Inside politics the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics. Im john king. Thanks for sharing your sunday morning. A defining early test this week for the president and for republican congressional leaders. A thursday vote on an obamacare replacement plan that is still short votes because of conservative objections. The last is really mad about it. The right is really mad about it. The middle is really mad about it, and so far it just seems to be a constituency of one which is washington insiders. Plus an important new red line on the Korean Peninsula. The secretary of state says no more negotiating over north Koreas Nuclear program. The policy of strategic patience has ended. Were exploring a new range of diplomatic, security and economic measures. All options are on the table. First though the credibility question. I have not seen any evidence that this occurred based upon the briefings that ive seen. Weve not seen any evidence that there was a w
Privilege to introduce to you the president of the United States of america, president donald trump. [ applause ] thank you, very much. Thank you, mike. I really appreciate everything and i appreciate you being here. I especially want to thank secretary elaine chow, leader kevin mccarthy, chairman bill schuster, and all the members of congress, many of them here today, for joining us as we prepare to enter a great new era in american aviation. [ applause ] its about time, too, i can tell you. But before discussing our plans to modernize air travel, i want to provide an update on our efforts to fix and modernize Vital Services for our veterans, our great, great veterans who we all love. For decades the federal government has struggled to accomplish something that should be very, very simple. Seemlessly transferring a veterans medical records from the Defense Department to the veterans groups and to the v. A. In recent years it has taken not just days or weeks, but many months for the re
Bringing back memories. Its chilly. The theme for tonights address is building a safe, strong, proud america. President trump will attempt to open an engagement across the aisle democrats. Upbeat and uplifting is how white house officials are describing President Trumps first state of the union address. After a year of rancorous partisan bickering and polarizing legislation, President Trump will reach across the aisle. And a lunch with tv anchors, the president saying i want to see our country united. It was divided not just under president obama or in president bush. I remember the impeachment of bill clinton. Tremendous divisiveness, not just over the past year. The press secretary says tonights speech will be a personal appeal. This is his stage and its time to talk directly to the American People, and i think youre going to see a lot of the president himself come through in his words at the state of the union. Where are we with the themes . Jobs and the economy, latest jobless rate
Live on capitol hill. A big day in washington, peter. Julie, republicans in congress think theyve been doing a lot of good things over here. So they hope that part of the state of the Union Address tonight is a sort of highlight reel before the president s attention shifts to the next big fight, immigration. He deserves some credit to be able to drive some of these things through. Tax reform, doddfrank. We might hear him talking about what his plans are with the Daca Recipients and how to resolve that. We expect a lot of things. Democrats want the president to touch on an agenda item believed to have a lot of support among their ranks, infrastructure. The Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer writes the president promised a trillion dollar investment in our infrastructure on the campaign trail. Since he took the oath of Office Congress hasnt heard much about his lan and what weve heard isnt promising. A dozen democrats plan to skip the state of the union and others will wear all black t
25 years later, the lead negotiator from the waco standoff with the deadly controversy surrounding a moment in u. S. History that exploded into flames. But we begin this hour with a live picture of the white house and new report suggesting President Trump is once again at odds with the Justice Department. The Washington Post reports the president sought a release of a classified russia memo, despite the doj warning house rpz that doing so would be extraordinarily reckless without official review. Written by staff intel chair nunes alleges the fbi may have relied on politically motivated or questionable sources to justify its request for a fisa warrant. A Senior Administration official tells the Washington Post that trump is inclined to have that memo released. All of the rumors are is will shed light and help investigators come to a conclusion of the john kelly conveyed to attorney general sessions during two conversations this past wednesday, that the president s interest in making th