sells on d, w and online. ah ah, this is the w news live from burden you as president joe biden gives his 1st state of the union speech. we've got to be looking at live pictures from the us capitol in washington, where president biden is about to address lawmakers. world is watching to hear what the u. s. leader will say about russia's attack on you. ah,

i'm anthony. how welcome to this special d w coverage on jo biden's. first state of the union speech as us president. looking at live pictures from the u. s. capital building in washington where president biden is to address members of the us congress, people around the world, a listening to hear what he'll have to say about russia's attack on ukraine. the international crisis is now overshadowing his domestic agenda, but the president is also expected to touch on the economy and the pandemic. and before we go there, i want to welcome to have d w 's finest. who will help us analyze these, this upcoming speech? a correspondence different z months. joining us from washington, d. c. and us and las william glue, croft, who was with me in the studio here stiffen. we can start with you and ask you, what do you expect from biden's 1st state of the union address. there are so many

burning issues, both international and domestic. okay, looks like having some problems in the u. s. that leaves you will well, much going on. i think i think the problems here may be emblematic of all the issues that joe biden is facing. yeah, i think he was hoping that he was going to be focusing on domestic agenda for this state of the union. his 1st official, one as president, although he's been president now for more than a year. i to say that he is coming quite late. usually it's in january now it's in march, he was hoping to focus on climate on the economy. on the recovery from the pandemic . really convincing americans are reminding americans why people voted for him and pushing his infrastructure bill that got sign a few months ago, pushing more on the social side of things that he wanted. but of course, ukraine is over shadowing it big time as it rightly should on the u. s. is back as a.