Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett.

And I'm Amna Nawaz on the news hour tonight.

President Trump prepares to deliver the state of the union address amid falling approval numbers.

As Ukraine marks four years of fighting against Russia's brutal invasion, we speak with the European Union's ambassador to the U.S.

about the uncertain future of the war.

We don't see a goodwill on the Russian side to really negotiate the peace.

And investigations indicate the Justice Department

has withheld parts of the Epstein files that name President Trump.

Welcome to the News Hour. President Donald Trump will deliver the first state of the Union of his second term later tonight. It comes amid an ongoing partial government shutdown and a massive buildup of U.S. military assets in the Middle East.

Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardin and White House correspondent Liz Landers are both on Capitol Hill tonight with more on what to expect.

Liz will start with you. President Trump is promising a lengthy speech. Where are you going to be listening for tonight?

Well, Jeff, I think everybody should anticipate this going a while. The president himself said that yesterday, previewing this in comments saying that he has a lot to talk about.

And the White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says that the president is going to say that the union is strong, prosperous, and respected, and that she says he is going to make the economy a front and center issue in today's speech, making the case to the American people directly as to why the Republicans

should continue to lead in the House and the Senate as we go into this midterm year. I think

we should expect to hear from the president to talk about that signature tax and spending bill

that passed last summer, which included some of those provisions like no tax

on tips and some of the tax cuts, but also impacted some Americans who use benefits like Medicaid

and SNAP. We should also anticipate to hear from him about some of the foreign policy

accomplishments that he sees, including those strikes in Iran last summer and also

the extraction of Nicholas Maduro from Venezuela just a few months ago.

And she says as well that we should anticipate seeing some notable guests up here on Capitol Hill tonight, including Erica Kirk, the widow of the slain

conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and also the U.S. men's hockey team, fresh off their

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