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Throughout the day. He gave a preview this morning on fox news. All i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. We have a really terrific, i believe, Health Care Plan coming out. We have to understand obamacare has been a disaster. Its way out of control. Doesnt work. And ill be talking about the military. Ill be talking about the border. Right now the president is scheduled to be meeting at the white house with state attorneys general from across the country who are holding their winter meeting now in washington. Nbc News White House correspondent Kristen Welker joins us live. Lets start with the bik speech tonight. The there is a lot at stake for the president. What are his plan. Reporter a lot at stake indeed. According to officials he has been working on his speech overnight. As you pointed out, the goal is to be optimistic. Thats important. Because remember his inaugural address was criticized for being pessimistic and not unifying enough. Tonight we are told that he really wants to try to send a unifying message. So whats he going to talk about . Well, we are told hes going to talk about what he perceives to be his accomplishments on jobs, on trade, the fact that hes pulled out of tpp. And expect a strong focus on defense, national security. It comes on the heels of the president yesterday rolling out that blueprint for his budget, which calls for increases to defense spending of 54 billion. So those are going to be the key themes. So what about the messaging . Take a listen when he was asked about messaging and house of representatives he thinks he has done so far. I think in terms of effort which means something but i give myself an aplus effort but thats results are more important. In terms of messaging i would give myself a c or a cplus. In terms of achievement, i think id give myself an a because i think ive done great things but i dont think ive i and my people i dont think weve explained it well enough to the American Public. So the goal, chris, tonight obviously to improve upon his messaging and, again, well be listening very closely to see to what extent does he in fact extend an olive branch to some of his opposition, to really try to start that process of unifying this still very deeply divided nation. Some of this has to do with his views and opinions on immigration. That is invited by the people hes invited. Tell us about his guestless. Guest list. A number of those guests have lost loved ones to violence by undocumented unimmigrants. Hes inviting maureen scalia, who is the widow of the late justice antonin klscalia. This comes as hes appointed neil gorsuch to be the replacement for scalia. Well being looking at that guest box tonight, clearly meant to send a strong message that immigration continues to be one of his kree prioritiey priority the hot button issues of his administration. And lets talk about a number that represents a stunning shift in Budget Priorities. The president indicated the military budget could be increased even more thanat. Were going to spend a lot more money on military. We have no choice. A lot of people think its a tremendous amount of money. It could be actually 30 billion more than that. And were going to upgrade our military very substantially. Nbc News Pentagon correspondent hans nichol joins us live from the white house. Boy, has this got people talking on both sides of the aisle. These remarks came after he said yesterday we have to start winning wars again and then theres this surprising pushback from more than 120 generals, right . The generals are talking about what reflects the reality that war fighters need diplomats and diplomats need war fighters. Its an acknowledgement across the military. You heard secretary mattis make that point. Fewer diplomats means i need to buy more bullets. Even with the 30 billion that President Trump is talking about and he mentioned that fox interview, that still gets you well south of the number that both house and Senate Republicans want. Theyre talking about 640 billion for the fiscal year of 2018. What trump is doing if you do the back of the envelope math is 330 billion. So hes still short of what Congressional Republicans want to spend and it in the indication that there is going to be a fight not just between this president and members of the Opposition Party but this president and members of his own party when it comes to how much the Defense Department needs to maintain readiness and to be able to fight wars on multiple front. Chris . And what that means for other programs if hes going to try to balance the budget. Hans, thank you for that. I want to go to where the president will be heading tonight. That is to capitol hill. Nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt joins us live now . News just coming out of there, kasie, that theres a democrat who is skipping tonights address. What can you tell us . Congresswoman Maxine Waters telling democrats behind closed doors at their meeting today that she does not plan on attending President Trumps joint address to Congress Later tonight in protest of his policies. We also know that there were other democrats in the room that encouraged her to in fact attend. This is in fact a longstanding tradition where members of congress from both parties go to the chamber, attend this address. In other years, not the first year of an administration, it called the state of the union. This year its simply called the joint address. We know there will be some protests inside the chamber. There will be women wearing white, and those who have been allowed to stay under daca, those who let the children of immigrants stay here without fear of deportation and youll also see some dreamers in the audience. We expect there will be some forms of protest and so far Maxine Waters one of the few that says she doesnt want to attend at all. And i want to pick up with hans, what do you do about the budget . If you have this massive increase in military spending, what does it mean