>> PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL GET HIS
FIRST STATE OF UNION ADDRESS
TONIGHT.
GIVEN RUSSIA’S BRUTAL ASSAULT ON
UKRAINE, VLADIMIR PUTIN IS
RAISING THE CONCERN OF NUCLEAR
WAR.
THIS SHAPES UP AS THE MOST
CONSEQUENTIAL SPEECH OF THE
PRESIDENT’S CAREER.
IT ALSO PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO UNITE THE COUNTRY.
HERE’S WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY JEN PSAKI ON WHAT WE
CAN EXPECT.
>> PEOPLE GENERALLY SPEND TIME
ON THE SPEECH TALKING ABOUT
UKRAINE, HIS EFFORT TO RALLY THE
WORLD AND LEAD THE WORLD IN
RESPONSE TO STAND UP TO
AUTOCRATIC LEADERSHIP.
WHAT PEOPLE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM
HIM IS HIS PLAN TO NOT ONLY THE
PROGRESS WE’VE MADE, WE’VE MADE
A LOT OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS, BUT
IS A COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS
PRICES, DRESS COST, ADDRESS
INFLATION. >> GOT A LOT TO DO, JOEY JONES,
>> GOT A LOT TO DO, JOEY JONES,
YOU KNOW THAT INFAMOUS LINE FROM
FORD, THE STATE OF THE UNION IS
NOT GOOD.
IN THE OPTIMAL WORD THAT COMES
TO MIND WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
CRISIS BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE THE
STATE OF THE UNION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I HOPE THE PRESIDENTS TAKES THE
STAGE TONIGHT NOT WITH THE POLL
NUMBERS IN LINE, NOT WITH THE
MIDTERMS IN MIND, PERHAPS NOT
EVEN WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR
IN MIND, BUT WITH THE PROSPERITY
OF OUR COUNTRY IN MIND.
I HOPE HE DELIVERS A MESSAGE
THAT TELLS AMERICANS THAT IS
HEARD WHETHER HE AGREES WITH
THEM OR NOT, THAT THE MOM’S IN
THE SCHOOL BOARDS, THE UKRAINIAN
AMERICANS, AMERICANS LIVING ON
THE SOUTH BORDER, AMERICANS THAT
ARE STRUGGLING WITH ISSUES THAT
HE MAY NOT AGREE WITH THE
SOLUTION THEY PROPOSE, BUT HE
HEARS THEM AND HE KNOWS WHAT
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.
THAT GOES -- WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
UNITY, UNITY IS NOT CAN HAPPEN
AROUND A SOLUTION.
IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN AROUND
ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM.
THAT’S WHERE THE PRESIDENT NEEDS
TO START.
I DON’T EXPECT IT, AND I HATE TO
BE THAT WAY, BUT THAT’S WHAT WE
NEED AND DESERVE.
>> WISE WORDS.
UNDERSCORING THAT POINT IS DAVID
AXELROD TO COME A LONG TIME
OBAMA ADVISOR BACK ON APRIL 14TH
COME HE GAVE SOME ADVICE TO
PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED MR. BIDEN
COME IT’S TIME FOR A LITTLE
HUMILITY.
IN PART HERE’S WHAT IT SAID.
THE STATE OF THE UNION IS
STRESSED.
I CLAIM OTHERWISE WITHOUT
ACKNOWLEDGING THE HARD ROADS
WE’VE TRAVELED AND THE DISTANCE
WE NEED TO GO WOULD SEEM OFF KEY
AND OUT OF TOUCH.
YOU SIMPLY CANNOT JOB ON
AMERICANS INTO BELIEVING THAT
THINGS ARE BETTER THAN THEY FEEL
FEEL.
THIS ADVICE HAS CIRCULATED AMONG
TOP BIDEN ALLIES, BUT IT’S
UNCLEAR WHETHER SENIOR OFFICIALS
IN THE WHITE HOUSE ARE LISTENING
TO THAT ADVICE OR AGREE WITH
AXELROD, I CERTAINLY DO.
>> NEIL FERGUSON LAID IT OUT
PERFECTLY BECAUSE HE POINTED OUT
AFTER CARTER’S DISASTROUS DATE
OF THE UNION ADDRESS, REAGAN WAS
SURGICAL IN RESPONSE.
I FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE REASON
THAT RESONATED WITH BOOK VOTERS
WAS BECAUSE THERE REALLY WAS A
CLEAR CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN THE
FOREIGN POLICY FAILURES AND
INFLATION AND FEELING IT IN YOUR
HOME.
CARTER DELIVERED A SPEECH
BETWEEN TWO MAJOR GEOPOLITICAL
DISASTERS, THE IRANIAN
REVOLUTION AND THE INVASION OF
AFGHANISTAN, JUST LIKE HERE THE
BOTCHED AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL
AND NOW THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF
UKRAINE.
CARTER’S APPROVAL RATING HAS
TOUCHED AN ALL-TIME LOW OF 20%
IN JUNE OF 79.
HE NEVER GOT BACK UP ABOVE 40%
AS HIS CAMPAIGN UNFOLDED.
AND INFLATION, WHICH STOOD AT
5.2% IN THE MONTHS HE WAS
INAUGURATED, HIT AN ALL-TIME
HIGH OF 14.6% IN APRIL OF 19TH.
IT WAS DRIVEN SKYWARD BY THE
SURGE IN OIL PRICES THAT
FOLLOWED THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION.
WE ARE IN A VERY FAMILIAR
SITUATION HERE.
FRANKLY, BIDEN IS FORTUNATE THAT
IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE HE’S
BEEN GETTING FROM
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND
"WASHINGTON POST" THEY’VE BEEN
QUITE FORGIVING OF HIM.
THEY WERE MUCH TOUGHER ON THEIR
COVERAGE OF CARTER.
IN MY OPINION THE PRESS WON’T BE
ENOUGH TO MAKE UP FOR THIS
CARTER 2.0 PRESIDENCY.
>> IT’S A GREAT COMPARISON.
WE NEED A SOBER LEVEL AND WITH
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR PAIN.
NUMBER TWO, SENT TO A STRONG
MESSAGE TO AN AUTOCRATIC LEADER.
>> YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE AUDIENCES.
ALL OF THOSE LEADERS SOUTH OF
THE BORDER WATCHING TOO BEAR
THEY WANT TO SEE IF HE’S GOING
TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE COMING THROUGH THEIR
COUNTRIES TO TRY AND GET TO THIS
ONE.
IT’S TRAMPLING ALONG THE WAY OUR
RELATIONSHIPS THAT FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS WORKING ON,
BUT HE DID IT THROUGH A
DIFFERENT MANNER, RIGHT?
THROUGH TRADE POLICIES AND THE
LITTLE BIT OF STRONG-ARMING TOO.
SO EVERYBODY IS WATCHING.
ONE PERSON WHO WILL BE WATCHING
CLOSELY WILL BE THE FORMER
AMBASSADOR OF THE U.N., THAT IS
NIKKI HALEY.
SHE WAS ON WITH ME TODAY.
WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT YOUR NOTES
WHAT REALLY QUITE CHILLY.
SHE SAID IT’S CLEAR THAT IN
BEIJING, CHINA, AND RUSSIAN
LEADERS WERE GLAD-HANDING.
THEY WERE HANGING OUT.
NOW CHINA IS UPSET WITH RUSSIA
BECAUSE THEY HANDLED THIS SO
POORLY.
THEY ARE NOW LEARNING HOW TO
INVADE A COUNTRY BETTER THAN
RUSSIA DID APPEAR THEY ARE GOING
TO SCHOOL ON THAT.
WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS CAN YOU
BELIEVE WE ARE STILL DEPENDING
ON TRYING NOT TO SURE UP RUSSIA
FOR RUSSIA TO DO A DEAL WITH
IRAN.
WE CAN’T GET OFF OUR DEPENDENCY
ON THIS.
HERE IT IS, WATCH.
>> THE IDEA THAT BIDEN WOULD GO
ASK CHINA FOR HELP WITH RUSSIA
SICKENS ME TO MY CORE.
WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO ONE ENEMY
TO GET HELP WITH ANOTHER ENEMY
DO YOU KNOW HOW WEAK THAT LOOKS?
WE’VE GOT TO STOP ALL OF THIS
EMBARRASSMENT.
AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO LEARN
THE FACT THAT WHEN TYRANTS SAY
THEY’RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WE
WILL LEARN THE LESSON ON --
>> I BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT
REBECCA THINKS ABOUT THIS ON THE
WORLD STAGE, WHY CAN’T BIDEN SEE
WHO OUR ENEMIES AREN’T INTO OUR
FRIENDS MIGHT BE?
