For this president , starting with the woman who will be visible over his shoulder, sitting along with side the house president. Nancy pelosi, the most visible reminder of the divided government this president now faces. Before him in that chamber will be a small army of democratic president ial contenders who are all gearing up to run against him in 2020. Not to mention the diverse, progressive and very fired up freshman class. Voters just up to washington as the backbone of the new democratic majority houses of representatives. Several of those high profile freshman are going to join us here tonight including alexandria ocasiocortez and laurie underwood. Here with brian williams. Were here for the duration frrks the state of the union and what amounts to a high profile National Debut for democratic Stacey Abrams as she will deliver her countrys official response to the state of the union. Its happening a week late because of the longest ever Government Shutdown in orhistory and the n