right now on msnbc andrea mitchell reports live from capitol hill. and thank you. right now on a special edition of andrea mitchell reports from capitol little, first pitch. president trump s 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 obama s 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 they re bad in terms of national security. the trump white house can t seem to shake off questions of vladimir putin and possible campaign connections to russia.