for other programs . A lot of people are wondering if speaker of the house ryan and President Trump are headed for a big clash over the budget . Its still an evolving question what President Trump had to say in his budget outlin ally is in at odd in a lot of ways with what republicans here in congress have wanted to do for years, and that is to fix entitlement programs and spending over the long term. And President Trump has of course promised not to touch medicare and Social Security in the process of doing this. Reporters have been pressing paul ryan all morning about what this means for the gop trying to work with President Trump. Take a look at what the speaker had to say earlier today. We have gutted our military in many, many ways and weve had a huge increases in domestic spending. So hes trying to get that balance right. Reporter you said weve got to make tough choices on those entitlements. Can he balance this budget out without touching them . Weve never proposed and this is what i think the president is talking about, we never proposed to change benefits for current senior and people about to retire. For those of us in the younger generation, x general on down, these trams will be bankrupt by the time we get there. We have to reform them for the next generation. Does the president agree with that . I believe he does, i believe he does. So you hear paul ryan saying i believe he does. And at a breakfast earlier today with correspondents and anchors ahead of this address, he said something similar. He said its an open question whether President Trump would be willing do make longterm changes to these entitlement programs but the rhetoric is dramatically different from what weve heard especially from paul ryan. He has staked a lot of political career and capital that these are Big Questions he wants to try and tackle. He is at heart a policy guy. I asked him if he hes giving up that dream and he said im a packers fan, i never give up a dream. Theres so much to talk about with the budget. Let me pick up on what kasie just had to say. If its an open question about whether or not President Trump is ever willing to take on entitlement programs, about what to do about medical care, can you balance the budget, can you increase military spending by 54 billion and not look at entitlement programs . Well, its the entitlement spending thats killing us. Thats the Fastest Growing portion of the budget leading with our interest payments. Ultimately were going to have to deal with it. The longer we wait, the more diicult the problem backabllem. What do you say to the president . Youre going to have to address it sooner or later. I want to play what the president said last october and what he said again just hours ago really. Youre going to have such Great Health Care at a tiny fraction of the cost and its going to be so easy. I have to tell you, its an unbelievably complex subject. Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated. You kind of got an earful from some of your constituents at a town hall meeting last night. There a lot of people concerned about losing their coverage. I believe you had at one point a Police Escort from one of your town halls. I wonder, were you surprised to hear the president say that nobody knew that health care was so complex . And are you okay with the republican draft thats out there right now . Well, this has been a prominent issue, not on in the last president ial campaign but in the last four elections. The public has made it very clear some people made out very well with obamacare. Most people have not. In fact, more people are now opting to pay for the tax penalty than to actually buy an obamacare policy on the exchange. So that will tell you where the general public is on this. But in replacing it, weve got to assure that nobodys left in the lurch. What were aiming for is the widest possible selection of plans so that every family can go out and select a plan that best meets their own needs and then have a tax system to assure that it is within their financial reach. One of the keys is that it rolls back the health plans expansion of medicaid. Governors have in some cases thousands if not millions of people in total who now have coverage who didnt before. Where do you stand on congressman . There are two options being discussed. One is to grandfather those put into medicaid by obamacare and then change the system Going Forward so they can select a plan that best meets their own need. For those states that opted into the medicaid program, give them a block grant and have them administer the program. I thought it was interesting to listen to the president on fox and friends and he said hed give mysehimself on messaga c orr cplus. Clearly he knows his Approval Rating is underwater, 40 approve, 48 disapprove. Do you see this has a chance for him to shift and bring more people in. He is planning to revive our economy, and secure our borders. All of the complaints ive heard about him so far. Not one of them is that hes broken his campaign promise, the complaint is hes kept his campaign promises. We talked about though protests that you have faced, other republican members of congress have seen at town halls. I want to play what President Trump said when he was asked if he said if he thinks president obama is behind them . I think he is behind it. I think it politics. I think president obama is behind it because his people are certainly behind it and some of the leaks possibly come from that group. Up kno you know, some of the leaks, which are very serious leaks because theyre about national security. Do you believe the former president is behind these protests . I dont think so. I dont know one way or another. Theres a central organizing hub on the internet but but a lot of it treelts grass roots concerns. Thank you, congressman, for coming on. Umnext, did President Trump blame his generals f the death of Navy Seal Ryan owen who was killed in a raid in yemen just days into the new administration . My generals are the most respected that weve had in many decades, i believe. And they lost ryan. Before fib, i was a doer. I was active. Then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. 