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Im Nora Odonnell with my colleagues gayle king and john dickerson. Well check in with jeff in just a moment. Were awaiting the house sergeant of arms to announce the president s entrance into the chamber, one of the important symbols on this symbolic night, one of the most traditional roles. White house aides have promised President Trumps speech will seek to unify, but what does that mean . They seem to be in a great mood, lots of handshakes and smiles on both sides of the aisle. This is a very important moment for President Trump. He can celebrate a big win on his tax overhaul. The president s first guests are sitting in the first section including a welder from ohio who says he benefits from the tax cuts, the parents of the victims of the ms13 street gangs and some victims from the hurricanes and the wildfires. Ambas ....
And welcome to the aljazeera news hour live from our headquarters in doha with me and as a peron im coming up in the next sixty minutes delivering has biggest speech of the year u. S. President donald trump said what hes expected to call a new american moment and has first state of the Union Address or trump will also take credit for restoring americas place in the world box has he really break down whats rhetoric and whats reality while thousands of socalled dreamers living in limbo to hear what the president will say about immigration. U. S. President just minutes away from delivering his first state of the Union Address to a joint session of congress the president will outline his legislative agenda for the year it includes an economic snapshot which may talk up his successes with tax reform bought his more divisive policies on immigration and foreign diplomacy have prompted ....
Since we have gone forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission. To make America Great again for all americans thad thousand over the last year we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success we have faced challenges we expected and others we could never have imagined we have shared in the heights of victory and the pains of hardship we have endured floods and fires and storms but through it all we have seen the beauty of americas soul and the steel in americas spine. Each test has forged new american heroes to remind us who we are and show us what we can be. We saw the volunteers of the cajun navy racing to the rescue with their fishing boats to save people in the aftermath of a totally devastating hurricane. We saw strangers shielding strangers from a hail of gunfire on the las vegas strip. We heard tales of americans like coast guard petty officer ashley leopard who is here tonight in the gallery with ....
Im bring golf its good to have you with those it is prime time on the east coast of the United States time for u. S. President dont try to deliver his first ever state of the Union Address the eyes and ears of the nation and much of the world are focused on capitol hill in washington d. C. That is where trump wall for his own report card to the country after a year of america for sed were looking at live pictures right now inside the u. S. Capitol. And we are expecting the u. S. President to enter any moment now we just saw some members of his cabinet enter the chamber including the secretary of state mr tillerson it looks like there you can see that theyre preparing for the announcement that the president is about to enter the room and we would sort of remind you what is going to take place tonight were expecting the u. S. President to tell the successes of his first year in o ....
Theyve regarded the state of the union as a political event. Those two are justice alito. Weve been watching as they come into the party there. All members are seeing the president s success as he sees it with the economy. There you see the president s family in the chamber. President trumps first year hell have a lot of controversy as well leading some of the democratic lawmakers to say that they will boycott the speech all together tonight. 13 democrats and three from california are planning to boycott. Representative barbara lee. Nancy pelosi joining teaable wearing the black rep venting the challenges faced here. Her guest tonight, pam, will be a woman whose beneficiary of the daca program. Melody born in guatemala and coming here as the guest of nancy tonight. A lot of as you mentioned a lot of the members bringing guest that represent. The democrats have been fighting for the dreamers trying to get some kind of immigration legislation passed and thats failed and shut down the gov ....