Mr. Speaker, the president of the United States. [applause] [cheers and applause] [gavel pounding] pres. Trump thank you very much. Speaker ryan members of congress, i have the highest privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the United States. [applause] pres. Trump thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, mr. Vice president , members of congress, the first lady of the United States. [applause] pres. Trump and citizens of america, tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of black history month, we are reminded of our nations path towards civil rights and the work that still remains to be done. Recent threats [applause] pres. Trump recent Threats Targeting Jewish Community Centers and vandalism of jewish cemeteries as well as last weeks shooting in kansas city remind us that while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. [applause] pres. Trump each american gene
Mr. Speaker, the president of the United States. [applause] [cheers and applause] [gavel pounding] pres. Trump thank you very much. Speaker ryan members of congress, i have the highest privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the United States. [applause] pres. Trump thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, mr. Vice president , members of congress, the first lady of the United States. [applause] pres. Trump and citizens of america, tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of black history month, we are reminded of our nations path towards civil rights and the work that still remains to be done. Recent threats [applause] pres. Trump recent Threats Targeting Jewish Community Centers and vandalism of jewish cemeteries as well as last weeks shooting in kansas city remind us that while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. [applause] pres. Trump each american gene
All three hours of our program today will be devoted to getting your reaction to the speech, including democratic reaction to it. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can post your thoughts on and also on morning our Facebook Page as well. Here are the headlines. Reaction to last nights speech. Statesman this is the Chicago Tribune who chooses the same headline. The Columbus Dispatch with the headline lets get the job done is how the Detroit Free Press uses their headline this morning. The new york daily news, dawn hits reset, takes brighter tone before congress. Reset. Hits democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Ndependents 2027488002 plenty of reaction overnight to the president s speech. First come of the numbers courtesy of politico. There were 84 applause lines. Five mentions of obamacare, one mention of the wall along the u. S. Mexico border, one mention of the media, one mention of radical islamic terrorism and zero mentions of H
No action. How will his message play, across america and inside the capital . I hear your voice, and i promise you, i will deliver. Now arrives the hour of action. Live, from the nations capital, a president ial address to congress. Now reporting, george stephanopoulos. Good evening from washington, where the president is about to enter the capitol, and address the congress. And look at the light, as the president reads his speech to his family. The president ready to go, hes been working on the speech all day. Weve been told hes been adding a lot as well. And there you see the speaker of the house, paul ryan, Vice President mike pence. Members of the Supreme Court. Justice anthony kennedy, and Melania Trump. Its been no honeymoon for the president the first 40 days. And democrats galvanized against him. Jon karl is in the hall. The republicans looking for some direction from the president. Theres no question about that, on one hand, theyre ener because the republicans for the first ti
Officially called the state of the union the first time around for a new president. Inside the house chamber, First Lady Melania Trump has just taken her seat, were told, along with ivanka trump and jared kushner. We want to show you this extraordinary picture recorded a little while ago, the president seen on camera practicing his speech or at least thats what he appears to be doing inside the beast, his president ial limo. A lot of buzz over what the president might say including from the president. We learned a potential nod, a compromise on immigration may be afoot. Chuck todd is here with our team. Chuck, this suddenly came up with Network Broadcasters today, maybe ill talk about the immigration bill. He talked about what he might do about socalled dreamers, kids brought here by their parents, not on their own. It felt almost offthecuff at one point. He said maybe the time is right, maybe theres a point where you could do a big immigration bill, as he called it. He used the word c