THAT VOTE SCHEDULED TOMORROW AT 4:00 P.M. IT LOOKS ALL BUT CERTAIN THAT HE'S GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY ACQUITTED WITH THE REPUBLICANS TO A PERSON VOTING TO ACQUIT THERE. THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF MYSTERY. PROBABLY NOT. SO HE'S GOT A STORY TO TELL. IS HE GOING TO TELL IT ANTAGONISTICALLY? IS HE GOING TO DANCE ON THE DEMOCRATS, OR IS HE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT BIG CHAPTER, THE 2020 ELECTION? PRESIDENTS USUALLY USE THIS NATIONAL STAGE TO SET THE TERMS OF THEIR RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN RE-ELECTION YEARS. JOHN KARL COVERING THE WHITE HOUSE FOR US. JOHN, WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING? I KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD A LOT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH TONIGHT. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? >> WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY HE DOES NOT INTEND TO SPEAK ABOUT IMPEACHMENT. FRANKLY, TERRY, I FIND THAT TO BE A LITTLE SURPRISING AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISING IF IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AD LIBBING. BUT OVERALL, OFFICIALS SAY HE WILL STRIKE A TONE OF, AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS VERBATIM, HE WILL LAY OUT A VISION OF RELENTLESS OPTIMISM. DONALD TRUMP, THAT'S WHAT OFFICIALS AT THE WHITE HOUSE SAY HE WILL DO. THEY'RE SAYING THIS WILL BE AN ADDRESS THAT BASICALLY SETS THE TONE FOR HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND TALKS ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED UNDER HIS WATCH, INCLUDING OBVIOUSLY THE ECONOMY. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO AND CANADA THAT WAS SIGNED LAST MONTH. AND OFFICIALS INSIST HE WILL BE OPTIMISTIC. >> AND THAT IS VERY TELLING. HE HAS A GOOD STORY TO TELL. BUT HIS MEDIA AUDIENCE IN THAT CHAMBER, THEY SAY THAT DEMOCRATS WILL TRY TO KICK HIM OUT OF OFFICE, THE MOST DRASTIC RECOMMENDLY THE CONSTITUTION HAVE AND THE REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE PROTECTED HIM FROM THAT. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE FROM THE AUDIENCE? ARE WE GOING TO SEE EVERYBODY? IS EVERYBODY GOING TO SHOW UP THERE? >> LOOK, IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THE PRESIDENT WILL ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. THE PRESIDENT WILL BE STANDING THERE SPEAKING TO DEMOCRATS WHO NOW HAVE IMPEACHED HIM AND THE SENATORS WHO IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS WILL FACE THAT DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT FROM OFFICE. THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME THAT ARE NOT SHOWING UP IN PROTEST. ABOUT A DOZEN DEMOCRATS HAVE SAID THEY DON'T PLAN ONCOMING BECAUSE, IN THEIR WORDS, THEY DON'T WANT TO DIGNIFY THE PRESIDENT'S BEHAVIOR OR CONDONE IT BY SHOWING UP. SAYING SHE DOESN'T WANT TO NORMALIZE THE PRESIDENT'S LAWLESS CONDUCT. ALSO, SOME CHAIRS THAT WILL BE EMPTY ARE THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO REPLACE THE PRESIDENT OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRIAL. SENATORS ELIZABETH WARREN, BERNIE SANDERS, AMY KLOBUCHAR ARE ATTENDING TO OTHER BREAKING NEWS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. THEY ARE OUT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WORKING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. IT IS NOT THAT IT WILL BE AWKWARD BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, BUT THERE ARE A GROWING NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL BE FACING WHO DON'T THINK IT WAS RIGHT AND APPROPRIATE EITHER. >> KEEP IN MIND, HE'S GOING TO BE OVER HIS SHOULDER HE WILL HAVE NANCY PELOSI. SPEAKER PELOSI AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER SINCE THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER. THAT DIDN'T EXACTLY GO WERE VEL. >> NO, NO. >> THAT WAS THE MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE NANCY PELOSI STOOD OUT AND WALKED OUT ON THE PRESIDENT. THEY HAVE NOT SPOKEN, NOT IN PERSON, NOT OVER THE PHONE SINCE THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER. >> AND IT WAS A YEAR AGO AT THAT LAST STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS WHERE NANCY PELOSI WEARING WHITE WITH THAT KIND OF SMIRKING CLAPPING MOTION THAT SHE HAD THAT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. THIS YEAR, JOHN, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE PRESIDENT HAS GOT THE WHIP HAND HERE. HE'S IN CHARGE. >> WELL, TERRY, YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS PAST MONTHS. MUCH OF IT WAS CONSUMED WITH AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL DEALING WITH HIS FATE. YET, MANY WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS LOOK AT THE MONTH OF JANUARY AND SAY IT WAS THE BEST OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. HE MENTIONED THE TRADE DEAL THAT WAS SIGNED, THE ECONOMY DOING WELL, TAKING OUT SULEMANI, THE IRANIAN LEADER. THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE HAD A GREAT MONTH. DEMOCRATS MAKING THE CASE THAT HE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE BECAUSE HE IS A THREAT TO THE NATION. BUT HE FEELS THAT HE'S COMING INTO THIS FEELING QUITE GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT, JOHN KARL AND MARY BRUCE, YOU WILL BE UP THERE FOR THE BIG SPEECH. IT IS A LONG ONE. BUCKLE IN. THANKS VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. >> HERE IN NEW YORK I'M JOINED BY NIGHT LINE CO-ANCHOR AND VETERAN REPORTER BYRON FITZ. SO WE'RE HEARING FROM JOHN AND MARY, HE'S GOT A GOOD STORY TO TELL. >> TRUE. >> AND A VERY, VERY DRAMATIC AND STRANGE TIME. HE'S BEING IMPEACHED AND HE WILL CLAIM VICTORY. >> YOU AND I BOTH HAVE COVERED A NUMBER OF THESE SPEECHES FROM A NUMBER OF PRESIDENTS. I WAS THINKING, I CAN'T THINK OF A TIME WHERE THERE HAS BEEN MORE DRAMA ON THE EVENING. SO MANY DIFFERENT STORY LINES GOING ON, ALL THE ONES YOU SO ELOQUENTLY SAW LAID OUT. YOU WONDER WHICH ONE OF THOSE THEY WILL TOUCH UPON. THINK OF ALL THE MAJOR SPEECHES THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS GIVEN. I CAN'T THINK OF ONE WHERE HE DIDN'T TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO POKE AT HIS ADVERSARIES. AND GOING IN TONIGHT, HE HAS GOOD AMMUNITION. I THINK BY MOST ACCOUNTS WHAT HAPPENED IN IOWA LAST NIGHT WAS A DISASTER FOR THE DEMOCRATS, RIGHT? >> HE WON'T BE ABLE TO RESIST DUNKING ON THAT. >> EXACTLY. I MEAN, LATE NIGHT COMICS. THEY HAD ONE JOB, RIGHT? ONE JOB. THEY HAD FOUR YEARS TO DO IT AND DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT. YOU WOULD THINK HE'S GOING TO LEAD IN THERE. AS YOU LAID OUT, WE KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE TOMORROW. IT'S HARD TO SEE THIS PRESIDENT MISSING THE OPPORTUNITY TO POKE FUN AT THAT. AGAIN, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO CAME AFTER HIM, MANY OF THEM WILL BE IN THE ROOM LOOKING HIM IN THE EYE AND THEY WILL KNOW THAT IN THE END THEY DIDN'T GET WHERE THEY WANTED TO GET AND HE SURVIVED. AS YOU MENTIONED, OVER HIS SHOULDER IS SOMEONE WHO IS CLEARLY -- NOT JUST ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE AISLE, BUT JUST PHILOSOPHICALLY, EMOTIONALLY OPPOSED. LIKE I THINK MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER AND THEY WILL BE IN PROXIMITY. I MEAN, CERTAINLY HOW -- HOW MEANINGFUL IT MIGHT BE WITH ALL THE ISSUES GOING ON IN THE WORLD, WITH THE CORONAVIRUS, DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, ISSUES GOING ON IN WALL STREET, BUT THIS PRESIDENT DOES HAVE GOOD THINGS HE CAN STICK WITH. AND HOW WONDERFUL IT MIGHT BE IN THIS -- GIVING THE STATE OF OUR UNION THAT HE COULD GIVE THIS UNIFYING SPEECH THAT, YES, THERE ARE THESE CHANNELS AROUND THE WORLD, BUT LOOK AT ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AS A NATION. BUT THAT'S NOT HIS STYLE. >> IT'S NOT HIS STYLE. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, IF HE'S EVER GOING TO DO IT, IT IS THIS MOMENT. DEMOCRATS CAN'T LET HIM BECAUSE HE'S SAILING TOWARDS A RE-ELECTION HE THINKS GIVEN WHAT THE ECONOMY IS PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS WITH A GOOD ECONOMY HAVE DONE PRETTY WELL. BUT I THINK THIS WOULD BE THE HINT FOR HIM TO TURN THAT CORNER. NOT LIKELY. >> RIGHT? YOU AND I, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT SUCH THINGS, AND YOU ALWAYS -- OFTENTIMES THERE ARE MOMENTS WHERE THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, THE PRESIDENT RISES TO THE OCCASION AND DOES SOMETHING THAT FRIENDS AND FOE GO, HUH. THAT'S NOT BEEN HIS STYLE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. NOT JUST THAT THERE WERE MISTAKES MADE IN GLITCHES BUT THAT FOR FOUR YEARS WE HAVE BEEN HEARING THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE ENERGIZED TO TAKE ON THIS PRESIDENT, ENERGIZED, DISCIPLINED, READY TO GO. IN IOWA WE DIDN'T SEE A RECORD TURN-OUT. RIGHT? THERE WERE THESE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS THAT YOU DON'T SEE. IF YOU ARE REALLY READY FOR PRIME TIME, YOU WILL GET THIS RIGHT. AND, SO, DOES HE USE THAT TO SAY, SEE, I TOLD YOU THESE PEOPLE AREN'T WORTHY OF ME, OR DOES HE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S ALL MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. I'VE HAD THESE SUCCESSES. THEY HAVE HAD SOME GLITCHES. THIS IS A REMINDER THAT PERHAPS THIS IS MY TIME. WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. TO YOU ALL WHO ARE STRUGGLING, HE CAN USE IT TO HIS DEFENSE. YOU HAVE HAD A BAD 24 HOURS. COME WITH ME. >> ACROSS THE POLITICAL AISLE. I DON'T KNOW. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW BECAUSE LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SCENE THERE. THAT CHAMBER, THAT GRAND CHAMBER WE'RE LOOKING AT, BUT THE GRAND CHAMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHERE THE SENATE COMES TO JOIN, THE CABINET IS THERE, THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND THE VICE PRESIDENT IS UP THERE. ALSO MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT. LET'S GO TO DEVIN WHO TRACKS THE SUPREME COURT. I KNOW BECAUSE I RELY AND WORK WITH HIM ON THAT SUBJECT FROM TIME TO TIME. WHICH JUSTICES ARE GOING TO SHOW UP? AND INCREASINGLY FEWER AND FEWER DO BECAUSE IT DOES FEEL LIKE A POLITICAL EVENT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF. BUT WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE JUSTICES WHO ARE GOING TO BE THERE? >> YEAH, IT SURE DOES, TERRY. THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE EVENTS THAT THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES PARTICIPATE IN EVERY YEAR. YOU AND I HAVE BOTH HEARD IT FROM MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT. THIS YEAR WE'RE TOLD THE CHIEF JUSTICE WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE ALONG WITH ELENA KEGAN, NEIL KOR SICK AND BRETT KAVANAUGH WILL BE THERE. NOW, THESE JUSTICES HAVE SUCH MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT BEING THERE. THIS GOES BACK TO ANTONIN SKA. HE SAID IT IS LIKE HAVING TO SIT LIKE A POTTED PLANT WITHOUT GIVING ANY EXPRESSION. HE STRUGGLED WITH THAT FROM TIME TO TIME RESPONDING TO SOME OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECHSPEECHE. BUT I WILL BE WATCHING CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS TONIGHT BECAUSE HE'S STILL TECHNICALLY PREVIED ING PRESIDING OVER THE TRIAL OF PRESIDENT TRUMP SO HE'S ACTUALLY STILL LEADING THAT EFFORT. AND HE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONVENING THE COURT LATER NEXT MONTH TO DECIDE ON WHETHER SUBPOENAS IN THREE SEPARATE CASES FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FINANCIAL RECORDS SHOULD BE UPHELD AND WHETHER THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, THE MAN WHO WILL BE STARING HIM IN THE EYE TONIGHT WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO TURN OVER THOSE TAX RETURNS. IT IS ALWAYS A DIFFERENT POSITION FOR THOSE TO BE IN. IT IS GREAT BODY LANGUAGE WATCHING TONIGHT AMONG ALL THE OTHER THINGS WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AS THE SPEECH GOES ON. >> THERE WAS A FAMOUS INCIDENT WHERE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA CASTIGATED THE SUPREME COURT ON CITIZENS UNITED SAYING IT WAS A WRONGLY DECIDED AND THE JUSTICE SHOOK HIS HEAD AND SAID, NO, NO, THAT'S WRONG AND GOT IN TROUBLE FOR IT. HE'S NOT SHOWING UP TONIGHT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. HE HAS SAID THAT WAS A MOMENT THAT BURNED HIM. HE WANTED TO STAY OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT. BUT I HEARD FROM JUSTICE CAVANAUGH WHO SAID THIS WAS THE SUPER BOWL OF POLITICS FROM THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. HE FEELS A RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT THE JUDICIARY IN THAT CHAMBER. HE LIKES BEING THERE, HE HAS SAID, IN SPEECHES. HE'S ONE OF THE MORE SMILEY MEMBERS OF THAT COURT, AT LEAST FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES. BUT THE PRESIDENT, YOU CAN EXPECT, WILL REFERENCE THE COURT TONIGHT. HE HAS TALKED A LOT IN HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN ABOUT THOSE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE COURT. AND AS YOU KNOW, APPOINTING MORE FEDERAL JUDGES TO THE BENCH THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT AT THIS POINT IN HIS TERM. A LOT MORE TO TALK ABOUT. >> A LOT OF HELP FROM MITCH McCONNELL THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> LET'S GO TO ONE OF THE MEMBERS WHO WILL BE LISTENING TO THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT. REPRESENTING TEXAS, HIS 20th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, THAT'S SAN ANTONIO. IF HE LOOKS FAMILIAR, HIS TWIN BROTHER WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AS WELL. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A PRESIDENT, DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE, COMING TO THE CONGRESS SORT OF ON THE CREST OF A WAY. IT LOOKS LIKE IMPEACHMENT IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR THEM. HE WILL NOT BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE. HE'S GOT A PRETTY GOOD ECONOMY. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE PRESIDENT? HOW DO YOU JUDGE HOW HE ENTERS THE CHAMBER THERE, HIS STATUS BEFORE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? >> WELL, THAT'S CERTAINLY ONE WAY TO PUT IT. I WOULD PUT IT A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT WAY, WHICH IS THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO IS AMONG A FEW PRESIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY TO BE IMPEACHED. SO HE COMES INTO THIS CHAMBER TONIGHT UNDER A CLOUD BECAUSE OF THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, USUALLY IN THESE SPEECHES PRESIDENTS WILL TAKE CREDIT FOR HOW WELL THE ECONOMY IS DOING, FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, BUT THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO COMES IN WITH MANY CHALLENGES THERE ALSO. INCOME INEQUALITY HAS GROWN. HE SHEPPARDED A TAX BILL THAT HELPED ONLY THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS. AND, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE GOT A CONGRESS, I THINK, THAT IS VERY SUSPECT. MANY OF THE PRESIDENTS PRIORITIES AND HIS POLICIES. >> CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT MORAL IN THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS GIVEN WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL SAY IS HIS, YOU KNOW, HIS DEFEAT OF AN UNWARRANTED IMPEACHMENT, HIS GOOD ECONOMY AND THEN THE IOWA CAUCUS MESS LAST NIGHT. HOW IS MORAL AMONG THE DEMOCRATS, YOUR COLLEAGUES? >> IT'S FINE. LOOK, THE YEARS UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN INTENSE FOR MANY REASONS. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST DIVISIVE PRESIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, AND THAT HAS WEIGHED, I THINK, PRETTY HEAVILY AMONG MANY MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS. IN THAT SENSE, IT HAS BEEN QUITE INTENSE. BUT IN TERMS OF OUR OUTLOOK AND WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON, I THINK WE HAVE BEEN VERY POSITIVE AND I THINK VERY BULLISH ABOUT THE COMING MONTHS. I WANT TO ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION. WE WATCHED THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESSES. ONE SIDE RISES NORTH KOREAN STYLE APPLAUSE 25, 30 TIMES. THE OTHER SIDE SITS ON THEIR HANDS MOST OF THE TIME. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY AND LARGE POLLS SHOW WOULD LIKE MORE BIPARTISANSHIP IN CONGRESS. