America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [applause] before we get started a few people i would like to recognize in the audience this evening. I will start with mayor Keith Mashburn and his wife, shelby. Former congressman, and his wife janice. I see that charlie kirk is here with turning point usa. [applause] i know he is supposed to be with us. Where is pat boone . [applause] we have a great evening in store and introduce our speaker tonight, and thank you handful of people in our audience. Some of americas finest. Those of you who might have arrived late at sunset may not have seen our beautiful landscape, the hilltop we are perched on presently looks more like the moon than southern california. Many of the gorgeous trees and greenery that surrounds us is now gone. You might of smelled the difference in the air. It acts as a reminder of what we went through at the Reagan Library just ten days ago. The scene
My name is john heubusch. I have the honor of being executive director for the Ronald Reagan president ial the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Thank you all for coming the seating. In honor of our men and women in uniform who defend our freedom around the world, which please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. [applause] i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. [applause] before we get started theres a few people i do like to recognize in the audience this evening. I will start with mayor Keith Mashburn and his wife shelby. [applause] former congressman and his wife. [applause] i see that charlie kurt is here, the founder of turning point us usa. [cheers and applause] and and i know he supposed to be with us. Pat boone. Where is pat . There you go. [cheers and applause] okay. So we have a grea
Objectives they would be they would be trying actually to do that but its not going to be easy for them now and thank you so much for that analysis and as mom was speaking were looking at live pictures coming in from a now this is one of the critical areas along that border is one of the years of course that turkey has seemed to be able to control and try to impose that zone that it wants to be posed to be able to return refugees to the area you can see smoke in the there are indications of fighting that is under way at the moment now as weve just been discussing real concern over the potential for a direct conflict between Syrian Government forces and turkish Government Forces as well and russia absolutely critical to that in its ability to keep the sides apart and be also able to negotiate that deal at the moment between the Syrian Government and the Kurdish Forces giving control of man bridge to syria those pictures there. Where regime detention of. Fighting underway at the mine wel
Theme tonight is renewal of the american heart. I can speak from the heart and say what i want to do. Reporter President Trumps first address to congress will focus on some of his Top Priorities including taxes and obama care and immigration. The primetime speech coming one day after the house revealed some details of the budget. That will add 54 billion to defense spending and stripping the same amount from other federal agencies. What i expect to hear is the strong support for making sure that were caring for our men and women that have served our country. The state department could face cuts and the epa could be slashed by one quarter. Republican lawmakers are eagerly awaiting President Trumps first address to congress. A chance for the country to hear more about their shared agenda. This is a once in a generation moment and opportunity. We have the opportunity to finally tackle big problems that have held us back. House democrats are shutting down reports planning to protest Presid
President focused on the future. In a calm steady tone he laid out what he has already done and what he is still planning to do. Mr. Speaker the president of the United States [ applause ] reporter it began with all of the circumstances ending the the president ial address to congress. There was the glad handy of the first lady, the cabinet, the Supreme Court and all of congress below, but not everyone and certainly not every democrat was clapping. We are reminded of our nations path with civil rights. Reporter President Trump began with an attack on the very thing he himself have been accused of, discrimination. Recent threats targeting the Jewish Community centers and vandalism of jewish cemeteries as well as last weeks shooting in kansas city, reminding us while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of the very ugly forms. Reporter and he continued from there with his first major plea for unity. I am here tonig