Gentleman and also the first lady, the president will lay and out his agenda to those lawmakers and to you, the American People. Congressional correspondentd th American People. Aisha hosny is standing by withs a preview of the republican response. But we begin standin with housee house correspondent Jackie Heinrich and a preview of the president s speech tonight. Jacqui good evening, jackie. D good evening, martin. Resident good evening, bret. Well, President Biden directly a assail republicans tonight. Officials have sent ousst memos hitting republicans forro everything from trump tax cuts ,adding to the deficit to proposals for National Abortion bans. Deficit, and also plans to cut social ban security and medicare. Wes an this speech is widely vid as an anchor to a anchor t 2024 announcement, but its not supposed to look like a campaign speech. So the president Will Instealo D frame his achievementsai as progress made against allns odds that needs to be protected and continued. Right. Martha contin . Okay, thank you, jacki. Lets go to icasa and capitol hill. She has a preview coming up of,h the republican responsees and whats happening there isha. Ponse is hey there, martha. Happeningthats right. To so the republican response tonight comes from, of course,ne the new governor of arkansas, ir Sarah Huckabee sanders. And thises is an interesting pis for a couple of different reasons. First and foremost, shd foe represents the future of the gop. Sh e is the youngest governor inwht america right now, and shese part of what some are calling the rising Generatioe Risin of republican governors. Shes also a really good. A representingreally portion of the entire spectrum of the gopto from those moderate republicans all the way to thosethat conservatives. And thats really importan it, especially House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy. When you look at the Conference Ae Represents with a wide variety of republicans. And finally, she took this white house on fairly Wellriety Ofduring the gubernatorialn campaign that she ran, going after the Biden Administration pandemic response, immigrationl. Policy. So shesh is not going to mince words tonight. Shes really going to shows the difference between wil the o ideology and the left guys. Lo isha, thank you very much. Were looking live at the house floor there, waiting momentarily to hear fromms the house sergeant at arms, william mcfarlane, as he comesa, out in the traditional way, introducing the United States. And then President Biden will make his way down that aisle to a lot of lawmakers, senators and house members housewho often angle for thatno position to have the shaking of the handhas. Theres a few of them who aree known to be there. Every single Stateery Single ofe address. M ri and theres one of them rightgh there. Sheila jackson lee of texas. Shes always there. Lets listen is alwaysn. Mr. Speaker, the president of the United States , while we watch the president move down the aisle here for mar a quic thought. Th good evening to you, brad. Or despite despitehe the applause, applause that you hear, he is looking atannoun the possibility of a Reelection Announcement soon and hes se to set the stage for that. But basically asking americans tonighricanstonight, of whom doe me or your lived experiencesma as democrats like to say, heres this is a man whose ownew party members, 62 in the latest poll, do not want better than gain. So hes got to say things aryoe better than you think, folks. Im better than you think. Im re folks, im ready to go and you should be ready to go with me. O thats thats thats a tall order. L well see how he can do it. A you know, bring a lot of times these things are Shopping Lists ovr agencies around washington. Weve hearerd a lot of them. K to but over the years, really all the way back to president in Stories Reagan in 1982, they have woveny in these stories of people int the chamber to try to get drama ,try to hit some points. Ints the president is not known forif those rhetorical kind of emotional speeches. E gets but what do you think about this moment as perhaps he gets ready to announce a Reelection Bid . Well, the biden i knew whenen i i covered him in the senate was known for those rhetorical moments bread. But in more recent years, its s been less and less common and to see and hear from him. And well see if hes going to do it tonight. These people in the galleries will be hard to understand. For example, paul pelosi and Nancy Pelosis husband so badly injured in that attack in his own home, Mahiy Be Onrecogn Hand Tonight and will be recognized. And that will certainly be an emotional momentiz and. And i suspect the cheering for that will be while everybody. Knows paul pelosi,er the whatever they may think of hisy wifes his wifes politics, likee the guy. And well see, you know, as the president can associate himself with him in a way thats appealing to people, thatsw kind of why they do ithe. And well see how well he does h it. Ill be interested to see the president , how he does tonight. Hes you know, he he stumbled at times and the speech Hasth Stutter Orructed to try to help him with anything that might aneexpect to stutter