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR FELLOW REPUBLICANS IN THAT HOUSE? I KNOW WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE. BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE HE CAN DO ANY BUSINESS ACROSS THAT PARTISAN DIVIDE? >> YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES THAT GET THE MOST COVERAGE ARE THE ISSUES WHERE CONGRESS IS VERY DIVIDED AMONG PARTY LINES, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN HERE EVERY WEEK WHERE THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER. HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT IN 2020. >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE LAST THING YOU WORKED ON THAT YOU FELT GOOD ABOUT WORKING WITH REPUBLICANS? >> I'M WORKING ON BILLS ALL THE TIME THAT ARE BIPARTISAN BILLS. I'M ON THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND HAVE A FEW BILLS THAT HAVE CON SPORES THAT ARE REPUBLICANS. I HAVE DONE WORK WITH MARK MEADOWS ON VOTING AROUND THE WORLD. HE WAS HEAD OF THE TEA PARTY. THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF THAT GOES ON AROUND HERE THAT'S NOT COVERED IN THE SAME WAY THAT MANY OF THE BIG ISSUES ARE. >> THAT'S ON US. A LITTLE GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THANKS VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >>> SO LET'S GO BACK OUT. LET'S GO OUT TO THE CAMPAIGN TRIAL. AFTER THAT MESS IN IOWA, THE IOWA CAUCUS JUST MELTED DOWN COMPLETELY, NO RESULTS WERE REPORTED AT ALL FOR CLOSE TO 24 HOURS AND STILL NOT EVEN TWO-THIRDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. WHIT JOHNSON IS WITH BERNIE SANDERS UP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THEY HAVE GONE FROM IOWA TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. BERNIE SANDERS HAS A RIGHT TO BE IN THE SENATE CHAMBER, BUT HE'S UP THERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. WITH THE FALL-OUT FROM IOWA AND THE PRESIDENT SEIZING THE SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT, WHAT IS BERNIE SANDERS DOING? >> WELL, TERRY, HE ACTUALLY JUST WRAPPED UP A HUGE RALLY RIGHT HERE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE EXCITED TO SEE HIM. DESPITE THE FRUSTRATION, DESPITE THE MESS OUT OF IOWA, THEY'RE ENERGIZED AND MOTIVATED AND EXCITED ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS COMING THROUGH. BERNIE SANDERS HIMSELF CAME UP ON THE STAGE AND SAID HE GOT MORE VOTES IN THE FIRST AND SECOND ROUND IN IOWA THAN ANY OTHER CANDIDATE. AS WE KNOW IT IS NECK AND NECK WITH PETE BUTTIGIEG WHO IS ALSO CLAIMING A WIN OUT OF IOWA. THERE IS CERTAINLY THAT LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY. AND BERNIE SANDERS UNABLE TO CLAIM THAT VICTORY THEY REALLY WANTED COMING HERE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. THAT SAID LOOKING FORWARD, OF COURSE THE STATE OF THE UNION IS TONIGHT WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND BERNIE SANDERS IS SKIPPING THAT. HE HAS HIS OWN RESPONSE THAT HE'LL BE PUTTING OUT LATER TONIGHT AFTER THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S DONE IT, BUT IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S DOING IT WHILE HE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. WE DO EXPECT TO HEAR SOME OF THE THINGS HE SAID ON HIS SPEECH EARLIER TONIGHT, THINGS LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW, AND HE WILL REFERENCE THAT IMPEACHMENT VOTE BECAUSE AFTER ALL THIS WRAPS UP TONIGHT, TOMORROW BERNIE SANDERS HAS TO HEAD BACK TO WASHINGTON TO BE THERE TO VOTE ON IMPEACHMENT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP. TERRY? >> THAT'S RIGHT. THERE WILL BE AN EXODUS OF SENATORS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE AS THE FOUR WHO ARE RUNNING END UP BACK IN WASHINGTON TO CAST THAT VOTE. THANKS VERY MUCH. >>> LET'S GO TO MARTHA, MY COLLEAGUE AND MY HOST FOR THE SUPER BOWL PARTY AS WELL. MARTHA -- >> YOU CAN TALK ABOUT FOOTBALL THOUGH, TERRY, NOT ME. >> WELL, IT WAS GREAT. IT WAS A GREAT PARTY. I WILL TELL YOU THAT. THE PRESIDENT HAS A STATE OF UNION. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WILL BE DEDICATED TO FOREIGN POLICY. BUT WHAT KIND OF A STORY DO YOU THINK HE HAS TO TELL ON THAT? >> ONE THING IS CLEAR, THERE WON'T BE A LOT ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY. THERE WASN'T A LOT ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY LAST YEAR, BUT THE STORY YOU CAN TELL IS GOING AFTER PEOPLE WHO, AS HE SAID, SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE TODAY. BAGHDADHI, THAT WAS CERTAINLY A SIGNIFICANT MOVE ON THE PART OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THOSE WHO TRACKED HIM DOWN OVER ALL THESE YEARS, THE HEAD OF ISIS. BUT WE HAVE TODAY A REPORT COMING OUT OF THE PENTAGON THAT SO FAR IT HASN'T MADE MUCH DIFFERENCE OPERATIONALLY OR IN COMMAND AND CONTROL. AND AS JOHN KARL MENTIONS, HE'LL CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT SULEMANI IN IRAN AS WELL. ALTHOUGH, NOT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE HAS BEEN SEEN THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT IRAN HAS BEEN DOING THROUGH PROXIES. WE HAD SOME ROCKETS AND MORTARS HITTING IN THE GREEN ZONE VERY RECENTLY. I THINK WHAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE AN EYE ON IS WHAT COMES NEXT IN THOSE COUNTRIES AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS ABOUT THAT. LAST YEAR, HE TALKED ABOUT NORTH KOREA AND THE GOOD RELATIONSHIP HE HAD AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO MISSILE LAUNCHES IN 15 MONTHS. WELL, IN THE PAST YEAR IN 2019, THERE WERE ABOUT 15 OR 19, 15 TO 20 SHORT-RANGE MISSILE LAUNCHES COMING OUT OF NORTH KOREA. AND YOU HAD A PRESIDENT LAST YEAR, TERRY, WHO SAID THEY WANTED TO END THE ENDLESS WARS, THAT GREAT NATIONS DO NOT STAY IN ENDLESS WARS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AROUND SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE THEY ARE, THEY HAVE BEEN REDUCED SOMEWHAT IN AFGHANISTAN, SOMEWHAT IN IRAQ AT ONE POINT AND NOW THEY HAVE SENT IN MORE TROOPS THERE. >> SO WE HEAR THE PRESIDENT IS ABOUT TO LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE ON HIS WAY TO THE CAPITAL. BUT LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE CHAMBER, AND THERE HE IS. WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE. THAT IS THE SOUTH DOOR. SECURITY IS COMING OUT THERE AND AIDS. SO HE'LL BE OUT WITH THE FIRST LADY SHORTLY. THERE IS THE BEAST AS THEY CALL IT. THAT'S THE CADILLAC. YOU HAVE RIDDEN IN THAT, HAVEN'T YOU? >> I HAVE NOT RIDDEN IN THAT, TERRY. BUT I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THOSE MOTORCADES GO BY RIGHT DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE A VERY SHORT WALK TO THE WHITE HOUSE HERE AT ABC. BUT IT IS QUITE A RIDE. THOSE WHO PROTECT HIM ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT. WHATEVER YOU ARE WAITING TO SEE, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE EVENING TO SEE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SPEAK IN FRONT OF CONGRESS, SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE NATION. OF COURSE I THINK TONIGHT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE OF A CAMPAIGN SPEECH. I ALSO LOVE, TERRY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO WATCH IS THE JOINT CHIEFS, THE CHAIRMAN AND ALL THE HEADS OF THE BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY AND WHEN THEY WALK IN, I CAN TELL YOU FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST, THAT IT IS NOT A REAL COMFORTABLE SITUATION FOR ANY OF THEM. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE I LIKE TO WATCH CLAP BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO CLAP WHEN IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TROOPS. THEY HAVE TO STAY AWAY, ESPECIALLY IN THAT CHAMBER, AWAY FROM ANYTHING POLITICAL. I KNOW OFTENTIMES THEY LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF GRUMPY OLD MEN AND INDEED THEY ARE MEN STILL, ALL OF THE JOINT CHIEFS. THAT COULD CHANGE SOME DAY AS WOMEN WORK THEIR WAY UP THROUGH THE RANKS, BUT THAT IS AN INTERESTING GROUP TO WATCH. WE KNOW, OF COURSE, THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP LOVES TO TALK ABOUT THE MILITARY AND SOME OF HIS GUESTS TONIGHT ARE VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING HE WILL HIGHLIGHT AS WELL. I'M QUITE CERTAIN HE WILL HIGHLIGHT HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON THE MILITARY, HOW MUCH HE LIKES THE MILITARY. WE ALSO HAVE THIS YEAR THE SPACE FORCE. THAT'S SOMETHING NEW HE CAN TALK ABOUT AS WELL. >> MARTHA, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS HERE WHEN THE PRESIDENT COMES OUT. THE WHITE HOUSE ALWAYS RELEASES A FEW EXCERPTS OF THE QUOTES AND THE APPLAUSE LINES THAT HE EXPECTS. THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT WILL SAY HE'S LEADING, QUOTE, THE GREAT AMERICAN COMEBACK AS HE PUTS IT. HIS MAIN GOAL WAS TO REVIVE THE U.S. ECONOMY. HE'LL ALSO THROW SOME RED MEAT, SOME LINES THAT HIS BASE WILL NO DOUBT LIKE. YOU WILL SEE STANDING OVATIONS FROM THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. HE SAID, WE WILL NEVER LET SOCIALISM DESTROY AMERICAN HEALTH CARE. A BIG AT BERNIE SANDERS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN GENERAL. HE SAYS THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE A SANCTUARY FOR LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS, NOT ALIENS. PHILLIPS HAS JUST COME BACK WITH A TRIP WITH MIKE POMPEO WHERE SHE HAD A GREAT INTERVIEW WITH HIM. SHE JOINS US ON THE PHONE. THAT WAS WELL-TIMED INTERVIEW. MIKE POMPEO WAS THRUST RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE IMPEACHMENT AS IT EMERGED THAT HE WAS, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE PRESIDENT'S PUSH FOR POLITICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN UKRAINE. YOU TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THAT. WHAT DID HE SAY? >> ABSOLUTELY. TERRY, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GO. THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH HIM BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL TO GO TO UKRAINE SINCE THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL BEGAN. I WANTED TO BE THERE WITH HIM AND SEE WHAT HE HAD TO SEE AND SEE HOW HE INTERACTED WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKY OF UKRAINE. IT WAS QUITE THE TRIP. I HADN'T TALKED ABOUT THE STANDS SINCE GOING BACK TO THE IRAQ WAR. SO I HAD TO REFRESH MY HISTORY LESSONS AND FOREIGN POLICY AND WHAT WAS BEHIND THIS TRIP, YOU KNOW, POLICY-WISE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, TERRY, AS YOU WELL KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT WAS WHAT'S BEEN AT THE HEART OF THIS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IS THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AMERICAN SECURITY ASSISTANCE SENT TO UKRAINE. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS, I MEAN, TALKING ABOUT THE TRIP, GETTING READY FOR THE TRIP, THIS MANUSCRIPT GETS OUT, THIS BOOK THAT JOHN BOLTON, FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER HAS WRITTEN. AND I WANTED TO TALK, NOT ONLY ABOUT MIKE POMPEO'S TRIP BUT ALSO WHAT HAS HAD COME OUT, WHAT HAD LEAKED WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUSCRIPT. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WANTED TO SEE IF JOURNALISTS IN THESE COUNTRIES, SPECIFICALLY IN UKRAINE, WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AS WELL. AND I WAS QUITE SURPRISED, TERRY, TO SEE THEY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR US. THEY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO, AND THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TRIED TO PLAY THIS DOWN, AS WELL AS MIKE POMPEO AT MANY -- AT MANY MOMENTS WITHIN THIS TRIP AND THE INTERVIEW, IT WAS QUITE REVEALING TO SEE HOW MUCH INTEREST THERE WAS IN THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AND WITH REGARD TO SECRETARY MIKE POMPEO AND WHAT HE WAS GOING TO SAY AS HE MADE THIS TRIP. >> WELL, YOU ASKED HIM POINT BLANK ABOUT THE EVIDENCE THAT HAS COME IN AND JOHN BOLTON'S UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT THAT MIKE POMPEO WAS VERY MUCH INVOLVED. I WAS STRUCK WHEN, HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN JOHN BOLTON TO BE A LIAR? HE HAD SOME INTERESTING THINGS TO SAY. >> HE WRITES ABOUT THAT YOU AND HE AND ESPER WENT TO THE OPAL, THAT HE TOLD THE PRESIDENT, THIS IS IN AMERICA'S INTEREST TO NOT WITHHOLD AID. HE SAID THAT ESPER SAID THIS DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP, WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME REALLY GOOD BENEFITS FROM IT, NOTABLY MILITARY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURED IN THE U.S. TRUMP REPLIED, UKRAINE IS A CORRUPT COUNTRY. WE'RE PISSING AWAY OUR MONEY. IS THAT HOW YOU REMEMBER THAT MEETING? >> THERE WERE MANY MEETINGS. I WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT WHAT I WAS DOING RIGHT HERE IN UKRAINE TODAY. I CONTINUE TO THINK THERE IS GOOD VALUE FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. >> YOU WANT THE AID TO GET HERE. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WHY? WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT? WHY DID YOU FIGHT FOR THAT AND GO TO THE PRESIDENT AND SAY, WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT AID TO UKRAINE? >> THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE HAVE CHALLENGES HERE TO FREEDOM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE DEMOCRACY FLOURISHES HERE. IT IS ON THE EDGE OF THE EUROPEAN OPPORTUNITY. AND NOW THIS COUNTRY IS FIRMLY ANCHORED IN THE WEST. IF WE GET IT RIGHT, IT WILL BE SO FOR DECADES AND GENERATIONS. >> THAT WAS SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO. AS I SAID, HE PUSHED AWAY YOUR QUESTION THERE ON WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, AND HE ALSO BASICALLY CALLED JOHN BOLTON A LIAR. >> HE DID. HE DID. HE DID NOT DENY, AND I ASKED HIM POINT BLANK, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU CALLING HIM A LIAR? HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN HIM NOT TO BE TRUTHFUL? AND HE DID NOT COME FORWARD AND SAY DIRECTLY THAT -- THAT THEY WERE ALWAYS ON THE SAME PAGE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I FOUND INTERESTING IS THAT WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ALSO OUTSIDE OF THAT INTERVIEW, TERRY. AND I THINK THAT SECRETARY MIKE POMPEO IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT TO SAY AS TIME GOES ON. I WILL NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE WILL LEARN A LOT MORE AS TIME GOES ON, BUT HE IS, AT THIS POINT, DEDICATED TO WORKING WITH THE PRESIDENT ON -- ON SPECIFIC ISSUES TO IMPROVE RELATIONS TO NOT ONLY HELP GET PAST WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOWN PLAYING AS A HOAX AND A TRIAL THAT IS NOT CREDIBLE, BUT I JUST -- I HAVE A DEEP SEEDED FEELING THAT WE ARE GOING TO LEARN A LOT MORE AS TIME MOVES ON. >> ALL RIGHT. AND HE'S CERTAINLY A SURVIVOR IN AN ADMINISTRATION FULL OF TURMOIL AND STAFF TURNOVER. MIKE POMPEO HAS BEEN THERE FROM JUST ABOUT THE BEGINNING AS DIRECTOR OF CIA AND THEN SECRETARY OF STATE. THANKS VERY MUCH. WE WILL GO TO BREAK FOR A MOMENT. WHEN WE COME BACK, MORE FROM OUR LOOK AHEAD. THERE IS THE BEAST WAITING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO HIS THIRD STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. STAY WITH US. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >>> ALL RIGHT. THERE IS THE PRESIDENT'S VEHICLE, THE PRESIDENT'S LIMOUSINE THERE WAITING FOR HIM OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. IT IS JUST ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR OR SO, ACTUALLY 27 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS OR SO UNTIL THE PRESIDENT WILL ARRIVE AT THE CAPITAL FOR HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, SO HE WILL BE LEAVING FAIRLY SHORTLY. WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT POLITICS RIGHT NOW WITH BYRON PITS. THIS IOWA CAUCUS FIASCO. THE REAL WINNER OF THE IOWA CAUCUS WAS DONALD TRUMP. >> WITHOUT QUESTION. WITHOUT QUESTION. HE COULDN'T HAVE SCRIPTED IT BETTER. I KNOW LAST NIGHT WE WERE ALL WORKING PREPARING FOR THE SHOW. IN OUR BUSINESS YOU ALWAYS LAY OUT SEVERAL POSSIBLE SCENARIOS AND WHICH DIRECTION THE STORY MIGHT GO. TRUST ME, THERE WAS NOT A SCENARIO FOR, THERE WILL BE NO NUMBERS PROVIDED AT ALL. I MEAN, IT WAS STUNNING. I MEAN, IT'S -- CERTAINLY WE'RE ALL MINDFUL IN ANY INDUSTRY THERE ARE MISTAKES. THERE ARE THINGS. BUT TO COMPLETELY MISS THE MARK. AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE CAMPAIGN. WE HAVE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT THE MOMENTUM THAT CANDIDATES NEED COMING OUT OF IOWA AND THAT THEY WORK HARD TO EARN. >> WELL, THAT WAS DENIED. YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYOR PETE AND WHAT IF IN FACT HE WON THE NIGHT, WHAT IT WOULD HAVE MEANT FOR HIM AS THIS OUTSIDER TWO YEARS AGO TO HAVE COME THIS FAR. AND NOW THAT MOMENT HAS BEEN MISSED. CERTAINLY I WOULD THINK IF -- IF PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS THE BIGGEST WINNER OF LAST NIGHT, THEN YOU HAVE TO THINK FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS A CLOSE SECOND, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT HOW -- LOOK AT THAT. >> THOSE AT THOSE NUMBERS. 62% OF THE VOTE IN. THIS IS A PARTIAL VOTE. LOOK WHERE BIDEN IS. >> AND FOR SO LONG, EVERYONE HAS SAID HE'S THE FAVORITE. HE'S THE FRONT RUNNER. BUT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT FOOTBALL AT THE BREAK. IT'S LIKE WHEN THE POLLS COME OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF FOOTBALL SEASON AND THEY CLEMSON IS NUMBER ONE, ALABAMA IS NUMBER ONE. BUT IF YOU GO 0-4, OKAY, YOU MAY BE GREAT ON PAPER, BUT AT SOME POINT LIKE HE HAS TO START WINNING SOMEPLACE. >> RIGHT. I'M A CHICAGO BEARS FAN. THERE WERE PEOPLE PICKING US FOR THE SUPER BOWL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. LET'S GO TO IOWA. ONE OF THE CHIEF ANCHORS HERE AT OUR STREAMING CHANNEL IS OUT THERE. TOM, YOU WERE OUT THERE. THEY'RE DIGGING OUT FROM THE RUBBLE TODAY. