Ayes have it. We remain adjourned until 10 00 tomorrow. Announcer with the house in recess we are waiting the democratic response from the Democratic Party. The designated survivor went to an undisclosed location. Justices thomas, alito and , the be a secretary in washington earlier today. We open our phone lines in just a moment to get your reaction to the president s speech which ran just over an hour. In comparison, resident reagans speech in 81 ran about 30 minutes. Ran 42 minutes. Bill clinton tying President Trump for just about an hour. Peter . Peter in just a few minutes, we are going to hear from former Kentucky Governor steve bashir with democratic response in louisville. Cheers and jeers as former Kentucky Governor steve bashir prepares to take the national stage. At the capital, is National Exposure is seen as an opportunity to spot like kentucky or as an embarrassing reminder of what is wrong in the state. I am really excited and proud and all kentuckians ought to be proud said attorney general in the bashir, the governors son. Attorney general bashir will join his father life on facebook to answer questions after his response and Republican Senate majority leader damon fair in kentucky is also planning a Facebook Event of his own in response to mr. Bashir. Is bad dont disagree it to spotlight kentucky, but we are spotlighting a failed governor in my opinion. A live picture outside the lexington diner and as soon as the remarks begin, we will have it for you here on cspan. This is a former Kentucky Governor, he is 72 years old. The president today making reference to with regard to the affable care act. For7488920 is the line democrats. 2027 48 8921 is the line for democrats. A live look at the east front of the capital. The president on his 40th day in the white house delivering remarks to a joint session of congress outlining a broad agenda on tax reform, the economy, foreignpolicy issues and the threats we face from terrorism and the challenge to move the front country forward again. In a moment, we will have the official democratic response from the former Kentucky Governor steve bashir. Following the response, our phone lines are open, a chance to react. Powerful speech is available on cspan. Org. Later tonight, prime and for the west coast a chance for the to see the president s speech in its entirety live on cspan. Come in coming up in a mormon moment, the democratic response. I am steve bashir. I was governor of kentucky from 20072015. 20s i am some 400 miles from washington at a diner with neighbors. Democrats and republicans, where we just watched the president s address worried i am a proud democrat, but first and foremost, i am a proud republican and democrat and mostly american. And like many of you, i am worried about the future of this nation. Look, i grew up in kentucky in a small town called dawson springs. My dad and granddad were active preachers. Family owned a funeral home and my wife jane and i have been married for almost 50 years. I became governor at the start of the global recession and after eight years, we left things a lot better than we found them. By being fiscally responsible. I even cut my own pay. We balanced our budget and deficits into surpluses without raising taxes. We cut our Unemployment Rate in half. He made huge gains in High School Graduation rates and we found Health Coverage for over half a million kentuckians. We did that through trust and mutual respect. I listened and i built partnerships with Business Leaders and with republicans in our legislature. We put people first and politics second. The america i love allowed the smalltown preachers kid to be elected governor. It taught me to embrace people who are different from me, not vilify them. The america i love has always been about looking forward, not backward. About working together to find solutions, regardless of party. Instead of allowing our differences to divide us and hold us back. And we democrats are committed to creating the opportunity for every american to succeed by growing our economy with good paying jobs, educating and training our people to fill , giving our business is the freedom to innovate, keeping our country safe and providing health care that families can afford and rely on. Mr. President , as a candidate, you promised to be a champion for families struggling to make ends meet and i hope you live up to that promise, but one of your very First Executive orders exit harder for those families to even afford a mortgage. Then you started rolling back rules that provide oversight to the financial over industry and safeguard us against another economic meltdown and depict a cabinet of billionaires and wall street insiders who want to eviscerate the protections that most americans count on and that help level the Playing Field. Thats not being our champion, thats being wall streets champion. And even more troubling, you and your republican allies in congress seem determined to rip Affordable Health insurance away from millions of americans who most need it. Does the Affordable Care act needs some repairs . Sure it does. Every republican idea to replace the Affordable Care act would reduce the number of americans covered, despite your promises to the contrary. Mr. President , folks here in in kentucky expect you to keep your word because this isnt a game, it is life and death for people. These ideas promise access to care, but deny the importance of making care affordable and effective. They would charge families more for fewer benefits and put the Insurance Companies back in control. Behind these ideas is the belief that folks at the lower end of the economic ladder just dont deserve health care. That it is somehow their fault that their employer doesnt offer insurance or that they cant afford to buy Expensive Health plans. But just who are these 22 million americans, including 500,000 people right here in kentucky, who now have health care that didnt have it before . Look, they are not aliens from some distant planet. They are our friends and neighbors. We sit in the bleachers with them on friday nights, we worship in the pews with them on sunday morning. They are farmers, restaurant workers, parttime teachers, nurses aides, construction