At his first State of the Union address, President Biden also announced new U.S. measures against Russia.

President Joe Biden: “And tonight I’m announcing that we will join our allies in closing off American airspace to all Russian flights, further isolating Russia and adding additional squeeze on their economy. He has no idea what’s coming.”

Biden also said the U.S. and international allies would release 60 million barrels of oil from strategic petroleum reserves to curb a surge in gas prices related to the war. On the domestic front, Biden addressed mounting inflation, education, the pandemic and pledged to support police forces around the country. We’ll have more on Biden’s speech later in the broadcast.