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? >> WELL, IT IS STILL THE BIGGEST MYSTERY IN POLITICS, TERRY, AND IT IS NOW 24 HOURS SINCE THE VOTING GOT UNDERWAY HERE IN IOWA YESTERDAY AND WE STILL HAVE NO WINNER. 62% AS YOU MENTIONED, HAS BEEN REPORTED, BUT THIS IS A DEBACLE. TOM PEREZ, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DNC JUST ISSUED A STATEMENT. AND HE SAYS, THIS IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. HE SAYS, THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. HE ALSO SAYS THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO USE THE APP THEY USED HERE IN IOWA. THERE WERE TWO PROBLEMS. THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE APP AND THEN THE BACKUP SYSTEM, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FIRE WALL THEY COULD PHONE IN SOME OF THE RESULTS, BUT IT TURNS OUT SO MANY PEOPLE WERE PHONING IN YESTERDAY, MORE THAN 1,600 PRESENTS ALL ACROSS THE HAWK EYE STATE THAT THE PHONES GOT JAMMED UP. THEY JUST HUNG UP. AND THE DES MOINES REGISTER HAD AN INTERESTING STORY. THE PARTY DECIDES -- >> TOM, THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY ENTERING THE LIMOUSINE THERE WHICH IS TAKING THEM AS THEY GET INTO THE LIMOUSINE AND ON ROUTE TO THE CAPITAL. OFF THEY GO. IT IS A SHORT DRIVE DOWN TO THE OTHER END OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WHERE THE PRESIDENT WILL GIVE HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. TOM, I'M SORRY I INTERRUPTED. >> NO, THAT'S OKAY. YOU REMINDED ME, HE WON HIS CAUCUS. HE WAS DECLARED THE WINNER EARLY IN THE NIGHT OF THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES. BACK TO THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUSES, THE DES MOINES REGISTER HAD AN INTERESTING STORY WHERE THEY SPOKE TO SOME PRECINCT CAPTAINS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE SMARTPHONES. FROM THE GET-GO THEY WERE GOING TO PHONE IN. YET, THEY WERE USING THIS TECHNOLOGY THROUGHOUT THIS STATE. THE SHARE OF THE PARTY HERE SAID IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE. HE APOLOGIZED. BUT WE'RE NOW MORE THAN 24 HOURS LATER AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE RESULTS. THEY CAME OUT HERE ALMOST FOUR HOURS AGO WITH THE 62% REPORTED IN. WHERE ARE THE REST OF THE NUMBERS? WHAT'S HAPPENED? YOU WERE SPEAKING WITH BYRON. OBVIOUSLY THE REPUBLICANS AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WILL SEIZE ON THIS. THEY WILL SAY THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED. BUT IT ALL PLAYS INTO THE REPUBLICAN HANDS. AS YOU MENTIONED, IT PLAYS INTO JOE BIDEN'S HANDS AND IT IS DISAPPOINTING TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN IOWA, THE VOTERS THAT GO TO ALL THESE EVENTS. THEY SEE THE CANDIDATES, GO TO THEIR CHURCHES, WATCH THESE CANDIDATES, LISTEN TO THEM SPEAK AND PICK SOMEONE. ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS AND STAFFERS THAT WORKED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. YOU KNOW THERE IS THE GROUND GAME HERE. IT IS SO IMPORTANT. YOU GOT TO HAVE A GROUND GAME HERE. NOW YOU HAVE A HEADLINE THAT'S UNCLEAR. IS IT SANDERS? IS IT MAYOR PETE? HE SHOULD BE RIDING THAT INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE. HE GOT EMOTIONAL WHEN HE REALIZED HE IS SOMEWHAT VICTORIOUS HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. NOW YOU HAVE JOE BIDEN AND HIS WHOLE CAMPAIGN IS BASED ON THE FACT OR AT LEAST THE THEORY BECAUSE IT IS NOT A FACT THAT HE'S GOING TO BE ELECTABLE. BUT GUESS WHAT? YOU HAVE TO BE ELECTED. SO FAR THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH JOE BIDEN. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SENATORS COMING IN. BOB MENDEZ OF NEW JERSEY. TOM RAISED A GREAT POINT ABOUT THE CONFIDENCE THAT PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE IN THE COUNT AND IN THIS ERA OF HACKING AND -- AND DOUBT IN INSTITUTIONS IN GENERAL, DO YOU THINK THIS HAS AN IMPACT ON THE TRUST OF THE VOTE ITSELF? >> ABSOLUTELY. FOR ANY PERSON, ANYTHING, THERE IS ALWAYS A NARRATIVE, RIGHT? ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO REINFORCE THE NARRATIVE. SO THERE ARE CONCERNS IN OUR COUNTRY ABOUT OUR ELECTION PROCESS, WHO GETS TO VOTE, WHAT VOTES ARE COUNTED. THAT'S INTO OUR DNA NOW AS A NATION WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT. WHAT HAPPENED IN IOWA, ONLY REINFORCES THAT. IF THE DEMOCRATS CAN'T GET IT RIGHT FOR A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE IN ONE STATE, WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE IT'S -- WHAT IS THE SAYING? FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU. FOOL ME TWICE. SO, YEAH, I WOULD THINK IT'S -- BECAUSE SO MUCH OF OUR NATION, RIGHT, THEY GET ENGAGED AS THEY NEED TO. AND AS THE PASSING WAS THEY GOT IT WRONG IN IOWA. THERE WAS A PROBLEM A COUPLE YEARS AGO. WHY SHOULD I TRUST THE PROCESS? WHY SHOULD I PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS? >> THAT IS THE EVIL GENIUS OF WHAT THE KREMLIN DID TO THE UNITED STATES IN 2016. LET'S GO TO SIMPSON, A PROGRESSIVE GROUP. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. I WANTED TO ASK YOU BOTH ABOUT THE STATE OF THE UNION. BUT FIRST THE SUBJECT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE DEBACLE IN IOWA, HOW DO YOU READ THE IMPACT GOING FORWARD? BIG? SMALL? WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL IT MAKE THAT THIS THING HAPPENED? >> I THINK THE PARTY IS GOING TO HAVE A LONG OVERDUE CONVERSATION ABOUT IOWA AND WHETHER IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST STATE, ABOUT CAUCUSES IN GENERAL AND WHETHER THEY ARE THE BEST WAY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS REPRESENTED. THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THE CAUCUS PROCESS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE. VOTER INTEGRITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PAPER, THAT WE HAVE BACK-UPS, THAT WE DON'T USE NEW SYSTEMS WITHOUT TESTING THEM. SO THAT IS KIND OF THE CONVERSATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, PARTICULARLY WITH NEVADA RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND THEY ALSO HAVE A CAUCUS FORMAT AS WELL. >> THEY GOT TO GET THAT RIGHT. THEY HAVE ALREADY SAID THEY'RE NOT GOING TO USE THAT APP. >> YEAH. THEY BETTER NOT. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, TERRY, THERE WAS SOME GOOD NEWS COMING OUT OF IOWA, RIGHT? WE HAD THE LARGEST GROUP OF FIRST-TIME CAUCUS GOERS, 35% FIRST-TIME CAUCUS GOERS. THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE TRIPLED OVER 2016 WHO ENGAGED IN THE CAUCUS PROCESSES, SO WE'RE ENGAGING YOUNGER VOTERS, WHICH WE NEED TO. THAT MILLENNIAL PARTY IS LARGE. THERE WAS SOME GOOD NEWS COMING OUT. BUT I DO THINK THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE DNC NEEDS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT MAKING SURE WE HAVE DIVERSITY IN THOSE EARLY CONTESTS AND MAKING SURE WE LOOK AT THIS FORMAT AND FIND OUT WHETHER IT IS EQUITABLE, DEMOCRATIC OR WHETHER WE NEED TO GO TO THE PRIMARY FORMAT UP UNTIL THE CONVENTION. >> TAKING A LOOK AT PRESIDENT TRUMP, HOW STRONG DO YOU THINK HE IS COMING TO THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW WITH THE STORY HE WANTS TO TELL? >> IF YOU ARE DONALD TRUMP, YOU NEVER HAVE A BAD DAY. YOU HAVE A PERFECT CALL, EVERYTHING IS GREAT, EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS THE KING OF SPIN, RIGHT? HE'S TOLD ALMOST 17,000 LIES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS HE'S BEEN PRESIDENT. 17,000 FALSE OR MISLEADING CLAIMS. HE SAYS EVERYTHING IS GREAT, AND WE KNOW IT'S NOT, RIGHT? HE TRIES TO SPIN HIS WORK ON THE ECONOMY. WE KNOW HIS TRADE WAR IS IMPACTING AGRICULTURE, NOW MANUFACTURING. WE KNOW THE ULTRA RICH ARE GETTING WAY RICHER AND THE REST OF US ARE SUFFERING. WE EXPECT TO HEAR A LOT OF SPIN, A LOT OF MISREPRESENTATION. HE'S TALKING TO HIS BASE AND CERTAINLY A LOT OF RACEST RHETORIC. LET'S NOT FORGET THERE IS STILL CHILDREN CAGED AT THE BORDER, THAT THE MUSLIM BAN WAS EXPANDED TO SIX MORE COUNTRIES. I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNOR AND OF COURSE VERONICA ESCOBAR WHO IS RIGHT AT THE BORDER WHO WILL DO IT IN SPANISH BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE TRUTH IS GOING TO COME IN, IS WITH THAT RESPONSE. WE EXPECT A LOT OF SPIN, A LOT OF MISREPRESENTATION AND EVERYTHING TO BE PERFECT AND GREAT. >> YES. THAT IS DONALD TRUMP. AND YOU'RE ALSO RIGHT, THE LINE THAT HE WILL BE SAYING, WE ARE TOLD, IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SHOULD BE A SANCTUARY FOR LAW-ABIDING AMERICANS, NOT CRIMINAL ALIENS. WHATEVER YOU THINK OF THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THAT, SINCE HE STEPPED ON THE NATIONAL SCENE TALKING ABOUT HOW MEXICO SENDS RAPISTS TO THE UNITED STATES HE HAS DRAWN THAT ISSUE IN THE STARKEST AND, AS MANY BELIEVE, THE MOST RACIST TERMS. HE WOULD DENY THAT. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. SO WE SHOULD SAY, ONE OF THE PIECES OF THEATER THAT PRESIDENTS GET TO HAVE IN THE STATE OF THE UNION IS FILLING THE FIRST LADY'S BOX WITH GUESTS THAT THEY MIGHT REFERENCE IN THEIR SPEECH, AND ONE OF THEM IN THE FIRST LADY'S BOX ABOVE THE SENATE CHAMBER RUSH LIMBAUGH AND HIS WIFE WILL BE UP THERE. RUSH LIMBAUGH, ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL POLITICAL VOICES OF THE PAST GENERATION WILL ANNOUNCE TODAY HE HAS ADVANCED LUNG CANCER. THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO HONOR HIM. VERY DIVISIVE, BUT HE CHANGED AMERICAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE. >> WITHOUT QUESTION, A FORCE. AND I THINK IT WAS, YOU KNOW, AS WE SAW, A DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE. BUT AS WE SAW LAST WEEK WITH KOBE BRYANT, THAT IT IS HUMBLING WHEN -- WHEN THE REALITY THAT FACES US ALL IMPACTS THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OF NOTE. RUSH LIMBAUGH, A FORCE, A LION FOR CONSERVATIVE POSITIONS. AND HE'S A FORCE IN RAISING MONEY FOR DRIVING THE AGENDA OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. AND YESTERDAY AND THE OTHER DAY JUST IN HEARING HIS WORDS AND THE HAUNTING NATURE OF HIS VOICE NOW, IT DOES REMIND YOU FOR, AS DIVIDED AS THE NATION CAN BE AT TIMES, AS DIFFICULT AS OUR POLITICS ARE, THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL LIVES. I SAW WHEN HE SPOKE THE OTHER DAY ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW WE FEEL ABOUT EACH OTHER'S POLITICS, YOU ALWAYS WISH WELL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL. AND THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS NIGHT AND YOU AND I BOTH HAVE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD AND MARTHA TOUCHED UPON THIS, THAT WE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PLACES IN THE WORLD THAT WITH THESE KINDS OF GATHERINGS OF POWERFUL PEOPLE THAT ONLY OCCUR WHEN SOMEONE HAS TO DIE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. BUT IN OUR NATION, AS DIVIDED AS WE MAY BE, THAT POLITICIANS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ARE BEING POLITE AND CIVIL, THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT MAKES AMERICA SUCH A MAGICAL PLACE. THAT FOR ALL THAT DIVIDES US, WE ARE STILL THE UNITED STATES STATES OF AMERICA. >> AND THIS EVENT, THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, AS YOU SEE SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN FILING IN THERE IS SOMETHING IS IN THE CONSTITUTION. ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF BEING A PRESIDENT. AND THERE ACTUALLY AREN'T MANY. IT IS A VAGUE, MAJESTIC GENERALLY AS THEY SAY, BUT THEY SAY THE PRESIDENT SHALL GIVE AN ADDRESS ON THE STATE OF THE UNION, SHALL REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE UNION. DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A SPEECH WRITTEN DOWN. HERE IS NANCY PELOSI TRYING TO GET A LITTLE ORDER HERE. >> WE WILL COME TO ORDER. THE CHAIR-APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE TO ESCORT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES INTO THE CHAMBER. THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND, MR. HOYER, THE GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW MEXICO, THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEWARK -- >> WHAT SHE'S DOING IS ANNOUNCING THE ESCORT. IT IS AN HONOR FOR PEOPLE TO ESCORT THE PRESIDENT. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL ESCORT THE PRESIDENT INTO THE CHAMBER. LET'S GO TO TOM WHO COVERS JUSTICE ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS AS WELL. AND I WANT TO PICK UP WITHIN ONE THING WE HAVE BEEN EXPLORING, AND THAT IS THE SECURITY OF THE VOTE IN OUR ELECTION. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THAT. WHAT IMPACT DO YOU SEE THE DEBACLE IN IOWA HAVING, AND WHAT ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS GOING FORWARD IN THIS ELECTION ABOUT THE SECURITY OF THE VOTE? >> WELL, TERRY, EVEN THOUGH THE ELECTION COMING UP IN 2020 WILL BE HANDLED BY THE INDIVIDUAL STATES, CLEARLY WHAT HAPPENED IN IOWA YESTERDAY IN TERMS OF HOW THE DEMOCRATS HANDLED IT DOES NOT INSPIRE CONFIDENCE. AND TO SAY THE LEAST. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTING THE ELECTION, THE BALLOT BOX, IF YOU WILL. JUST YESTERDAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PUT OUT A NOTICE TO THE STATES TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE RUSSIANS WILL CONTINUE TO LIKELY TRY TO ATTACK THE ELECTION. THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW IN 2016 THE RUSSIANS ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO GET INSIDE THE VOTER DATABASE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THAT THEY COULD HAVE ALTERED OR CHANGED SOME OF THE VOTER DATA. THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE RUSSIANS SET UP A FAKE WEBSITE TO PUT OUT FAKE STORIES POSING AS LEGITIMATE JOURNALISM. SO THAT IS VERY MUCH ON THE MINDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. IN FACT, WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE FBI DIRECTOR IN DECEMBER, HE SAID THAT RUSSIA WAS AT IT IN THE PAST AND THEY WILL BE AT IT AGAIN. >> AS WE WERE TALKING, THE MERE VULNERABILITY OF THE COUNT TO HACKING IS ENOUGH TO ERODE TRUST. AND I WANT TO ASK YOU. I HAVE LIVED IN ENGLAND FOR FIVE YEARS AND COVERED A FEW ELECTIONS THERE. THEY COUNT 30, 35, 40 MILLION BALLOTS, PAPER BALLOTS BY HAND. IT TAKES A WHILE. IT IS PROBABLY NOT AS ACCURATE AS A PERFECT AND RELIABLE SOFTWARE COUNT WOULD BE, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. HOW MUCH -- HOW MUCH STEAM IS THERE BEHIND THE MOVEMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES TO GO BACK TO PAPER BALLOTS? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY THAT THERE IS A LOT. THERE IS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT SOMETHING BACK-UPS TO SOME OF THESE COMPUTER SYSTEMS. THERE IS SOME LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN PENDING IN THE CONGRESS THAT DEMOCRATS WANT THE SENATOR -- THE SENATOR MAJORITY LEADER TO ACT ON THAT HE IS NOT, LEADING SOME TO CALL HIM MOSCOW MITCH, WHICH HE DOESN'T LIKE VERY MUCH. STILL EVEN THAT, TERRY, IN OUR COUNTRY IS AN AREA OF DIVIDE EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN 2016. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'LL LOOK AT HOW THAT DEVELOPS. THANKS VERY MUCH. LET'S STEP BACK FOR A MOMENT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MOMENT. THIS MOMENT FOR DONALD TRUMP AND FOR THE COUNTRY AND LET'S GET THE TAKE OF SOMEONE WHO SAT THROUGH SOME OF THOSE SPEECHES, SOME OF THE STATE OF THE UNION SPEECHES. BARBARA IS A FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS MOMENT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? >> WELL, I THINK YOU ALWAYS SEE THE STATE OF THE UNION, THE PRESIDENT GETS THE UNDIVIDED ATTENTION AND IS ABLE TO SET OUT HIS AGENDA AND REALLY HIGHLIGHT HIS SUCCESSES. I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO -- >> OH, YEAH. SO THAT'S ALL RIGHT. PLEASE GO ON. >> WELL, AND HE ALWAYS REALLY HAS STUCK TO A SCRIPT ON THE STATE OF THE UNION, AS MOST PRESIDENTS DO BECAUSE YOU WANT TO INCLUDE ALL THE SUCCESSES. HE HAS THE ECONOMY THAT HE CAN -- HAS A LOT OF BRAGGING RIGHTS ON. 63% APPROVAL ON THAT ECONOMY. THE USMCA, A LOT OF OPOID LEGISLATION WHERE PEOPLE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS. AND HE HAS THINGS LIKE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. AND I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THE SPECIAL GUESTS THAT HE HAS THERE TODAY ARE GOING TONIGHT ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE BIPARTISAN ISSUES HE HAS WORKED ON. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE TALKING ABOUT IT BEING LOW KEY, BUT IT WILL BE AN ATTEMPT TO RESET THE NARRATIVE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT IS NOT ONLY A LOT OF GOOD NEWS FOR THE PRESIDENT BUT A LOT OF BAD NEWS FOR THE DEMOCRATS GIVEN THE DEBACLE IN IOWA WHICH OBVIOUSLY GOES TO THE PRESIDENT'S ADVANTAGE. AND THEN ALSO TOMORROW WILL BE THE END OF IMPEACHMENT, WHICH, LIKE BILL CLINTON, IMPEACHMENT HAS MADE HIM STRONGER AND GIVEN HIM HIS HIGHEST APPROVAL RATINGS NOW. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CHAMBER RIGHT NOW. WE SEE NANCY PELOSI WEARING WHITE AS ARE MANY OF THE DEMOCRATIC WOMEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. TAKE US IN THAT ROOM, THE WHITE IS IN HONOR OF THE SUFFRAGIST MOVEMENTS AND PERHAPS THE ERA AS WELL. TAKE US INTO THE ROOM A LITTLE BIT. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE IN THAT ROOM? IT IS ACTUALLY SMALLER THAN IT LOOKS ON TELEVISION, ISN'T IT? >> IT IS AN EVENING WHERE IT IS VERY PACKED. EVERYONE IS IN THERE, AND, SO, A LOT OF TIMES YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ON, YOU KNOW, YOUR OWN SIDE. SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE FRIENDS WHO WILL COME TOGETHER. AND THEN THERE IS ALWAYS WHO IS GOING TO STAND UP, YOU KNOW, AND CLAP AT CERTAIN POINTS. THAT'S WHY I THINK THE PRESIDENT WILL GEAR A SPEECH TO REALLY FORCING BOTH SIDES TO STAND UP AND CLAP. IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE ECONOMY, IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE TOGETHER FOR OUR VETERANS OR TO BATTLE OPIOIDS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE WHOLE AUDIENCE RISE. I WAS THERE DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AND I KNOW THAT IS SORT OF THE SCRIPT THAT A GOOD SPEECH WRITER WILL SET OUT SO THAT YOU FIND THE WAYS TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER AND YOU USUALLY WILL SEE PEOPLE DO THAT. THOSE THAT DON'T WILL LOOK LIKE SORE SPORTS. >> RIGHT. BRINGING TOGETHER IS ONE OF THE THINGS PRESIDENTS CAN DO. BUT WE ALSO KNOW FROM THE EXCERPTS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS RELEASED THAT HE'S GOT SOME LINES DESIGNED TO DIVIDE. THIS ONE WHERE HE SAYS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SHOULD BE A SANCTUARY FOR LAW-ABIDING AMERICANS, NOT CRIMINAL ALIENS, AND HE HAS EVERYTHING CAPITALIZED. >> AND THE SOCIALISM LINE, CERTAINLY THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AT HOME IS GOING TO BE WELL RECEIVED. YOU MAY HAVE PEOPLE ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE NOT WANT TO STAND UP TO IT BUT ACTUALLY SOME OF THOSE MORE SOCIALIST LEADING MEMBERS AREN'T EVEN ATTENDING TONIGHT IN PROTEST. >> EXACTLY. THEY HAVE STAYED BACK. THANKS VERY MUCH. I WANT TO PICK UP ON THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE AND GO TO DEVIN. YOU WERE JUST OUT IN IOWA TALKING TO PEOPLE UP IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA, I BELIEVE, ABOUT THE ISSUE. DONALD TRUMP HAS CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT, AND YOU HEARD THAT. >> YEAH. I SURE DID, TERRY. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS DIVIDE EVENLY ALONG PARTY LINES AS WELL. NORTHEAST IOWA RELIES ON IMMIGRANTS FOR THEIR ECONOMY LIKE SO MANY OTHER PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY. BACK IN 2016, THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S LANGUAGE. THEY WANT THE LAWS ENFORCED, BUT THEY WANT LEGAL IMMIGRANTS, TOO. IT WAS AN INDICATOR OF WHERE THE CONVERSATION IS AT ON THIS ISSUE. SO MANY PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES ARE FRUSTRATED. THEY WANT SOME COMMON SENSE AS WE SEE THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES COMING INTO THE CHAMBER RIGHT NOW. >> RIGHT. >> SO I THINK YOU WILL SEE THE PRESIDENT USE THIS MOMENT TONIGHT TO PIVOT, TO PIVOT AWAY FROM IMMIGRATION AS BARBARA WAS MENTIONING. YOU WILL SEE DEMOCRATS TRY TO DO THE SAME THING. THIS IS A BIG AUDIENCE FOR BOTH PARTIES. $47 MILLION TUNING IN TONIGHT, TERRY. WE WILL HEAR A LOT ABOUT HEALTH CARE AND IMMIGRATION, TWO ISSUES YOU WILL HEAR A LOT ABOUT HEADED INTO THIS CAMPAIGN THIS FALL. >> I WANT TO GO FOR BYRON FOR FINAL THOUGHTS HERE ON THE PERSON OF DONALD TRUMP, THE PERSONALITY. POLITICIANS TEND TO BE. BUT DONALD TRUMP CAME TO OFFICE WITH THE DELIBERATELY DIVISIVE LANGUAGE. >> I EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME. THERE ARE THINGS HE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT HE'S DONE WELL WITH THAT WOULD GROW THE TENT LARGER. YOU KNOW, HIS WORK WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. >> AND THE SUPER BOWL STARTED HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN. >> JUST TODAY I INTERVIEWED 50 CENT FOR A STORY I'M WORKING ON, AND HE TALKED ABOUT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND GAVE A NOD TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND SO YOU WOULD THINK THERE IS -- THERE WOULD BE A WAY FOR HIM TO LEAN INTO THAT TO ENLARGE THE TENT. AS I SAID, THAT'S NOT HIS STYLE. >> DO YOU THINK HE'S DOING THAT, THAT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND THAT AD WHERE THE BLACK WOMAN THAT GOT OUT OF PRISON, IS HE LOOKING TO TAKE BLACK VOTERS AWAY FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OR IS HE SENDING A MESSAGE TO OTHER VOTERS, TO WHITE VOTERS? >> I WOULD TEND TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE SECOND, RIGHT? THAT IT IS AN EFFORT TO SHOW THAT, SEE, DESPITE WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT ME, LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE DONE. BUT I THINK -- AND CERTAINLY MANY MINORITY COMMUNITIES ON A HOST OF ISSUES, THIS PRESIDENT IS NOT SEEN AS SOMEONE WHO WELCOMES THEM INTO THE TENT. >> NOT SO FAR ANYWAY. WELL, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK, YOU WILL BE ON THE NETWORK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS TO SEE THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, THE CONGRESS, THE DIPLOMATIC COURT, THE SUPREME COURT ALL ASSEMBLED. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL ENTER THAT CHAMBER SHORTLY AND PROBABLY TAKE A BIT OF A VICTORY LAP ON THE ECONOMY. WE'LL BE BACK. >>> LIVE FROM ABC NEWS, THE STATE OF THE UNION AND THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE. NOW REPORTING, GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE STATE OF THE UNION. THESE ANNUAL SPEECHES ALWAYS A MOMENT OF HIGH POLITICAL THEATER. THIS YEAR TAKES IT TO A BRAND NEW LEVEL. THE PRESIDENT ABOUT TO ENTER A HOUSE CHAMBER WHERE JUST SEVEN WEEKS AGO, HE WAS IMPEACHED. THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, BILL CLINTON IN 1999. BUT TRUMP IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY TO FACE RE-ELECTION AFTER IMPEACHMENT. HE ENTERS THE CHAMBER ONE DAY BEFORE SENATORS WILL DELIVER THE VERDICT IN HIS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. ACQUITTAL IS CERTAIN. AND ONE DAY AFTER THE CHAOS AND CONFUSION OF IOWA'S DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. AS WE COME ON THE AIR TONIGHT, STILL NO OFFICIAL WINNER. BUT THE RESULTS WE HAVE SHOW PETE BUTTIGIEG, BERNIE SANDERS AND ELIZABETH WARREN ALL AHEAD OF JOE BIDEN, WHO FOR MUCH OF THE LAST YEAR HAD BEEN POLLING BEST AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT'S AUDIENCE IN THE CHAMBER, EVEN MORE SPLIT THAN WE'VE COME TO EXPECT. DEMOCRATS, LIKE NANCY PELOSI, YOU SEE HER RIGHT THERE, CONVINCED TRUMP IS A LAWLESS PRESIDENT WHO BETRAYED HIS OATH BY INVITING FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS. CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS UNITED BEHIND HIM, AT LEAST PUBLICLY, MANY ECHOING THE PRESIDENT'S CLAIM HE DID NOTHING WRONG IN HIS DEALINGS WITH UKRAINE. ALL THIS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF AN ECONOMY GROWING FOR ITS 11th STRAIGHT YEAR, THE LONGEST EXPANSION IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THAT, PLUS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF HIS GOP BASE HAS RISEN HIS POPULARITY TO HIS HIGHEST YET. DAVID MUIR IS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PRESIDENT TRUMP CLEARLY BELIEVES HE'S IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. >> AWARE OF THE POLL NUMBERS FOR THIS PRESIDENT. WE KNOW THE NUMBERS DRIVE THIS PRESIDENT, AWARE AT ALL TIMES WHERE THE POLLS ARE. AWARE OF THE STRONG ECONOMY. HE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT QUITE A BIT TONIGHT. THE DOW HITTING 29,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECENT WEEKS. AS YOU POINTED OUT, GEORGE, IT'S NOT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, EVERYONE IN WASHINGTON AWARE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS ON THE EVE OF ACQUITTAL IN THE SENATE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. HE HAS SURVIVED THE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS AND THE TRIAL. ALL EYES ON THE PRESIDENT, BUT ALSO ALL EYES TONIGHT ON HOW SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, GEORGE, AFTER WE MET WITH THE PRESIDENT, WHICH IS A TRADITION TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT ON THE DAYS OF THESE ADDRESSES, BUT WE ALSO MET WITH HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, WHO CONFIRMED THIS AFTERNOON THAT SHE HAS NOT SPOKEN WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP SINCE OCTOBER 16th. IT'S BEEN MONTHS SINCE THOSE TWO HAVE HAD A PRIVATE CONVERSATION. >> AND HERE COMES THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, PAUL IRVING, TO ANNOUNCE THE PRESIDENT. >> MA DAM SPEAKER, THE PRESIDEN OF THE UNITED STATES. >> PRESIDENT WORKING HIS WAY UP THE AISLE THERE. MARY BRUCE, OUR SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT, IF THE PRESIDENT IS BUOYANT, DEMOCRATS DEFIANT? >> GEORGE, WE ARE NOW SEEING THE PRESIDENT COMING FACE-TO-FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH HIS ACCUSERS IN THIS IMPEACHMENT PROCESS. THE BODY LANGUAGE ALONE HERE TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE FASCINATING. THERE IS A LOT OF TENSION IN THAT ROOM. WHILE IT IS NOT LIKELY THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BRING UP IMPEACHMENT, IT IS CLEAR THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY AWKWARD MOMENT FOR MANY INSIDE THAT CHAMBER. YOU MENTIONED HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI. SHE'LL BE OVER HIS SHOULDER THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE SPEECH, HAVING LED HER PARTY IN IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT. SHE NOW IS EFFECTIVELY HAVING TO WELCOME HIM INTO HER HOUSE. AND THE PRESIDENT, WE KNOW, DIRECTLY IN HIS EYESIGHT TONIGHT WILL BE THOSE HOUSE MANAGERS WHO HAVE BEEN LEADING THE CASE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT IN THE SENATE. NOW, REPUBLICANS THAT I HAVE TALKED TO HERE HAVE URGED THE PRESIDENT TO STEER CLEAR OF THE SUBJECT OF IMPEACHMENT ENTIRELY, WHILE DEMOCRATS ARE BRACING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE SOMETHING OF A VICTORY LAP AND, IN FACT, GEORGE, ROUGHLY A DOZEN DEMOCRATS ARE SIMPLY SITTING IT OUT, SAYING THEY DON'T WANT TO DIGNIFY THE PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS WITH THEIR PRESENCE HERE TONIGHT. >> SHAKING THE HAND THERE OF CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS, WHO HAS BEEN PRESIDING OVER THE SENATE TRIAL. JON KARL IS IN THE CHAMBER, AS WELL. AND JON, IN PART BECAUSE OF IMPEACHMENT, THIS STATE OF THE UNION, A LITTLE LATER THAN MOST YEARS, IT CAME RIGHT AFTER THAT IOWA CAUCUS YESTERDAY. THE PRESIDENT REVELING IN THAT CONFUSION. >> HE CALLED IT, GEORGE, AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER THIS MORNING, BUT HE IS POSITIVELY GIDDY ABOUT THE CHAOS AND THE UNCERTAINTY AMONG THE DEMOCRATS, WHILE HE HAS STRENGTHENED HIS GRIP ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY GOING INTO THE CAMPAIGN. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS, ABOVE ALL, WILL BE A CAMPAIGN SPEECH TONIGHT. >> PRESIDENT WALKING UP TO THE PODIUM. LET'S SEE THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI. HE WILL HAND BOTH THE SPEAKER AND THE VICE PRESIDENT A COPY OF HIS SPEECH. AN EXTENDED HAND FROM THE SPEAKER. NOT SURE IF THE PRESIDENT SAW IT OR NOT, BUT REGARDLESS, THEY DIDN'T SHAKE HANDS. PRESIDENT WILL TAKE THIS IN FOR A FEW MINUTES, YOU SEE THE FIRST LADY RIGHT THERE. SHE'S JOINED IN HER BOX TONIGHT BY RUSH LIMBAUGH, TALK RADIO HOST, YOU SEE HIM RIGHT THERE. HE, OF COURSE, ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT HE'S FIGHTING LUNG CANCER. >> MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> THERE YOU SEE THE WHOLE CHAMBER. EXPECT MANY TIMES TONIGHT FOR ONE SIDE TO BE CHEERING, THE OTHER TO BE SITTING. AND NOTICE ALL OF THAT WHITE IN THE ROOM. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WEARING WHITE IN HONOR OF THE -- IF YOU NEED ANYMORE PROOF IT'S A POLITICAL SPEECH, THE CHANTS OF "FOUR MORE YEARS" FROM HOUSE AND SENATE REPUBLICANS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM SPEAKER, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES -- [ APPLAUSE ] AND MY FELLOW CITIZENS, THREE YEARS AGO, WE LAUNCHED THE GREAT AMERICAN COMEBACK. TONIGHT, I STAND BEFORE YOU TO SHARE THE INCREDIBLE RESULTS. JOBS ARE BOOMING, INCOMES ARE SOARING, POVERTY IS PLUMMETING, CRIME IS FALLING, CONFIDENCE IS SURGING AND OUR COUNTRY IS THRIVING AND HIGHLY RESPECTED AGAIN. [ APPLAUSE ] AMERICA'S ENEMIES ARE ON THE RUN, AMERICA'S FORTUNES ARE ON THE RISE AND AMERICA'S FUTURE IS BLAZING BRIGHT. THE YEARS OF ECONOMIC DECAY ARE OVER. [ APPLAUSE ] THE DAYS OF OUR COUNTRY BEING USED, TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, AND EVEN SCORNED BY OTHER NATIONS, ARE LONG BEHIND US. GONE, TOO, ARE THE BROKEN PROMISES, JOBLESS RECOVERIES, TIRED PLATITUDES AND CONSTANT EXCUSES FOR THE DEPLETION OF AMERICAN WEALTH, POWER AND PRESTIGE. IN JUST THREE SHORT YEARS, WE HAVE SHATTERED THE MENTALITY OF AMERICAN DECLINE AND WE HAVE REJECTED THE DOWNSIZING OF AMERICAN'S DESTINY. WE HAVE TOTALLY REJECTED THE DOWNSIZING. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AS A PACE THAT WAS UNIMAGINABLE JUST A SHORT TIME AGO AND WE ARE NEVER, EVER GOING BACK. [ APPLAUSE ] I AM THRILLED TO REPORT TO YOU TONIGHT THAT OUR ECONOMY IS THE BEST IT HAS EVER BEEN. OUR MILITARY IS COMPLETELY REBUILT, WITH ITS POWER BEING UNMATCHED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE. OUR BORDERS ARE SECURE. OUR FAMILIES ARE FLOURISH ING. OUR VALUES ARE RENEWED. OUR PRIDE IS RESTORED. AND FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS, I SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY AND TO THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THE STATE OF OUR UNION IS STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE. [ APPLAUSE ] THE VISION I WILL LAY OUT THIS EVENING DEMONSTRATES HOW WE ARE BUILDING THE WORLD'S MOST PROSPEROUS AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY, ONE WHERE EVERY CITIZEN CAN JOIN IN AMERICA'S UNPARALLELED SUCCESS AND WHERE EVERY COMMUNITY CAN TAKE PART IN AMERICA'S EXTRAORDINARY RISE. FROM THE INSTANT I TOOK OFFICE, I MOVED RAPIDLY TO REVIVE THE U.S. ECONOMY, SLASHING A RECORD NUMBER OF JOB-KILLING REGULATIONS, ENACTING HISTORIC AND RECORD-SETTING TAX CUTS AND FIGHTING FOR FAIR AND RECIPROCAL TRADE AGREEMENTS. [ APPLAUSE ] OUR AGENDA IS RELENTLESSLY PRO WORKER, PRO FAMILY, PRO GROWTH AND, MOST OF ALL, PRO AMERICAN. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU. WE ARE ADVANCING WITH UNBRIDLED OPTIMISM AND LIFTING OUR CITIZENS OF EVERY RACE, COLOR, RELIGION AND CREED VERY, VERY HIGH. SINCE MY ELECTION, WE HAVE CREATED 7 MILLION NEW JOBS, 5 MILLION MORE THAN GOVERNMENT EXPERTS PROJECTED DURING THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. [ APPLAUSE ] THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS THE LOWEST IN OVER HALF A CENTURY. AND VERY INCREDIBLY, THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION IS LOWER THAN ANY ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. [ APPLAUSE ] IF WE HADN'T REVERSED THE FAILED ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, THE WORLD WOULD NOT NOW BE WITNESSING THIS GREAT ECONOMIC SUCCESS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HISPANIC-AMERICANS AND ASIAN-AMERICANS HAS REACHED THE LOWEST LEVELS IN HISTORY. AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT HAS REACHED AN ALL-TIME LOW. AFRICAN-AMERICAN POVERTY HAS DECLINED TO THE LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR WOMEN REACHED THE LOWEST LEVEL IN ALMOST 70 YEARS, AND LAST YEAR, WOMEN FILLED 72% OF ALL NEW JOBS ADDED. THE VETERANS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED TO A RECORD LOW. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR DISABLED AMERICANS HAS REACHED AN ALL-TIME LOW. WORKERS WITHOUT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA HAVE ACHIEVED THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RECORDED IN U.S. HISTORY. A RECORD NUMBER OF YOUNG AMERICANS ARE NOW EMPLOYED. UNDER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE WERE ADDED TO THE FOOD STAMP ROLLS. UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION, 7 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE COME OFF FOOD STAMPS AND 10 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIFTED OFF OF WELFARE. [ APPLAUSE ] IN EIGHT YEARS UNDER THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, OVER 300,000 WORKING-AGE PEOPLE DROPPED OUT OF THE WORK FORCE. IN JUST THREE YEARS OF MY ADMINISTRATION, 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE, WORKING-AGE PEOPLE, HAVE JOINED THE WORK FORCE. SINCE MY ELECTION, THE NET WORTH OF THE BOTTOM HALF OF WAGE EARNERS HAS INCREASED BY 47%, THREE TIMES FASTER THAN THE INCREASE FOR THE TOP 1%. AFTER DECADES OF FLAT AND FALLING INCOMES, WAGES ARE RISING FAST AND WONDERFULLY, THEY ARE RISING FASTEST FOR LOW INCOME WORKERS WHO HAVE SEEN A 16% PAY INCREASE SINCE MY ELECTION. THIS IS A BLUE COLLAR BOOM. [ APPLAUSE ] REAL MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS NOW AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL EVER RECORDED. SINCE MY ELECTION, U.S. STOCK MARKETS HAVE SOARED, 70% ADDING MORE THAN $12 TRILLION TO OUR NATION'S WEALTH, TRANSCENDING ANYTHING ANYONE BELIEVED WAS POSSIBLE. THIS IS A RECORD. IT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IS LOOKING UP TO, THEY ADMIRE. