We're in DC in front of the White House.

Did you get an opportunity to watch the stay of the Union last night?

No, I did not.

I was too sleepy.

I certainly did.

I thought, overall, President Biden did a great job addressing a lot of the issues at

hand within the country and addressed a lot of the emotional turmoil that the American

people are going through while also really just vocalizing the response that he wants

to have with the crisis going on in Ukraine.

And what do you think of Biden's first year?

I think he's doing the best he can under the circumstances.

He inherited a lot of problems.

He doesn't have a magic wand to correct everything overnight.

I think it has been an incredibly difficult position that he was put in when he was elected

and even that was dealt by some, you know, pray for him all the time.

It kind of gave me a little more hope seeing the plans that are being sent in place and

the legislation that they're working on in the Hasbit Pass.

Welcome to the show.

I'm Kai Wright.

Joe Biden's presidency has been a hard thing for me to wrap my head around, honestly.

Last spring on this very show, we were talking about Biden's real transformational potential.

We had a whole show where we entertained the idea that a new era was about to begin,

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