workers and entrepreneurs working at hightech startups. And before the Affordable Care act, they woke up every morning and went to work just hoping and praying they wouldnt get sick because they knew that they were just one bad diagnosis away from bankruptcy. You know, in 2010, this country made a commitment, that every american deserved health care they could afford and rely on, and we democrats are going to do everything in our power to keep President Trump and the Republican Congress from reneging on that commitment. But we are going to need your help by speaking out. Another commitment now being tested is to our National Security. Look, make no mistake, i am a military veteran myself and i know that protecting america is the president s highest duty. Yet President Trump is ignoring serious threats to our National Security from russia, who is not our friend, while alienating our allies who have fought with this sidebyside and are our friends in a dangerous world. His approach makes us less safe and should worry every freedomloving american. Instead, President Trump has all but declared war on refugees and immigrants. Look, the president can and should enforce our immigration laws, but we can protect america without abandoning our principles and our moral obligation to help those fleeing war and terror, without tearing families apart and without needlessly jeopardizing our military men and women fighting overseasoverseas. You know, another republican president , Ronald Reagan, once said in america, our origins matter less than our destination. And that is what democracy is all about. President trump also needs to understand that people may disagree with him from time to time, but that doesnt make them his enemies. When the president attacks loyalty and credibility of our intelligence agencies, the court system, the military, the free press, individual americans, simply because he doesnt like what they say, he is eroding our democracy and that is reckless. Real leaders dont spread derision and division. Real leaders strengthen. The unifi, they partner and they offer Real Solutions instead of ultimatums and blame. Look, i may be oldfashioned, but i still believe that dignity, compassion and honesty and accountability are basic american values. And as a democrat, i believe that if you work hard you deserve the opportunity to realize the American Dream regardless of whether you are a coal miner in kentucky, a teacher in rhode island, and autoworker in detroit, or a Software Engineer in san antonio. Broken. Tical system is it is broken because too many of our leaders think it is all about them. They need to remember that they work for us, and helping us is their work. Progressmade real while i was governor because we were motivated by one thing, helping families. Democrats are trying to bring that same focus back to washington, d. C. Americans are a Diverse People and we may disagree on a lot of things, but we have always come together when we remember that we are one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. The former democratic governor of kentucky Steve Beshear in lexington, kentucky delivering the democratic response. D the spanish democratic response. All of our coverage available on cspan. Org. We want to get your reaction from the former Kentucky Governor and also from the president delivering his first speech before a joint session of ongress. 2027488920 for democrats. D 2027488921 for republicans. Peter has been looking into reaction. Trump lays out broad vision for america. Trump outlines an ambitious american. Drudge report says dreamers may get their dream. Trump dealing on immigration and finally heres the huffington post. Don on a leash. Steve . Steve gene is joining us from illinois. What did you hear from the president and whats your reaction . Jean i thought President Trump did a great job with his speech. He seemed to cover just about everything. And he believes in infrastructure. He believes in so many things. And i was so well, im just so ashamed by the democrats sitting there in those white uniforms, those women. It was pityful and most of time the democrats sat there. And this president has got a heart out for all people. And these democrats just cant seem to see that. I was with donald trump from the very beginning and i have loved him ever since. And oh, by the way, theyre showing tillison, the secretary of state. People complain about these billionaires that he has chosen to be his cabinet. Ll, let me say these men and women worked hard to get where theyre at. So why put some flunky in there that doesnt know anything about anything which we have seen in just a few years ago . Steve let me jump in and ask you a question because he said its time for the democrats and republicans come together. How does he do that . What is the path to that . Caller you know, thats a good question. I think the democrats should come to work every day with an attitude. They should come together. Were going to work with the other side. And were going to split our ideas. They come with an attitude all the time that pelosi shes a disgrace to women. And besides some of these people say theyre christians. And how can you vote for people that believe in abortion . Thats another big thing. God bless mr. Trump. I dont want anything to ever happen to him during these next four years, some crazy man. But god willing he will be able to come across and brings these i dont want to say these people from the other side together. May god bless them and god bless the republicans too. So we can steve thank you for the call. Ell move to a democrat. From brooklyn, new york. What was your reaction . Caller hey, hard to follow that one up. But i i got a little tripped up listening to her. Steve did you watch the entire speech . Caller yeah, no, i watched the entire speech. My biggest takeaway that he was able to read from the teleprompter a little bit better without wearing a red tie. Steve lets go to jacob from mc allen, texas. Caller hello, im from mcallen, texas. Im a libertarian, actually. And i approve of President Trumps speech this evening. I actually thought it was very well spoken. And i approve with his immigration platform as being from mcallen, texas, i