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state of the union speech in which president biden not only spoke about current events, suc, and reproduction rights, but drew comparisons with the donald p his name. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. . if you want to text us, you can do that at (202) 748-8003. you can also post on our social media sites. facebook at facebook.com/c-span and you can post on x at @cspanwj. when it comes to the length of last nights speech, the washington examiner picks it up with their story this morning saying that the presidentke, from their estimation, one hour and nine minutes. it is the second-longest address to congress so far, they add. the leng o speech was of

topic of interest because of the questions surrounding mr. biden's age and mental acuity adding that hen general. the length of the remarks was closely monitored. the takeaways from axios from last night's speech, they highlight a couple of them this morning, saying that the first take away is came ready for a fight, they■elq write. saying mr. biden has been spoiling for a chance to punch back against republican criticism against his age and policies and the speech became therapy looking to engage with gop lawmakers. tics and offered to meet in the middle on some issues, particularly immigration. without uttering his name mr. biden attacked presumptive gop nominee donald trump on everything from ukraine to immigration, abortion to democracy. he referred to trump as "my

predecessor" more than a dozen times, along with "former president" and "some other people." more takeaways are there if you want to find that online. if you go to nbc news, they look at six key takeaways from last night's speech. the firs4mt one, confronting donald trump and the republicans about january 6. mr. biden did not take long to central campaign themes, protecting american democracy. he looked at republicans in the crowd and confronted them. yon . you can find it on our app at c-span now. here's a portion of last night's q,larly dealing with the issues of january 6. [video clip] pres. biden: history is watching. history is wst like history wate years ago on january 6 when insurrectionists stormed this great capital plays daggers at

many were here on the darkest of days. we all saw with our own eyes the insurrectionists were not patriots. they had come to stop the peaceful transfer of power, to overturn the will of the people. january:7 6 lies about the 2020 election and the plots to steal the election pose the greatest threat to u.s. democracy since thbut they failed. [applause] america stood strong and mo prevailed. i must be honest. the threat to democracy must be defended. some of you here seek to bury the truth about january 6. i will not do that. this is a moment to eathere is .

you cannot love your country only when you win. [applause] as i've done ever sinc i ask alf you without regard to party to join together and defend democracy. rumor the oath of office is defending us all against threats foreign and domestic. expect free and fair elections. restore trust in our institutions. make sure political violence has no place, no place in america. zero place. host: we will show you more excerpts from the speech last night and the republican response. you (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans.

independents, (202) 748-8002. andrew starts us off in the demt night's state of the union speech. caller: good morning, america. man, what an incredible addresse president. he showed america last night what exactly who the republican party is now. the traitorous donald trump/vladimir putin cult. they love dictators. ththere is no way to ukraine and no deal on securing the border -- noand no deal on securing the border. to the maga lovers, the president pointed out that the reblwant to destroy social security and use the money to give more tax cuts to the wealthy many of whom pay no taxes.

what an incredible speech by this wonderful president. thank god we have him. ho: in connecticut, republican line. caller: good morning. ok, well, he is entitled to his opinion, that caller. the state of the union speech is not a campaign speech, because he is not going to debate donald trump, because he is going to use the excuse so he doesn't have to defend his statements by saying i'm notme room as an insurrectionist, blah, blah, blah. democrats' can't protest for one darn day. there is funny stuff with the election. there was funny stuff since the guy came down the democrats are looking for threat. i'm sick of hearing that term, by the way. ■/we can't live on potato chips,

president biden, and snickers. i don't even know where to begin. you will complain that you don't get to love america if you don't get your way, yet he didn't get his way with roe v. wade and he attacked the supreme court. never seen anything like that in my life. it was appalling. host: are ok? are you done? caller: i know, i'm shaking. it a very divisive speech. the state of the union is supposed to be unifying. even donald trump knew better than to give a speech like that. he showed his hate for half of the country last night. king of the former president. he himself commenting in real time on his truth social site on a variety of topics. when it comes to ukraine and russia, this is what he had to say. he down to the russian leader.

