where both sides will actually listen to these messages and we can come to a coherent place in our national life. >> what will you be listening for from this president tonight in his first state of the union? >> you know, one of the things you can always tell, william saffire, the great columnist and nixon speechwriter said the state of the unions were particularly important. presidential press conferences were important in the old day because they forced decisions. there would be issues and policy. there would be issues in the bureaucracy that had not been decided. but you had to decide them in order to put them in the speech. what you can tell often with president trump is which side of his brain is currently prevailing. is it stephen miller or is it more the kushner/ivanka wing? is it more the establishment? is it more the base? i think one thing to do is to keep score tonight and see how much -- how often does he tip