witness a lot of the drug cartels and the immigration crossing illegally across the rio grande and it just costs a lot to the city and the rio grande valley, mcallen, texas a lot of money that they cannot be reimbursed and its costing my taxes and other peoples taxes for the plans. And i also approved of his Infrastructure Spending that he was well spoken of that the need to spend the money for fixing our roads, our rails, our dams just like the Lake Oroville in california desperately needed it. Those are programs that will create jobs for this country. Want to message out to my congressman. I hope you showed up to the address as you boycotted the inaugural. I hope you showed up to this address and understood what the president is trying to say that would benefit every american especially the people in your district. Steve which congressman are you referring to . He is a democrat, Vicente Gonzales of the 15th district. I did not vote for him. I did not approve most of what he advocated. He just seemed to be a complete opposite of what the residents of the district advocates for. Most of the district is predominantly catholic and prolife. He seemed to be a prochoice democrat that just did not rethrite the people of the district. Steve thanks for the call. East front u. S. Capital. David on the republican line from hawaii. Good evening to you, sir. Go ahead, please. Caller yes, you asked the question of how the democrats are going to, you know, how is he going to get along with the democrats . They dont want to get along with donald trump. I thought it was a great speech. And it just looks like what ive seen over since 1958. One side stands up. The other side doesnt. I think thats the major problem with politics. And i think finally this president is going to bring common sense. Thats what were lacking. And i think everybody understands that the government has gone crazy. They dont have any common sense left. Steve david, was there a line from the speech that youre going to take away from President Trump tonight . Everything i thought just brought common sense. You know, we just dont have common sense in anything we do anymore. I think hes going toe take a going to take a look at everything. You know, throughout government and bring common sense back. Steve david, thanks for the hawaii. Ohio Mitch Mcconnell took on governor beshear. It continues to harm kentucky even after hes left office. Here is senator herono from hawaii. You cant govern in cliches and thats all weve heard. Senator from california, repealing obamacare would be a disaster for millions of americans. We must amend the law, improve it. Not eliminate it. And running commentary via twitter from an coulter. She supported donald trump back in the primaries. She said this is the best speech shes heard from washington. She said the medias job tonight is to keep trumps numbers from skyrockets tomorrow. And finally this one, i love when democrats pretend to be the alt of the earth, straw head hayseeds. The president ial motorcade heading back to the white house. You can see the flashing lights along pennsylvania avenue as the president and the first lady make their way back to their residents. Michelle from fort worth, texas as we look at this live picture along pennsylvania avenue. Good evening, michelle. Caller good evening. I have a comment on both sides. I have two boys in the military army. And i appreciate President Trump bringing back the strength of the military. The other thing that i have is against the democrats, the women that were protesting wearing white. I everybody has their own standards and what they support. But i did not agree with the three women that stayed seated during the applause and standing ovation for the jam that passed away. That was so disrespectful and thats whats wrong with the democrats is they are very disrespectful. They believe its for them and only them and with the obamacare, i have a friend that lost his job. He cannot pay for obamacare. The way that i see it is the people that fight for obamacare theyre the ones not paying for it. You have a job so its affordable. The people that dont have a job, its not affordable. And its not the best care out there. I have a job. And ive had it for 10 years. And my insurance went up because of obamacare. So i hope and i pray for donald trump sorry, President Trump to have all the support that he can get to get the democrats to understand its not all about them. Its about the United States and the people. And thats why theyre in office is to fight for the people, not for themselves. Steve michelle, thanks very much for the call. A live look along pennsylvania avenue. We saw earlier the wife of the navy seal who was killed in yemen. A tribute by democrats and republicans, a standing ovation. Even the president making a comment of just how long the tribute lasted, the operation that resulted in the death of civilians in yemen and the loss of one life that navy seal. Kathy is join us in florida. Independent line. Good evening. Your reaction to the speech by the president . Caller i think it was wonderful. First off, id like to say i voted emocrat, you know, republican. I see both sides on a lot of different issues and their concerns. But we need a lot of prayers in this country. I cant believe the democrats are acting so immature. They work for us, the people. Theyre getting paid a salary and theyre acting so childish. And im i really liked trumps agenda and the things that hes talking about and the promises that he has made and i think this man really loves our country. Steve thanks very much for the call. If youre just tuning in on cspan radio, your reaction to the president s speech this evening, the full speech which runs just about an hour is on our website at cspan. Org. And by way of comparison it matches up to the first speech by bill clinton in 1993 when he delivered a speech before the joint session of congress. The tradition dates back to Ronald Reagan who delivered a joint session speech in february of 1981 in the first month of his presidency. If youre tuning in on cspan2, we have members of congress who hall. Statuary patrick is joining us from fairfield, vermont. The democrats line. Good evening. Caller i heard the