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Borders at those areas. first of all to our viewers, the cameras just went up inside the house chamber. we ve seen mcconnell and grassley and there s one for you. that s going to be the visual behind the president. the vice president and the speaker of the house. this is a good time to bring in joy reed to our conversation. the host not only of a.m. joy. there s been a lot of, for our loyal viewers, p.m. joy . i saw some saturday afternoon joy. but i wanted to bring you into this preview conversation as we watch your law maker file in. i think my daughter is going to start saying tiara amjoy. the emergency, the border ....
Again these pictures coming in from the house of representatives. it s the house chamber that hosts the state of the union address. you ve already seen a lot of the white among democratic members, especially of the house. you ve already seen a lot of the lapel pins that democratic are passing out as well. kristen welker is across town at the white house where the president has now departed to go up to the hill. what do you have to thootd reporting so far tonight? i can tell you that president incident day putting the finishing touches on this speech with a sharpy. i am told a couple of key things we ll be watching for tonight. first, what type of language does he use around the issue of immigration? this is obviously the big issue ....
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 presidential 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 ocasio-cortez and laurie underwood. here with brian williams. we re 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 country s official ....
The floor during an event like this, what you re seeing on the screen is a representation of how these two parties are so fundamentally different. the 2018 election made the republican party older, whiter and more male. and there were a record number of democratic largely women elected to the house and they are putting that power on sharp display tonight and you ve already seen that start to play out in the presidential race, as well. many of those diverse candidates also here to watch the president s address, brian. kasie hunt on the floor of the house of representatives. we ll continue to watch the members of the governments come in. one of the things that we ve got visually represented on screen in the lower third, there is a designated survivor. there always is in these circumstances when you have the house and senate and the cabinet and the joint chiefs and the executive branch in the form of president and vice president in one room, that s a security situation in terms of con ....
Chicago suburb of naper vill, illinois to get this seat and take a few minutes off. we want to remind them of your story. she had to beat a four-term republican incumbent and this became the first person who was neither white nor male to hold the seat in the sea of fresh faces that marks this new congress, she also happens to be the youngest african-american woman ever sworn in to the house of representatives. without further delay, thank you for being with us here tonight. i m curious to the reception in the chamber at all. have house whips talked about how this president should be received by the members? i have to tell you i m so excited to be here and witness the joining together of our entire government. we haven t received instructions at all. this is an opportunity to hear directly from the president of the united states about his goals and i ming looking forward ....