he gave them everything, including ukraine. i took away nord stream 2, he gave it to them. he was a puppet are prudent and -- putin and xi and any other ■/ trump on his truth social site during last night's speech. mike, independent line, hello. caller: good morning. joe did wonderful job on his speech last night. brought a lot of truths to the front. what i really thought was amazing was katie britt's response. she spoke of deserting our allies when the republican party is holdi aid, turning on our european allies, letting russia have their way with nato. then she spoke abo t border, after donald trump and the republicans quashed a bill that read like a republican wet dream. or a border wall in there.

trump, i was watching the day that donald trump and joe biden had dueling days at the border. on i saw donald trump waving to the people on the others of the river -- other side of the river and fist pumping them. that is how donald trump feels about the border. next, he spoke about the deaths of the navy seals. three soldiers. donald trump said they were losers and fools for serving our country. he looked at arlington c lastly, the thing that is really bothering me is the exploitation of laken riley. people seem to forget that under donald trump a young girl was killed by illegal working for

a dairy farmer in iowa who i think that all this is summed up by one word. that word is, is " i hate america." thank you for taking my call. host: ohio, democrats line, you are next. caller: this is sarah. host: you are on. caller: he did a fantastic job on the state of the union address touching bases on just about everything, and all of the good things that he's done. he really expressed himself and i'm proud of his speech. for the american people to hear. host: jonathan, california, republican line, you are next up. caller: how are you this morning? host: i am■+ fine. go ahead. how are you? caller: great.

i would like to add that joey bribes couldn't even read laken button in his hand. when he added the statement that it was irrelevant that she was slaughtered by alien, because americans kill americans anyway, that was showing how detached he is from reality of the consequences of his own actions. so, in the advent that the supreme court does decide that there is no such thing as presidential need to make sure that joey bribes is prosecuted for the murder of laken riley. host: it was in an analysis in the online publication looking at media matters, deadline, about last night's state of■- te ion speech the caller referenced laken riley, saying that it is true no matter how vigorous he was for most of the night he to mangle the name of laken riley transposing

it with lincoln riley. the mistake came while biden was holding the button with laken ■]■t■;■marjorie taylor greene gt to him hoping to shame president biden. he flipped it addressing t y and addressing the loss of his own daughter 50 years ago. you can read that at deadline.com. in alexandria, virginia on the independent line, go ahead. caller: good morning. i was a little worried about president biden, i have to say, really came out and he came out strong. i'm proud that he had some say and the fact that he went on the picket line. it shows that he is prounion and he is getting the union vote. that means that he is prolabor,

pro-good benefits for the workers. so, i'm proud of that. i'm also proud about how he i think if you become a billionaire, that's wonderful. you have to do it by having everyone -- everyone has to have equal taxation. large and small businesses. very wealthy people. lower income people. as long as the taxation is fair on all people and all businesses. if youp can become a billionaire and create a staggeringly great business through that wonderful,. but only if the taxation is fair on all people and all businesses. so, i was proud on how he spoke about those two things. st surely in connecticut, democrats line -- shi

in connecticut, democrats line. caller: i wanted to say how president biden to have solutions to our problems and not just problems. republicans always cite all of the problems that we have but they don't have any solutions to they always want to penalize people, put people down, talk about people, but never,ne of them, not even marjorie taylor greene, has a solution to the problem except for to eliminate people. i am proud that america is made up of different people from all over the world, including her, and she should be asme herself coming in and disrespecting her country. just like biden said, you don't get to love your country only when you win. you get to love your country even if you are defeated.

donald trump has been a sore loser m8éany they should be ashamed to even back him■■m■vll that he's doing for the common man, the little man, not just the rich people but everybody. i think that they should take up thun america is made of everybody, not just them. host: we told you about the length of the speech. if you go to our x post on the length of the presidential speeches, the state of the union for mr. biden last night was 66 6■x compared to that of former president trump the average length was 79 minutes plus. look at the past several speeches from the state of the union, this is from 2023, the president spoke for 73 minutes plus. 2020, 2020, 62 minutes.