speech. The president didnt bring up any gay rights or anything. Im a little bit not happy. But i did vote for hillary. But hes doing not that bad. But i hope the president can do something more. And yes, the white women, yes, they did what they had to do. Steve patrick, thank you. The reference to the white blouses and dresses, democratic members of the house of representatives wearing white as a representative of the suffrage moment a decision made by the Democratic Caucus. A lot of people questioning what that was all about. Thats the reason why. Congressman joe crowley reacting to the president s speech. We checked in with him at statuary hall just a few moments ago. We want to be positive about the country and the direction were heading. But i think there was a lot of fluff with no substance the entire speech. Talked about tolerance and in the same breath hes talking about rounding up people tonight. And many of them its not just the criminal element which were all in favor of expelling but rounding up innocent female be caught up in that web. So, talk about healthcare with no real substantive change in terms of how we bring about as we call undoing the affordable hale care act. Few on details. A big change from president obama and watching this evening not much for democrats to stand and cheer for in that speech it appeared. Youre the Democratic Caucus chair. Whats the strategy of House Democrats as the president unveils his budget as republicans begin to bring forth their repeal and replace legs . Well, the democrats have made clear that we will continue to fight to maintain the Affordable Care act because its working for 30 million americans in this country. We will continue to fight for good jobs in this nation, were hoping that this president will step forward and ask for our assistance and the republicans colleagues heretofore theyve yet to ask for assistance in any way, shape or for. Unforge nately, unfortunately, its the same old, same old. Its been out there for a trillion dollars in Infrastructure Spending both public and private financing. What do you think about that . Again, without the details and knowing where thats coming from, how the money is raised, you know, will it be toll roads where people the middleclass will continue to pay for the through the decades ahead, we dont know what the details are. How will you get the trillion dollars and how do you pay for it is the real question . Joe crowley from new york, thank you, congressman for coming by. Steve more interviews can be seen on cspan2. Your reaction to the president s speech and also some tweets. Theres this with reference to Steve Beshear. No leader. This shows how broken the Democratic Party is. This comes from valerie. How many contradictions from trump in one hour . And the tax credit wont help the working poor whos wages are not enough to owe the taxes. And the caller from cspan says the one pushing for the Affordable Care act are not the ones using it. I push for a. C. A. , i need it. Good morningdiana, caller good evening. Well get it right. The American First Movement started in the 1990s. President trump is the culmination of this movement. My take on the speech was real simple. I think hes giving the democrats a lifeline. And if they dont take this lifeline and join us in this movement, i believe their partys going to become irrelevant. I think the democrats have decent ideas but they need to get away from their revolutionary ideas of men and womens bathrooms. Their revolutionary ideas america is not ready for. So lets all get on the trump train and lets make America Great again. So my take on the speech, aplus. But lets give this man a chance. America voted for him. Hes our president. Lets all get behind him. Thank you. Steve hey, mike, are you still with us . Caller i am, yes. Steve the line the time for small thinking is over. Democrats and republicans, its time to come together. Caller i agree with that. But im not sure theres the ability to come together when you have a party that has such revolutionary ideas that america is not ready for like the a. C. A. The republicans are doing them a favor by trying to reform this train wreck. If they didnt care about america, they would let it collapse under its own weight. The program is not sustainable. You cant tell an insurer, you have to take everybody and not only that you cant put tax on the expenses. Thats not an insurance. Youre just taking an order. So the republicans do care about this country. I believe in some strange way they do care about the Democratic Party. And so i do agree, big ideas. Lets get it done. Lets get on the trump train. Thank you. Steve mirkse thanks for joining us. Arizona. To sedona, caller i concur from the jam from new york that there was a lot of fluff. I heard a lot of statistics and no solutions of how were going to get things done. The drug epidemic, i mentioned that and if he thinks stopping a few kilos coming in from the Mexican Border is going to fix our drug situation in this country, hes sadly mistaken. Politics as usual. We saw it through the Obama Administration. The republicans were obstructionists. Before from george w. Bush, obama was recovering the pieces for that and now everybody wants to blame obama for the spending and the wars, etc. Politics as usual. It seems that everyone was putting on a face and no one wanted to be there to hear trump. I dont know. Hes a very divisive person. However, im very hopeful that his business skills can translate into an improvement for all classes in the United States. Steve taking your point, what would you tell the Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and the house leader nancy pelosi, speaking as a democrat . Well, i would tell them to suck it up and represent the people of america by working with this gentleman, President Trump. Taking some of his ideas and offering more solutions. If youre not happy with President Trumps ideas then add to it. See how you can make it better. You know steve do you think they can do that . Do you think they can bring in people like senator warren and senator Bernie Sanders and others . Caller absolutely. Thats what im praying that President Trump does. And it seems like he is reaching out. You