Hall with speaker paul ryan. It comes at a time in this nation with racial tensions boiling over and republicans breaking ranks with the president. Tonight just a little under five hours with critics on both sides questioning the president s leadership and his moral authority in a prime time address live on cnn. The commander in chief, President Trump, will ask americans implicitly to trust him on his new strategy for afghanistan. The president will speak from fort myer in arlington, virginia. Athena will speak to us now. What do we expect the president to say . Reporter we expect to hear the president lay out a plan that would increase u. S. Troop levels by several thousand and also address the u. S. Relationship with other countries in the region, principally pakistan. As you mentioned, the president s speech comes against a backdrop of weeks of west wing chaos and the controversy over his response to the violence in charlottesville. This is a chance to turn the page, focus on Nation