the stakes for president trump right now very high. reporter: they are very high, wolf, and the white house is pushing republicans up on capitol hill to get a tax credit plan to the president s desk been the end of the year. that might be wishful thinking, but today the white house said they ll take either version in the house or the senate. the white house was also asked about the fate of roy moore down in alabama and said that is up the voters of that state. republicans muscle their tax plan through the house. this is the single biggest thing we can do to grow the economy, to restore opportunity, and help these middle income families who are struggling. reporter: the stakes are high for the president who stormed capitol hill to help push the bill over the finish line. the reason rubbling inside the gop over the details. while the house plan slashes
stand up, mr. cook. stand up. [applause] i think they like you. and provided millions of our fellow citizens with the pride and dignity that comes with work. but in recent years millions of americans have watched that pros pechty slip away in the rear view mirror and it wasn t pleasant to watch, especially for me. i would sit back, i was in business, and i could see what was happening. it wasn t good. if we want to renew our pros perty and to restore
pen, i can take executive actions. with a phone, i can rally folks from around the country to help grow the economy and restore opportunity. one of the other things you re likely to hear about is health care. the hhs report of some 3 million people have enrolled, less than half the number the white house was hoping to get to by the end of march. we don t know if they re new health care recipients. since he can t pass up a chance to speak to a captive audience, we expect the president to do a marketing pitch to get people to sign up for health care. we don t expect him to spend a lot of time on foreign policy, outside of asking for patience when it comes to both the timetable in the afghan withdrawal and figuring out whether to leave a residual force, and more importantly, looking for patience from congress when it comes to new sanctioning on iran, as the six-month pre pre-preliminary deal gets implemented.
phone, and that s all i need, because with a pen [ applause ] with a pen, i can take executive actions, with a phone i can rally folks from around the country to help grow the economy and restore opportunity. expect to hear more talk like that and one of the things he s talking about is the minimum wage. from the president in the state of the union speech next week, we are expecting a lot on that. look at the numbers since july 2009, the minimum wage has been $7.50 an hour, even as more and more workers are trying to support themselves and families on the minimum wage. most of those workers are centered in the south and already 23 states have a minimum wage higher than the federal government s. the highest is $9.32 an hour in washington state and now the mayor of seattle wants to boost that to $15 an hour in his city. ed murray is the newly elected mayor of seattle who sat in on those remarks from the president last night.
doctors recommend it. i ve got a pen and i ve got a phone. and that s all i need because with a pen, with a pen i can take executive actions. with a phone i can rally folks from around the country to help grow the economy and restore opportunity. restoring opportunity. president obama has made inequality the central issue of his second term. and tuesday night it will be the focus of his state of the union address to the nation.