. Many of you in this chamber hi, my predecessor, a promising to pass a national ban on reproductive freedom. All right, lets bring in axios political reporter Stef Kight To Kick us off. Steph. Good morning. Thank you so much for being here. Good morning. Lets talk a little bit about how this speech was received, because i gotta tell you, the democrats i talked to were absolutely a static with how it went. They said to me, this is exactly what the base good to hear. Republicans. I have to say their initial reaction was like, okay, were not getting the guy that we thought would play into all the things weve said about President Biden. But they also by the end, were criticizing how divisive they said the speech was. What were your takeaways and whats your latest reporting . I mean, weve been hearing similar things. Democrats really felt that but this was a Strong Performance from biden and it was in a moment that biden needed a Strong Performance. They wanted to see biden feisty. They wanted to see him ready to fight. They wanted to see him energetic and we got all of those things. Last night, we saw a repeat from last year where he engaged with hecklers throughout the evening and that was really something democrats wanted to see. This was a speech that really was geared toward motivating the Democratic Base, reminding people that biden is the best option for them as we move towards november and drawing that comparison with trump, of course, republicans are always going to find something, something to criticize. But the fact that they really have focused on the divisiveness of the speech is interesting that that was really all they had to go on. It is pretty interesting. What do you think biden did last night to appeal, if anything, to the independent voters that hes going to need to win the election. People whove been voting for nikki haley, you know, one issue that i thought was really important for biden to address was immigration. Weve seen time and time again that that is one of his worst issues and the pole polls thats an issue that more and more americans are hearing about. We see so many polls indicate that americans view immigration as one of their top two priorities going into november is an issue biden has not wanted to talk about for years. Now. Hes not wanting to address the border and we saw him actually go on offense and i pause you for second on that actually, because one of the interesting moment last night was of course, Marjorie Taylor greene put on a make America Great again, hat and handed biden a button, which she took and which suddenly became an impromptu moment in the speech that we can show you. Watch what President Biden had to say last night about laken riley . Mike laken riley. An innocent young woman who was killed why . Im illegal . Thats right. But how many thousands of people being killed by legal to her parents, i say my heart goes out to you, having lost children myself i understand a pretty. Stunning moment, especially the fact that he used the word illegal, which most democrats dont use anymore is true, and that phrase and illegal is certainly something that is upset some democrats. I heard from one democratic lawmaker who said, you know, thats not the term that i prefer to use that sure. Maybe its in in us code that term thats not they prefer to use. There has been blowback to that phrase, but his willingness to engage with Marjorie Taylor greene in some sense, green actually handed him one of his most iconic moments of the night. Its something were talking about now and people will be talking about moving forward and again on this issue that has been so tricky for democrats to navigate and to see the president not shy away from the issue two of immigration and the border, not just let former President Trump take that issue as his marquee issue, but a see him actually go on offense and punt this back to congress and say, look, we came up with a bipartisan border deal. Where are you on this yeah, i wonder you a little bit of how republican senator mitt romney reacted to the speech we heard biden column of him, amanda integrity as he was on his way down to the de as swatch romney i think the state of the Union Address has become more and more political and other chance going out of the chamber the president obviously making a very strong on political pitch. And i would rather go back to having a actual address at a doctrine about the state of the union, but he pass the first test, which is a shouting get up there and speak a lot of energy and im sure he feels good about it really interesting to hear an outgoing republican senator say, well, he passed the first test, you know, he showed up, he didnt screw it up. I hit a little bit of Light Criticism form. What do you make of that . I mean, i think his comments about the political nature of the speeches interesting and very in line with romneys whole, whole thing. Recently. And its right. I mean, it was certainly a political speech to count the number of times that biden reference his predecessor. Think it was more than a dozen times throughout the speech, he was clearly drawing lines between himself and the former president quoted trump on multiple occasions. You know, this was certainly this was a speech that was all about 20 24, november election. And he even referenced specifically the 2024 November election in the context of Reproductive Rights. So theres certainly a political undertone here. And, but romney had a good point. This was all about showing that biden is fit for office, that he has energy to push back on some of those concerns around age and he did that are cleared, or its stef kight of axios stef, thanks so much, great to have you here. Thanks for having motion. I really appreciate it. All right. 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Theres also as a fundamental responsibility though to protect innocent civilians in Gaza The War In gaza played a pivotal role in the president s state of the Union Address last night, he announced the us military will begin establishing an aide port in gaza that could receive large shipments of critically needed food and medical supplies and in some of his most forceful remarks about the humanitarian crisis since the war began. Biden sent a message to jerusalem leadership israel, i say this humanitarian assistance cannot be a secondary consideration. More Bargaining Chip Protecting and saving innocent lives has to be priority as we look to the future. The only real solution to the situation is a twostate solution over time Cnn International anchor max foster ill start joins me now, live from london. Max. Good morning honestly, im really interested in your big Picture Takeaways before we talk specifically about this gaza port, i mean, how did you see by the state of the Union Address from your vantage point, how is this going to be received overseas . I felt it was really interesting that the very first thing the President Biden talked about was that freedom was at stake at home and abroad. And that his predecessor, as he kept referring to him was going to threaten nato. They sat the swedish Prime Minister in the first ladys box clearly that was a very strong message that they wanted to send yeah. I think im on israel basically was calling for change in strategy, wasnt he . He has been working towards this for some time. A very clear probably the clearest point yet in front of the biggest audience that israel needs to change strategy perhaps uncomfortable for netanyahu. The two Main Elements of it you saw in that soundbite get more aid into gaza. The other one is a twostate solution. I think that his government are quite probably, i dont know. Well have to wait to see how they respond properly to this. But theyll probably be comfortable with the idea Of A Port Being built by American In Gaza to get aid in if they want to pay for it and they want to bring the aid in, then it perhaps take some pressure off the israelis to get aid in on the twostate solution thats a really difficult one because netanyahu is is not looking to that. And its very clear from biden thats exactly what he wants a change in strategy in israel will be awkward for many in israel, particularly netanyahu. But there are those in israel who would consider perhaps a twostate solution. So hes really looking for them to take more control yeah. I mean max, this issue is obviously im incredibly difficult one for President Biden here at home. I mean, this was this was the first state of the union where ive seen streets. Theyre trying to block the motorcade route. Thousands of people waving palestinian flags, talking about the people of gaza. Ilhan omar, the republican all right, excuse me, democratic congresswoman on the far left of that caucus, holding a sign on the floor saying stopped ending bombs. This is something that is really, really difficult for the president. And of course, there is this interaction with netanyahu that is on the american political clock right . I mean, if this war is still going, when we get to november 5th, here in the United States, there is a very real chance that that could very negatively impact President Bidens chances. How do you think thats all playing into how netanyahu is thinking about them what the things when they say it stopped sending bombs, i think what theyre referring to is the fact that obviously america gives millions of dollars a year to israel in aid already tens of millions, tens of billions more potentially on their way two israel to support them with this war against hamas. So whatever bidens words, hes not talking about reducing any of that aid and supporting the war. And thats what many on the left would like to se