you can post if you want to post your thoughts on the state of the union from last night. you can call us on the line (202) 748-8000republicans, (202. independent, (202) 748-8002. in maryland, wwill heafrom eric on our independent line. caller: good morning, pedro. thank you for giving me the chance to talk. this is my opinion. before the state of the union, f he is competent. yesterday, he answered the question. n speech i've ever heard. i was really, really ashamed of the behavior of marjorie taylor greene and a couple people who heckled the president. for those who keep saying that

was not a state of the union speech, that was not uniting come november where we are. we are about the republican have nominated insurrectionist as their candidate, and we are not in normal time. i love the fact that biden spoke about the future, and he included everybody. he talk about his own humble origins where he talked about hi parent who came into this country poor. he talked about the native americans. he talked about the black who were enslaved in this country. he showed the future belongs to the u. host: tecumseh references for january 6, president trump posting on his■q true social si, the quote insurrectionists that he talked about did not

have guns are the only gun used was on ashli bs no longer with us. that was part of the running commentary from the events of last night at the u.s. capitol, that joint of the union speech, getting your thoughts on it during the course of the morning. carolyn in virginia on the democrats line. hi. caller:■: i have to say that bin really knocked it out of the park. i really, really enjoyed his speech last night. hit every angle, everything that we need to know. i have to say, marjorie greene needs to be bnefloor. when he came in she said something smart to him. she was degradingthe red hats o. there is a gentleman in the back, they put him out. the republican is like school kids. if you don't say what they

want to hear. did a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful speech last night. even though you might not agree with everything that people say, i tell you what, you should ask donald trump about the issues, because he don't know the issues. he doesn't know anything about politics. he only knows how to slander, call people names, and everything else. but president biden hit every issue last night. host: carolyn in virginia mentioned that someone was escorted out of the session for making comments, a heckler. the independent says that heckler was removed thursday night as he repeatedly shouted "remember abby gaetz." the president was over an hour into the speech where he railed against his predecessor and vowed to restore reproductive

rid. he was seen being escorted out of the house by capitol police and placed in handcuffs. he was identified as a goldstar parent whose son was one of the 13 u.s. troops who was killed in the kabul airport bombing in of 2021 as the u.s. withdrew troops from afghanistan. republican line, dean in indiana. caller: good morning. good morning. caller: my concern about the speech was, president biden spent way too much time on more free stuff. $34 trillion in debt, soon to be $35 trillion. if he gets four more years i am afraid of being in excess of $40 trillion. host: when you say freetu did ym last night's speech? caller: well, he kept promoting things that he wanted to do in the fure, likmore credits for home. all of this is going to take money.

you can't promise stuff to from the government standpoint and expect the people to go along with it that don't agree in certain programs for certain people. he did a lot of that and he has done a lot of that in the past. that is my feelings on that. one more thing that i would like to say, he brought up john lewis a couple of times in history. people need to go back and look at history. john f. kennedy had to send his brother, bobby, the attorney general to the south, get a young black girl to goo. well, that was democrat george wallace. thank god john f. kennedy had the guts to do what heidd ameri. host: rick is in massachusetts, democrats line. caller: good morning. to let people know what's going on in this country and you have a good show. one thing i want to say is who

won la they got to hear the president say such positive things. not a negative thing that trump was saying. everything is negative, negative, negative, negative. everyone in this country knows what's going on. you can't talk negative stuff to the whole country. the country don't want to hear that stuff. drop, if you come up for president you have to say positive things. they had to pass the border th thing that they have to complain about this election cycle is the border can't -- you know, the toughest senator and congress passed the thing for them. then what it was time for them to pass it, they stopped, you are for the border or not for the border. you can't complain about the border if you're not going to do t the border. it is time to do something about the border and we are going to do it. biden blew them out of the water.

vthey want -- they don't want to disappoint trump by not clapping when they shouldn't clap. america is going to turn ielaroo it is always going to be a democrat. host: that is rick in massachusetts. bringing up the topic of immigration. the president last night bringing up the border bill that took place and was passed in the senate. talking aspect of immigration. here is president biden from last night. [video clip] pres. biden: i believe given the opportunity the majity tse the bill right now, the majority right now. unfortunately, this bill has been derailed so far. i have been told my predecessor called members of congress in the senate demanding they block the bill. í=it would be a political win fr me and a loss for him. it's not about him or me.

