they re not locked in on one option. one thing they can do is put a satellite into space. that s the thing they have done in the past. it is not technically illegal. it uses it slightly different technology than the missiles that s used to test the united states. it would be very provacative to washington. reminding our viewers exactly what the director of national intelligence dan coats told congress on january 29th. we currently assess that north korea will seek to retain its capabilities and unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities because its leader views nuclear weapons as critical to regime survival. kourtney, given the reporting that you have today, what is the pentagon doing or what have they been doing? there is no change in the
workforce necessary to support a televised state of the union address from the house of representatives be ordered to work without pay. and so speaker pelosi sent a letter to the president today saying, given the security concerns and unless government re-opens this week, i suggest that we work together to determine another suitable date after government has re-opened for this address or for you to consider delivering your state of the union address in writing to congress on january 29th. now, actually most state of the union addresses delivered by most presidents have been delivered in writing only, but that changed in the 20th century when woodrow wilson delivered his state of the union addresses in person as a speech to a joint session of congress, and every president after him has done the same thing. those speeches became ultimately delivered to national audiences on radio and then on television and then donald trump shut down the government and may have
in writing to the congress on january 29th. the speaker was asked about her decision while on the hill today. on the strength of the statement of the secretary of homeland security about all of the resources that are needed to prepare for a state of the union address, which is called an event of special security. does the no, this is a housekeeping matter in the congress of the united states so that we can honor the responsibility of the invitation we extended to the president. he can read it from the oval office if he wants. the white house has not responded to the speaker of the house, but homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen countered that dhs and the secret service are fully prepared to support and secure the state of the union.
existential threat the russia investigation poses to this presidency, this government shutdown has become the most intractable political crisis for this white house, which has pitted them of course against the formidable new house speaker nancy pelosi. this morning the president reupped his usual strategy of calling out the democrats. it is becoming more and more obvious that the stand by for capital letter radical democrats are a party of open borders and crime. they want nothing to do with the major humanitarian crisis on our southern border. house speaker nancy pelosi then made a power play taking aim at something very valuable to the president and that is a public platform. pelosi sent a letter over to the white house asking trump to delay his state of the union address, citing concerns about security during this ongoing shutdown. and we quote. unless government reopens this week, i suggest that we work together to determine another suitable date after government has reopened fo
after government has reopened for this address or for you to consider delivering your state of the union address in writing to congress on january 29th. the speaker was asked about her decision while on the hill today. are you disinviting the president no, the strength of the statement of the secretary of homeland security about all the resources that are needed to prepare for a state of the union address and special security. this is housekeeping matter in the congress of the united states so we can honor the responsibility of the invitation that we extended to the president. you can make it from the oval office if he wants. the white house has not yet responded to the speaker of the house but the homeland security secretary countered that, dhs