00:02>> WELCOME TO A SPECIAL STATE
00:03OF THE UNION ADDITION OF
00:05TONIGHT, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL
00:10GIVE THE FINAL STATE OF THE
00:11UNION ADDRESS OF HIS FIRST TERM
00:13>> THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO
00:15COME IN ONTO PRESENTLY, ADDRESS
00:16ECONOMIC POLICIES, THE BORDER
00:17BILL, REJECTED IN THE SENATE
00:22AND THE ONGOING WAR BETWEEN
00:24>> ALABAMA REPUBLICAN SENATOR
00:26WILL DELIVER THE REPUBLICAN
00:28RESPONSE RIGHT AFTER BIDEN'S
00:32>> LET'S BRING IN SCOTT
00:33McFARLANE AND ED O'KEEFE.
00:41SCOTT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
00:42SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENED ON
00:43CAPITOL HILL THAT WILL BE
00:44IMPORTANT AS TONIGHT'S SPEECH IS
00:48DIGESTED IN THE DIGITAL SPACE.
00:50IF THERE ARE VIRAL MOMENTS THAT
00:51COME FROM WHATEVER VENUE, THE
00:53PRESIDENT OR DETRACTORS ON THE
00:54FLOOR, THEY MIGHT SHOW UP FIRST
00:58TODAY SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE
00:59REGARDING TICK-TOCK.
01:01>> TICK-TOCK IS IN DEEP TROUBLE
01:03IT BEGAN WITH A MARKUP OF A
01:06BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE TIKTOK
01:09TO SEPARATE ITSELF FROM ITS
01:10CHINESE BASED OWNER OR FACE A
01:13THAT PROPOSAL WAS VOTED ON IN A
01:15IT PASSED 50-0. CONGRESS HAS A
01:23MOMENTUM TOWARDS MOVING ON TICK-
01:24TOCK AND IT HAPPENED TO BE
01:25DOING IT THE DAY OF THE STATE
01:27I'LL SAY THIS, THERE WAS AN
01:28EFFORT BY TIKTOK TO FLOOD THE
01:29PHONES OF CONGRESS BY PUTTING
01:30ON THEIR APPA RECOMMENDATION TO
01:32CODE, FIND YOUR CONGRESSMAN OR
01:36THEY CALLED AND CALLED AND
01:37AFTER ALL THOSE CALLS CONGRESS
01:38VOTED 50-0 AGAINST TICK-TOCK.
01:42>> TO YOU AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
01:45LAYOUT THE ORIENTATION TO THIS
01:47SPEECH AND SOME OF THE
01:49UNDERLYING GOALS FOR THE
01:52>> THREE MAIN THEMES WERE TOLD
01:54BY WHITE HOUSE AIDES.
01:58FOCUS ON RESTORING AND
01:59PROTECTING DEMOCRATIC NORMS AND
02:01INSTITUTIONS, WHAT THEY WILL
02:03DESCRIBE AS LIBERTIES BUT
02:05REALLY WHAT THEY ARE SPEAKING TO
02:08OUR RIGHTS LIKE ACCESS TO
02:09ABORTION SERVICES, VOTING RIGHTS
02:12AND SIMILAR ISSUES LIKE THAT.
02:15STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVING
02:17ONE'S OPINION OF THE CURRENT
02:20STATE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
02:22I EXPECT HE WILL GO BACK A
02:23LITTLE BIT AND REVIEW WHAT HE
02:25REMIND THE AUDIENCE OF WHAT
02:26HAPPENED DURING THE PRATT --
02:29TRUMP PRESIDENCY AND CAST AHEAD
02:31WITH A SERIES OF PROPOSALS.
02:33THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN A
02:36LITTLE MEATIER THAN USUAL IN
02:37GIVING SENSE OF WHAT TO EXPECT
02:39PROBABLY A SIGNAL THEY KNOW
02:40THEY'VE GOT TO PUT UP SOME
02:41IDEAS THAT ARE POLE TESTED AND
02:44ULTIMATELY VOTER APPROVED.
02:46A PLAN TO CAP AMERICANS OUT-OF-
02:52POCKET PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES
02:52OF $2000 A YEAR FOR THOSE THAT
02:54HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE.
