Good evening everyone, we are just two hours away from seeing President Joe Biden take

the dance right there in the House of Representatives to deliver his second state of the Union

address to a joint session of Congress.

And the stakes are extremely high.

It comes after a year when women saw their rights to their own bodies taken away.

Books and lessons about black history and LGBTQ folks are being banned.

And very real threats to democracy are still looming large.

This is an opportunity for President Biden to speak directly to the American people

about where we are as a country, and to set the tone for what the next two years of

his term will look like.

Biden is expected to tout his administration's accomplishments with an emphasis on the

strong economy, super low unemployment and receding inflation, while also making a renewed

call for bipartisanship despite a divided Congress.

And a just to release excerpt from the President's prepared speech, Biden is expected to say,

quote, to my Republican friends, if we could work together in the last Congress, there is

no reason we can't work together in this new Congress.

The people sent us a clear message, fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake

of power, conflict for the sake of conflict gets us nowhere.

And that's always been my vision for the country.

The President will say to restore the soul of the nation, to rebuild the backbone of America,

the middle class, and to unite the country.

Now, that last bit, maybe easier said than done for a President who's working with a

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