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
Union address on tuesday, he released this video on twitter. President obama im working on my state of the union address. Last one. In writing this, i keep thinking about this road that we have traveled on for the last seven years. Our ability to come together as one American Family and pull ourselves closer to the america that we believe in. Some times insee the daytoday noise from washington, but it is who we truly are, and it is what i want to focus on in my state of the union address. Announcer coverage starts at 8 00 p. M. Eastern with betty and jamestty koed arkin, looking back at the history of the state of the union and what we can expect in this years address. A rebuttal by South Carolina governor nikki haley. Also, your comments by phone, facebook, twitter, and email. Of the reair our state Union Coverage and the republican response starting at 11 00 p. M. Eastern, 8 00 p. M. Pacific, and also live on cspan2 after the speech, we will listen to members of Congress Live in stat
Us such that moms and dads and aunts and uncles and grandparents and look at families and say these kids, adults have more of a tendency to become addicted to drugs and alcohol or not . I dont want to say theres a profile but certainly a Family History of Substance Use disorder, whether its alcoholism, which is so common, its still the most common form of Substance Use disorder, can predispose subsequent generations. Early experiment agent with things as such as cigarettes can be a suggestion that an individual is acting on some maybe buy logic or genetic impulse to alter ones state of mind. Beyond that, its kind of it could happen to anybody. Is there any genetic mapping thats taking place, maybe dr. Compton you want to dig into, such that it helps folks make sure that they know that they have a higher or lower t tendency to have this problem in life, sir . We have not unravelled again n again ngenetic disorders. Some tobacco addiction. We havent solved that when it comes to opioid ad
[indiscernible conversation] [indiscernible conversation] the president of the United States. [applause] [indiscernible conversation] [applause] president obama happy new year. [applause] president obama happy new year. [applause] [applause] [cheering] [applause] president obama thank you. [cheering] president obama thank you. [applause] president obama thank you so much. I believe these are for you. Lets bring this to order here. [gavel] members of congress, i have the High Pressure privilege and the distinct honor of representing to you, the president of the United States. [applause] president obama thank you. Thank you very much. Have a seat. Thank you. Mr. Viceer, president , members of congress, my fellow americans, tonight marks the eight year eight year i have come to report on the state of the union. One, i am going to try to make it shorter. [laughter] [applause] i know some of you have to get back to iowa. [applause] i have been there. I will be shaking hands afterwards, if y
As you can see, as is often the case, look around the room, its not like there are a lot of peep in there. They have a lot going on at the moment. This is often the case. Not unusual occurrence. They come, in cast their vote and go about doing their business of the day. Its businessy capitol hill right now. Jennifer griffin is watching this along with us. And we thank her for her contributions. This is out of the order but not unprecedented. Well, it is out of the order in the sense that its the first time in 67 years that the Defense Department would ask for a waiver for a general to serve in a typically a civilian role, defense secretary. The last time it happened was when Harry Trueman was president and he asked that george s. Marshall be allowed to be the defense secretary even though he had not been retired seven years. As ulgs way the tradition in terms of a coolingoff period. What is happening right now, shepard, on the senate floor, they are going to need 60 votes in order to a