[indiscernible]nner -- n pres. biden: lincoln riley, an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal, that's right. how many thousands of people have been killed by illegals? to hery, my heart goes out to you having lost children myself. i understand. look, if we change the dynamic at the border, people pay people, these smugglers, a thousand bucks to get across the border because they know that if they get by, if they gety and are led into the country it is six years to eight years before they have a hearing. it is worth taking the chance at $8,000. but, if it is only six weeks the idea is that it's highly

unlikely that people would pay that m knowing that they will be capable of being kicked out quickly. [applause] i would respectfully say, my republican friends over to the american people to get this bill done. we need to act now. if my predecessor is watching, instead of playing politics and pressuring members of congress to block the bill, join me in telling congress to pass it. we can do it tether. but he apparently hears what he will not do. i will not demonize immigrants saying tha not separate familie.

i will not ban people because of their faith, unlike my predecessor. )6on my first day in office i introduced a bill to fix immigration. it has all of these and more. secure the border, provide a pathway to citizenship for dreamers, and so much more. unlike my predecessor, i know who we are as americans. on nation in the world with the heart and soul that draws from old to new. the home of native americans who have years. home to people from every place on earth. they came freely. some came in chains. somelike my ancestral family in ireland. some flee persecution to chase dreams that are impossible anywhere but here in america. is america. we all come from somewhere. we are all americans.

folks, we ha a sime choice. we can fight about fixing the border or we can fix it. i am ready to fixsend me the bo. host: takes a statements that the president made regarding the senate border bill. to redo some of them. the president saying, it uld sident temporary authority to shut down the border when the number of migrants at the border are overwhelming. the little faxing that this needs context. enabling the executive branch to block people from seeking asylum between ports of entry is illegal immigration reaching a certain level aim to change what happened when people r■qeach t border. that doesn't mean that people won't stop showing up despite the emergency authority. the government's authority to quickly remove people from the u.s. would hinge on i

resources and other countries' willingness to take back immigrants. the phrase from the president, that bill would hire 100 more immigration judges to tackle the back of 2 million cases. the little fact adding, the backlog number is higher than more than 3 million cases in immigration according to the syracuse university transactional records clearinghouse. backlog by o m cases november 2022 to november of 2023. and then to the point of the bill calling for 4300 more asylum officers and new policies ix months instead of six years, politico adding that on average a silent cases in immigration cases take four yearsd> t report report published by the american immigration counsel. it goes on. other aspects from the president speech areeiou want to read that. let's hear from roy in georgia, republican line. caller: i hope that you will let me speakwhen we go back, we conr

abraham to be the father of the christian%c faith, jewish faith, and muslim faith. god promised abraham descendants the land. is said -- destroyed israel. gotta sing today and forever, do not think that he can also destroy america for the sense that we have committed? we have committed more sense than sodom and gomh and the israelites together. host: how does that relate to last night's speech directly? caller: because we talk about we have people coming over into this land, could our land not be destroyed the same way? how many armies come across our borders? host: that is roy in -- roy,

sorry, i didn't mean to interrupt. caller: when you consider that we are destroying god's children through abortion, sex change operation, kids killing kids in, same-sex affection, god created this country. he gave us a conit i hate to say it, but that is the direction we are going. we have rethe point of no return if biden gets in there and continues to destroy our children the way he has been doing for the past three years. host: john, north carolina, independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. this guy talking, heas tliwhen f office, he swore to protect this country. that is not happening. he is letting people in. he doesn't know anything about them. what dyouy who

was hollering up there? i feel sorry for him. what if someone were to kill your daughter or son? letting people come init's awfu. i would never vote for a man that is trying to destroy america. host: tony from woodbridge, virginia, democrats line. caller: good morning. it is amazing how america forget s the past. we forget that we just came out of the pandemic. we forget th p trump had the senate and the house. he built a couplhu border. i wonder why president trump didn't start the border in texas? i wonder why he didn't start the border in arizona, which are republican governors.

they keep saying the biden stopped the border will. where is the border wall that trump built and mexico paid? go. now, it is the immigrants. we are fearing the immigrants. we are fearing crime. every president, democrats or republicans, yes. illegal immigrants, if that is what you want to callcrimes and. the problem is more than the border. it is the dream act, the courts, the laws. politico said that it takes four years for someone to come to get processed to stay in america. four years? if you want to talk about the border wall that trump did not build, trump has no policies, he governs with fear. host: to contrast that, what president biden said about immigration, what you think and how does it contrast with the former president? caller't know.

