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i'm victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. >> we're hours away from president biden's state of the union address tonight, his first to a divided congress. instead of nancy pelosi over the president's left shoulder, it will be speaker kevin mccarthy. the speech is expected to draw the largest television audience for the president this year. americans will hear biden lay out why he believes the state of the union is strong as he said last week. >> he's expected to talk about lowering inflation, improving infrastructure and getting past the worst of the pandemic. he's also expected ...

Understand there have been 15 people unaccounted for. we have been hearing reports of signs of life here. you may be able to see the drills or hear the drills behind me. they're using spades and their bare hands at times to just shovel away the debris. they understand -- or they believe through the equipment that they're using that there are -- or there may be a void underneath here in which there may be people still alive. in fact, a couple hours ago, there were reports of somebody actually contacting them with a mobile phone to say they were still alive. so we've been hearing these calls for...

Jacques coustea. you know some things about the deep ocean. it's proving to be quite a mystery to us. we see an example of that in the plane. let's start with the ferry. we see this ongoing search effort. it's not a recovery, they're treating it like a search and rescue still. give us an idea of some of the challenges those divers are facing with an upturned ferry. >> it's a really difficult situation. the positive news is that there's a good chance of still recovering some survivors. but for a diver, you have to remember when you penetrate that structure from down below, it's pitch dark in th...