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This together you have a direct megaphone to the american people is a big moment. >> it is a big moment because it is such a big stage and a vast audience. the coverage starts before the speech and lasts for quite a while afterward so it is a real opportunity. in cases i thought presidents did that well with him, looking back, 43 of these i have covered in one way or another i can only think of fewer than ten moments from 43 speeches, this one made an impression, always seems like a big deal on ...

>> it is a big moment because it is such a big stage. and it is a vast audience, and the coverage starts before the speech, and lasts for quite a while afterwards. so it is a real opportunity. i just cant think of too many cases where i thought presidents did that well with them. looking back over 43 of these, i think ive covered, and one way or another, i can only think of fewer than ten moments from 43 speeches. this one, however, may leave an impression. it always seems like a big deal on the...

>> martha: and a couple of minutes, well go to the democratic response from the former georgia house minority leader and 2016 georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams. but lets bring in our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel, standing by and statuary hall. >> martha, bret. good evening to you. stacey abrams is seen as a rising star among the democrats. she received quite a bit of attention when she ran for governor last year, lost to republican brian kemp. she will talk about re...

[applause] >> dagen: stealing hearts across the nation, special guest of the president, joshua trump, who couldnt help falling asleep during the big event. greg. >> greg: you see him napping through political speech, you know he truly is a trump. by the way, this is how i sleep. did you ever have a problem sleeping? always put on a speech or podcast and tried to stay awake and you will immediately trigger that thing from college when you just go like this. you are drooling. >> jesse: the reason ...

More defense spending, defense for the unborn, hard-line stance on russia and china, nato paying its fair share. if i didnt know any different, i would say there were something for everyone. trump did stress unity. >> president trump: we must reject the politics of revenge, resistance, and retribution, and embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise, and the common good. we must choose between greatness or gridlock, results or resistance, vision or vengeance, incredible progress o...

Chris? >> chris: its a low mark because as he was, these responses, both by republicans and democrats, are notoriously unsuccessful. i thought this was a pretty good one. yes, while the macro numbers are pretty good, there are a lot of americans who are struggling, and i thought she seemed to get more to what peoples lives are like in the reality. also she talked about some subjects like education, which the president didnt talk about at all, or climate change, which the president didnt talk abo...

We are just pointing out what it is. nobodys making it out. i also thought for stacey abrams, you know my rule, always say no to giving the response to the state of the union. you will never have the stage the president has. as those things go, she got out pretty well. >> greg: yeah. she didnt watch the speech. she cant. no, she could. >> dana: its not a point by point rebuttal. you already have a response. >> greg: you are crawling with good points today. anyway, jesse. what struck you? >> jess...

>> beckwith panel, chris. >> it is a low mark, these responses by republicans and democrats, this was a pretty good one. the macro numbers are pretty good, there are a lot of americans, to get more to what peoples lives are like in the reality, she talked about some subjects like education which the president didnt talk about or climate change which the president didnt talk about at all. i think it was a pretty effective speech politically and opening salvo for 2020 after a 35 day shutdown. he t...

Climate change in a sentence. its a disgrace. speak of the word socialist is becoming a buzzword like liberal and feminist where the right wing is taking it and distorting it. >> greg: congratulations, van jones. right on cue they react out of anger and fear, fear trump wasnt divisive which threatens the business model. conflict leads to profit and compromise wont pay the bills. the reality check from cvs. 76% of viewers approved of the speech. thats out con dressed -- contrast with the dems in ...

>> a new standard of living for the 21st century but i dont think he followed it up and i hope in the next few weeks we see him do that but that was the way to not just open the 2020 campaign but look to the future in a big picture way. >> it was a humdrum speech. the big drama was i didnt see democrats walking out of being rude to the president, lots of republicans that would be a contrast between the president preaching unity and democrats acting up. instead what you saw was the big moment, th...