i read some stuff about mexico would not continue to stay in mexico. hopefully that's true, because i think that that was a bad mistake from america for the democrats not to process immigrants in mexico. i do know that border walls, even the walls of now, don't deter people from crossing the walls were digging under the the wall is not the solution. the wall right now is used for fear. that is the political calling card. outside of that, republicans have not governed in the house. they barely pass laws that help current americans. many bills has the house passed this year? host: robert in indiana, republican line. caller:7 i tell you what, i've never seen such -- i cannot understand people in this country. let these people in here,

illegal or not, we are going to get hit again like 9/11. it's going to be three times worse. these people, biden did this, he is not running this country. he did not write this last night. he rattled on like he is out in left field someplace. absolutely not capable of running this country. you people better wake up. host:hat was it about president biden's statements on immigration that you disagreed with? caller: everything. he don't know what he's doing. he's got nothing to do with that order other than everybody come in here. come in, we will get you whatever you want. whatever you want, we got for in in. he is nothing but an idiot. host: andrew on our independent line in new yo■zrk state.

hello. you are on, go ahead. caller: ok, yeah. i have a situation where both parties have alienated me. i am an honorably discharged u.s. veteran. i did coast guard and immigration. i will never vote for donald trump again. he committed treason and the man is despicable. i don't know how any u.s. soldier stands by that man. that said, i also have joe biden. i have voted democrat almost my whole life. i have joe biden who has screamed i am a scumbag piece of garbage because i am white. so i have one man who wants to be president telling me that i'm a piece of garbage because i come from white people -- st the president's actual speech, what did you get from it? caller: the speech last night, wei said i will never vote for

donald trump because he committed treason. donald trump is not always wrong. i did immigration. den put up is useless. no me ask you, how do you stand there with a clipboard, take 5000 names and say that's enough, no more when you have no physical border? it is an absolute lie. i live in new york city. in long island we have immigrants running all over our neighborhoods every day committing crimes. says that black and brown men are destroying our ■ cities with violent crime, because he won't even talk about it because he no longer can talk about black and brown crime because he will be called a racist. host: andrew in new york state. last night's state of the union is the topic for our time together. if you want to give comments on ed during the

president's speech, the reaction from members of congress, you can do so on the lines. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001independents, (20. one thing they may have seen during the course of the stage ofrge santos, who, as a former member of congress has floor privileges to attend events such as last night, that is being highlighted by several publications. this is the headline from the new york times.expulsion could not keep george santos from attending the state of the union. it also follows up with a tweet or x from george santos about his future, hinting at it, saying, i just witnessed a frail u.s. people from inside the chamber and made personal sacrifices in the name of serving the american people. promises i will never back down because ofs country.

new york has not had a real conservative represent them since i left office arbitrarily. nick bilotta is willing to risk the future for his own political game. after prayer and conversation with my friends and family i made a decision. tonight, i want to announce that i wi b nick for new york's first congressional district and look forward to debating him on his records as a republican. a bipartisan majority is imperative for the survival of our country. aside from the actual speech itself, that is one of the themes from the state of the union. youan find it online. c-span.org if you have the -- c-span.org. if you have the app, you on c-s. the democrats line on last night's state of the union. caller: pedro, you do a great job for c-span. i love joe bid. ■'ve ever had.

his first line of the speech, everyone should know that is true. that is all i have to say. thank you. host: what was it about the first line particularly? caller:putin, if he gets ukraine will keep moving forward, and forward, and forward. trump is a dictator. biden's for the people. trump is for trump. host: republican, west virginia. caller: good morning, pedro. this speech was -- and i do live in rural west virginia and i love it -- it was the most hateful, loud, yelling, talk down to the country of a president i've ever listen i hah

of speeches. not a bunch, but more than i care to. and then to lleople ou taxes, pr fair share. his son, hunter, the of dollarsu and i seen on tv to pay his taxes for him. it takes 10% of our country. you think china is flying balloom alaska to south carolina over every major base in this country, it cost 10%. the man sold the country out and lectur me ke i am a kid? i turned it off. host: what particularly about tax policy weren't too happy with? caller: he sat and lectured the people of this country, the millionaires and billionaires, when he is doing the same thing he is lecturing the country about. he sold the country out.