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE HAS JUST REACHED AMAZING NEW HIGHS. ALL OF THOSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITH 401(k)s AND PENSIONS ARE DOING FAR BETTER THAN THEY HAVE EVER DONE BEFORE WITH INCREASES OF 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100% AND EVEN MORE. JOBS ARE POURING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS THANKS TO OPPORTUNITY ZONES, A PLAN SPEARHEADED BY SENATOR TIM SCOTT AS PART OF OUR GREAT REPUBLICAN TAX CUTS. [ APPLAUSE ] IN OTHER WORDS, WEALTHY PEOPLE AND COMPANIES ARE POURING MONEY INTO POOR NEIGHBORHOODS OR AREAS THAT HAVEN'T SEEN INVESTMENT IN MANY DECADES, CREATING JOBS, ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THESE DESERVING COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. IT'S ALL WORKING. OPPORTUNITY ZONES ARE HELPING AMERICANS LIKE ARMY VETERAN TONY RANKINS FROM CINCINNATI, OHIO. AFTER STRUGGLING WITH DRUG ADDICTION, TONY LOST HIS JOB, HIS HOUSE AND HIS FAMILY. HE WAS HOMELESS. BUT THEN, TONY FOUND A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT INVESTS IN OPPORTUNITY ZONES. HE IS NOW A TOP TRADESMAN, DRUG FREE, REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY AND HE IS HERE TONIGHT. TONY, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. TONY. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU, TONY. OUR ROARING ECONOMY HAS, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, GIVEN MANY FORMER PRISONERS THE ABILITY TO GET A GREAT JOB AND A FRESH START. THE SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE PASSED LANDMARK CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM INTO LAW. EVERYBODY SAID THAT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM COULDN'T BE DONE, BUT I GOT IT DONE AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM GOT IT DONE. [ APPLAUSE ] THANKS TO OUR BOLD, REGULATORY REDUCTION CAMPAIGN, THE UNITED STATES HAS BECOME THE NUMBER ONE PRODUCER OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BY FAR. WITH THE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, AMERICA IS NOW ENERGY INDEPENDENT AND ENERGY JOBS, LIKE SO MANY OTHER ELEMENTS OF OUR COUNTRY, ARE AT A RECORD HIGH. WE ARE DOING NUMBERS THAT NO ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT POSSIBLE JUST THREE YEARS AGO. L LIKEWISE, WE ARE STORING OUR NATION'S MANUFACTURING MIGHT, EVEN THOUGH PREDICTIONS WERE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT THIS COULD NEVER, EVER BE DONE. AFTER LOSING 60,000 FACTORIES UNDER THE PREVIOUS TWO ADMINISTRATIONS, AMERICA HAS NOW GAINED 12,000 NEW FACTORIES UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION, WITH THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF PLANTS AND FACTORIES BEING PLANNED OR BEING BUILT. COMPANIES ARE NOT LEAVING, THEY ARE COMING BACK TO THE USA. THE FACT IS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE WHERE THE ACTION IS, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS, INDEED, THE PLACE WHERE THE ACTION IS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROMISES I MADE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WAS TO REPLACE THE DISASTROUS NAFTA TRADE DEAL. IN FACT, UNFAIR TRADE IS PERHAPS THE SINGLE BIGGEST REASON THAT I DECIDED TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. FOLLOWING NAFTA'S ADOPTION, OUR NATION LOST 1 IN 4 MANUFACTURING JOBS. MANY POLITICIANS CAME AND WENT, PLEDGING TO CHANGE OR REPLACE NAFTA, ONLY TO DO SO AND THEN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENED. BUT UNLIKE SO MANY WHO CAME BEFORE ME, I KEEP MY PROMISES. WE DID OUR JOB. SIX DAYS AGO, I REPLACED NAFTA AND SIGNED THE BRAND NEW U.S./MEXICO/CANADA AGREEMENT INTO LAW. THE USMCA WILL CREATE NEARLY 100,000 NEW HIGH PAYING AMERICAN AUTO JOBS AND MASSIVELY BOOST EXPORTS FOR OUR FARMERS, RANCHERS AND FACTORY WORKERS. IT WILL ALSO BRING TRADE WITH MEXICO AND CANADA TO A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL, BUT ALSO TO BE A MUCH GREATER DEGREE OF FAIRNESS AND RECIPROCITY, WE WILL HAVE THAT, FAIRNESS AND RECIPROCITY, AND I SAID THAT, FINALLY, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MANY, MANY YEARS THAT WE WERE TREATED FAIRLY ON TRADE. THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR TRADE DEAL IN MANY YEARS TO EARN THE STRONG BACKING OF AMERICA'S LABOR UNIONS. I ALSO PROMISED OUR CITIZENS THAT I WOULD IMPOSE TARIFFS TO CONFRONT CHINA'S MASSIVE THEFT OF AMERICA'S JOBS. OUR STRATEGY HAS WORKED. DAYS AGO, WE SIGNED THE GROUNDBREAKING NEW AGREEMENT WITH CHINA THAT WILL DEFEND OUR WORKERS, PROTECT OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, BRING BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO OUR TREASURY AND OPEN VAST NEW MARKETS FOR PRODUCTS MADE AND GROWN RIGHT HERE IN THE USA. [ APPLAUSE ] FOR DECADES, CHINA HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE UNITED STATES. NOW WE HAVE CHANGED THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE PERHAPS THE BEST RELATIONSHIP WE'VE EVER HAD WITH CHINA, INCLUDING WITH PRESIDENT XI. THEY RESPECT WHAT WE'VE DONE, BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, THEY COULD NEVER REALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH WHAT THEY WERE DOING, YEAR AFTER YEAR, DECADE AFTER DECADE, WITHOUT SOMEONE IN OUR COUNTRY STEPPING UP AND SAYING, THAT'S ENOUGH. NOW, WE WANT TO REBUILD OUR COUNTRY AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE ARE REBUILDING OUR COUNTRY. AS WE RESTORE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, WE ARE ONCE AGAIN STANDING UP FOR FREEDOM IN OUR HEMISPHERE. THAT'S WHY MY ADMINISTRATION REVERSED THE FAILING POLICIES OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION ON CUBA. WE ARE SUPPORTING THE HOPES OF CUBANS, NICARAGUANS AND VENEZUELANS TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY. THE UNITED STATES IS LEADING A 59-NATION DIPLOMATIC COALITION AGAINST THE SOCIALIST DICTATOR OF VENEZUELA, NICOLAS MADURO. MADURO IS AN ILLEGITIMATE RULER, A TYRANT WHO BRUTALIZES HIS PEOPLE, BUT HIS GRIP ON TYRANNY WILL BE SMASHED AND BROKEN. HERE THIS EVENING IS A VERY BRAVE MAN WHO CARRIES WITH HIM THE HOPES, DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS OF ALL VENEZUELANS. JOINING US IN THE GALLERY IS THE TRUE AND LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA, JUAN GUAIDO. MR. PRESIDENT, PLEASE TAKE THE MESSAGE BACK TO YOUR PEOPLE. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. GREAT HONOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE TAKE THIS MESSAGE BACK THAT ALL AMERICANS ARE UNITED WITH THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE IN THEIR RIGHTEOUS STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SOCIALISM DESTROYS NATIONS, BUT ALWAYS REMEMBER, FREEDOM UNIFIES THE SOUL. TO SAFEGUARD AMERICAN LIBERTY, WE HAVE INVESTED A RECORD-BREAKING $2.2 TRILLION IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. WE HAVE PURCHASED THE FINEST PLANES, MISSILES, ROCKETS, SHIPS AND EVERY OTHER FORM OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND IT'S ALL MADE RIGHT HERE IN THE USA. WE ARE ALSO GETTING OUR ALLIES, FINALLY, TO HELP PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. I HAVE RAISED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OTHER NATO MEMBERS BY MORE THAN $400 BILLION AND THE NUMBER OF ALLIES MEETING THEIR MINIMUM OBLIGATION HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED. AND JUST WEEKS AGO, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMAN ESTABLISHED THE AIR FORCE, MORE THAN 70 YEARS EARLIER, WE CREATED A BRAND NEW BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES, IT'S CALLED THE SPACE FORCE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. [ APPLAUSE ] IN THE GALLERY TONIGHT, WE HAVE A YOUNG GENTLEMAN AND WHAT HE WANTS SO BADLY. 13 YEARS OLD, IAN, HE'S AN EIGHTH GRADER FROM ARIZONA, IAIN, PLEASE STAND UP. IAIN HAS ALWAYS DREAMED OF GOING TO SPACE. HE WAS THE FIRST IN HIS CLASS AND AMONG THE YOUNGEST AT AN AVIATION ACADEMY. HE ASPIRES TO GO TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND THEN HE HAS HIS EYE ON THE SPACE FORCE. AS IAIN SAYS, MOST PEOPLE LOOK UP AT SPACE, I WANT TO LOOK DOWN ON THE WORLD. [ APPLAUSE ] BUT SITTING BEHIND IAIN TONIGHT IS HIS GREATEST HERO OF THEM ALL, CHARLES McGEE. WAS BORN IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, ONE CENTURY AGO. CHARLES IS ONE OF THE LAST SURVIVING DOES KEY GEE AIRMEN. THE FIRST BLACK FIGHTER PILOTS. AND HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE IAIN'S GREAT-GRANDFATHER. [ APPLAUSE ] MAUSS PLACE INCREDIBLE STORY. AFTER MORE THAN 130 COMBAT MISSIONS IN WORLD WAR II, HE CAME BACK HOME TO A COUNTRY STILL STRUGGLING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND WENT ON TO SERVE AMERICA IN KOREA AND VIETNAM. ON DECEMBER 7th, CHARLES CELEBRATED HIS 100th BIRTHDAY. [ APPLAUSE ] A FEW WEEKS AGO, I SIGNED A BILL PROMOTING CHARLES TO BRIGADIER GENERAL, AND EARLIER TODAY, I PINNED THE STARS ON HIS SHOULDERS IN THE OVAL OFFICE. GENERAL McGEE, OUR NATION SALUTES YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. [ APPLAUSE ] FROM THE BILL GRIMPILGRIMS TO T FOUNDERS, TO THE SOLDIERSAL VALLEY FORGE TO THE MARCHERS AT SELMA, AND FROM PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO THE REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING, AMERICANS HAVE ALWAYS REJECTED LIMITS ON OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WE MUST NEVER FORGET THAT THE ONLY VICTORIES THAT MATTER IN WASHINGTON ARE VICTORIES THAT DELIVER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. [ APPLAUSE ] THE PEOPLE ARE THE HEART OF OUR COUNTRY. THEIR DREAMS ARE THE SOUL OF OUR COUNTRY AND THEIR LOVE IS WHAT POWERS AND SUSTAINS OUR COUNTRY. WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT OUR JOB IS TO PUT AMERICA FIRST. THE NEXT STEP FORWARD IN BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERY YOUNG AMERICAN GETS A GREAT EDUCATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM. YET, FOR TOO LONG, COUNTLESS AMERICAN CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TRAPPED IN FAILING GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS. TO RESCUE THESE STUDENTS, 18 STATES HAVE CREATED SCHOOL CHOICE IN THE FORM OF OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS. THE PROGRAMS ARE SO POPULAR THAT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS REMAIN ON A WAITING LIST. ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS IS JANIYAH DAVIS, A FOURTH GRADER FROM PHILADELPHIA. JANIYAH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> JANIYAH'S MOM, STEPHANIE, IS A SINGLE PARENT. SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO GIVE HER DAUGHTER A BETTER FUTURE, BUT LAST YEAR, THAT FUTURE WAS PUT FURTHER OUT OF REACH WHEN PENNSYLVANIA'S GOVERNOR VETOED LEGISLATION TO EXPAND SCHOOL CHOICE TO 50,000 CHILDREN. JA JANIYAH AND STEPHANIE ARE IN THE GALLERY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, STEPHANIE, WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] BUT JANIYAH, I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. BECAUSE I AM PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR LONG WAIT IS OVER. I CAN PROUDLY ANNOUNCE TONIGHT THAT AN OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP HAS BECOME AVAILABLE, IT'S GOING TO YOU AND YOU WILL SOON BE HEADING TO THE SCHOOLLE OF YOUR CHOICE. NOW, I CALL ON CONGRESS TO GIVE 1 MILLION AMERICAN CHILDREN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY JANIYAH HAS JUST RECEIVED. PASS THE EDUCATION FREEDOM SCHOLARSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES ACT, BECAUSE NO PARENT SHOULD BE FORCED TO SEND THEIR CHILD TO A FAILING GOVERNMENT SCHOOL. [ APPLAUSE ] EVERY YOUNG PERSON SHOULD HAVE A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO LEARN AND TO GROW. FOR THIS REASON, OUR MAGNIFICENT FIRST LADY HAS LAUNCHED THE BE BEST INITIATIVE TO ADVANCE A SAFE, HEALTHY, SUPPORTIVE AND DRUG-FREE LIFE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. ONLINE, IN SCHOOL AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, MELANIA, FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY LOVE AND PROFOUND CARE FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] MY ADMINISTRATION IS DETERMINED TO GIVE OUR CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY NEED, REGARDLESS OF AGE OR BACKGROUND. THROUGH OUR PLEDGE TO AMERICAN WORKERS, OVER 400 COMPANIES WILL ALSO PROVIDE NEW JOBS AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES TO ALMOST 15 MILLION AMERICANS. MY BUDGET ALSO CONTAINS AN EXCITING VISION FOR OUR NATION'S HIGH SCHOOLS. TONIGHT, I ASK CONGRESS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND BACK MY PLAN TO OFFER VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL IN AMERICA. [ APPLAUSE ] TO EXPAND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, I AM ALSO PROUD THAT WE ACHIEVED RECORD AND PERMANENT FUNDING FOR OUR NATION'S HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] A GOOD LIFE FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES ALSO REQUIRED THE MOST AFFORDABLE, INNOVATIVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ON EARTH. BEFORE I TOOK OFFICE, HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS HAD MORE THAN DOUBLED IN JUST FIVE YEARS. I MOVED QUICKLY TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVES, OUR NEW PLANS ARE UP TO 60% LESS EXPENSIVE AND BETTER. [ APPLAUSE ] I'VE ALSO MADE AN IRONCLAD PREJUDICE PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WE WILL ALSO PROTECT AMERICANS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. AND WE WILL ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR MEDICARE AND WE WILL ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY. ALWAYS. THE AMERICAN PATIENT SHOULD NEVER BE BLINDSIDED BY MEDICAL BILLS. THAT IS WHY I SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING PRICE TRANSPARENCY. MANY EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT TRANCE PART SI, WHICH WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, WILL BE EVEN BIGGER THAN HEALTH CARE REFORM. IT WILL SAVE FAMILIES MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER CARE, BUT AS WE WORK TO IMPROVE AMERICAN'S HEALTH CARE, THERE ARE THOSE WHO WANT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTH CARE, TAKE AWAY YOUR DOCTOR AND ABOLISH PRIVATE INSURANCE ENTIRELY. 