or stumbl and well see if h he can do itf i suspect, of being as good a for him as he can be. You know, hes shaking the hands there of Supreme Court justices, including the chief justice. Nd sup and obviously, the Supremere Court will likely come u ell. The speech as well. Yeah, no doubt. No doubt. Bret, well bring the panel stand by. Ba were going to bring the panelck back in. Dana, its interesting that inse the excerpts that were sent out, he says, my Economihe Sayc is about investing in places and people that have been forgotten Verygotten Interestint hes using this terminology that was so associateded wit with President Trump, the forgotten men and women as he tries to get back those voters that were traditionally democrat voters. Youre going to hear a lot fromn him tonight about Manufacturing G jobs, the return of Manufacturing Jobs to the United States. Youre also going to see vill see in the president , in the firssitbo, ladys visitors box, there will be a union worker fromy ohio. So theyre definitely realizing rea probthat they have a proble theyre trying to fix it. T im not surehi this is going to cut it. Arold, harold, as we look at the president making his way, we just saw a glimpse of nancym pelosi. Now congresswoman nancy pelosi not sittinpelosig behindpeeches. The president for one of these speeches. I its a challenge to is a challenn the minority in the house. Carty and its a different environment now with Kevin Mccarthy as speaker. Different priorities for democrats. Its the first time youve not. Had a gephardt or pelosi, the minority majority in a long, long time. Shr e helped usher in a new generation of leadership. But i think for tonight, thatedt that group is going to be challenged because theyre going to have to come up with ideas. Also ideas, the president will lay his out hope the republicans challenge with good stuf lay hi the president Podium Receivingda Ape last round of applause here before he gets under way. Plally he typically speaks for aboutou an hour. Ll do that thi we expect that he will do that this evening. Thatg. Is. And theres an Interestingrthy E moment. Kevin mccarthy has waited a lond a long time for that moment. And the speech was just handedro over to him. As President Biden get gs ready to speak, the two of them met ds last week to discusscu the possibility of reining in some spendinthe pog. So well see if we hear anything about that tonight. Onig the House Speaker saying that is not going to rip up speeches and hes not going to do anything to going to honor president of the United States. And herdent oe is President Joe Biden and his second state of mr. Speaker, thank. Thank you. Thank you. Than, k you. Please, mr. Speaker. President biden mr. Speaker, madam Vice President , our first lady and second gentlemen, good to see you guys up there. G uy members of congress, by thy way, chief, as i may needr, she a court order, she gets to gos g to the game tomorrow. I ha next week, i havvee to stay home now to work something out here, members of the cabinet leaders, our military chief justice, Associate Justice and retired justice, Supreme Courtjustic. And to you, my fellow americans, you know, startlating tonight by congratulating One Hundred Eighteen congresths. The new speaker of the house, Kevin Mccarthy, speaker. I dont want to ruin your reputation, but i look forward to working with you. O o and i want to congratulateamc the new leader of the housane democrats, the first africanamerican minority leader i leader in history, hakeem jeffries. Akeem he won in spite of thed i campaigned for him. Ng congratulations. Leader i the longest Serving Leader in the history of the United States senate, Mitch Mcconnell or mitch. E are and congratulations to chuck tischumer. Schu another, youme know, another tem Senate Minority leader. You know, i think you alone bige this time, you have a slightlymr bigger majority, mr. Leader, uc majority leader. Bigg but that mucerh bigger now. L reo well,gn i tell you what, i want to give special special recognition to someone who i think is going to be considered the greatest speaker eake in the history of the House Of Representatives. Nancy pelosi,house of books the story of america is A Story Of Progress, the resilience ofmg always moving forward, ofstor never, ever giving up is a story unique among nations. Were the only country that has emerged from every crisis weve ever entered, stronger than weio got into. Doing again. Look, folks, thats what wereyr doing again. Two years ago. Her the economy is really i stand here tonightafter after weve created with the help of manyrom people in this room, 12 million new jobs, more jobs created inef two years than any president created in four yearss because of you, all the peoplei] ,two years ago, two years ago,d covihad shut down. Robbe our businesses were closed. Our schools were robbed. Uch anof so much. Ols and today, covid nouo longer controls our lives. Two years agy and two years ago, democracy faces greatest threats of civil war. Civitoday, though bruised, de our democracy remains unbowed. Ye and unbroken. D an as we gather here tonigh, were writing the next chapter in the Great American story, A Story