china, north korea, russia, walk across our border and see howled destroy our country. baloney. host: dale in west virginia. pat in idaho. independent line. caller: thank you for having me on. e speech. i've always been a democrat. i'm disappointed with the democratic party. to h up there. i know that he is a wonderful guy, he is nice and this and er been very good at leadership. not even as vice president. therefore, four years ago when they put him to run i decided to go independent. i couldn't follow the democratic party. i was correct. my gas is high.

i am a and i cannot believe how much i pay for groceries. everything is going up. now, he talks t energy, how great it is. i think that it's wonderful he is putting american workers to work at our■i plants, which were destroyed by a democrat, i hate to say it. because of clinton. nevertheless, they got a job, and i hope it stays. the only thing i wish they would negotiate his job security. none of those jobs go overseas in three or four years. ■vit was not negotiated, it was just a fact of let's get the people working. that's wonderful. i cannot afford an electric car, so therefore i am paying high taxes.

my grocery bills is high. my gasoline is going to be 10 times higher, because i can't afford an electric car. so, all i saw was just a speech. there was nothing there for me. the immigration? he caused it. he stopped it. where has he been -- all those millions -- they say millions and i'm sure there is, are coming across the border, and now he wants to do something? he wants to work with trump to fix it? he was the onehat caused it. anyway, i'm very disappointed with the democratic party. i wasn't impressed with the speech. host: pat in idaho reacting to last night's speech. you can do so online on facebook and x. you can text us too at (202) 748-8003.

president biden expected to travel to philadelphia later today as a follow-up on the state of the union and the many themes that he talked about last night. it is part of an organized system of travel for the biden administration as part of the reelection campaign. in the weeks following the state of the union the president's cabinet and senior administration officials will fan out across the country to speak directly to the american people. travel kicks off on monday with the agriculture secretary to tout investments for farmers, the interior to florida for a climate conference, and a senior advisor touting private sector in texas, transportation secretary pete buttigieg to philadelphia to highlight bridge repairs funded by the bipartisan infrastructure law, while janet yle tout

investments that benefit disadvantaged communities. other state officials will visit 11-27 including south carolina, nevada, massachusetts, new york, california, north carolina, utah, ohio, and later today, stay close to c-span for more information on that trip and the things that he will say. you n do that on the website and follow along on the app. in texas, jonathan on the line for democrats. caller: good morning, pedro. thank you for taking my call. i think that the president's speech was good last night. for a lot of folks to call in, theyf works. the three branches of government. the problem that we are seeing today is not only in t congress but more the fact the people who are voting now. they talk about joe biden. ot wave a magic wand and zap everything away.

it doesn't work that way. republicans wrote a bill to secure the border, then they twr president donald trump to go ahead and not pass the bill until the election is over. what does that tell you? people have been turning aeye ft comes to donald trump. what you saw with marjorie taylor greene sitting there lookingoosh and bringing nothing to the table except for attention to herself, it is what you are seeing across people in this count. the moral fabric has broken down. people are not making decisions that they know are morally correct. that's the issue. donald trump is 91 indictments and all the other issues he has going on and people still try to compare him to joe biden or hunter biden. the only comment that i have going forward is that we need to elect leaders, democrat, republican, or independent, thee the country. host: in wyoming, susan on our

republican line. hello. caller: i am one of those white, christian nationalists that live in flyover country. i just want to make one statement. there is absolute truth and it comes from god. all lies come from satan. all said last night were lies. biden is a satanist. ho: as far as that claim is concerned, we will let that pass. but lies, what did you think was a lie specifically? absolutely everything he said. he caused the border crisis. we have not reduced our national jobs that have been created

have gone mostly to illegal aliens. there is just nothing, nothing truthful about this man. and all lies come from satan. e, hi. go ahead. caller: yes, angry. i have two problems with him. his family does all this stu&■'e to pay taxes. his son doesn't have to pay taxes and he preaches to the whole country about taxes. i can live with that, i understand that taxes keep the country going, but i also know

that he is a complete failure on our border. i see it in our hi see it in ou. you go to our jails, they are completely packed with immigrants. ■oi fe is a bad choice. i can't say trump is perfect, but i ca to me is taking us in the wrong direction. host: you said the speech was angry? what did you mean? caller: he comes off like he is not trying to pull the two people together. to me that was something like reagan. he was someone who could bring groups together. to me, biden, he wants, he is all about pushing onee to the waste and one side to the good. our country is not made of one pay.s made of three parties. independent, republican, and democrat.