02:54EXPANDING SOMETHING DONE WITH
02:55THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND
02:57EXTEND IT TO SENIORS ON
02:58A WAY TO CUT COSTS. THE FOCUS
03:02ON SO-CALLED JUNK FEES OR
03:03HIDDEN FEES THAT ARE COMING
03:06FROM YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY,
03:06AIRLINES OR OTHER COMPANIES.
03:07HE WILL TARGET THAT AS WELL.
03:10IN A FOREIGN-POLICY SPACE AT A
03:11TIME WHEN VOTERS OUT OF AT
03:15LEAST THREE DEMOCRATIC
03:16PRIMARIES HAVE ROBBED DELEGATES
03:19NOW IS GOING TO ANNOUNCE PLANS
03:21FOR THE U.S. MILITARY TO BUILD
03:22A TEMPORARY PORT ON THE COAST
03:23OF GAZA TO ENSURE THE DELIVERY
03:26OF HUMANITARIAN AID BY C INTO
03:28THAT TERRITORY AND REGION.
03:32A NOT TO THOSE IN HIS OWN PARTY
03:34CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND
03:34AMERICANS MORE BROADLY ABOUT
03:36HIS OVERSIGHT OR EDUCATION --
03:43THAT GIVES A SAMPLE INTO WHERE
03:46A BIG TEST THAT MANY WILL
03:48WONDER IS CAN HE GET THROUGH A
03:50SPEECH LIKE THIS WHEN HE IS
03:51KNOWN FOR HIS MARBLES AND
03:55>> THAT KIND OF PRESENTATION OF
03:56THIS SPEECH MIGHT BE PAID MORE
03:58ATTENTION TO THAN THE ACTUAL
04:00POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
04:01I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR BECAUSE
04:08WE KNOW HOW IN THIS PARTISAN
04:09ENVIRONMENT WE SEE DEMOCRATS
04:09CHEER FOR THE PRESIDENT,
04:10REPUBLICANS BOO HIM.
04:11THIS IS ALSO THE LAST YEAR OF
04:13HIS TERM IF HE'S NOT RE-ELECTED
04:15NEXT YEAR. ARE REPUBLICANS IN
04:18CONGRESS VIEWING THIS -- ARE
04:21THERE ANY KINDS OF AREAS WHERE
04:22THEY COULD AGREE WITH HIM OR
04:24MOVE FORWARD ON POLICY OR DO
04:26THEY PRETTY MUCH SEE HIM AS
04:29WAITING FOR THE NEXT YEAR?
04:33>> THERE COULD BE AREAS THEY
04:34I'M INTERESTED HOW THAT
04:35MANIFESTS AND HOW THEY WOULD
04:37ARTICULATE ANY SUPPORT FOR A
04:38PRESIDENT THEY ARE TRYING SO
04:40VERY MUCH TO BEAT NEXT YEAR.
04:42BOTH PARTIES TALK TO THEIR
04:43MEMBERS IN THE PAST 24 HOURS
04:44ABOUT DECORUM AND BEHAVIOR IN
04:46REPUBLICANS HAVE ASKED THEIR
04:47RANK AND FILE TO HOLD OFF AND
04:50AVOID ANY OUTBURSTS, JEERING.
04:55I THINK MAYBE A PRACTICAL
04:56CONCERN BECAUSE PRESIDENT BIDEN
04:57WAS INVIGORATED BY THAT LAST
05:01A PAUSE, A RESTON ENERGY.
05:02A FEW OF THEM TOLD ME THEY ARE
05:05NOT GOING TO TRY TO SHUT DOWN
05:07ANY REPUBLICAN JEERING BECAUSE
05:10THEY EXPECT THAT PRESIDENT WILL
05:12WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY
05:13THAT LEVERAGE ADVANTAGE FOR
05:18THIS HAS THE FEEL OF THAT SIX
05:19HOUR SUPER BOWL PREGAME SHOW
05:20FOR THE OSCARS RED CARPET SHOW.
05:22THIS HAS BECOME A DYNAMIC IN
05:24THE STATE OF THE UNION.
05:24EVERY MEMBER BRINGS A GUEST
05:28THAT WILL HELP THEM PROVIDE A
05:29MESSAGE, A POLITICAL MESSAGE OR
05:30MESSAGE FROM BACK HOME.