Of Progress, ss and resilience. When World Leaders asked meesil to define americanience. , i do believe it or not, i can define it in one word. And i mean, theres possibilities. We dont think anythingnd is beyond our capacity. Everything is a possibility. Apacity,you know, were often tt democrats or republicans cant re together. Weve but over the past two years, weve proved the cynics and naysayerans wrong. Are timedisagree plenty. And yes, there are times that democrats want alone, but time and again, democrats and republicans came togethe blicans r, came together to defend a stronger and safer europe. You came together to passnc one and a one in a generation, once in a generation,w infrastructure, law, building bridges, connecting our nation and our people. We came together to pass the most significant law ever helping victims exposed to toxic burn pits. Burnn fact, important fact. I signed over Three Hundred bipartisan pieces of legislation since becoming president from Reauthorizing Prm the violence against women act, the Electoral Reform acts, the Respect For Marriage Act that protects the right to marry the person you love irn my republican friends, we could lork together. The last congress is no reasonv we cant worwok together and Fii Consensus on important things in this congress. As well. Think we all are just formed as i am. But i think the people sent us a clear message fighting fork the sake of fighting power, for the sake of power, conflict, power, con for the sake of conflict getsr f us nowhere. Thats always been my vision of our country. And i know its many of yours 9g to restore the soul of this nation, to rebuild the backbone of america. Ba oamericas middle class, and unite the country. Weve been sent here to finish the job, in my view, for decades. Decadesmiddle class has been hd out and more than and not no one administration, but for a long time, too many goodng jo paying Manufacturing Jobs move overseas. Factories closed down. Once thriving cities and towns many of you represent became shadows of what they used to be along the way. Something elseong th we lost prr our sense of self worth. I ran for president to fundamentally change things a to make sure our Economy Workslt for everyone so we can allha fe that pride in what we do to build an economy from the bottom up, the middle out, not from the top down. Lass doe because when the Middls E Class does well, The Poor Havealthy A Ladder Up and the wealthstywel still do very well. We all do well know a lot ofquon you always kid me draws quote, my dad my dad used to say joeybs jobs about a lot more than a paycheck is really would say more. Its about a lot more than tha a paycheck. , about its about your dignity. Its about respect. Its about being a look your kid in the eye and say, honey, its going to be okay. And mean it. Well, folksfo, so lets look at the results. Were not finished yet by any stretch of the imagination. But Unemployment Rate is at three point four percent, a 50 a year low near near Record Unemployment, near Record Unemployment for black and hispanic workers. Weve already created your help. Eight hundred thousand good payment factory jobs, the fastest growth in 40 years. Where is it written . E is i where is it written that America Cathn lead the world in manufacturing . And i dont know where thats written fowritten . R many decadee import a projection of exported jobsan. Now, thanks to what youve all done, were exporting American Products and creating americancn jobs. In inflation has beenause a global problem because a pandemic disrupted p our suppy chains and putins unfair brutaa and brutal war in ukrainete disrupted Energy Supplied eners as well as food supplies, blocking all that grain in ukraine. Ukraine. But were better posd than any country on earth right now. At hom earbut we have more to d. But here at homee , inflation is coming down here at home. Gas prices are down a dollar fifty from their peak. Food inflation is coming down not fast enough, but coming down. Inflatio n is Falling Everyg month for the last six monthsth or take home pay has gone up. P. Additionally, over the last two years, a record ten million americans applied to start new businesses. Ten million by away every time, every time someone starts pr Small Businesses, an act of hope. Ent, and madam Vice President , i want to thank yo i wanu for la that effort to ensure that Small Businesses have accessll to capitalaccess and the historc laws were enacted that are going to just come to ber, standing here. Last year, i shared with you g a story of american genius and smssibilities, semiconductors, small computer chips the sizalel of the fingerprint, the power, everything from Cell Phonesan to automobiles, so much more. R these chips were invented ine invented i america. Lets get that straight. Str they were invented in america. We used to make 40 of the worlds chips in the last several decades. We lost our edge. E were down to only producing 10 . No what happened during the pandemic when Chip Factories shut down overseas. , todays automobiles made 3000 s chips, each of those ameri automobiles. But american automobiles couldnt make Enoughca Carsug because there werent