Im bring golf its good to have you with those it is prime time on the east coast of the United States time for u. S. President dont try to deliver his first ever state of the Union Address the eyes and ears of the nation and much of the world are focused on capitol hill in washington d. C. That is where trump wall for his own report card to the country after a year of america for sed were looking at live pictures right now inside the u. S. Capitol. And we are expecting the u. S. President to enter any moment now we just saw some members of his cabinet enter the chamber including the secretary of state mr tillerson it looks like there you can see that theyre preparing for the announcement that the president is about to enter the room and we would sort of remind you what is going to take place tonight were expecting the u. S. President to tell the successes of his first year in office including tax reform he is also expected to highlights the ninety nine new record highs that have been s
In many other countries these drugs cost far less than what we pay in the United States and its very very unfair. That is why ive directed my administration to make fixing the injustice of high drug prices one of my Top Priorities for the year thanks and prices will come down substantially watch. America has also finally turned the page or decades of unfair trade deals that sacrificed our prosperity and shipped away our companies our jobs and our. Wealth our nation has lost its wealth but were getting it back so fast the era of economic surrender is totally over from now on we expect trading relationships to be fair and very importantly reciprocal thank you will work to fix bad trade deals and negotiate new ones and theyll be good ones but theyll be fair and we will protect American Workers and American Intellectual property through strong enforcement of our trade rules thanks we rebuild our industries it is also time to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure thank you. Thank you america
President trump will enter and deliver his first state of the Union Address for joint session of congress. This is a moment of history and high drama here in washington, an embattled president under investigation, a congress mired in partisan conflict, a government that Many Americans believe is kregsincreasingly un to function for the common good. Donald trump has been in office for one year and ten days, and given the controversy his presidency has taken so far, there is high interest in what he has to say tonight on the economy, on immigration, on north korea and so many other issues. Here with me tonight are my nbc news colleagues, savannah guthrie, chuck todd, dreandrea mitchell, megyn kelly and tom brokaw. Savannah, a year ago it was a new administration addressing congress. There was so much looking president ial. That was a year ago. What are we looking at tonight . Now we have a year to talk about and what a year its been. It was substantively consequential, big ticket items b
Collusion. Rocket man. We are building a wall. Very fine people. On both sides. Hes fired. Hes fired. Announcer now, tonight, what will his message be to a divided congress and polarized america . Finally, we are putting america first. Announcer live from the nations capital, the state of the Union Address and the democratic response. Now reporting, george stephanopoulos. Announcer good evening, and welcome to abcs live coverage of President Trumps first state of the union. What a year it has been. Its been a year of conflict and controversy. Both for President Trump and the country he now leads. Its been exciting and exhausting, unusual in so many ways. With a president unlike any weve seen before. Tonight, a turn to tradition. Trumps chance to put his stamp on the year past and set the agenda for the year ahead in this most formal setting. And that was the moment, just moments ago when the first lady, melania trump, came in, as has become the tradition. Shell be surrounded by the pre
Amateur athletic governing bodies to report sexual abuse allegations to law enforcement. Another bill dealing with Small Business access to capital after natural disasters. Of course tomorrow, state of the Union Address with live coverage here on cspan. The house live at 5 00. Here on cspan when they gavel back in until then, the News Conference today, the briefing from the white house, including a number of questions about the state of the union. Ms. Sanders good afternoon. Over the weekend, the white house released a framework for responsible Immigration Reform that will protect our people, put the interests of American Workers first, and provide a permanent solution to daca. Our framework includes four pillars, border security, daca legalization, ending chain migration and eliminating the visa lottery moving us toward a meritbased system of immigration. We look forward to working with congress to pass and sign legislation that addresses each of these four pillars. Looking ahead to t