05:33THEY MAKE THE ROUNDS INTO THE
05:34INTERVIEWS WITH THEIR GUEST ON
05:37THEIR MESSAGE OF THE DAY.
05:37IT'S NOT JUST A MESSAGING EVENT
05:39TONIGHT, BUT THOSE 535 PEOPLE
05:43IN THE ROOM HAVE TAKEN
05:44ADVANTAGE OF THIS LONG PREGAME
05:45SHOW TO MAKE THEIR ARGUMENTS.
05:46>> BACK TO YOU AT THE WHITE
05:48HOUSE, I GET A SENSE LISTENING
05:50TO WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS THAT
05:51TONIGHT IS AN EVENT, BUT THEY
05:58WANT TO EXTEND IT IF POSSIBLE,
05:59NOT JUST TO THE REMAINDER OF
06:00THIS WEEK BUT POSSIBLY THROUGH
06:01THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH.
06:06IF THIS WERE PREGAME SHOW THERE
06:07WOULD BE A GOOD CONCERT BEHIND
06:09I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS DYNAMIC
06:11THE OTHER THING IS, IN TERMS OF
06:14BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT, THE
06:16THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
06:21WITH A FEW TWEAKS IS SOMETHING
06:22THE PRESIDENT COULD SIGN EVEN
06:23THOUGH HIS CAMPAIGN NOW IS
06:23USING TIKTOK TO GET THE WORD
06:25THEY ARE PLANNING FOR AN
06:27EXTENSIVE TRAVEL SCHEDULE AND
06:30CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING SCHEDULE
06:32THE PRESIDENT HEADED TOMORROW
06:34TO THE PHILADELPHIA AREA,
06:36SATURDAY TO ATLANTA WE ARE
06:37EXPECTING SEVERAL MORE TRIPS IN
06:40WE WARNED TODAY BY OFFICIALS
06:42HERE ON THE NETWORK THAT THE
06:46TRAVEL SCHEDULE IS ABOUT TO
06:47PICK UP RIGOROUSLY BOTH FOR THE
06:48PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
06:49THROUGH THE REST OF THE MONTH
06:52BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS ABOUT
06:53SELLING THE STATE OF THE UNION,
06:54NOW IT'S ABOUT SELLING HIM AND
06:57THE CAMPAIGN WILL HELP PAY FOR
06:58THE END OF THIS MONTH IS A HUGE
07:01FUNDRAISER SCHEDULED IN NEW
07:02YORK CITY ALONGSIDE BARACK
07:06OBAMA AND BILL CLINTON BRINGING
07:07THE THREE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS
07:08TOGETHER ARE THE FIRST TIME TO
07:09HELP RAISE A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY
07:11FOR A CAMPAIGN THAT IS PRETTY
07:12THERE WILL BE OTHER FUNDRAISERS
07:15NEW HAMPSHIRE ON MONDAY AMONG
07:18ALL OF IT NOW A SIGNAL THEY ARE
07:19KICKING THE CAMPAIGN MODE.
07:22THEY SHOULD BE SENDING FLOWERS
07:23AND CHOCOLATES TO SPEAKER
07:24JOHNSON FOR SETTING UP THE
07:25SCHEDULE THIS WAY TWO DAYS
07:27AFTER SUPER TUESDAY.
07:30NOW ON THE VERGE OF THE
07:31BEGINNING OF THE GENERAL
07:32ELECTION, WHO COULD ASK FOR A
07:34BETTER CHANCE TO CAPTURE
07:35AMERICA'S ATTENTION TONIGHT BUT
07:36THE PRESIDENT WITH THE FREE
07:37ADVERTISING HE WILL GET IN
07:39DELIVERING HIS STATE OF THE
07:40>> REPUBLICANS ARE HOPING TO
07:43PRESENT A COUNTER TO THAT WITH
07:45KATIE BRITT WHO IS GOING TO BE
07:49GIVING THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE
07:50SHE HAS SEEN AS ARISING STAR IN
07:53I THINK SHE'S ONLY 42.
07:55WE ALL CONSIDER THAT VERY YOUNG
07:58WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT?
