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As President Bush prepares to address the State of the Union tonight, support from his own party continues to

dwindle. Five Republican senators, including influential John Warner, are now publicly opposed to his

increase of troops in Iraq. House Republicans want the White House to submit monthly progress reports on what they call strategic benchmarks of progress.

On To the Point, the new general in charge of the troop buildup explains it on Capitol Hill.

We'll get the reaction.

On reporter's notebook later on, the State of the Union speech, does Iraq leave room for consensus on a domestic agenda? First, here's the news.

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Catherine T. McArthur Foundation. Hello again. We're on me. Back with with To the Point. President Bush will address the State of the Union tonight increasingly isolated from his own party in Congress. On To the Point, the latest on the troop buildup from the new general in charge and reaction on Capitol Hill. On reporter's notebook with Republicans, driven away by the war, can the state of the union address find support from

Democrats on a domestic agenda? First, this news update in Beirut, Lebanon. Weeks of protest turned

violent today, and Hezbollah has called a general strike against the elected government. There have

been deaths and hundreds of injuries. Anya Sazadlo reports from Beirut for the new republic.

Anya, thank you very much for joining us today.

Thank you for having me.

Who's fighting against who?

Well, at this point, it kind of seems like everybody is fighting against everybody.

In my neighborhood, you're seeing, I live very close to to the cornish which is the road that runs along the sea

and you're seeing a lot of his bala and al-mah guys who are shia

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