132 LAWMAKERS IN THIS ROOM HAVE ENDORSED LEGISLATION TO IMPOSE A SOCIALIST TAKEOVER OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, WIPING OUT THE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS OF 180 MILLION VERY HAPPY AMERICANS. TO THOSE WATCHING AT HOME TONIGHT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW, WE WILL NEVER LET SOCIALISM DESTROY AMERICAN HEALTH CARE. [ APPLAUSE ] OVER 130 LEGISLATORS IN THIS CHAMBER HAVE ENDORSED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BANKRUPT OUR NATION BY PROVIDING FREE TAXPAYER-FUNDED HEALTH CARE TO MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS, FORCING TAXPAYERS TO SUBSIDIZE FREE CARE TO ANYONE IN THE WORLD WHO UNLAWFULLY CROSSES OUR BORDERS. THESE PROPOSALS WOULD RAID THE MEDICARE BENEFITS OF OUR SENIORS AND THAT OUR SENIORS DEPEND ON, WHILE ACTING AS A POWERFUL LURE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATES, THEIR SYSTEMS ARE TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL, COSTING TAXPAYERS VAST AND UNAFFORDABLE AMOUNTS OF MONEY. IF FORCING AMERICAN TAXPAYERS TO PROVIDE UNLIMITED FREE HEALTH CARE TO ILLEGAL ALIENS SOUNDS FAIR TO YOU, THEN STAND WITH THE RADICAL LEFT, BUT IF YOU BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD DEFEND AMERICAN PATIENTS AND AMERICAN SENIORS, THEN STAND WITH ME AND PASS LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT FREE GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS. [ APPLAUSE ] THIS WILL BE A TREMENDOUS BOON TO OUR ALREADY VERY STRONGLY-GUARDED SOUTHERN BORDER, WHERE, AS WE SPEAK, A LONG, TALL AND VERY POWERFUL WALL IS BEING BUILT. [ APPLAUSE ] WE HAVE NOW COMPLETED OVER 100 MILES AND HAVE OVER 500 MILES FULLY COMPLETED IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. EARLY NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN 500 MILES COMPLETED. MY ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO TAKING ON THE BIG PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. WE HAVE APPROVED A RECORD NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE GENERIC DRUGS AND MEDICINES ARE BEING APPROVED BY THE FDA AT A FASTER CLIP THAN EVER BEFORE. [ APPLAUSE ] AND I WAS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE LAST YEAR THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 51 YEARS, THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ACTUALLY WENT DOWN. AND WORKING TOGETHER, CONGRESS CAN REDUCE DRUG PRICES SUBSTANTIALLY FROM CURRENT LEVELS. I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY OF IOWA AND OTHERS IN CONGRESS IN ORDER TO GET SOMETHING ON DRUG PRICING DONE AND DONE QUICKLY AND PROPERLY. I'M CALLING FOR BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION THAT ACHIEVES THE GOAL OF DRAMATICALLY LOWERING PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES. GET A BILL ON MY DESK AND I WILL SIGN IT INTO LAW IMMEDIATELY. WITH UNYIELDING COMMITMENT, WE ARE CURBING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS DECLINED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 30 YEARS. AMONG THE STATE'S HARDEST HIT, OHIO IS DOWN 22%, PENNSYLVANIA IS DOWN 18%, WISCONSIN IS DOWN 10% AND WE WILL NOT QUIT UNTIL WE HAVE BEATEN THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC ONCE AND FOR ALL. PROTECTING AMERICAN'S HEALTH ALSO MEANS FIGHTING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER ON THE CRO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN CHINA. MY ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO SAFEGUARD OUR CITIZENS FROM THIS THREAT. WE HAVE LAUNCHED AMBITIOUS NEW INITIATIVES TO SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE CARE FOR AMERICANS WITH KIDNEY DISEASE, ALZHEIMER'S AND THOSE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH. AND BECAUSE CONGRESS WAS SO GOOD AS TO FUND MY REQUEST, NEW CURES FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER, AND WE WILL ERADICATE THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN AMERICA BY THE END OF THIS DECADE. [ APPLAUSE ] ALMOST EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY KNOWS THE PAIN WHEN A LOVED ONE IS DIAGNOSED WITH A SERIOUS ILLNESS. HERE TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL MAN. BELOVED BY MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO JUST RECEIVED A STAGE FOUR ADVANCED CANCER DIAGNOSIS. THIS IS NOT GOOD NEWS, BUT WHAT IS GOOD NEWS IS THAT HE IS THE GREATEST FIGHTER AND WINNER THAT YOU WILL EVER MEET. RUSH LIMBAUGH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECADES OF TIRELESS DEVOTION TO OUR COUNTRY. [ APPLAUSE ] AND RUSH, IN RECOGNITION OF ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR NATION, THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE A DAY THAT YOU SPEAK TO AND THAT YOU INSPIRE AND ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR CHARITY, I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE TONIGHT THAT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING OUR COUNTRY'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR, THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] I WILL NOW ASK THE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE HONOR. PLEASE. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] RUSH AND CATHERINE, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, CATHERINE. AS WE PRAY FOR ALL WHO ARE SICK, WE KNOW THAT AMERICA IS CONSTANTLY ACHIEVING NEW MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS. IN 2017, DOCTORS AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL IN KANSAS CITY DELIVERED ONE OF THE EARLIEST PREMATURE BABIES EVER TO SURVIVE. BORN AT JUST 21 WEEKS AND 6 DAYS, AND WEIGHING LESS THAN A POUND, ELLIE SCHNEIDER WAS A BORN FIGHTER. THROUGH THE SKILL OF HER DOCTORS AND THE PRAYERS OF HER PARENTS, LITTLE ELLIE KEPT ON WINNING THE BATTLE OF LIFE. TODAY, ELLIE IS A STRONG, HEALTHY 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL SITTING WITH HER AMAZING MOTHER, ROBIN, IN THE GALLERY. ELLIE AND ROBIN, WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TONIGHT. [ APPLAUSE ] ELLIE REMINDS US THAT EVERY CHILD IS A MIRACLE OF LIFE AND THANKS TO MODERN MEDICAL WONDERS, 50% OF VERY PREMATURE BABIES DELIVERED AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE ELLIE WAS BORN NOW SURVIVE. INCREDIBLE THING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY BABY HAS THE BEST CHANCE TO THRIVE AND GROW JUST LIKE ELLIE. THAT IS WHY I'M ASKING CONGRESS TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL $50 MILLION TO FUND NEO NATAL RESEARCH FOR AMERICA'S YOUNGEST PATIENTS. THAT IS WHY I'M ALSO CALLING UPON MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HERE TONIGHT TO PASS LEGISLATION FINALLY BANNING THE LATE-TERM ABORTION OF BABIES. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] WHETHER WE ARE REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT OR INDEPENDENT, SURELY WE MUST ALL AGREE THAT EVERY HUMAN LIFE IS A SACRED GIFT FROM GOD, AS WE SUPPORT AMERICA'S MOMS AND DADS, I WAS RECENTLY PROUD TO SIGN THE LAW PROVIDING NEW PARENTS IN THE FEDERAL WORK FORCE PAID FAMILY LEAVE, SERVING AS A MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. [ APPLAUSE ] NOW I CALL ON CONGRESS TO PASS THE BIPARTISAN ADVANCING SUPPORT FOR WORKING FAMILIES ACT, EXTENDING FAMILY LEAVE TO MOTHERS AND FATHERS ALL ACROSS OUR NATION. 40 MILLION AMERICAN FAMILIES HAVE AN AVERAGE $2,200 EXTRA THANKS TO OUR CHILD TAX CREDIT. I'VE ALWAYS OVERSEEN HISTORIC FUNDING INCREASES FOR HIGH QUALITY CHILD CARE, ENABLING 17 STATES TO HELP MORE CHILDREN, MANY OF WHICH HAVE REDUCED OR ELIM ELIMINATED THEIR WAIT LISTS ALTOGETHER. AND I SENT CONGRESS A PLAN WITH A VISION TO FURTHER EXPAND ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY CHILD CARE AND URGE YOU TO ACT IMMEDIATELY. TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, DAYS AGO, I ANNOUNCED THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL JOIN THE 1 TRILLION TREES INITIATIVE, AN AMBITIOUS EFFORT TO BRING TOGETHER GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR TO PLANT NEW TREES IN AMERICA AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD. [ APPLAUSE ] WE MUST ALSO REBUILD AMERICA'S IN INFRASTRUCTURE. [ APPLAUSE ] I ASK YOU TO PASS THE HIGHWAY BILL TO INVEST IN NEW ROADS, BRIDGES AND TUNNELS ALL ACROSS OUR LAND. I'M ALSO COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT EVERY CITIZEN CAN HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET, INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AMERICA. [ APPLAUSE ] A BETTER TOMORROW FOR ALL AMERICANS ALSO REQUIRES US TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE. THAT MEANS SUPPORTING THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AT EVERY LEVEL, INCLUDING OUR NATION'S HEROIC I.C.E. OFFICERS. LAST YEAR, OUR BRAVE I.C.E. OFFICERS ARRESTED MORE THAN 120,000 CRIMINAL ALIENS CHARGED WITH NEARLY 10,000 BURGLARIES, 5,000 SEXUAL ASSAULTS, 45,000 VIOLENT ASSAULTS AND 2,000 MURDERS. TRAGICALLY, THERE ARE MANY CITIES IN AMERICA WHERE RADICAL POLITICIANS HAVE CHOSEN TO PROVIDE SANCTUARY FOR THESE CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS. IN SANCTUARY CITIES, LOCAL OFFICIALS ORDER POLICE TO RELEASE DANGEROUS CRIMINAL ALIENS TO PREY UPON THE PUBLIC INSTEAD OF HANDING THEM OVER TO I.C.E. TO BE SAFELY REMOVED. JUST 29 DAYS AGO, A CRIMINAL ALIEN FREED BY THE SANCTUARY CITY OF NEW YORK WAS CHARGED WITH THE BRUTAL RAPE AND MURDER OF A 92-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. THE KILLER HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT, BUT UNDER NEW YORK SANCTUARY POLICIES, HE WAS SET FREE. IF THE CITY HAD HONORED I.C.E.'S DETAINER REQUEST, HIS VICTIM WOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PASSED AN OUTRAGEOUS LAW DECLARING THEIR WHOLE STATE TO BE A SANCTUARY FOR CRIMINAL ILL EGAL IMMIGRANTS, WITH CATASTROPHIC RESULTS. HERE IS JUST ONE TRAGIC EXAMPLE. IN DECEMBER 2018, CALIFORNIA POLICE DETAINED AN ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH FIVE PRIOR ARRESTS, INCLUDING CONVICTIONS FOR ROBBERY AND ASSAULT. BUT AS REQUIRED BY CALIFORNIA'S SANCTUARY LAW, LOCAL AUTHORITIES RELEASED HIM. DAYS LATER, THE CRIMINAL ALIEN WENT ON A GRUESOME SPREE OF DEADLY VIOLENCE. HE SHOT ONE MAN GOING ABOUT HIS DAILY WORK. HE APPROACHED A WOMAN SITTING IN HER CAR AND SHOT HER IN THE ARM AND IN THE CHEST. HE WALKED INTO A CONVENIENCE STORE AND WILDLY FIRED HIS WEAPON. HE HIJACKED A TRUCK AND SMASHED INTO VEHICLES, CRITICALLY INJURING INNOCENT VICTIMS. ONE OF THE VICTIMS IS A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE SITUATION, DIED, 51-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN NAMED ROCKY JONES. ROCKY WAS AT A GAS STATION WHEN THIS VILE CRIMINAL FIRED EIGHT BULLETS AT HIM FROM CLOSE RANGE, MURDERING HIM IN COLD BLOOD. ROCKY LEFT BEHIND A DEVOTED FAMILY, INCLUDING HIS BROTHERS, WHO LOVED HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD. ONE OF HIS GRIEVING BROTHERS IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT, JODY, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND. JODY? THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] JODY, OUR HEARTS WEEP FOR YOUR LOSS AND WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL YOU HAVE JUSTICE. SENATOR TOM TILLAS HAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SUE SANCTUARY CITIES AND STATES WHEN A LOVED ONE IS KILLED AS A RESULT OF THESE DEADLY PRACTICES. I ASK CONGRESS TO PASS THE JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF SANCTUARY CITIES ACT IMMEDIATELY. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SHOULD BE A SANCTUARY FOR LA LAW-ABIDING AMERICANS, NOT CRIMINAL ALIENS. [ APPLAUSE ] IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, I.C.E. HAS ARRESTED OVER 5,000 WICKED HUMAN TRAFFICKERS AND I HAVE SIGNED NINE PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO STAMP OUT THE MENACE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, DOMESTICALLY AND ALL AROUND THE GLOBE. MY ADMINISTRATION HAS UNDERTAKEN AN UNPRECEDENTED EFFORT TO SECURE THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES. BEFORE I CAME INTO OFFICE, IF YOU SHOWED UP ILLEGALLY ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER AND WERE ARRESTED, YOU WERE SIMPLY RELEASED AND ALLOWED INTO OUR COUNTRY, NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN. MY ADMINISTRATION HAS ENDED CATCH AND RELEASE. IF YOU COME ILLEGALLY, YOU WILL NOW BE PROMPTLY REMOVED FROM OUR COUNTRY. VERY IMPORTANTLY, WE ENTERED INTO HISTORIC COOPERATION AGREEMENTS WITH THE GOVERNMENTS OF MEXICO, HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA. AS A RESULT OF OUR UNPRECEDENTED EFFORTS, ILLEGAL CROSSINGS ARE DOWN 75% SINCE MAY, DROPPING EIGHT STRAIGHT MONTHS IN A ROW. [ APPLAUSE ] AND AS THE WALL RAPIDLY GOES UP, DRUG SEIZURES RISE AND THE BORDER CROSSINGS ARE GOING DOWN AND GOING DOWN VERY RAPIDLY, LAST YEAR, I TRAVELED TO THE BORDER IN TEXAS AND MET CHIEF PATROL AGENT RAUL ORTIZ. OVER THE LAST 24 MONTHS, AGENT ORTIZ AND HIS TEAM HAVE SEIZED MORE THAN 200,000 POUNDS OF POISONOUS NARCOTICS, ARRESTED MORE THAN 3,000 HUMAN SMUGGLERS AND RESCUED MORE THAN 2,000 MIGRANTS. DAYS AGO, AGENT ORTIZ WAS PROMOTED TO DEPUTY CHIEF OF BORDER PATROL AND HE JOINS US TONIGHT. CHIEF ORTIZ, PLEASE STAND. [ APPLAUSE ] A GRATEFUL NATION THANKS YOU AND ALL OF THE HEROES OF BORDER PATROL AND I.C.E., THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. TO BUILD ON THESE HISTORIC GAINS, WE ARE WORKING ON LEGISLATION TO REPLACE OUR OUTDATED AND RANDOMIZED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM WITH ONE BASED ON MERIT, WELCOMING THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE RULES, CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMY, SUPPORT THEMSELVES FINANCIALLY AND UPHOLD OUR VALUES. WITH EVERY ACTION, MY ADMINISTRATION IS RESTORING THE RULE OF LAW AND REASSERTING THE CULTURE OF AMERICAN FREEDOM. WORKING WITH SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL -- THANK YOU, MITCH -- [ APPLAUSE ] AND HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE, WE HAVE CONFIRMED A RECORD NUMBER OF 187 NEW FEDERAL JUDGES TO UPHOLD OUR CONSTITUTION AS WRITTEN. THIS INCLUDES TWO BRILLIANT NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, NEIL GORSUCH AND BRETT KAVANAUGH. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] AND WE HAVE MANY IN THE PIPELINE. MY ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO DEFENDING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, AND THAT INCLUDES THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRAY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN AMERICA, WE DON'T PUNISH PRAYER. WE DON'T TEAR DOWN CROSSES. WE DON'T BAN SYMBOLS OF FAITH. WE DON'T MUZZLE PREACHERS AND PASTORS. IN AMERICA, WE CELEBRATE FAITH. WE CHERISH RELIGION. WE LIFT OUR VOICES IN PRAYER AND WE RAISE OUR SIGHTS TO THE GLORY OF GOD. JUST AS WE BELIEVE IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WE ALSO BELIEVE IN ANOTHER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT THAT IS UNDER SIEGE ALL ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. SO LONG AS I AM PRESIDENT, I WILL ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS. [ APPLAUSE ] IN REAFFIRMING OUR HERITAGE AS A FREE NATION, WE MUST REMEMBER THAT AMERICA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FRONTIER NATION. NOW, WE MUST EMBRACE THE NEXT FRONTIER. AMERICA'S MAN ANY FEST DESTINY IN THE STARS. I'M ASKING CONGRESS TO FULLY FUND THE PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT THE NEXT MAN AND THE FIRST WOMAN ON THE MOON WILL BE AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS, USING THIS AS A LAUNCHING PAD TO ENSURE THAT AMERICA IS THE FIRST NATION TO PLANT ITS FLAG ON MARS. MY ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO STRONGLY DEPENDING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND COMBATTING RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM. [ APPLAUSE ] LAST WEEK, I ANNOUNCED A GROUNDBREAKING PLAN FOR PEACE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALES PALESTINIANS, RECOGNIZING THAT ALL PAST ATTEMPTS HAVE FAILED. WE MUST BE DETERMINED AND CREATIVE IN ORDER TO STABILIZE THE REGION AND GIVE MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THE CHANCE TO REALIZE A BETTER FUTURE. THREE YEARS AGO, THE BARBARIANS OF ISIS HELD OVER 20,000 SQUARE MILES OF TERRITORY IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. TODAY, THE ISIS TERRITORIAL CALIPHATE HAS BEEN 100% DESTROYED AND THE FOUNDER AND LEADER OF ISIS, THE BLOOD THIRSTY KILLER KNOWN AS AL BAGHDADI, IS DEAD. [ APPLAUSE ] WE ARE JOINED THIS EVENING BY CARL AND MARSHA MUELLER. AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE, THEIR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER KAYLA BECAME A HUMANITARIAN AID WORKER. SHE ONCE WROTE, SOME PEOPLE FIND GOD IN CHURCH, SOME PEOPLE FIND GOD IN NATURE, SOME PEOPLE FIND GOD IN LOVE. I FIND GOD IN SUFFERING. I'VE KNOWN FOR SOME TIME WHAT MY LIFE'S WORK IS. USING MY HANDS AS TOOLS TO RELIEVE SUFFERING. IN 2013, WHILE CARING FOR SUFFERING CIVILIANS IN SYRIA, KAYLA WAS KIDNAPPED, TORTURED AND ENSLAVED BY ISIS AND KEPT AS A PRISONER OF AL BAGHDADI HIMSELF. AFTER MORE THAN 500 HORRIFYING DAYS OF CAPTIVITY, AL BAGHDADI MURDERED YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL KAYLA. SHE WAS JUST 26 YEARS OLD. ON THE NIGHT THAT U.S. SPECIAL FORCES OPERATIONS ENDED AL BAGHDADI'S MISERABLE LIFE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, GENERAL MARK MILLIE, RECEIVED A CALL IN THE SITUATION ROOM. HE WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAVE MEMEN OF THE ELITE SPECIAL FORCES TEAM THAT SO PERFECTLY CARRIED OUT THE OPERATION, HAD GIVEN THEIR MISSION A NAME -- TASK FORCE 814. IT WAS A REFERENCE TO A SPECIAL DAY, AUGUST 14th, KAYLA'S BIRTHDAY. CARL AND MARSHA, AMERICA'S WARRIORS NEVER FORGOT KAYLA AND NEITHER WILL WE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] EVERY DAY, AMERICA'S MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM DEMONSTRATE THE INFINITE DEPTH OF LOVE THAT DWELLS IN THE HUMAN HEART. ONE OF THESE HEROES WAS ARMY STAFF SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER HAKE. ON HIS SECOND DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ IN 2008, SERGEANT HAKE WROTE A LETTER TO HIS 1-YEAR-OLD SON, GAGE. I WILL BE WITH YOU AGAIN, HE WROTE TO GAGE. I WILL TEACH YOU TO RIDE YOUR FIRST BIKE, BUILD YOUR FIRST SAND BOX, WATCH YOU PLAY SPORTS AND SEE YOU HAVE KIDS ALSO. I LOVE YOU, SON. TAKE CARE OF YOUR MOTHER. I AM ALWAYS WITH YOU. DADDY. ON EASTER SUNDAY OF 2008, CHRIS WAS OUT ON PATROL IN BAGHDAD WHEN HIS VEHICLE WAS HIT BY A ROADSIDE BOMB. THAT NIGHT, HE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY. SERGEANT HAKE NOW RESTS IN ETERNAL GLORY IN ARLINGTON AND HIS WIFE, KELLI, IS IN THE GALLERY TONIGHT, JOINED BY THEIR SON, WHO IS NOW A 13-YEAR-OLD AND DOING VERY, VERY WELL. TO KELLI AND GAGE, CHRIS WILL LIVE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER. HE IS LOOKING DOWN ON YOU NOW. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. THE TERRORISTS RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING SERGEANT HAKE WAS KASIM SOL MANNY, WHO PROVIDED THE ROADSIDE BOMB THAT TOOK CHRIS' LIFE. HE WAS THE IRANIAN REGIME'S THE MOST RUTHLESS BUTCHER, A MONSTER THAT WOUNDED HUNDREDS OF U.S. SERVICEMEN IN IRAQ. HE ORCHESTRATED THE DEATHS OF COUNTLESS MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. HE DIRECTED THE DECEMBER ASSAULT AND WENT ON TO ASSAULT U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ, WAS ACTIVELY PLANNING NEW ATTACKS WHEN WE HIT HIM VERY HARD. AND THAT'S WHILE LAST MONTH AT MY DIRECTION, THE U.S. MILITARY EXECUTED A FLAWLESS PRECISION STRIKE THAT KILLED SOLEMANI AND ENDED HIS REIGN OF TERROR FOREVER. OUR MESSAGE TO THE TERRORISTS IS CLEAR. YOU WILL NEVER ESCAPE AMERICAN JUSTICE. IF YOU ATTACK OUR CITIZENS, YOU FORFEIT YOUR LIFE. IN RECENT MONTHS, WE HAVE SEEN PROUD IRANIANS RAISE THEIR VOICES AGAINST THEIR OPPRESSIVE RULERS. THE IRANIAN REGIME MUST ABANDON ITS PURSUIT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, STOP SPREADING TERROR, DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AND START WORKING FOR THE GOOD OF ITS OWN PEOPLE. BECAUSE OF OUR POWERFUL SANCTIONS, THE IRANIAN COMPANY IS DOING VERY, VERY POORLY. WE CAN HELP THEM MAKE A VERY GOOD AND SHORT TIME RECOVERY. IT CAN ALL GO VERY QUICKLY, BUT PERHAPS THEY ARE TOO PROUD OR TOO FOOLISH TO ASK FOR THAT HELP. WE ARE HERE. LET'S SEE WHICH ROAD THEY CHOOSE. IT IS TOTALLY UP TO THEM. [ APPLAUSE ] AS WE DEFEND AMERICAN LIVES, WE ARE WORKING TO END AMERICA'S WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IN AFGHANISTAN, THE DETERMINATION AND VALOR OF OUR WAR FIGHTERS HAS ALLOWED US TO MAKE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS AND PEACE TALKS ARE NOW UNDER WAY. I AM NOT LOOKING TO KILL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN. MANY OF THEM TOTALLY INNOCENT. IT IS ALSO NOT OUR FUNCTION TO SERVE OTHER NATIONS AS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THESE ARE WAR FIGHTERS THAT WE HAVE, THE BEST IN THE WORLD, AND THEY EITHER WANT TO FIGHT TO WIN OR NOT FIGHT AT ALL. WE ARE WORKING TO FINALLY END AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR AND BRING OUR TROOPS BACK HOME. [ APPLAUSE ] WAR PLACES A HEAVY BURDEN ON OUR NATION'S EXTRAORDINARY MILITARY FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY SPOUSES LIKE AMY WILLIAMS FROM FT. BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, AND HER TWO CHILDREN, 6-YEAR-OLD ELIANA AND 3-YEAR-OLD ROWAROWAN. AMY WORKS FULL-TIME, HELPING OTHER MILITARY FAMILIES. FOR THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS, SHE HAS DONE IT WHILE HER HUSBAND IS IN AFGHANISTAN ON HIS FOURTH DEPLOYMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AMY'S KIDS HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR FATHER'S FACE IN MANY MONTHS. AMY, YOUR FAMILY'S SACRIFICE MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES TO LIVE IN SAFETY AND IN PEACE AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AMY. [ APPLAUSE ] BUT AMY, THERE IS ONE MORE T THING. TONIGHT, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL SURPRISE. I AM THRILLED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR HUSBAND IS BACK FROM DEPLOYMENT. HE IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT AND WE COULDN'T KEEP HIM WAITING ANY LONGER. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] WELCOME HOME, SERGEANT WILLIAMS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS THE WORLD BEARS WITNESS TONIGHT, AMERICA IS A LAND OF HEROES. THIS IS A PLACE WHERE GREATNESS IS BORN, WHERE DESTINIES ARE FORGED AND WHERE LEGENDS COME TO LIFE. THIS IS THE HOME OF THOMAS EDISON AND TEDDY ROOSEVELT, OF MANY GREAT GENERALS, INCLUDING WASHINGTON, PATTON AND McARTHUR. THIS IS THE HOME OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, FREDRIK DOUGLAS, THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, NEIL ARMSTRONG AND SO MANY MORE. THIS IS THE COUNTRY WHERE CHILDREN LEARN NAMES LIKE WYATT EARP, DAVY CROCKETT AND ANNIE OAKLEY. THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE THE PILGRIMS LANDED AT PLYMOUTH AND WHERE TEXAS PATRIOTS MADE THEIR LAST STAND AT THE ALAMO. THE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL ALAMO. THE AMERICAN NATION WAS CARVED OUT OF THE VAST FRONTIER BY THE TOUGHEST, STRONGEST, FIERCEST AND MOST DETERMINED MEN AND WOMEN EVER TO WALK ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. OUR ANCESTORS BRAVE THE UNKNOWN, TAMED THE WILDERNESS, SETTLED THE WILD WEST, LIFTED MILLIONS FROM POVERTY, DISEASE AND HUNGER, VANQUISHED TYRANNY AND FASCISM, USHERED THE WORLD TO NEW HEIGHTS OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, LAID DOWN THE RAILROADS, DUG OUT THE CANALS, RAISED UP THE SKYSCRAPERS AND, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR ANCESTORS BUILT THE MOST EXCEPTIONAL REPUBLIC EVER TO EXIST IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY AND WE ARE MAKING IT GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE. [ APPLAUSE ] THIS IS OUR GLORIOUS AND MAGNIFICENT INHERITANCE. WE HAVE AMERICANS, WE ARE PIONEERS, WE ARE THE PATHFINDERS. WE SETTLED THE NEW WORLD. WE BUILT THE MODERN WORLD. AND WE CHANGED HISTORY FOREVER BY EMBRACING THE ETERNAL TRUTH THAT EVERYONE IS MADE EQUAL BY THE HAND OF ALMIGHTY GOD. [ APPLAUSE ] AMERICA IS THE PLACE WHERE ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. AMERICA IS THE PLACE WHERE ANYONE CAN RISE. AND HERE, ON THIS LAND, ON THIS SOIL, ON THIS CONTINENT, THE MOST INCREDIBLE DREAMS COME TRUE. THIS NATION IS OUR CANVAS AND THIS COUNTRY IS OUR MASTERPIECE. WE LOOK AT TOMORROW AND SEE UNLIMITED FRONTIERS JUST WAITING TO BE EXPLORED. OUR BRIGHTEST DISCOVERIES ARE NOT YET KNOWN. OUR MOST THRILLING STORIES ARE NOT YET TOLD. OUR GRANDEST JOURNEYS ARE NOT YET MADE. THE AMERICAN AGE, THE AMERICAN EPIC, THE AMERICAN ADVENTURE HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN. OUR SPIRIT IS STILL YOUNG. THE SUN IS STILL RISING. GOD'S GRACE IS STILL SHINING. AND, MY FELLOW AMERICANS, THE BEST IS YET TO COME. THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ELECTION YEAR STATELE OF THE UNION. ENDS ON AN OPTIMISTIC NOTE. ABSORBING THE APPLAUSE RIGHT THERE. HE CAME OUT OF RHEALITY TELEVISION AND SHOWED THAT TONIGHT. TOUCHED ON EMOTIONS HIGH AND LOW OVER 78 MINUTES. BEGAN WITH A DOUBLE SNUB. PRESIDENT TRUMP REFUSED THE HAND OF SPEAKER PELOSI. SHE REFUSED TO SAY IT WAS HER HIGH HONOR AND DISTINCT PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THEN THE PRESIDENT WITH A LITANY OF ECONOMIC GOOD NEWS THAT YOU CAN'T DENY A PRESIDENT. WHO HAS THE GOOD FORTUNE TO BE IN CHARGE WHEN THAT ECONOMIC GOOD NEWS IS BEING SHARED BY SO MANY AMERICANS. REACHED OUT TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. IN AN EMOTIONAL WAY, WHEN YOU HEAR HIM GET THE PRAISE THERE FROM REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. INTRODUCING ONE OF THE DTUSKEGE AIRMEN. AND THERE WAS GUT PUNCHES TO DEMOCRATS ON HEALTH CARE AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. A CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR GIVEN OUT DURING THE STATE OF THE UNION TO RUSH LIMBAUGH. THAT'S CERTAIN TO BE A CONTROVERSIAL MOVE. AND SOMETHING ELSE WE'VE SEEN ON REALITY TV ON MORNING TELEVISION, I KNOW IT WELL, A FAMILY REUNION, AN AMERICAN SERVICEMAN COMING HOME TO GREET HIS FAMILY, AS I SAID, SO MANY EMOTIONS TOUCHED. JON KARL, YOU WERE IN THE CHAMBER. >> GEORGE, THIS IS THE 11th TIME I'VE BEEN IN THE CHAMBER FOR A STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. THREE DIFFERENT PRESIDENTS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THERE WERE THE HIGH MOMENTS, CERTAINLY WITH CHARLES McGEE, THE TUSKEGEE AIRMAN THAT UNIFIED THE CHAMBER, BUT THIS WAS THE MOST PARTISAN AND DIVIDED CHAMBER I HAVE EVER SEEN FOR A STATE OF THE UNION, EVEN EXCEEDING TRUMP A YEAR AGO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THIS, BUT JUST AFTER THE PRESIDENT FINISHED HIS SPEECH, NANCY PELOSI TORE THE SPEECH UP BEHIND HIM. AS HE CAME INTO THIS CHAMBER, NONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE APPLAUDED. THAT'S A STANDARD THING, EVERYBODY APPLAUDS WHEN THE PRESIDENT COMES IN, THAT DID NOT HAPPEN HERE. WHEN THE SPEECH WAS OVER, THE DEMOCRATS RAN FOR THE EXITS. YOU KNOW, USUALLY YOU SEE THE PRESIDENT'S THE FIRST TO LEAVE THE CHAMBER. THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY EMPTY BY THE TIME HE WORKED HIS WAY TO WHERE HE IS NOW. AND GEORGE, ALSO, THE OTHER MOMENT, CHANTS OF "FOUR MORE YEARS", THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, AS THE DEMOCRATS OFTEN BOOED AND GROANED DURING THE SPEECH. WE HAD THAT MOMENT TOWARDS THE BEGINNING WHERE THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY WAS GREETED WITH A CHANT OF "FOUR MORE YEARS" ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. SOMETHING I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN IN THE STATE OF THE UNION AGGRESS. >> PRESIDENT HAS LEFT THE CHAMBER. DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. >>> THE STATE OF THE UNION AND THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE. HERE AGAIN, GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. >> AND WE ARE BACK, AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 2020 STATE OF THE UNION. 78 MINUTES WHERE THE PRESIDENT LAID OUT HIS AGENDA FOR RE-ELECTION, ALSO HIT SOME CHORDS OF EMOTION AND DID SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, GIVING THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM DURING THE STATE OF THE UNION. CECILIA VEGA, THAT IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION. >> THIS APPEARS THIS WAS COMPLETELY AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, AWARDING THAT MEDAL, NOT JUST IN THE CHAMBER, BUT SOMEONE AS CONTROVERSIAL AS RUSH LIMBAUGH WHO PAST COMMENTS ON RACE AND WOMEN ARE ALREADY MAKING THE ROUNDS ON TWITTER. PEOPLE ARE, MANY OFFENDED BY THIS, BUT YOU HEARD THOSE APPLAUSE INSIDE THAT CHAMBER THERE, THE REPUBLICANS IN THERE SEE RUSH AS A VERY STRONG PERSON IN THEIR PARTY AND THEY WERE HAPPY TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. >> HE'S BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS WELL. WE'RE WAITING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE, TO BE GIVEN BY THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN, GRETCHEN WHITMER. SHE'S SPEAKING FROM A CAFETERIA IN A SCHOOL HER DAUGHTERS ATTEND. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AND GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE TUNING IN. I'M GRETCHEN WHITMER, THE 49th GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF MICHIGAN. TONIGHT, I'M AT MY DAUGHTER'S SHERRY AND SIDNEY'S PUBLIC SCHOOL, EAST LANSING HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE HERE TODAY WITH FAMILIES AND PARENTS, TEACHERS AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, STUDENTS. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. BUT TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO TALK TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME. I'D NEED A LOT MORE THAN TEN MINUTES TO RESPOND TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT JUST SAID, SO, INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE IS SAYING, I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE DOING. AFTER ALL, YOU CAN LISTEN TO WHAT SOMEONE SAYS, BUT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, WATCH WHAT THEY DO. MICHIGANDERS ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM AMERICANS EVERYWHERE. THEY LOVE THEIR FAMILIES AND WANT A GOOD LIFE TODAY AND A BETTER LIFE TOMORROW. WE WORK HARD AND WE EXPECT OUR GOVERNMENT TO WORK HARD FOR US, AS WELL. WE HAVE GRIT AND VALUE LOYALTY. AND WE STILL ROOT FOR THE DETROIT LIONS. WE AND ALL AMERICANS MIGHT BE WEARY OF TODAY'S POLITICS, BUT WE MUST STAY ENGAGED. OUR COUNTRY, OUR DEMOCRACY, OUR FUTURE AND IN IT. WE'RE CAPABLE OF GREAT THINGS WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. WE CANNOT FORGET THAT DESPITE THE DISHONESTY AND DIVISION OF THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TOGETHER, WE HAVE BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL. AND YOUNG AMERICANS ARE PROVING THAT EVERY DAY. BY TAKING ACTION. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON TONIGHT. MONAE SCOTT'S STREET WAS COVERED IN POTHOLES. THEY WERE ANKLE DEEP. AND HE GOT TIRED OF WAITING FOR THEM TO GET FIXED. SO, HE GRABBED A SHOVEL AND A BUCKET OF DIRT AND FILLED THEM IN HIMSELF. DURING MY CAMPAIGN, PEOPLE TOLD ME TO FIX THE DAMN ROADS, BECAUSE BLOWN TIRES AND BROKEN WINDSHIELDS ARE DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS. AND CAR REPAIRS TAKE MONEY FROM RENT. CHILD CARE OR GROCERIES. AND WE, THE DEMOCRATS, ARE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. IN ILLINOIS, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER PASSED A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO REBUILD THEIR ROADS AND BRIDGES. GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY IS REPLACING LEAD PIPES IN NEW JERSEY. ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE REBUILDING BRIDGES, FIXING ROADS, EXPANDING BROADBAND AND CLEANING UP DRINKING WATER. EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY BENEFITS WHEN WE INVEST IN I INFRASTRUCTURE. CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS HAVE PRESENTED PROPOSALS TO KEEP US MOVING FORWARD. BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE ARE BLOCKING THE PATH. WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE, MONAE HAS TRIED TO DO MORE WITH A SHOVEL AND A PILE OF DIRT THAN THE REPUBLICANS IN D.C. HAVE DONE WITH THE OVAL OFFICE AND THE U.S. SENATE. BULLYING PEOPLE ON TWITTER DOESN'T FIX BRIDGES. IT BURNS THEM. OUR ENERGY SHOULD BE USED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. AND IT'S TRUE FOR HEALTH CARE, TOO. FOR ME, FOR SO MANY AMERICANS, HEALTH CARE IS PERSONAL, NOT POLITICAL. WHEN I WAS 30, I BECAME A MEMBER OF THE SANDWICH GENERATION. THAT MEANS I WAS SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO GENERATIONS OF MY OWN FAMILY FOR WHOM I WAS THE PRIMARY CAREGIVER. I WAS HOLDING DOWN A NEW JOB, CARING FOR ANY NEWBORN DAUGHTER AS WELL AS MY MOM AT THE END OF HER BRAIN CANCER BATTLE. I WAS UP ALL NIGHT WITH A BABY AND DURING THE DAY, I HAD TO FIGHT MY MOM'S INSURANCE COMPANY WHEN THEY WRONGLY DENIED HER COVERAGE FOR CHEMOTHERAPY. IT WAS HARD. IT EXPOSED THE HARSH REALITIES OF OUR WORKPLACES, OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND OUR CHILD CARE SYSTEM. AND IT CHANGED ME. I LOST PATIENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TALK AND NO ACTION. SO, AS A STATE SENATOR, I WORKED WITH A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND LEDGE SLAY SURE TO EXPAND HEALTH CARE COVERAGE TO MORE THAN 680,000 MICHIGANDERS. DEMOCRATS FROM MAINE TO MONTANA ARE EXPANDING COVERAGE AND LOWERING COSTS. IN KANSAS, GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY IS WORKING ACROSS THE AISLE TO BRING MEDICAID COVERAGE TO TENS OF THOUSANDS. IN NEW MEXICO, GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUHAN GRISHAM ENSHRINED ACA PROTECTIONS INTO LAW. EVERY DEMOCRAT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT HAS A PLAN TO EXPAND HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS. EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS SUPPORTED THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT FOR COVERAGE FOR PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. THEY MAY HAVE DIFFERENT PLANS, BUT THE GOAL IS THE SAME. PRESIDENT TRUMP SADLY HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN. HE'S ASKING TO RIP THE LIFE-SAVING PROTECTIONS AWAY. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO MAKE YOUR HEALTH CARE BETTER, REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON ARE TRYING TO TAKE IT AWAY. THINK ABOUT KIDS LIKE 17-YEAR-OLD BLAKE CARROLL FROM IDAHO WHO ORGANIZED A FUND-RAISER TO PAY FOR HIS MOM'S COLON CANCER TREATMENT, OR EBONY MYERS FROM UTAH WHO SELLS ART TO HELP PAY FOR HER OWN TREATMENT. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO CROWD SOURCE THEIR HEALTH CARE. NOT IN AMERICA. BUT THE REALITY IS, NOT EVERYONE IN AMERICA HAS A JOB WITH HEALTH CARE AND BENEFITS. IN FACT, MANY HAVE JOBS THAT DON'T EVEN PAY ENOUGH TO COVER THEIR MONTHLY EXPENSES. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET -- WHAT MATTERS IS THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO GET BY OR DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AT THE END OF THE MONTH AFTER PAYING FOR TRANSPORTATION, STUDENT LOANS OR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. AMERICAN WORKERS ARE HURTING. IN MY OWN STATE, OUR NEIGHBORS IN WISCONSIN AND OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, WAGES HAVE STAGNATED WHILE CEO PAY HAS SKYROCKETED. SO, WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE ECONOMY IS STRONG, MY QUESTION IS, STRONG FOR WHOM? STRONG FOR THE WEALTHY WHO ARE REAPING REWARDS FROM TAX CUTS THEY DON'T NEED? THE AMERICAN ECONOMY NEEDS TO BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF STRONG. STRONG FOR THE SCIENCE TEACHER SPENDING HER OWN MONEY TO BUY SUPPLIES FOR HER CLASSROOM. STRONG FOR THE SINGLE MOM PICKING UP EXTRA HOURS SO SHE CAN AFFORD HER DAUGHTER'S SOCCER CLEATS. STRONG FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHO HAS TO MAKE PAYROLL AT THE END OF THE MONTH. MICHIGAN INVENTED THE MIDDLE CLASS, SO, WE KNOW, IF THE ECONOMY DOESN'T WORK FOR WORKING PEOPLE, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. WHO FIGHTS FOR HARD-WORKING AMERICANS? DEMOCRATS DO. IN THE U.S. HOUSE, SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI AND DEMOCRATS PASSED A LANDMARK BILL ON EQUAL PAY. ANOTHER BILL TO GIVE 30 MILLION AMERICANS A RAISE BY INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE AND GROUNDBREAKING LEGISLATION TO FINALLY GIVE MEDICARE THE POWER TO NEGOTIATE LOWER DRUG PRICES FOR AMERICA'S SENIORS AND FAMILIES. THOSE THREE BILLS AND MORE THAN 275 OTHER BIPARTISAN BILLS ARE JUST GATHERING DUST ON SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL'S DESK. SENATOR McCONNELL, AMERICA NEEDS YOU TO MOVE THOSE BILLS. MEANWHILE, DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GETTING THINGS DONE. PENNSYLVANIA'S GOVERNOR, TOM WOLF, IS EXPANDING THE RIGHT TO OVERTIME PAY. MICHIGAN IS, TOO. