Acquit him. The president speaks soon. What do you expect . The big question tonight, the impeachment factor, will it come up in the president s address . The white house Spokesman Says he read the speech and did not see the word, impeachment, but he doesnt necessarily rule out the possibility that mr. Trump will allude to it in some way. Lets go to our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. Jim, the president may not necessarily talk about impeachment tonight. But we hear he was fuming about it earlier today. Reporter thats right, wolf. All day long aides have been saying President Trump is not expected to talk about his impeachment during tonights address. One official just told me a few moments ago it is, quote, unlikely, but the subject is clearly under the president s skin. An offtherecord lunch with network news anchors earlier today, an event cnn was barred from attending, the president went off on former National Security adviser john bolton and his upcoming book which is shedding a lot of light on the ukraine scandal. The president described bolton at one point as a turncoat. And ripped into his performance as National Security adviser saying he botched the administrations efforts to get a nuclear deal with north korea. Now, the president also said bolton could face, quote, criminal penalties if he goes ahead and publishes that book. Mr. Trump went on to say he doesnt, talking about bolton here, does not deserve the title of ambassador and should just feel lucky that he got to work at the trump white house. Clearly, wolf, the president is still frustrated with john bolton and, of course, as i mentioned, all of this was discussed at an offtherecord lunch with network news anchors earlier today. Cnn was not invited to that lunch. But were going to report on it. Wolf . All right, standby. Dana bash is up at statuary hall. Dana, it could be a little awkward tonight when the president of the United States meets with the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. What are you hearing . Reporter this whole thing is awkward. It takes awkward to a new level, wolf, because here we are in the United States capitol where everybody has been focused, particularly in the senate, on the impeachment trial the president of the United States and he is coming to this capitol in the middle of it before it is done. Thats the story line a. Story line b is the House Speaker. Hes going to be in her house tonight giving that speech. She confirmed to myself and to other Television Anchors and reporters who met with her and the Senate Democratic leader today, she confirmed she has not spoken to the president of the United States in about four months. Since october. Since that nowinfamous iconic meeting that she had with the president and many members of his National Security team about syria. You remember she got up, she walked out. She talked to him about about putin. He released the photo of her pointing at him. She took it, made it her profile pictur picture. It was that moment, that meeting, that was the last interaction the two of them have had, wolf. Dana, standby. Jake, this could be a combustible moment up there. You heard what you heard what jim acosta said. The president is fuming. You heard from dana right now, they havent spoken, pelosi and the president , what, since october. Yeah. No. Obviously, the situation is combustible. Although, we should point out a president giving a state of the Union Address after having been impeached but before the senate has acquitted him is not unprecedented. In 1999 bill clinton did exactly that. Now, obviously, there are quite a bit of differences between President Trump and president clinton. One of which, of course, is the fact that at this point in the clinton presidency, during the impeachment trial, he was apologizing. He was trying to convey to the nation that he was sorry for what he did. This is, of course, after months and months of lying about it, but at that point, he was saying he was sorry. President trump, conversely, is conveying the exact opposite. Not only is he not sorry, hes acting as if he did not do anything wrong. Even though some of the republican senators who tomorrow we anticipate will vote to acquit him, they are saying that they do think he did something wrong. Just not Something Worthy of removal from office. So what are you expecting tonight . We know hes got a scripted speech. It could go on even more than an hour, maybe. Some are suggesting an hour and a half. Its all going to be on teleprompter but he likes to deviate. Yeah, i think its a fools errand to try to predict anything that this very unpredictable president will do. Its likely that his aides have said to him, boss, youre having a great week, youre having a winning week, the Democrats Iowa caucus is a disaster, your Approval Rating for gallup is the highest its been in your entire presidency, 49 approve, 50 disapprove, and in addition, youre about to be acquitted, dont rock the boat. Maybe that argument will prevail. Were told his advisers have said that they do not think that he will mention the word, impeachment, in his speech, but on the other hand, this is a president who is unpredictable, who likes to disrupt and tends to do things for shortterm emotional gain if not necessarily in his own longterm interest. Its interesting in that gallup poll, yes, 49 of the american public, which is a high for him, approve of the job he is doing, but 94 of republicans, 94 of republicans, approve of the job hes doing. You know, its funny, for months now hes been saying he had 95 Approval Rating among republicans and it has not been true, but somehow, he has willed it into truth because now he does almost have that exact percentage in terms of Approval Rating among republicans and this is one of the reasons why you see House Republicans and Senate Republicans going along with everything he wants, even when they dont agree with it because he has such a hold on the Republican Base. Amazing, that hold, indeed. All right. Theres a lot going on. Theres going to be drama up on capitol hill. As we await the president s state of the Union Address. Theres also drama in the democratic president ial contest. Take a look at the results. 62 of the precincts reporting in iowa. Well update you on that. Lots of news. Well be right back. As your br. Thats great, carl. But we need something better. Thats easily adjustable has no penalties or advisory fee. And we can monitor to see that were on track. 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Amy klobuchar, look at this, not too far behind, 12. 6 . Yang, steyer, neither in the ballpark. Lets go over to john king right now. Remember, john, this is 62 of the precincts. 38 of the precincts outstanding. We dont know yet whether well get any more results from the Iowa Democratic party tonight. This is where we are now. Take a look at the map. Impressive for mayor Pete Buttigieg, 26. 9 of the delegates. 25 for senator sanders. 25. 1 . 18. 3 for senator warren. 15 preside 15. 6. Amy klobuchar running fifth, 12. 