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[kids cheering] [kids screaming] call the clown parents arent perfect but then they make us Kraft Mac Cheese and everythings good again. Right now in washington President Trump is meeting with the National Association of attorneys general as he gets ready to address congress tonight. Hes got a lot to talk about because he also arguably has a lot to prove, giving himself an average grade for communication so far and his Approval Rating underwater. My Political Panel jns me now. Robert ehrlich is a former u. S. Congressman and john alderman. Good to see you, gentlemen. What do you think President Trumps goal should be tonight and how does he get to it . Obviously a coherent speech that appeals to the majority of americans. So bring america together . Well, its interesting. Be careful with that. Its objective and subjective. Hell hit certain common unity thae themes that are objective, pluralism but then it will be an objective sense of unity according to his platform and promises he made during his campaign and what hes doing to keep those promise. Were hearing hes going to talk about what he thinks he has accomplished. We heard he doesnt think he messaged that well enough. But he also does want to help bring people together. He reiterated that. I will bring people together. Im going to bring people together. You watch, were going to bring people together. To all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as one united people. Were going to bring this country together. We have a divided country. Its been divided for many, many years, but were going to bring it together. One of the things that republicans say to me, jonathan, is the problem is no matter what he says, democrats are not going to hear anything positive from him. Do you think that tonight he has an opportunity to help do what he says he wants is to do, which is bring people together . He always has an opportunity. President s can always reinvent themselves. The problem is there has been so much disrespect over such a long period of time to donald trump to everybody else in the whole world with the possible exception of vladimir people, he just disses people day and night. Its a nice sentiment but at the same time hes got not one but two people in the balconies who are families, survivors of People Killed by illegal immigrants. That will just kind of rub raw that whole subject, the implication being all o tse undocumented people are dangerous and possibly going to kill somebody in your family. So pretty much every issue that he describes works at cross purposes with that idea of bringing us together. Does it make sense to you, governor, if as the president said he wants part of what he accomplishes tonight to be to bring people together, to have those folks in the audience, its in many ways rubbing salt into the wound of one of the most difficult policy disagreements he has, which is immigration . But its a huge issue in the country. To pretend otherwise i think is silly do you think not having those people there would be ignoring it or silly . They should be there. Its a legitimate issue. It was a major issue in the campaign. He has a very strong position on this issue. He was elected in part because of this issue. I think its absolutely appropriate. But let me just get back to the larger part here. I think hopefully what im looking for tonight is growth. I mean, i believe his election was due in large part to lack of Economic Growth under previous administrations plans. 1, 1. 5 growth didnt cut it. It appealed to americas working class obviously, his message, and thats why hes there. I want to see real talk about tax and spend, about a tax plan that makes sense, a comprehensive reform. Let me just make these three points. There are planks here that are bipartisan in nature, cutting the Corporate Income tax, repatriation deal and infrastructure deal are all issues that have bipartisan appeal. Democrats in the past have supported them. If those elements can be brought together as part of a package, i think hell make a very substantive first step toward that path of getting a deal done. The problem, chris, is on the hill theyre saying infrastructure is a 2018 issue, they dont want to deal with it now. Even tax reforms, which republicans really want, theyve said is not going to be undertaken until august. Until after obamacare gets settled. Obamacare is a huge problem for them because there are many trump voters who are on obamacare and are not real happy with the idea of losing their health insurance. So they have a hard time getting from here to there. What the president is going to try to do is say look at gm and these other companies that are bringing their jobs, theyve already brought their jobs back since ive become president. They planned to do it before he became president but hell try to take credit for that and i think hell be successful in striking that optimistic tone. Chris, you have to separate the question of obamacare. Obamacare itself is bleeding. And it has been bleeding for many years, as you know. So the body of it is dead and needs to be replaced. With regard to medicaid, thats a separate issue. Your previous guest in fact talked about the two options available to the republican majority now with regard to medicaid. Thats a serious political dilemma for some republicans. But as far as replace and really repair, the American Public has demanded that over four different electoral cycles. Do you understand the concerns of governors who have been in washington d. C. Over the last several days including republican governors about whats going to happen to medicaid in. Be careful when you take free money from the feds is the first moral here. Secondly with regard to those options, one is to grandfather the folks those republicans governors have added to the program and