08:01>> FIRST TERM MEMBER OF THE
08:06YOU HAVE A FORMER PRESIDENT
08:07RUNNING AGAINST THE CURRENT
08:07PRESIDENT IN AN ELECTION IT'S
08:08HARD TO MAKE THE CHANGE ARGUMENT
08:10. REPUBLICANS PUT UP A FIRST
08:11TERM NEW FACE WHICH HELPS THEM
08:13ARTICULATE A MESSAGE OF CHANGE.
08:17WE WILL CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF
08:19SHE OFFERS THAT ADVANTAGE.
08:21DEMOGRAPHICALLY, WHAT A
08:21CONTRAST FROM THE SPEAKER
08:26YOUNG PERSON, SOMEBODY FROM
08:26ALABAMA, A STATE CRITICAL IN
08:27THIS MOMENT IN TIME BECAUSE OF
08:28THE IVF COURT DECISION WHICH IS
08:30A POLITICAL BOMB REPUBLICANS
08:34WOULD LIKE TO DIFFUSE.
08:35STRATEGIC THAT SOME DEMOCRATS
08:36HAVE GRUMBLED ABOUT SAYING IT'S
08:38>> I REMIND OUR AUDIENCE
08:39SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE
08:43LAST NIGHT AROUND THE UNITED
08:44WE ARE IN A SECURITY POSTURE
08:45THAT IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL.
08:50>> POST JANUARY 6 A REALITY FOR
08:51THE THIRD STATE OF THE UNION
08:53A BLACK IRON FENCE, EIGHT FEET
08:54TALL ALL AROUND THE CAPITAL
08:59PERHAPS IT IS A MESSAGE, A
09:00DETERRENT TO ANY BAD ACTORS.
09:03WE ARE GETTING TOO ACCUSTOMED
09:07THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE OPEN TO
09:08EVERYONE SURROUNDED BY FENCE
09:09BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED.
09:10>> BACK TO YOU AT THE WHITE
09:12HOUSE, HOW MUCH OF EITHER
09:14TONIGHT OR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
09:15WEEKS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, THE
09:16RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN WILL BE
09:18ABOUT NOT JUST THE VISION OR
09:20AGENDA GOING FORWARD, BUT A
09:21REMINDER OF AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
09:25UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP?
09:29>> DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU SEE
09:31A BIT OF IT IN THE SPEECH
09:33DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU SEE
09:34IT CONSTANTLY IN THE
09:37ADVERTISING THAT UNFOLDS ON THE
09:39AIR, ON YOUR PHONE, IN THE
09:44I THINK THERE IS A REAL PUSH
09:47COMING TO NOT ONLY REITERATE
09:48THE IDEA THAT WHAT THE CURRENT
09:51PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DO IS A
09:53LITTLE MORE FORWARD-LOOKING,
09:54WHEREAS WITH THE FORMER
09:55PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DO OR
09:56WOULD DO IS PUSH THE COUNTRY
10:00ONE WAY THEY ARE GOING TO DO
10:01THAT IS WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT HIS
10:02AGE YOU WILL HEAR HIM SAY DON'T
10:05JUDGE ME BY MY AGE BUT BY THE
10:07I'M TRYING TO PUSH THE COUNTRY
10:09TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS ARE
10:10TRYING TO PULL BACK PROGRESS
10:12AMONG OTHER THINGS BY GOING
10:13AFTER IVF TREATMENTS AND
10:15ABORTION SERVICES, MAKING
10:16CHANGES IN VOTING RIGHTS AND
10:19IT IS A TWIST ON AN ARGUMENT
10:21BILL CLINTON MADE ABOUT BOB
10:26HE SAID I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT
10:27HIS AGE, I'M CONCERNED OF THE
10:29WHO HAS PRESENT BIDEN BEEN
10:30SPENDING TIME TALKING TO IN
10:33BILL CLINTON WHO SEES A SIMILAR
10:35DYNAMIC FROM 96 AND WHAT IS
10:37ABOUT TO UNFOLD THIS YEAR.
10:39IT'S AN EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT THEY
10:40BELIEVE AND ONE THE PRESIDENT
10:42IS EXPECTED TO EMPLOY.
10:46>> WE WILL BE STAYING TUNED TO
10:48THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US
