A restained and more optimistic President Trump delivered had i highly anticipated speech to congress. Eliciting cheers from republicans and silence from democrats. Ian, the president is calling on congress to undertake sweeping changes. Yeah, jessica, reiterating a lot of his campaign promises. Packing them into the hourlong speech, among them immigration and Health Care Reform and hell need congress to make it happen. The president of the united states. Reporter President Trump opened his first address to congress with a softer tone, speaking of recent threats to the Jewish Community and pledging unity. We are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. Reporter it was one of the few times both sides agreed. On the rest, a divided congress. As mr. Trump urged lawmakers to support him on immigration. By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions and billions of dollars, and make our commun
Mike spence and Chuck Schumer join us live. Deadly outbreak. Look at that. Tornados cut swaths of destruction across the midwest. At least three people killed. Homes destroyed. These cars blown off an interstate. The Severe Weather now moving east with more than 106 Million People in its path. And uber awkward. The ceo of the ride service caught on camera getting into a heated argument with one of his own drivers. This morning the ceos brutally honest apology. Why he says its time for him to grow up today, wednesday march 1st, 2017. This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today on this wednesday morning. First addressed to a joint session of congress, big moment, big opportunity and kind of a different side to mr. Trump last night. Everybodys talking about the tone and how different it was from the tone of the inaugural address just about a month ago. Of course the president s speech is our top
This a temporary moment or does he start to govern in this fashion . And, also, if youre a member of congress what, did you get out of this speech that you can now use in your town halls or in trawking to your constituents . Thats the real benefit of a speech like this. President has done what he can with executive orders. Now hes got to be the leader of the republicans, and weve got to look for something in the speech that they can use. Im not sure theres actually something in there for them to use. Good for him. But he needs, also, for it to be good for republicans. Well, youre hearing people say its been 40 days and 40 nights since hes been in the white house, and dare we say, for the first time im hearing people say he looked and sounded president ial. I thought even his delivery was very different. The first time we saw a little bit of a chirchg in the armor tonight was when he said im going to repeal and replace obamacare. We saw the Democratic Women dressed in white give the thu
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Why not join forces and finally get the job done and get it done right . Tonight, a speech unlike anything we have ever seen from President Trump. He stuck to the script and called for unity. Im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Lets get right to andria borba on the president s prime time Mission Statement to a deeply divided nation. Reporter well ken, liz, the president admitted he has been a mediocre messenger leading up to tonight. This was his chance to clarify his agenda. 40 days into his term, President Trumps message was that of political unity. This line about child care received a standing ovation with some democrats. We want to work with members of both parties to make child care accessible and affordable. To ensure that apartments have paid family leave. Reporter it was different when the subject of the Affordable Care act came up and President Trumps prepared remark. Tonight, im also calling on this congress to repeal a
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Why not join forces and finally get the job done and get it done right . Tonight, a speech unlike anything we have ever seen from President Trump. He stuck to the script and called for unity. Im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Lets get right to andria borba on the president s prime time Mission Statement to a deeply divided nation. Reporter well ken, liz, the president admitted he has been a mediocre messenger leading up to tonight. This was his chance to clarify his agenda. 40 days into his term, President Trumps message was that of political unity. This line about child care received a standing ovation with some democrats. We want to work with members of both parties to make child care accessible and affordable. To ensure that apartments have paid family leave. Reporter it was different when the subject of the Affordable Care act came up and President Trumps prepared remark. Tonight, im also calling on this congress to repeal a