second, something that appeals t me as a former governor, block grant it, let state Health Departments and governorsing governor figure it out without the issues weve had in the past. Block granting it, then you are severely cutting the money coming from medicaid in the state. Many of the governors dont agree with governor ehrlich and do not want it block granted. Everybody agrees there are repairs needed on obamacare but the democrats are not going to begin to help with those repairs until the republicans stop saying it needs to be replaced and repealed. The president has a big job tonight trying to make this case for this budget hes going to be putting out there. Gentlemen, thank you both very much. Good to see you. Up next, new reaction to that picture of Kellyanne Conway. Now also, i dont need to tell you we live in a politically divided country. Were live in burlington, North Carolina for a fascinating conversation with voters about how theyre bridging the divide in their own real lives. In your house, youre a republican, your husband is a democrat. Thats right. So you might have a political divide going on right at home. We had an interesting year. You totanobodys hurt, new car. But there will still be pain. It comes when your Insurance Company says theyll only pay threequarters of what it takes to replace it. 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Weve got some breaking news to tell you about with President Trump hosting the National Association of attorneys general, which is concurrently holding its winter meeting in town. Pete Williams Joins us now. Pete, there has been already some interaction between attorneys general and this president , this white house. Whats the white house message been to these attorneys general . They already heard from the president s attorney general jeff sessions, who spoke to them this morning who said hes very concerned about the increase in violent crime, after decades of being very low, its starting to come back up. He acknowledged the murder rates are half of what they were 20 or so years ago but he thinks the increase is not a blip, it could be the beginning of a steady rise and he is calling for more federal prosecutions of crimes that involve guns. This is an effort that began several years ago to try to test this Pilot Program that when theres a crime and someones been arrested by the police and theyve used a gun, especially in a drug crime, they give those to the federal government to prosecute because the federal government often has mandatory minimum penalties that the states dont have and there can be tougher jail sentences. Sessions told the attorney general today if a person is consider committing a crime that may lead to a longer jail term, they may think twice about it. Thats been one big message to them. He also has talked about the need for tougher Immigration Enforcement and he also had a very interesting message about trying to give more confidence to local Police Suggesting that the federal government is going to cut back on using a tool that was very much used by the Obama Administration of Suing Local Police departments for civil rights violations. You saw it in baltimore, you saw it in chicago. What he said today, this is sessions, he said we have an absolute duty to ensure police operate within the law, but we need to help them, not diminish their effectiveness and im afraid weve done some of that so were going to pull back on this, he said, chris. Pete williams, thank you for that update again. The president meeting with state attorneys general. Meantime, he is of course set to address a divided nation tonight. And to voters who say theyre frustrated with partisan bicker, battleground, North Carolina, one example of the split we see nationwide, President Trump beat Hillary Clinton by less than 4 points there. I dont know anyone, rehema, who hasnt had Uncomfortable Conversations over the dinner table, on facebook. What are you hearing there in North Carolina . Reporter well, wait till you hear this clip were going to play for you in just a couple of seconds because it speaks directly to one a gro group panelists. Here in downtown burlington, a population of 50,000, 60 miles of the capital of new york, which is raleigh. For all the division in this country, the group that we talked about were pretty much in agreement about what the country needs to do Going Forward. In your house, youre republican, your husband is a democrat. Thats right. So you might have a political divide going on right at home. We had an interesting year. And youre still married . Were still married. Were stronger. How did you do it and what lessons can the country learn from you and your husband . Weve been married for almost three years so our conversations are fresh. When we have political conversation, theyre really not about winning the argument. I want to learn from him. Dont point the finger, point it at yourself. Start with yourself. Saying see what i can do to bring the country together . See how many people i can smile for, how many doors i can hold, how many bags i can carry, how many compliments i can give. Theres no other way. The more bullets in the gun has nothing to do with how were going to survive this thing. Its how many times compliments you can throw at your neighbors instead of rocks. Lby, i see you shaking your head in agreent. Yeah. And you voted for the first time. I did. In the president ial election. Yes, maam. As a College Student i see that my generation is very more towards the left and i differ from all of them. Im not that type of person who says im going straight down the republican or democratic ticket. Im not doing that. I want to hear everyones point of view. I wish that in order for us to move forward people will take a step back, take a deep breath, separate themselves from the political agenda and think of these issues as human beings. People have to take their hands off their ears and stop yelling with their hands in their ears and start listening. And we have to tell you, this group