Biden and First Lady Jill Biden left the White House just a few moments ago for the short drive up Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol, where the president will deliver his first State of the Union address tonight.

Biden did not respond to a shouted question asking if Russian President Vladimir Putin has committed war crimes in Ukraine.

-ABC News' Justin Ryan Gomez

Biden tonight will touch on his plan to address crime and make the case for more community-based policing, rather than defunding the police, a White House official told ABC News.

"He'll make clear that the answer is not to defund the police, it’s to put more police -- with better training and more accountability -- out to take back our streets and make our neighborhoods safer," the White House official said. "And he’ll talk about the steps his administration has taken -- and will continue to take -- to advance that accountability and rebuild trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve."

Biden will also call on Congress to address gun violence, and pass "common-sense" gun violence legislation that will save lives, according to the official.

-ABC News' Molly Nagle

The nation's capital has ramped up security ahead of Biden's first State of the Union address tonight.

Up to 700 National Guard troops have been made available to assist local law enforcement, and a controversial inner-perimeter fence once again surrounds the U.S. Capitol.

The U.S. Capitol Police have also been working in tandem with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies on a "security plan to prevent any disruption to the important work of Congress," Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said in a statement earlier this week.

-ABC News' Noah Minnie

For more live coverage of the State of the Union, head to FiveThirtyEight, which is providing updates on Biden's address as well as the Texas primary election.

"Given the current state of affairs, both foreign and domestic, tonight is a big night for the president," writes FiveThirtyEight politics reporter Alex Samuels.

Highlighting his other key legislation passed last year, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Biden reached across the aisle and thanked GOP members for helping get that bill done.

"We're done talking about infrastructure weeks. We're now talking about an infrastructure decade," he said. "It’s going to transform America to put us on a path to win the economic competition of the 21st century that we face with the rest of the world-- particularly China."

To help the U.S. stay competitive against China, Biden said he needs Congress to pass the Bipartisan Innovation Act "that will make record investments in emerging technologies and American manufacturing."

Biden said if this bill gets passed, Intel's CEO is ready to spend $100 billion in investments in domestic manufacturing.

"And all they’re waiting for is for you to pass this bill. So let's not wait any longer," he said. "Send it to my desk. I'll sign it. And we will really take off in a big way."

-ABC News' Justin Ryan Gomez