this together you have a direct megaphone to the american people is a big moment. it is a big moment because it is such a big stage and a vast audience. the coverage starts before the speech and lasts for quite a while afterward so it is a real opportunity. in cases i thought presidents did that well with him, looking back, 43 of these i have covered in one way or another i can only think of fewer than ten moments from 43 speeches, this one made an impression, always seems like a big deal on the night it happens but we will see how it plays out. his speechwriters did a good job making a speech that was not partisan, had a unifying theme to it, unifying moments within it and all of that does the president a little credit. he s not been a unifying figure as president but he reached for
delayed by one week because of the shutdown, it is hard to look at pomp and circumstance of thia moment and think this is not a beg moment fors any president. you think about the discussions that were had then, should dough it in he do it ine senate, another venue, and now you realize you want to wait the week and do it the way it is supposed to be done in front of the t cabinet, the supreme cour, and the people at home. he s getting that moment, one week delayed. there is nancy pelosi clapping at the president walks. in they ve had a lot of differences over the past week. you ve been on the other seed of this, the president walking down this aisle. in particular, it was george w. bush this 2007 who was the first to ever say, as president, madam speaker in order to introduce the speech. now you have nancy pelosi back at the helm.
a session with nancy pelosi on the record off camera this afternoon, i asked her, had she thought at all, it is going to be an interesting thing for the next hour or so, we will see the president speaking withh nancy pelosi over his left shoulder,, u have you thought at all about ghher demeanor. she said she hadn t thought about it at all. then she had and said i m going to give respect tomp the officef the presidency and when it comes to the people and the caucus, she said the house will be in order. if somebody is not going to be respectful of the president, we made it clear, you shouldn t be in the chamber. i c can, again, boiling this two-years down to a speech and forecasting n forward, 400,000 manufacturing jobs, blue collar wages rising for the first time in like 18-years in a median
[applause] our brave troops have now been fighting in the middle east for almost 19 years in afghanistan and iraq, nearly 7000 american heroes have given their lives. more than 52,000 americans have been badly wounded. we have spent more than $7 trillion in fighting wars in the middle east. as a candidate for president i loudly pledged a new approach. great nations do not fight endless wars. [applause]
wait for the sergeant at arms to make his historic announcement. madam speaker, the president of the united states! [cheering and applause] this is the moment, martha, he was hoping for.