And then deliver his first state of the Union Address before a 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 increasingly unable to function for the common good. Donald trump has now been in office for one year and ten days. Given the course 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, andrea mitchell, megyn kelly joining us for the first time, great to have you here, and tom brokaw. Well all be watching closely tonight. Savannah, a year ago it wasnt the state of the union, but it was a new president addressing congress. There was so much talk about the bar, looking president ial. That was a year ago. What about tonight . A yea
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
The military prison open indefinitely. This comes as trump repeatedly links immigration with terrorism. Pres. Trump in recent weeks, two terrorist attacks in new york were made possible by the visa lottery and chain migration. In the age of terrorism, these programs present risks we can just no longer afford. Amy and while 2017 was the second warmest year on record, trump never mentioned Climate Change or Global Warming. Pres. Trump we have ended the war on American Energy, and we have ended the war on beautiful, clean coal. Amy today, we will hear excerpts from the state of the union and get response from Maru Mora Villalpando, a leading undocumented immigrants rights activist who attended the state fears sheon as she faces deportation. We will also hear from ilhan omar, former refugee who has become the first somali american muslim legislator in the United States. Plus Bill Mckibben of 350. Org ,nd katrina vanden heuvel publisher of the nation. We will also speak to daniel ms 13 and
Planned on leaving soon, but its a bit sooner than we originally thought. What do you think . Yes, it is, wolf. We were not expecting this today. Weve been reporting and we were told he at least planned to stay until march. What were learning is that at some point this morning, the fbi director, Christopher Wray, brought in his executive team, told them that the now former Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe was leaving and that he would be leaving effective noon today, so thats about an hour ago, and that they have appointed a new acting Deputy Director. His name is dave boudage. We are told he left the building around noon or so when his retirement sort of took effect. He is no longer the acting deputy hes no longer the Deputy Director of the fbi, wolf. We know that Andrew Mccabe had been under a lot of fire in the white house directly from the president , a lot of republicans. They pointed to him with bias in the overall russia probe. Fill us in on that. He has certainly taken a lot of he
Murdered by ms13 gang members, we will speak with more parents who suffered a same tragedy on the same day and they were also consoled by President Trump. Mad Maxine Waters is responding to the state of the union with parental warning, we will explain. Hollywood crosses a line with a show depicting the violent rate of a conservative pundit, and herself will be here to respond. Democrats defined a victim hood down, thats the focus of tonights angle. Everywhere you turn, the democrats and their fawning media enablers are elevating concern of nonamericans over actual americans. I interviewed the parents of 15yearold nyssa macon who was murdered by gang members. They were President Trumps guest at the state of the union. I asked them what they thought of the democrats failure to stand when they were recognized. I thought it was very disrespectful for the simple fact that they were there, they were africanamericans. If they not have the respect or to honor what just happened to our lives an