know if they want to get a special prosecutor, why dont they have some mediators and conflict resolutionists bring in some professional folks to iron all this out and lets Work Together as a whole. Lets heal this country. That way we can carry it to the rest of the world. And i see it changing. Were doing much better. And its going to be a rough period before the beauty sets in again. But im so proud that President Trump is going toe work on the infrastructures of this country, the roads, etc. And healthcare, tackling the healthcare situation. You know, make obamacare better. Steve david, thanks from edona, arizona. Were going to be with you for another 40 minutes. A reminder that washington journal will have more on this. Senator mark inia warner that he is ready to work ith potus. Western new york knows all too well that free trade is not fair trade. Potus is committed to leveling the Playing Field to create jobs. Senator ron widen, democrat, oregon, antihunger programs will only be crowded out in 54 billion in new spending thrown at defense contractors. And this tweet from former mexican president vincente fox, he was trolling the trump speech. And here are a couple of things that he said. President fox said this joint session is only for donald trump to use big boy words. Please, u. S. Congress dont let this guy get away with his own. Bernie sanders is on facebook and he is live responding to the president. Lets dip in and listen. Donald trump wants to provide 3 trillion in tax break first the people atop. That is an outrage. Further more, President Trump claimed tonight that american corporations pay the highest tax rates in the world. Were going to have to lower substantially tax rates on large corporations. What he said is untrue. Not true. According to the Government Accountability office. One out of five one out of five large profitable corporations pays nothing, zero in federal income tax. Today, we are losing 100 billion in revenue every year because corporations are stashing their cash in the Cayman Islands and other offshore foundations. They dont need a tax cut. They need to start paying their fair share of taxes. Tonight, President Trump once again made it clear that he plans on working with republicans in congress who want to repeal the Affordable Care act throw 20 million americans off of health insurance, privatize medicare, raise the cost of prescription drugs for seniors, eliminate funding for planned parenthood, while at the same time he wants to give yet another massive tax break to the wealthiest americans which is what would happen. Senator Bernie Sanders on face b. O. K. Right now reacting to the president s speech. Well go to chris joining us from somerset, kentucky. Republican line. Your former governor giving the response. So your take away on all of this, chris . Caller i tell you its kind of a little depressing to i heard a lot of the comments talking about how the democrats sat down. I identify as a republican. It depends whos sitting there that the opposite side of the house seems to sit down. I think that you know, weve complained about our government that has been involved with special interests that we all need to take a look at ourselves. I spent a couple months shy of 23 years the military. A lot of people i would talk to while i was in the military we would talk about are you voting for this guy and that guy, they would always say im going to vote for this guy. They would say because he can do the best for our military. I think we all have to separate ourselves from that because its easy to get caught up in that. Not to be concerned about that when i was in the military or after that. I would vote for the person who would be the best for my country not my own interest. We get caught up in key words that set you us off and take us in a total direction rather than kind of get in the substance of whats thely being said. Steve let me get your reaction to one of the stories that seems to be trending. And that is the ovation, the widow of william ryan owens. He, of course, that navy seal that was killed in that operation in yemen that resulted in the deaths of civilians an alqaeda members as well. Did you watch that . And the reaction to what the president said and to mrs. Owens response . Caller well, i tell you that, my heart definitely goes out for those who are not with us and the sacrifice of the families who lost loved ones and everything. Definitely depressing when you see somebodys thats supposed to be representing the people that doesnt even stand up for that. I kind of hate to see that those kind of situations get pull into the political realm to be honest with you. I think its almost i dont know. Disgraceful to some extent, i think. Steve disgraceful in whose part . Caller for politicians that try to play that card. I dont know. Its kind of difficult for me to watch and see because its something i know people myself ive lost a lot of friends and i know a lot of families out there that have had to sacrifice. I just dont like to see it get pull into the political realm. Steve thanks for weighing in. Thanks for your service as well. We appreciate it. Caller thank you. Steve lets go to cindy joining us from leads, maine. Good evening. Your take away on all of this . Caller well, as far as donald trump goes, hes not my president and he will never be. Every day since the day he announced that he was running for president has been nothing but chaos. Its gotten to the point that i ll watch cspan once a day just to see what hes done that day. And im also retired Law Enforcement officer. Ok. In all of the history of the the of the American AmericanLaw Enforcement mmunity years and years of buildup and very competent that all of e says a sudden he can wipe out all the crime. He wants them to wipe out crime. How come it hasnt been done before . But because he says it can be he say that when we have competent people that know it cant be done right away. And it cant be done on one sleep, nothing not in four years of his presidency. As far sa same thing s i dont know if he said blow isis from the face of the earth. But when he says things like that it just makes it more dangerous for the country because they continue to get through