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE ON THE CLOCK, YOU DESERVE TO GET PAID. NE NEVADA'S GOVERNOR IS WORKING TO GIVE HARD-WORKING TEACHERS A RAISE. AND SPEAKING OF THE CLASSROOM, WISCONSIN'S GOVERNOR UNILATERALLY INCREASED SCHOOL FUNDING BY $65 MILLION LAST YEAR. IN COLORADO, THEIR GOVERNOR ENACTED FREE ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN. AND IN 29 STATES, WE'VE HELPED PASS MINIMUM WAGE HIKES INTO LAW, WHICH WILL LIFT PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY AND IMPROVE LIVES FOR FAMILIES. THAT'S STRENGTH. THAT'S ACTION. DEMOCRACY TAKES ACTION. AND THAT'S WHY I'M SO INSPIRED BY YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY RESPOND TO MASS SHOOTINGS, DEMANDING POLICIES THAT MAKE SCHOOLS SAFER. THEY REACT TO A WORLD THAT'S LITERALLY ON FIRE WITH FIRE IN THEIR BELLIES. TO PUSH LEADERS TO FINALLY TAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE. THEY TAKE ON A ROAD FILLED WITH POTHOLES WITH A SHOVEL AND SOME DIRT. IT'S WHAT GIVES ME GREAT CONFIDENCE IN OUR FUTURE AND IT'S WHY SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM. BUT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY. IT'S NOT THEIR MESS TO CLEAN UP, IT'S OURS. THE CHOICES WE MAKE TODAY CREATE THEIR REALITY TOMORROW. YOUNG PEOPLE, I'M TALKING TO YOU. AND YOUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS. DEMOCRATS WANT SAFE SCHOOLS. WE WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE A PATH TO A GOOD LIFE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH A UNION APPRENTICESHIP, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY, WITHOUT DROWNING IN DEBT. WE WANT YOUR WATER TO BE CLEAN. WE WANT YOU TO LOVE WHO YOU LOVE AND TO LIVE AUTHENTICALLY AS YOUR TRUE SELVES. AND WE WANT WOMEN TO HAVE AUTONOMY OVER OUR BODIES. WE WANT OUR COUNTRY WELCOMING AND EVERYONE'S VOTE COUNTED. 2020 IS A BIG YEAR. IT'S THE YEAR MY DAUGHTER SHERRY WILL GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS ALSO THE YEAR SHE'LL CAST HER FIRST BALLOT, ALONG WITH MILLIONS OF YOUNG AMERICANS. THE TWO THINGS ARE CONNECTED. BECAUSE WALKING ACROSS A GA GRADUATION STAGE IS AS IMPORTANT AS WALKING INTO THE VOTING BOOTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. HER FUTURE, ALL OUR KIDS' FUTURES WILL BE DETERMINED NOT JUST BY THEIR DREAMS, BUT BY OUR ACTIONS. AS WE WITNESS THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS IN WASHINGTON, THERE ARE SOME THINGS EACH OF US, NO MATTER OUR PARTY, SHOULD DEMAND. THE TRUTH MATTERS. FACTS MATTER. AND NO ONE SHOULD BE ABOVE THE LAW. IT'S NOT WHAT THOSE SENATORS SAY, TOMORROW, IT'S ABOUT WHAT THEY DO THAT MATTERS. REMEMBER. LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE SAY, BUT WATCH WHAT THEY DO. IT'S TIME FOR ACTION. GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS ARE COUNTING ON US. LET'S NOT LET THEM DOWN. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, GOD BLESS AMERICA. GOOD NIGHT. >> DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE THERE FROM THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN, GRETCHEN WHITMER. TALKING ABOUT WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE DOING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ONE OF BASICALLY TWO DEMOCRATIC RESPONSES TONIGHT. PERHAPS THE FIRST ONE, NANCY PELOSI RIPPING UP THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH AT THE END. AND THEN THIS TEN-MINUTE ADDRESS FROM GOVERNOR WHITMER RIGHT THERE. MATTHEW DOWD, YOU GREW UP IN MICHIGAN. PRETTY CLEAR FROM HER COMMENTS THAT HEALTH CARE IS GOING TO BE AT THE HEART OF THIS CAMPAIGN. >> YEAH, AND WE STILL DO ROOT FOR THE LIONS, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S LONG-SUFFERING. THE FASCINATING THING TO ME ABOUT BOTH THE SPEECHES, THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS AND THAT SPEECH, THEY'RE ADDRESSED ON THE SAME ISSUES, THE ECONOMY AND HEALTH CARE, TO THE SAME PEOPLE, 10,000, 11,000 PEOPLE IN MICHIGAN THAT VOTED AND CAUSED THE PRESIDENT TO WIN, ASSOCIATED WITH THE NUMBER THAT PEOPLE THAT APPROVE THE PRESIDENT ON THE ECONOMY BUT DISAPPROVE OF HIM PERSONALLY. 10% OF THE COUNTRY, BOTH SIDES ARE GOING FOR, ON THOSE -- >> YOU SAW HER GO AFTER THE PRESIDENT PERSONALLY THERE AT THE END. >> IN ORDER TO UNDERCUT HIM PERSONALLY, BUT NOT LET HIM TAKE CREDIT FOR THE ECONOMY. >> LET ME GO BACK TO MARY BRUCE. A LITTLE MORE FROM SPEAKER PELOSI? >> GEORGE, WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH THE SPEAKER AND SHE WAS ASKED WHY SHE RIPPED UP THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH AND SHE SAID, BECAUSE IT WAS, QUOTE, THE COURTEOUS THING TO DO, CONSIDERING THE ALTERNATIVE. SHE SAID IT WAS SUCH A DIRTY SPEECH. THE REACTION FROM DEMOCRATS HERE LEAVING THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY JUST ATTENDED A TRUMP CAMPAIGN RALLY. ONE TOP DEMOCRAT SAYING HE WAS JUST AT A MAG GAA RALLY. THIS WAS A MUCH MORE POLITICAL IN THE TONE AND TENOR THAN YOUR USUAL STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. THAT WAS CLEAR FROM THE CHANT STRAIGHT OFF THE BAT OF "FOUR MORE YEARS." IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT THIS WAS DONALD TRUMP'S REPUBLICAN PARTY, THAT WAS SOLIDIFIED TONIGHT WHEN IT BECAME VERY CLEAR THROUGHOUT THAT REPUBLICANS ARE COMPLETELY BEHIND THIS PRESIDENT, EVEN THOUGH, OF COURSE, GEORGE, OVER RECENT DAYS, WE HAVE SEEN A FEW OF THEM, A GROWING NUMBER, COME OUT AND SAY THAT WHILE NOT IMPEA IMPEACHABLE, THEY FEEL THE PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS WITH REGARD TO UKRAINE, WERE NOT RIGHT AND WERE NOT APPROPRIATE, BUT THE REACTION FROM DEMOCRATS OVERWHELMING IS THEY FEEL THAT DONALD TRUMP IS SIMPLY LAUNCHING INTO HIS FALL CAMPAIGN HERE, GEORGE. >> NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. DAVID MUIR, THE DISDAIN BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND NANCY PELOSI, MUTUAL AND PALPABLE. >> REALLY STRIKING, THAT MOMENT WHEN SHE RIPPED UP THE SCRIPT, AS HALF OF THE CHAMBER WAS APPLAUDING THE PRESIDENT AFTER THE STATE OF THE UNION WAS REALLY SOMETHING. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT, DEBATED FOR THE HOURS AND DAYS TO COME AFTER THIS. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, NOT ONLY DID WE MEET WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY FOR THAT OFF THE RECORD LUNCH THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE WE, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIONS DATINGING BACK, SEVERAL OF THEM, WE ALSO MET WITH HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI AND I DID ASK HER, WOULD SHE BE WILLING, IN THIS FINAL YEAR OF THE FIRST TERM, TO ACTUALLY TALK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, TO SEEK A COMPROMISE ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES, SHE'S TALKED ABOUT, SENATOR SCHUMER TALKED ABOUT. SHE SAID SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO TALK WITH HIM AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SHE HASN'T TALKED WITH HIM SINCE OCTOBER 16th. BUT I HAVE TO SAY, GEORGE, AFTER WATCHING THAT MOMENT, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE EITHER ONE OF THEM BEING WILLING TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER. >> OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE >>> CONGRESSWOMAN VERONICA ESCOBAR GIVING THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE IN SPANISH TONIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NIGHT WITH OUR POLITICAL PANEL, HERE WITH CHRIS CHRISTIE, RAHM EMANUEL. AND CHRIS, LET ME BEGIN WITH YOU. WHAT IS YOUR IMPRESSION? >> LISTEN. THE DEMOCRATS SAW TONIGHT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE UP AGAINST FOR THE NEXT TEN MONTHS. THAT'S DONALD TRUMP AT HIS BEST. HE WAS DISCIPLINED. AS MANY TIMES AS THEY BOOED AND HECKLED, HE DIDN'T RESPOND, WHICH WE'VE SEEN HIM DO BEFORE ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. >> COULDN'T HELP HIMSELF AT THE BEGINNING. >> RIGHT. BUT HE LOOKED AT THEM, HE WATCHED WHAT THEY WERE DOING, HE STAYED DISCIPLINED, HE STAYED ON THE SPEECH. WE WERE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH THE TEXT, VERY FEW DEVIATIONS FROM THE TEXT. AND HE LAID OUT HIS ARGUMENT AND LAID IT OUT STRONGLY AND CLEARLY AND DIRECTLY. AND THERE WILL BE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE QUIBBLING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THINGS, THAT'S THE NATURE OF POLITICS TODAY, BUT THE PRESIDENT GETS AN A-PLUS TONIGHT, BECAUSE -- I HEARD THIS THING, IT'S A POLITICAL SPEECH, OF COURSE IT IS. IT'S THE BEGINNING -- >> IT'S NOT A CRITICISM. IT'S AN OBSERVATION. >> JON, I THINK KARL, IN THE BEGINNING WAS BEING A LITTLE CRITICAL THAT IT WAS MORE POLITICAL THAN HE'S EVER SEEN. I'VE WATCHED A LOT OF FIRST-TERM PRESIDENTS GIVE THIS SPEECH AND IT'S ALWAYS VERY POLITICAL. AND THIS WAS POLITICAL TONIGHT, BUT I THINK THE PRESIDENT MADE HIS CASE AND I THINK DEMOCRATS SAW THE KIND OF CAMPAIGNER THEY'RE GOING TO RUN AGAINST THIS TIME. >> I THINK JON'S POINT WAS MORE ABOUT THE PARTISAN ENVIRONMENT IN THE CHAMBER, BUT I TAKE YOUR POINT, AS WELL. YVETTE, IT WAS HARD TO MISTAKE, ESPECIALLY IN THE BEGINNING, THE PRESIDENT'S STRONG OUTREACH TOWARDS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOR THE FIRST SECTION OF THE SPEECH. >> YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS HE'S DOING REALLY POORLY WITH AFRICAN-AMERICANS. HE'S GOING AT IT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT, THAT RUSH LIMBAUGH RECOGNITION, UNDERCUT THE THING. YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HE'S MEANT WITH HIS RACIST RHETORIC. HE GIVES WITH ONE HAND AND HE TAKES WITH ANOTHER. YOU HONOR THE TUSKEGEE AIRMAN AND THEN HONOR RUSH LIMBAUGH. IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND I THINK IT WAS RIGHT OF HIM TO RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT WHEN YOU HONOR SOMEONE LIKE RUSH LIMBAUGH RIGHT AFTER HONORING SOMEONE WHO RISKED HIS LIFE TO FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY, I THINK AFRICAN-AMERICANS KNOW BETTER. >> AND RAHM, IT WAS CLEAR THE PRESIDENT, WHERE THE PRESIDENT THINKS DEMOCRATS VULNERABILITIES ARE GOING INTO 2020, THE WORD SOCIALISM, MEDICARE FOR ALL, HEALTH CARE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. >> YES, YES AND YES. YOU GOT IT. HERE'S THE THING. WAS HE GOING TO TURN THE PAGE AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE, GIVE PEOPLE A SENSE THAT THE COUNTRY WAS ON THE MOVE? AND I'M NOT A SUPPORTER, OBVIOUSLY. IT WAS AN EFFECTIVE SPEECH. AND OF COURSE IT'S POLITICAL, I WORKED ON NINE STATE OF THE UNIONS, EVERY ONE OF THEM, REGARDLESS WHERE THEY COME IN THE PRESIDENCY, ARE POLITICAL SPEECHES. THEY SET OUT THE AGENDA, THEY SET OUT YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HONOR AMERICA'S SPIRIT IN THIS CHARACTER. HE DID THAT. NOW, I DO THINK THERE ARE THINGS HE'S DONE, LIKE RUSH LIMBAUGH, THAT WILL WORK AGAINST THAT GRAIN. BUT IN THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE HE HONORED, OUTSIDE OF RUSH LIMBAUGH, YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE POLICIES HE TALKED ABOUT GOING FORWARD, WHICH WERE MORE BIPARTISAN, ON CHILD TAX CREDIT, IN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, YOU GO DOWN TO PLANTING TREES, DOWN THE LIST, IT WAS, LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND HE DIDN'T -- I THINK CHRIS IS EXACTLY RIGHT, HE DIDN'T TAKE THE BAIT. AND HE TALKED ABOUT A COUNTRY ON THE MOVE. FOR HIS GOAL, IT'S A B-PLUS, A-MINUS. >> REACHED OUT TO SUBURBAN AMERICANS. >> HE DID. HE UNDERSTANDS WHERE HIS WEAKNESSES ARE IN THE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE SUBURBS IN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN. THAT'S WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO TONIGHT. HE DID IT. THE QUESTION WILL BE GOING FORWARD -- >> IT'S NOT -- HERE'S WHAT I THINK. EVERYBODY'S THINKS THE APPEAL, LET'S SAY, TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS OR WOMEN. IT'S NOT FOR THOSE GROUPS. IT'S ACTUALLY FOR HIS VOTERS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH HOW HE IS DOING. IT'S NOT THAT HE'S GOING TO GO FROM 4% OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE TO 8% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> BECAUSE THEY KNOW BETTER. >> IT'S TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH HIM BY SAYING THIS IS A MORE GENEROUS PERSON THAN HE HAS BEEN ALL YEAR. >> IT WAS A SPEECH DESIGNED TO GET 51% OF THE VOTE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT SPEECH, IT WAS DESIGNED NOT TO GET 60% OF THE VOTE, RALLY THE COUNTRY BEHIND HIM, BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER, IT WAS TO GET 51% OF THE VOTE. AND THE QUESTION THAT CHRIS WAS JUST RAISING IS, HE DID IT FOR 78 MINUTES. HE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB FOR 78 MINUTES. CAN HE DO IT FOR 78 DAYS, LET ALONE TEN MONTHS? >> HE CAN'T GIVE A 60% SPEECH. WHEN NANCY PELOSI STANDS THERE AND RIPS UP THE SPEECH AND YOU HAVE MEMBERS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE LOOKING DOWN, PAYING NO ATTENTION TO IT -- >> WELL, HE CAN GIVE THE SPEECH. >> IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IT. YOU CAN'T BRING AMERICA TOGETHER IN THAT WAY NOW. >> THE SPEECH THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO -- >> I DISAGREE WITH THAT. THERE ARE THINGS HE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT WOULD BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER. >> THIS WAS NOT A UNIFYING SPEECH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS WERE WATCHING. >> HE MENTIONED CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. PIERRE THOMAS IS HERE. THAT IS -- IT WAS THE PRESIDENT CONSIDERED HIS SIGNATURE BIPARTISAN ACCOMPLISHMENT LAST YEAR. >> HE DID INDEED. AND THAT'S AN AREA WHERE YOU SEE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN STRONG FAVOR OF DOING MORE TO MAKE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM MORE FAIR. BUT GEORGE, I MUST SAY THAT THE DIVISIONS HERE WERE STARK. SEEING THAT AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENERAL WHO WAS HONORED BY THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT AND THEN HAVING RUSH LIMBAUGH HONORED IN THE SAME WAY WAS JUST ANOTHER REMINDER OF JUST HOWDY SLIDED THE COUNTRY TRULY IS. >> NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. >> WELL, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN BELIEVES FIRMLY THAT THEY CAN MAKE SOME INROADS IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THIS UPCOMING ELECTION. YOU SAW THAT WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, WITH SCHOOL CHOICE. BUT TO YVETTE'S POINT, 8 OUT OF 10 BLACK AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS RACIST. 9 OUT OF 10 ARE NOT HAPPY WITH HIS JOB PERFORMANCE. THEY HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO ON THIS ISSUE. >> I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE FOREIGN POLICY. MARTHA RADDATZ WITH US. PRESIDENT PUT THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE SPEECH, TALKING ABOUT THE SUCCESSES AGAINST ISIS, THE KILLINGS OF AL BAGHDADI AND GENERAL SOLEIMANI. AND WHAT SEEMS LIKE COULD BE A HALF-HEARTED OUTREACHED HAND TO THE IRANIANS. >> HALF-HEARTED ATTEMPT TO REACH OUT TO THE IRANIANS, WHICH I DOUBT WILL WORK AT ALL, BECAUSE THE IRANIANS, INCLUDING THE AYATOLLAH HAVE ALREADY SAID THEY WILL NOT NEGOTIATE WITH DONALD TRUMP. THEIR FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HE DOES NOT TRUST DONALD TRUMP, SO, THERE WILL BE NO NEGOTIATIONS. GEORGE, THIS SPEECH WAS REALLY LARGER THAN ANYTHING HE SAID ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES. NO, HE DIDN'T MENTION NORTH KOREA AT ALL AND THAT COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR HIM IN THE COMING YEARS, BUT THIS REALLY WAS A GIFT TO REPUBLICANS. IT WAS DONALD TRUMP MEASURED, WEAVING AN INCREDIBLE STORY WITH A LOT OF HEROES INVOLVED. >> THAT WAS VERY SKILLFULLY DONE, THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. MARTHA, THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A
The STFU speech? No thanks.
I started calling it the STFU when Dubya started giving them.
This is all the BS that the Democrats allowed after fucking Bernie
I'd rather watch already dried paint, dry even more.
No thanks.