If it's Wednesday, President Biden hits the road for Battleground, Wisconsin, as he doubles down on last night's economic populism after addressing a divided Congress and a raucous GOP caucus at the State of the Union.

Plus, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken briefs NATO as U.S. officials consider declassifying intelligence on the size and scope of China's global balloon spy operations.

And running out of time, emergency workers desperately searched the rubble for earthquake survivors as the death toll rises.

Brace yourself for this one.

12,000 in Turkey and Syria. Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Chuck Todd reporting from Washington. After last night, State of the Union address, President Biden hit the road today, traveling to the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin. It's perhaps a fitting first stop after last night where the president seemed to soft launch a potential 2024 campaign slogan,

finish the job. He used the phrase to call on Congress to pursue action on everything from

climate change to police reform. And this afternoon, the president spoke to local workers in

Wisconsin about the other bit of sloganeering from last night's address is, quote,

blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America.

Last night, I reported on the state of the union.

It is strong.

It is strong.

And strong because of you.

And it has been the case so many times in these past few years for Joe Biden,

and otherwise good performance from last night has the potential to look even better

because of the contrast he gets to draw with the president's political opponents.

We're going to get some of their reaction in a moment.

But first, the president's remarks last night, at least

for folks like me who've done this for a while, a bit Bill Clinton-esque in that he spent a

surprising amount of time on what some might consider narrow populist issues, like combating

junk fees that nickel and dime millions of Americans. My administration is also taking on

junk fees.

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