LIVE VIDEO: Biden Delivers State Of The Union Address

CNN reports:

White House officials are mindful that tonight’s speech will reflect a figurative — and likely literal — split-screen with continued violence in Ukraine. The 9 p.m. ET speech will occur around the same time that shelling and strikes typically begin in the early morning hours in Ukraine.

President Biden’s team has been closely monitoring the column of Russian forces that had been advancing toward Kyiv, and are aware of Russian warnings that it plans to carry out strikes on facilities in the Ukrainian capital.

Biden’s speech is already expected to heavily address the situation in Ukraine, so his team is not concerned that his remarks will appear out of touch or detached from the situation on the ground there.

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