Watch Live: President Biden's address before the joint session of Congress

President Joe Biden is addressing a joint session of Congress for the first time Wednesday, in an event similar to a State of the Union. The address given in the first year of a president's term is not considered an official State of the Union speech. 

According to excerpts released by the White House ahead of the speech, Mr. Biden will say he inherited the pandemic, an economic crisis and the "worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War." "Now—after just 100 days—I can report to the nation: America is on the move again," Mr. Biden will say. "Turning peril into possibility. Crisis into opportunity. Setback into strength."