6 . Still votes to be counted. These are not the final result. Take a look at it this way, leading in counties, 99 counties in iowa, in 64 of the 99. Thats pretty impressive. Mayor buttigieg either leading or tied at the moment. More results coming in. So a very impressive sweep, if you will, almost statewide by mayor buttigieg, but the Sanders Campaign voicing some hope tonight that it can come back, saying its actually quite optimist optimistic. Can they . Lets take a look through some of these places here. Story county, ames, college town, 65 of the vote. The Sanders Campaign making the case were leading here, we expect to stay in the lead, maybe well boost it up. They have to have very High Performance to get that done. Well see what happens. Other bragging right, senator warren in third place, she hopes in New Hampshire. This one is interesting, struggling for the Vice President of the United States, one, two, three, four, five, only six counties. Senator klobuchars team says they think she can report if this is bragging rights one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, leading right now in more counties than the former Vice President. Is that a moral victory . Lets see as more votes come in. Jake is about to speak with senator klobuchar. Jake . Thanks, wolf. Let me bring in from New Hampshire right now senator amy klobuchar. Democrat of minnesota. Senator klobuchar, thanks so much. Now, we know the returns are still just thanks, jake. Partial and incomplete, but with 62 of the precincts reporting out of iowa, you are in fifth place, within a stones throw of former Vice President biden. How do you assess your standing . Well, i look at it that im 800 votes from the Vice President , and we still have 38 left to be counted. The other way i look at it is that i landed in New Hampshire at 4 00 a. M. , the strong team that we put together. We basically did better than a lot of people, outperformed what people thought we would do and here we are in New Hampshire, i literally land and find out were tied for second place with senator sanders from his neighboring state out front and the rest of the four of us literally tied in a poll that came out yesterday. And thats what we are feeling on the ground. Weve had huge events all day. From concord to nashua to portsmouth. And were pretty excited about how were doing here. For me, this is a primary, jake. Lot of independent voters similar to some of the elections that ive won big in minnesota. So were pretty excited about being here in New Hampshire. So, it was a good night last night for your fellow midwesterner, Pete Buttigieg. He is positioning himself as one of the more moderate choices in the race. He currently holds a narrow lead, although who knows whats going to happen when all the votes are in. Do you think he is your major competitor in terms of trying to appeal to a more moderate voters . You know, i say there are three of us in there with the Vice President , and what i can say about this to the people of this country is that i come with the receipt in two ways. One, i passed over 100 bills as the lead democrat. Since ive gotten to washington and shown i can get things done and get through the gridlock and build coalitions. But secondly, which i think is key to democrats, im the one thats won in rural areas, suburban areas. I brought with me moderate republicans and independents and thats the kind of big tent we need if were going to not just eke by a victory against donald trump but going to win big across the country. Youre in New Hampshire right now but obviously youre going to have to be in washington, d. C. , tomorrow for the big vote on whether or not to remove President Trump from office on the two articles of impeachment or whether or not to acquit him. How are you going to vote, and why . Well, i am voting for impeachment. I thought that the evidence was overwhelming of how he literally held up aid to a foreign country, a fledgling democracy, an ally that had been invaded by russia all because he wanted dirt on a political opponent, and i am very, very dismayed about my colleagues with the exception of two of them that wouldnt even deal with having the witnesses because theyre afraid of what theyre going to say. Now, they could have voted however they want on impeachment, but at least give the American People the truth. Dont hide it from them. And im telling you, jake, its not going to come out five years from now, its going to come out five weeks from now or five days from now. All right. Senator amy klobuchar, democrat of minnesota, up in New Hampshire. Thanks so much for joining us. Okay. And watch for us in New Hampshire. I have the endorsement of every newspaper here so far and were ready to roll. All right. Well keep an eye out. Thanks so much. Wolf . Thanks very much, jake. Were getting some new information about what the president is going to be saying in his speech tonight. Hes going to be offering, were told, a rather stunning remark about relations with iran. And the threat of war. We have details. Stay with us. The real state of the union a nation divided by an angry, out of control president. A white house beset by lies, chaos and corruption. 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President and the first lady, theyll be getting ready to get into the president ial limousine to drive down pennsylvania avenue up over to capitol hill. For his state of the Union Address. Jim acosta is over at the white house watching all this unfold for us. Jim, youre getting some more information about what the president said earlier in the day. Even in advance of his state of the Union Address . Reporter thats right, wolf. It ties to what we expect to hear from the president teonigh, expected to tout his decision to take oun the iranian general. Qasem soleimani. Revealing the u. S. Was close to military conflict with iran. At an off the Network Lunch with news anchors, an event cnn was barred from attending, the president said the u. S. Was closer to war with iran than the public actually knew. Now youll recall the president and his Team Struggled for days to justify the killing of soleimani with mr. Trump first claiming the iranian general was about to blow up embassies, a claim that differed from what his own top generals were saying. Now the president , were also told, explained to these anchors earlier today at this lunch that he plans on giving another speech tomorrow after his expected acquittal in the Senate Impeachment trial. The white house officials all day long, they have been scrambling to tell reporters today that plans are not set for that speech just yet. So once again, wolf, the president has thrown his team a curveball just ahead of tonights state of the union speech. Wolf . All right. Well wait for the president to leave the white house and drive up to capitol hill. You know, jake, its an annual event, the state of the Union Address. The constitution says the president , the president should deliver a state of the Union Address or at least something in writing, but what do you think about what the president was saying earlier in the day that the u. S. Was a lot closer to war with iran than the public knew . Well, it doesnt surprise me especially since weve found out that the attacks on the iraqi base where u. S. Service members were headquartered actually resulted in many more injuries, serious injuries, involving a traumatic brain injury and serious concussions than we were originally told, but it was in the interest of the United States at the time, i suppose, the trump administration, to deescalate any sort of tension