Our goal is to provide a behind the scenes look at the state of the union, live coverage of the address, interviews with members of congress, political analysis, and most importantly, your reaction to the president s speech. First off, to help us with the next and bolts of tonights thath, we are pleased wilson bill livingood and donald a. Ritchie are here with us. If we could begin with the u. S. Constitution, this is article. Wo, Section Three of those the words from the constitution that bring us to this table tonight . Very short. The constitution was more like an outline for the government to fill in. It doesnt say what do you mean from time to time . , president have done Different Things with the state of the union. Seeing what would work and what fit them. Today, we think of it as a ritual. It is the same every time. It has changed very dramatically. George washington came and gave a message in person. When it got to Thomas Jefferson, he did not like being a public, so he sent a
The priorities President Trump laid out earlier. That is live at 8 00 a. M. On cspan2. Newsbobternoon, cbs schieffer joins a panel to break down the president s address. We looked at the history of the state of the union. President Donald Trumps first state of the Union Address will begin in about an hour. The democratic response will follow. President and mrs. Trump will depart. Cspan cameras will show you the departure. Tonight our goal is to provide a , behind the scenes look at the state of the union, live coverage of the address, interviews with members of congress, political analysis, and most importantly, your reaction to the president s speech. But first off, to help us with the nuts and bolts of tonights speech, we are pleased that wilson bill livingood and Longtime Senate historian donald a. Ritchie are here with us. Mr. Ritchie, if we could begin with the u. S. Constitution. This is article to, Section Three article two, Section Three. Of those the words from the constitutio
Event has become such an important night. Wasnt always so . Was it always so . Betty president sent their message and writing. It was not a big event like this. Televisionbegan coverage and that made it a big in event and a national event. Since the 1940s it has been a major public event. Host it is mandated by the 2,stitution, in article section three. The president should from time to time. John adams delivered his in person. Oft tradition continued sending a written message. Radio came along and president Calvin Coolidge was the first to use it. The first president ial broadcast 47. In 19 was it a Television Audience that made that decision . Had on theevelt first evening broadcast by radio. It did not have quite the same impact. 1960 Lyndon Johnson understood the power of media. In 1960 five he decided to take the state of the Union Address which had always been given admitted day around high noon every day and he put it into primetime viewing and gave it to a primetime viewing aud
Know. S the america i thats the country we love. Clear eyed, bighearted, undaunted by challenge, optimistic that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. That is what makes me so hopeful. Bout our future i believe in change because i believe in you, the American People. Here aswhy i stand confident as i have ever been that the state of our union is strong. , god you, god bless you bless the United States of america. [applause] great job, mr. President. Great to meet you. Pres. Obama thank you so much. Thank you. Happy new year. Pres. Obama this one, you should probably send in. It works. I want to make sure that it does work. Thank you. Appreciate you. Pres. Obama hey appreciate it. Really inspiring. Magnificent. Obama he definitely would have been. John lewis, i love you. Lewis i love you, too. Pres. Obama happy new year, everybody. [indiscernible] while just sent this in . Why dont you just said this in . On the christmas pictures, send them and that we will giv