unfortunately i think as many have said, this president has lost his moral authority in different ways. he lost it around charlottesville when he said there were very fine people. those neo-nazis marching in the streets shouting racial epitaphs and we can always hope that the president is going to realize the error of his ways or be pressured into taking a different posture or coming at this differently and trying to unify the country and instead of of fanning the flames of division, try to build unity in this contry and how people view muslims and islam, i don t think that s going to happen. that s one of the reasons we need new leadership. in the meantime, i do think everybody else, all of us who recognize that we should try and build unity, who recognize that
if speaker pelosi does not give exactly the amount i want for the wall i won t accept the outcome. that means she loses. that means you re saying basically i win always and if i don t win we will have another shut down. that s not the way to build unity. let s talk about other presidents who had to deliver state of the union during moments of turmoil. not just richard nixon. bill clinton after the house impeached him on grounds he lied about monica lewinsky. is there anything president trump can learn from their speeches? president trump is very uncomfortable informal settings. he doesn t give written speeches very well. what he could learn from his predecessors is this is a moment you have the nation s attention. you have your adversaries, your opponent s attention. this is the time you can think
out. good to have you with us. as i understand it, there was a lot going on. you were working the phones, talking to a lot of people last night. you go to bed fairly late and you wake up this morning and you were surprised. why? we were hoping that this was going to turn into a teachable moment that kevin hart would still be hosting the oscars and he would be using this moment, not only to show his evolution around the lbgtq community, but also to use the oscar stage, one of the biggest stages in the world, to help build unity and awareness around the lbgtq community and how we are marginalized in this country. is that something you were pursuing with kevin hart saying, hey, let s work together on this? absolutely. whenever there are missteps like this or opportunities like this, we see this as an opportunity to get a message out about acceptance for lbgtq people.
that was one of five speeches that democrats gave last night on a fractured response we ll bring in washington comma wasw analyst. how did the president do in his state of the union address? compared to a lot of speeches, this may be the best speech he s ever given. i say that with some reservations and things not mentioned. there was obvious red meat that he threw out to the base. by and large, this was one of the speeches in which he extended an olive branch to democrats in an effort to try build unity and some bipartisanship moving forward on 2018. he didn t get into much of the weeds with respect to policy, but you know, focusing on infrastructure and focusing on daca and coming together on an immigration deal, those are areas in which, you know, infrastructure and a good area where he can get bipartisanship, and immigration will always remain the challenge. if he can somehow reach both
through with his core promises. all right. let s turn now to the÷ú polls. 44%, record low for a new president, so not only areç we seeing these numbers they break them down as well and we see this polarization down party lines, as well. talk to us aboutzv what you thi this signal is going for. he sort of double downedç o his devivisive campaign. i think earlier political momentum going into the momentum going into the presidency after thea inauguration, it s an opportunity to bring the country together, to build unity, to exercise and try to move the country forward after, you know! divisive campaign. he s simply not doing that. he s sewing the seeds of division. i think he s making america morç