reporter: still, the president insisting he ll work with the other party. there is no reason we can t work together and find consensus on important things in this congress as well. reporter: foreign policy also in the spotlight following the dramatic downing over the weekend of a chinese spy balloon. bide biden only making a passing mention of the incident and saying america is ready to compete with china. the guests invited to tuesday night s speech by jill biden painting a story of some of the president s top priorities and challenges over the past year. ukraine s ambassador to the u.s., reminder of how much the war in ukraine has tested and dominated biden s second year in office. if we re going to stand with you, as long as it takes. reporter: paul pelosi, husband of former house speaker nancy pelosi, who was violently attacked in his home and raised alarm about political extremism.
on the heckling overall and the back and forth, not just on the social security and medicare. it happened other times when it came to china, marjorie taylor green, the president is talking about fentanyl and then a father in his guest box who lost his daughter to it. there was heckling from the members. one blaming had him for the fentanyl crisis. marjorie taylor green on china. is it appropriate for members of congress to heckle the president? i think that we need to get to a place where you have proper decorum. a place where we can actually disagree and ideas and not just shout back and forth at each other. i hope that s the future in this town. i know there is a strong portion from this side of the aisle that want to get to that place. i don t think those one or two incidents reflect the future of where we re going. did you do any heck snlg. heckling? i did, i was vocal. i boo d the president during that time. we call it the bronx jeer. when we see something we don t lik
together the last congress. there is no reason why we can t find consensus on this congress as well. good morning, everyone. who said washington, d.c., is boring? i ve been trying to tell everybody. i mean, the real what would you call it, the real congress? the real lawmakers of washington, d.c. a lot livelier. where is andy cohen? i m sure somewhere watching and taking notes saying i need to start this. hey, we re here live in washington with our coverage of the state of the union. post analysis. president biden heckled and boo d during a speech he gave last night. still, insisting he can reach acro across the aisle to get things done. we re going to talk to the white house in just a few minutes. also, a moment that stood out last night, mitt romney calling out george santos and his lies on the house floor in the chamber after president biden s speech telling santos, quote,
jobs, the lowest unemployment rate in at the country. then he talked about finishing the job. and by the response of the american people, he basically tried to bring the country together, put a hand out to the republicans in congress and ask them to come together to make sure that we finish the job. and i think you will agree with me, don, the president was hopeful. he was optimistic. he was confident. he hit it out of the park last night for the country. let me just ask you. i want to ask you about the heckling first in a moment. i said how is he going to fix that. he s going to get out on the road. members of the administration are going to get on the road as well to tout the president s accomplishments. are you one those people? yes, of course. i m going to be out. there the president is going to be out. there the vice president is going to be out. there i think the president is traveling to wisconsin today and will continue to tell the story. look, we re getting that said,
tens of millions of people are watching. we shouldn t tear each other apart. so for him to say that is not only provocative, it was dishonest. people in politics do that a lot. and the thing is senator rick scott did propose that. did he put that on a website. it angered a lot of republicans. he said, no, it s not going to happen. is it the republicans fault that they have that to use against them? zblz it the president s responsibility to seek a higher plain. he is for unity. show it. that s a problem. because of what he said on social security and medicare?