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In him, with our feet planted firmly in today and our eyes cast to tomorrow, i know it is within our reach. god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. [ applause ] >> speaking for more than an hour, the president of the united states outlining his agenda for the year. his most powerful moment was at the end when he saluted cory remsburg, a truly emotional and powerful moment that brought the crowd, republicans and democrats, to their feet in applause. gratitude from a nation for the men and women for the united states military who have paid such an awful price over these years,...

He gave a very competent performance tonight. one of the things working with candidates is when they're in a weak political position, sometimes they confuse volume and loudness with strength. that's what i felt the first half of the speech that he was willing himself to demonstrate strength and confidence, but he did it with optimism. that is the rare gift a president has. the president is the only guy who can say, we're going to some place better, follow me. i think it's going to help him and the democrats. the policy was, i thought, too small for the moment. >> we are awaiting the gop respon...

>> speaking for more than an hour, the president of the united states outlining his agenda for the year. his most powerful moment was at the end when he saluted cory remsburg, a truly emotional and powerful moment that brought the crowd, republicans and democrats, to their feet in applause. gratitude from a nation for the men and women for the united states military who have paid such an awful price over these years, this many, many years. the president also telling members of congress, democrats and republicans, let's work together. he wants this to be a year of action. but he says, in effect...

Strength and confidence, but he did it with optimism. that is the rare gift a president has. the president is the only guy who can say, we're going to some place better, follow me. i think it's going to help him and the democrats. the policy was, i thought, too small for the moment. >> we are awaiting the gop response. was it less throwing down the gauntlet to republicans? >> i think we heard a lot of people say he would be defiant. it wasn't defiant. he drew lines, but he attempted to say let's work together. we should all be mad at ourselves that this town has been so dysfunctional. >> it wa...

Able to get immigration done. i think it's very important and i think that if, as the president said, if it was actually presented to us in the house, i think members would vote for it. but it's got to be presented. and i think that's a very, very important issue. it's interesting when that issue came up in a speech, my republican colleagues sat down. there's a whole segment of our population that wants to be included in the society and be a significant part. so i think that's a very important piece. but on the other hand, i think the president was making it clear that he still continues to re...