couldnt help but talk about something thats dividing people right here in this state. As one person says, whats all this fuss about where people go to the bathroom, referring to the socalled bathroom bill here in North Carolina. People in the group that we were talking to said they would rather people in this state be talking about the fact that children are hungry in this state and they want more focus on educating our kids. But a lot of agreement, more than disagreement, among these folks. Chris . Fascinating stuff, rehema. Thank you so much. Ntsb on the scene arof a deay plane crash in california. Surveillance video captures the moment a small plane crashed into a home in california. Nobody on the ground was hurt. The fbi and Justice Department are investigating a fifth wave of bomb threats at Jewish Community centers this year. Dozens of centers and schools in at least 15 states were evacuated on monday. No bombs were found. Meanwhile, cleanup is set to begin today at a Jewish Cemetery that was vandalized over the weekend, damaging at least 100 headstones. And the transgender sister of the singer who sang at President Trumps inauguration scored a temporary victory saying they can use bathrooms that match their gender identity while their lawsuit against the School District court proceeds. Last week the Trump Administration ended the ability for students to use booth rooms based bathrooms based on their gender identity. Next, democrats are challenging the president s policies ahead of his speech. Ill talk with pennsylvania senator bob casey about what hed like to hear from President Trump. Plus, who the senator is taking to the event as his special guest. Every chip, and every putt, is data that can make the difference between winning and losing. The microsoft cloud helps the pga tour turn countless points of data into insights that transform their business and will enhance the game for players and fans. 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Obviously other members can make their own decision. When i make a decision about how i spend my time, i dont like other members commenting on what i do. So i wont do that for other members of the house or the senate but i think it is important to be there or to be able to listen what this president says like every other president. And then to react accordingly. Is there anything that the president can say that you think realistically will bring more democrats and concerned citizens on board . What do you need to hear, senator . Well, ill tell you, chris, you know that on a whole host of cabinet nominees ive been in strong opposition. Im totally opposed to repealing the Patient Protection Affordable Care act. So were going to disagree on a lot of things but if theres one issue i think democrats and republicans can come together on with the administration, its infrastructure. Weve got by one estimate 55,000 structurally deficient bridges in the country, we ought to start fixing those bridges. Were 16th in the world in broad band. Kids cant do their homework in rural areas because they dont have broad band. There are so many issues that create jobs and bring people together but going back to that reality check, do you see that getting done before, say, something happens before obamacare, before the fight, what is going to be a fight over this budget gets settled . If the president wants to focus on something that will create not just millions but many millions of jobs, he should join our cause and support what democrats are trying to do on infrastructure. Weve got a huge bill were about to introduce that will focus on job creation. Its the best thing we could do for the economy. It will have an immediate impact. He should join us. Your guest tonight is a marine corps veteran who is living with parkinsons disease and has a teenage daughter with down syndrome. Why him . Two reasons. Whenever i can bring a distinguished pennsylvanian to washington to hear a speech like, this especially someone who has served our country, i want to do that. Bringing in joe mcgrathas significance because of what hes done for our country. In this case, given his own circumstance because of his health issue and his daughter having health issues, i hope he will keep his promise and not block grant medicaid. Its bad for people in rural cities and especially bad for individuals with disabilities. Do not block grant medicaid and i will fight this to the end of the earth. I want to ask you about something that happened in your state. There has been this wave of bomb threats called into Jewish Community centers, more yesterday. And as you well know, a Jewish Cemetery outside of philadelphia was desecrated, a number of headstones. Were seeing the pictures now, were overturned. Do you want the president to Say Something and do you believe, as some people do, including people within the Jewish Community, that his rhetoric has fueled some of this . Well, number one, we should condemn it no matter what party were in, no matter what position we hold in government. Its an abomination, its an insult to the Jewish Community, it an insult to america. And whoever is responsible should be prosecuted and go to jail if we ask get charges that will stick, that will allow time for incarceration. So thats number one. Number two is we all have a responsibility when you see prejudice, when you see appeals to racism or antisemitism or any kind of horrific statements or behavior, we should condemn it roundly. Ill leave it to others to judge making connections between what someone is not doing and what happens out there, but if youre the president of the United States especially, youve got to condemn it immediately. Senator casey, good to see you. And thats so much. Thanks, chris. Coming up, the Big Questions heading into tonights president ial address. The white house calling for that massive boost in military spending but does the math add up . That and what else to watch for next on our Daily Briefing on politics. And jacob rascon is live. They have come from as far away as texas and el paso and are marching against sanctuary cities and the strict penalties against those that dont obey. Et taxes in decades, a talented workforce, and worldclass innovations. Like in plattsburgh, where the most advanced transportation is already en route. And in corning, where the future is materializing. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow today at esd. Ny. Gov [kids cheering] [kids screaming] call the clown parents arent perfect but then they make us Kraft Mac Cheese and everythings good again. [and her new business i do, to jeanetgo. Jeanette was excellent at marrying people. But had trouble getting paid. 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Reporter youre going to see the signs behind me that say sb 4. They come from el paso, houston, dallas, the rio grande valley, all the protests that ban the sanctuary city. Texas Governor Abbott say big fan it would ban sanctuary cities and take away state funding from local or county governments that refuse to follow this. If we can flip around and show that we have a Police Escort and were almost at the capitol. Im going to ask someone who came from el paso, why did you comment . Its important for all of to us join this Great Movement because you know, i was actually part of being illegal one time and it hurts now to see family members and especially right now they want to pass this law from my point of view its racist because theyre just going to see the person and automatically think that theyre illegal. Reporter what do you hope this accomplishes . It looks like this bill will come la were not going to give up until our rights are heard at let. Were going to try as much as we can in our power for them to hear what our hearts have to say and our feelings have to do. Reporter thank you very much. So that its clear, this senate and this house will likely pass this law, and will become law on august 1st. Chris . Jacob, thank you so much as they continue their march to the State Capitol in austin. We go to our Daily Briefing on politics. The nbc team has their questions to President Trump tonight. Mark murray joins us now. The Trump Administration did release the budget outline yesterday. There are concerns on other side how the Budget Priorities add up. Does he need to address those concerns tonight . Yes, chris, that is one of the Big Questions i have for tonight, how does he make that math add up . As you mentioned hes called for an increase in military spending to boost 54 billion with cuts made up from some nonmilitary spending, but when you want to increase military spending and also want to decrease taxes, you want to increase Infrastructure Spending and still balance the deficit and balance the budget, how do you do all that . My math it doesnt necessarily seem to add up yet and im waiting to see what he has to say about the topic tonight. It was fascinating on fox friends what he believes were the achievements are so far. Does he give a different speak than at the inauguration which he also claimed would help bring people together . One of the reasons a new president gets a hobby moon they meet with opposition and putting some people in their cabinet but President Trump has done none of those things and you kind of look at his Approval Rating at 44 where republicans like him, almost all democrats opposed and independents have him in a kind of negative category. Hes able to use this speech to be able to reach out to the other side to try to grab some of that honeymoon back. One of the conversations nothing to do with politics or the budget per se was the Kellyanne Conway on her phone flanked by leaders of historically black colleges. Loft people saying this is disrespectful. You do not sit on the couch in the oval office the way you might in your living room. Whats the protocol . If i were invited in i probably wouldnt be seated like that. Lot of this is making a mountain out of a mohill. I love policy and politics. How someone is sitting i could care less. I note there are people who say boy in the obama era had Valerie Jarrett been sitting like that it would have erupted in conservative media. Bottom line im more focused on the speech tonight more than how Kellyanne Conway was seated last night. Thanks, mark. Well be right back. Just moments Andrea Mitchell will talk live with nancy pelosi. Wheres frank . 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President trumps aides say he will take an optimistic tone in his first speech to a joint session of congress tonight, an apparent contrast to his inaugural address but in a fox news interview previewing the speech the president is blaming president obama for the damaging leaks coming from his administration and the outbreak of protests at town Hall Meetings around the country. You know i think that president obamas behind it because his people are certainly behind it and some of the leaks possibly come from that group, you know, some of the leaks which are really very serious leaks because theyre bad in terms of national security. The Trump White House cant seem to shake off questions of Vladimir Putin and possible Campaign Connections to russia. House Speaker Paul Ryan telling matt lauer on the today show an investigation needs to be done but he says congress can handle it. The point is we need to make sure that Nothing Happened that shouldnt have happened as we go forward. Thats exactly what we do in our jobs as congress but we think the Intelligence Community is the right place to do it. And breaking ranks, more than 120 top retired generals and admirals warning against the president s plan to slash the state Department Budget and other domestic spending in order to pay for huge increases in the military. We must ensure that our courageous servicemen and women have the tools they need to deter war and when called upon to fight in our name only do one thing, win. We have to start winning wars again. Coming up here, more on all of this in an exclusive interview with House Democratic leader nancy pelosi