and im not saying everybody is even coming from other countrys that there is a terrorists. Rown and Law Enforcement just cant take care of everything. Steve cindy from maine, thanks. This is a tweet from molly. President trump should br judged by his actions so far which have not been good. Caller i just wanted to say i have been listening to all of the people. The only thing i really have to withinwe are like at war ourselves. And we have somebody in there now, respect him and let him do what he said he was going to do thequit thinking that from beginning they dont like him, they did not like it because he was a republican or because the is because when obama was in there, and i have no respect for him at all, not because he was but because he was citizen and states nobody ever said anything about that. All they wanted to say was oh he was a great and everything that he did. Most of the Democratic Party said that. I am not a party person. Host larry has this tweet, pretty sad that the democrats do not agree with making us safe. 39th commerce the secretary, confirmed by the senate. Veteransecretary Administration Secretary was the designated survivor in the event of a catalyst catastrophic event. The timestarted during when it was determined one person should be said aside in the event that there was a tragedy. Keeping track on social media. Headlines. Poli reactions from nancy Mike Nancy Pelosi and pence. From nancy pelosi, the president speaks like a populist but he is selling the country down the river. From Vice President pence, the potus show true leadership in his address. It is just past 11 00 here in the east. Another half hour. Then a chance to watch the speech in its and tyra t at 11 30. A chance to watch the speech at 11 30. Irety like to talkwould about the infrastructure plan. I was encouraged by the privatepublic partnership. I have been keeping up with this and i honestly believe many many andave said, so the articles i read, on television, it is obvious it is going to be some type of maybe a make America Great again bond or Something Like that. Joining the private investment. That would be by the u. S. Government and with funding coming from revenue of these infrastructure projects. I am very encouraged by that and i think it is a wonderful thing. Host but the price tag, 1 trillion. Do you think republicans will go along with that kind of spending . Is not necessarily the government that will dispense. This is americans making America Great again. It is not necessarily government spending. It is we the people investing in our own infrastructure. Host let me take a step further, who pays for . If you look at the orville dam and california, the water system in flint, michigan, highways across the country. He made reference to president eisenhower in the interstate system funded through federal tax dollars. If not the government for taxpayers, who would pay for it . Caller he is talking about a Publicprivate Partnership where we the American People would be said by the government but the revenue from the bonds themselves would be created by the new bridges, new airports, the business, the tolls, what have you. Different sources of revenue coming in and whatever it is left over of course the government would get. That is a Publicprivate Partnership and making America Greatagain bonds are a idea. Host columbus go to another caller color on the democrat line. Caller from nebraska. Thatieve with the deadline President Trump was on a leash tonight. For some reason or another, his advisers warned him about his when he is inss public and when he is talking in public so i really think he was on a leash. Notactions has not, does reflect when hes in on the stage tonight. It is unrealistic to pour more money into the military until they look to see exactly what the military is spending the money they do have on. I think to try to take away the care act without having a viable plan in place is a detriment to 22 million americans plus. , i listened to the viewers talk about the democrats and the democrats supposedly disrespect to President Trump when the republicans did this for eight years under president obama. I heard when he was giving speeches, the republican i have seet you lie them for eight years, the republicans not do their jobs. Republicans to say now that the democrats are not trying to work with trump, i think they would work with President Trump if he wrecked a viable if he brought a viable program which he has yet since he has been inaugurated, he has not done so. Host thank you from nebraska, call. Reciate the the new u. S. Ambassador to the haley. Nations, nikki bill scanlon spoke with her earlier tonight in statuary hall. Ambassador haley, when did you hear from the president tonight that you did not hear before. He ishaley we heard going to deliver to the American People but he wants to do it in a way that will uplift all people. Those who voted for him and those who did not. You cant ill already a lengthy action items he did and will continue to do. It is a great start to the administration. Beast the civic about the medicaid part . Tell us about your experience in South Carolina will stop what do you think the president is trying to do in his proposals in repealing or replacing obamacare, in particular medicaid in the states . Ambassador haley he said exactly what Everyone Wants to hear. He states can decide because they know their People Better than anyone else and when they get the flexibility and can answer it the way they want, they can touch a lot more people and save more money that way. It is a move in the right direction. President expressing strong support for nato. What else did you hear in his comments . Going tor haley he is have the backs of his allies and we expect our allies to have our backs as well. Doinge see a bad actor something were going to call them out. Americas going to be strong again, leading and. From an international point, you will see a new stronger america. Already the issue of sanctions on iran have come up. Further strengthening and support for israel has come up. Even talk about the United States possibly leaving the Human Rights Council of the united nations. In best haley i think what we they wantt is to