Good evening. I'm on the Navas and I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour.

Tonight President Biden prepares to speak to Congress and the American people in his annual state of the union address.

A cyber attack on the nation's biggest medical payment processing company cripples much of the United States health care system.

And the UK government proposes new legislation to punish those responsible for the rising

tensions triggered by the war in Gaza.

I haven't seen such open hostility towards categories of individuals as I have since

7th of October.

That willingness, almost brazenness, to go out the streets. Welcome to the news hour. Tonight President Biden will address Congress and

millions of Americans in his third state of the Union and the last of his current term.

It's a high stakes moment for the President as he continues his 2024 re-election campaign.

And the speech will give him the chance to reach voters and convince them to give him a second term in the White House.

Joining us to explain what we can expect are the news hours Lisa Desjardin and Laura Barone Lopez.

So Lisa, or rather Laura, we'll start with you.

What new proposals and announcements can we expect from the President tonight?

Thanks Jeff.

President Biden is expected to announce that the U.S US military is going to establish an

emergency port on the coast of Gaza and we don't know exactly the location

of where that port will be but we do know that that port will enable the delivery of truckloads via ship,

truckloads of crucial aid. That includes food, water, medicine, temporary shelters.

And this announcement comes after the third air drop in recent days of aid and

it means that also no US military will be required to deploy to Gaza.

In addition to that, Jeff, there are also a number of key domestic proposals

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