NEITHER ONE OF THEM IS EVER
GOING TO BE A FRIEND.
IF YOU GO TO ONE AND A BACK
CHANNEL WITH ONE ABOUT THE
OTHER, THEY WILL ALWAYS CHOOSE
EACH OTHER BEFORE THEY CHOOSE
US.
THAT IS WHAT’S HAPPENING.
>> THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT’S
HAPPENING.
REBECCA MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS
THAT POINT AND ALSO ADDRESS THE
FACT THAT SPECIES 15 SPOKE CNN
COME HE HAD PHONE CALL WITH
BIDEN.
HE ALSO SO THE PRESIDENT BIDEN
NEEDS TO SAY SOMETHING USEFUL.
ONE COULD BIDEN SAY THAT IS
USEFUL?
>> WOKE TWO POINTS I WOULD SAY,
ONE I AGREE WITH HARRIS ABOUT
IDENTIFYING FRIENDS AND ENEMY.
THIS IS FOREIGN POLICY 101, NO
WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE AND THEN BE
A GREAT FRIEND TO THEM.
SHORE UP THEIR DEFENSES, DO WHAT
IS NECESSARY, DO WHAT THEY’RE
ASKING FOR, LISTEN TO THEM.
THAT’S ONE OF THE FAILURES OF
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
HE STARTED BEATING UP IN THE
POLLS COME ON THE SAUDIS WHO
HAVE INTERNAL PROBLEMS BUT
THEY’VE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS IN
DETERRING CHIRON.
HE WAS HARD ON THE SAUDIS.
ANY REACHED OUT TO THE GERMANS,
WHICH HAVE BEEN VERY PROBLEMATIC
FOR THE NATO ALLIANCE, THEN OF
COURSE HE KIND OF DOWNPLAYED ALL
OF THESE RUSSIA THREAT
CYBERATTACKS ON THE WE SIGNALS
THAT HE WASN’T GOING TO STAND UP
TO RUSSIA.
THAT’S WHERE BOUDIN GOT THE IDEA
THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO ACTUALLY
INVADE UKRAINE.
SO HE DOES HAVE ALL OF THESE
THINGS BACKWARDS.
WE NEED TO HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT
GETS THAT POINT RIGHT.
THAT WILL AFFECT SO MUCH FOR THE
UNITED STATES.
>> WHAT MUST THAT MESSAGE BE FOR
BIDEN?
>> I THINK WHAT HE NEEDS TO SAY
RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE
UNITED STATES IS GOING TO BE
ENERGY INDEPENDENT.
WERE NO LONGER GOING TO PURSUE
THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
I KNOW THAT’S NOT WHAT IS GOING
TO SAY COME IT’S GOING TO BE THE
OPPOSITE OF THAT.
THAT’S GOING TO DEMONSTRATE THE
UNITED STATES IS SERIOUS IS NOT
CLIMBING AS A WORLD POWER AND
THAT WE ARE GOING TO KEEP
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMING TO
UKRAINE AS LONG AS THEY’RE
WILLING TO FIGHT THEIR FIGHT, WE
WILL CONTINUE TO FUND THEM AND
PROVIDE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT
THAT THEY NEED TO CARRY OUT THIS
FIGHT.
>> JOY, SAME QUESTION TO YOU.
WHAT DOES VLADIMIR PUTIN WANT TO
HEAR?
>> VLADIMIR PUTIN NEEDS TO HEAR
THAT HE’S NOT GOING TO GET AWAY
WITH THIS.
I’LL TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY
WHAT AMERICANS NEED TO HERE IS
AN EXPLANATION FROM OUR
PRESIDENT OF WHY THIS WAR
MATTERS TO OUR CURRENT
GOVERNMENT?
WE HAVE A LOT OF VIEWERS THAT
FOX HERE THAT NO LONGER TRUST
ANYTHING THE GOVERNMENT SAYS.
THEY’RE GOING TO RUN IN THE
WRONG DIRECTION ON THIS IF THEY
DON’T GET GOOD INFORMATION.
THAT’S OUR RESPONSIBILITY BUT
IT’S ALSO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
OUR PRESIDENT, TO LAYOUT TO THE
PEOPLE TO LAY OUT WHY WE ARE