know where we stand and what we are for and against. We are being honest and where we are, what we want to see. We are going to oppose wesley ciara undoing ballistic missiles, we are going to oppose when we see i ran with nuclear missiles. President trump talked about the historic increase in spending, what about the state department . Are you worried you will lose some financial clout or funding Ambassador Haley what he needs strengthen first. If cuts need to be taken for that to happen, that is what they need to do. Former South Carolina governor nikki haley, thank you for being with us. Statuary hall, truly one of the most magnificent rooms. If you come to washington, d. C. , it is a mustc location. Conducting interviews. Ambassador nikki haley from statuary hall. It is also on our website at cspan. Org. Regressive,sadly liberal democrats still stuck on stupid when it comes to the president. This from cameron, it says, said tax cuts . Massive increases in defense , how exactly does that work . From texas, republican line, john you are next. Well, after sitting here on my listening to everybody about the president ial address, isas blown away on how he ing to make everything what i have still not heard from our congressional people and president is we need to take care of our own first. We have to take care of our inner cities, our own inner go to othere we countries. Why cant we take care of our own first . Host did you hear that tonight . Caller i heard him say that, yes, but what about the inner in poverty . Are so host he made a reference to chicago, 4000 shootings last year and a Record Number of deaths over the last 1200 1214 months. What about miami, st. Louis . Not just chicago, it is everywhere. I would like to see us take care of our own first. Other countries have problems but why do we have to stick our noses into other peoples business. Why cant we just think of our own people . Host thank you for waiting on the line and thank you for adding to the program. Is michael in charlottesville, virginia. Independent line. Thank you for take my call. What i heard tonight is very alarming to me in some ways, shapes, and fashions. As a disabled veteran, there is some things i think that needs to be heard and it is an undertone of what he was saying as an ramping up our military while putting restraints on the government and spending more money on our military. Criminalsg immigrants and putting together a special immigrants. Or i kind of believed in the undertone he is ramping us up to be at war. Saysof by the way that he things. And by the policies he has tried to put in place and where he is trying to do already. Saying if youre not american then you do not belong in this country. Mosting the best and talented into our country to be the best they can and live the American Dream. We are a country of immigrants all put and one bowl to come together and make the messed the best america possible. Host california, independent line. Color thank you. I think that was a great speech by donald trump, our new president. The mostppointed me about the speech was the reaction of the democrats when he mentioned he was going to certainorruption and individuals would be banned from foreign governments. It disappointed me because their did not stand and clap and that said a lot. That tells me they are for corruption, for lobbyists and we need to stop that. We need to fix our country. As let me ask you this because the republicans did the same host host let me ask you this, how do the parties get beyond that . Siter the parties need to down and both parties are just too extreme. They need to be more centered, you know . Can you do that . Do you think they can do that . Caller i think there are some issues where we need to compromise but i think both parties are taken over by extremists as we see on the with the democrats. They represent, for example, here in los angeles they mix it up. They when they say immigrants we have no problem with the immigrants. We have a problem with illegal immigrants. They do not distinguish that, you know . One of the reasons i voted republican in diameter has been a, is because i got sick and tired of the democrats talking to me like i am in illegal immigrant. I was born and raised in this country and i am a proud american, you know . We need to focus helping us whether we are white or black or orwn or purple or red yellow, does not matter what color we are. We are americans and we need to help each other out before we can help other folks from abroad who come here and, you know, break the law. Host thank you for the call from california, we appreciate your voice. Tomorrow house and Senate Leadership for lunch at the white house. The schedule just came out. Here is some more reaction from the speech. , the potus iship right, we should help americans coveragetheir own through the use of tax credits and expanded Health Savings accounts. We need to help accomplish more. If you might have seen women in white do this to the president when he was talking about health care. Those are two california reps. Here is a couple of reactions from them. Heres judy, no one creates division from police and communities turning them into force. Eportation in representative spire, how do we pay for this . You cannot cut taxes on corporations if more is spent on defense and not raising the debt. To im a republican, pleased hear from harley davidson. He is a republican from wisconsin. In Maxine Waters did not attend the speech and she posted on twitter why she did not attend. I have not been to the inauguration or to the speech this evening because these are where youf events welcome the president. Where you honor the president. These are moments where people are smiling, shaking hands, they other withg each warm embraces, etc. And of course, i do not feel that way. I do not feel that i could participate in the kind of honoring of a president who has who he really is. And when he is said and the way he has acted is that he is a man that should not be honored. Who cannot be trusted. Calls names, that intimidates, bullies, and so for me i do not participate and socalled celebrations with people that i do not honor. And i do not believe in. Lets talk about immigration. Represent district host thanks again for that. The posting on facebook who did not show at the event. We want to show, this is from a viewer, the behavior of the democrats during the speech shows they do not care about this country. And another, how can we justify further increases in spending when we are cutting two other ranches of government . Thomas from North Carolina, democrats line. That evening. Good evening. I am a veteran of the vietnam war and i listened to the speech. Is things that have transpired over the eight years that president obama accomplished. All the jobs. Shovelready jobs. Republicans sold everything this man tried to do. They talked about how bad the Health Care System was and i have been going through the Health Care System at the Veterans Administration for about three years, we have the best health care in that i feel anybody has in the whole country. All these things was negative everything from the Obama Administration but i am going to tell you when you go to a local hospital anywhere else and get sick, everything the former president tried to do same thing with health care. The Affordable Care act. Obamacare made it seem bad but the republicans and the democrats altogether have good health care. A what about the working poor and the states that refuse to expand medicaid like texas and North Carolina . Cant go to the emergency room. They are blocked without care. Host here is a portion of what the president said earlier tonight during his onehour speech before congresss joint session. Aesident trump it has been little over a month since my inauguration and i want to take this moment to update the nation on the progress ive made in keeping those promises. Since my election, ford, general motors, sprint, softbank, intel, walmart, and many others have announced they would invest billions and billions of dollars in the United States and will create tens of thousands of new american jobs. [applause] President Trump the stock market has gained almost 3 trillion in value since the election on november 8, a record. We have saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars by bringing down the price of fantastic, and it is a fantastic. Ew f35 jet fighter in and we will be saving millions more on contracts all across our government. We have placed a hiring freeze on nonmilitary and nonessential federal workers. We have begun to drain the swamp of government corruption by imposing a fiveyear began on lobbying by executive Branch Officials and a lifetime ban [applause] host the president s speech session ofint congress. Republican line, what did you here tonight . Caller i have been on hold for a while but that is all right. It is great to live in a country that is free and we have to fight for our freedom everyday. We should not take it for granted. What the president said tonight, we need both aisles to get together, put away their differences, and start working together. Inas very, very disappointed democrats. I used to be a democrat, but if i were still a democrat today i which change my party tomorrow is of what i saw on tv tonight and that is not the way that we as taxpayers pay our government officials and congress to go to duffs inget off their do their jobs. We need to either cut some of their salaries for the neglect if they are not willing to work and try to do the right thing. Whether he is a republican or a. Emocrat, he is our president host thank you for the call. We go next to moorestown, florida, independent line. Pete, are you with us . We will try one more time for pete in florida. Texas. Fort worth, a democrat. Good evening. Amy, are you with us . Try one more time for amy. Caller yes. What he said about the respect for other nationalities. He did not mention anything about the native americans and the land in north dakota and d second sacred line and the sacred land. Obamacare does not need to be replaced, just fix. In about the undocumented immigrants who have families here that have been here for years and they are good citizens, good people. About the jobs, i have been trying to apply for a job since may of last year and nobody, and i mean nobody is hiring me. I am a u. S. Citizen. How is he going to help me as a u. S. Citizen get a job when none of the employers i apply for wont even higher me . Agree that our roads and highways do need to be repaired. For the call. U stephenville, mary for, washington, republican line. Good evening. I am republican and that meansstate and im not represented. I am really impressed with the democrats in that a few of them actually stood up and shook hands with President Trump and that gives me a little hope that maybe some places they do still represent democrats. I am anr thing is engineers or look at the stuff and i go, well, education wont help just about everybody and there are between 20 million and 30 Million People on this health care and there are 300 30 Million People in the United States and that means there are less than 10 . I think we could probably take care of those if we worked on a different system. 27,000three 5000 pages on obamacare that lets them get into my bank account and everybody elses bank account in my medical records. My government should get out of my business. Thats about all for tonight but thank you for your time. Busy weekend in coral gables, florida, saturday and sunday. Keeping track of reaction president she speech. Peter 78 positive reaction to the president s speech. 21 negative. The Associated Press is just breaking that u. S. Officials say Donald Trumps new immigration order would remove a rock from the list of countries would remove iraq from the list of countries with the travel ban. Here is the wall street journals new headlines. Trump speaks to rally support for agenda. New york times, president softens tone and outlining goals and finally the washington post, a less hardline trump calls for a new chapter of american greatness. Host a reminder for tomorrow morning, a full three hours of your reaction to the president s speech. The speech is posted on our website at cspan. Org as with all of our programming. It runs just over one hour. It began at 9 0 five eastern time as the president was welcome to the house in the senate, his first