his type attitude doesn't pull the country back together. host: jeff in north carolina, another north carolinian, joining us. good morning. caller: how are you doing this mornin well, thank you. caller: pedro, i loved the speech last night. one thing about america, you know, they forget about history. biden started off talking about history. putin. thats the problem with america. biden can only do so much. most americans don't even know how the americanystemyou have y, your congressman, your senator, and then the president. biden's job is to recommend. the other guys are to help pass the laws. the last thing about this border, we have been dealing

with this border for centuries now. instead of fighting over all of these folks came across the border, fix it. you have a chance to fix it, what happens?politics gets in the way. you have to fix the border. host: since the president sets the agenda can he find a way to bring these caller: that's the . there is always going to be that, well,it because it makes k good. people hate on biden, but the truth is the truth. said, when i was in the military, i was overseas. sometimes, i was in germany, sot to following facts. truth be told, they are right.

host: mexico. the republican line. caller: thanks, pedro and c-span. so, the last caller started off with what i wanted to start off with. but he brought it up in a diffi thought that the president started off the speech in a fearful way. ink the nation is fearful right now. he started off the speech bringing them 1941 in his first sentence or two. the precipice of war. then i think he only dug into it deeper. i thought that was unsettling. for something -- a plan.

something i have another couple points i want to bring up. host: you said the nation was fearful? fearful of whacaller: i think tl anxious. i don't think that's an overstatement. i think it is understandable to say that the nation is anxious at this point. host: of what? is it specific or generality? how would you characterize that? caller: it is anxiety. it is a multitude of things. many of the callers have brought it up, the things that we are anxious about. you know? there's fears, whether righteous or not, but we have fears. you know? , my first point is to say him going to 1941 right away

is thatñ1 understandable? it's like, whoa, dude. why are you going to 1941? does that make sense? host: gotcha. we have to move on. e in pensacola, florida. caller: how are you doing this morning? host: fine, go ahead. caller: i'm listenin to all of these colors, and -- callers, and a lot of them don't have a good grasp on reality at all. the callers said the president cannot wave a magic wand right. he can't. congress, which is made up of representatives and the senate, they make the laws and they don't have to agree. they have to tweak the laws,

because there are going to be different viewpoints on either side. a lot of these people talking about immigration has been going on and out-of-control for 20 years. what has happeneded onto it to cause fear and cause issue for y around. because people do. they want something to grab onto . with their doing, every person in this country is an immigrant and came from immigrants. who are the real people in america are the american indians. host: what did president biden offer inller: as far as -- about treating people like they should

be treated. he is acknowledging in an offhand way that our immigrapol. but he is also saying that edlen he was in office, he basically sent us back to where we were doing a concentration camp like we were with japanese people in world war ii. you are putting people in concentration camps. host: cecelia in california on the independent line on last night's state of the union speech. caller: hello. thank you. i thought his state of the union speech was excellent. his age brings him experience and wisdom. host: keep going. you will have to stop listening to the tv because it is delayed.

caller: sorry. his age brings experience and wisdom. he brings back, honesty, respect, character, and -- and■ l. he had something positive for all the people and all ages. the gaza situation, biden is a mediatoù.because of him we havee to get medical and food aid and protection to the innocent. trying toe hostages, yet he gets blamed. the climate situation, he is there. who don't want done violence? why is it mostly men deciding what is best for women's bodies knowing that could never happen to them, when we should be talking to men about rap and

inceste to solve that problem. i am a victim of rape, three times, and not one of them was an immigrant. so, they did a really, really great -- biden did a really great job. host: cecelia ihoughts on the se of the union speech bringing up the issues the president addressed with gaza. you heard in recent days that one of thela the administration was building a pier to help with aid to that sector of the world. there is a follow-up story in the wall street -- offshore pier. when it is in place shipments enabled by the u.sers and allies will flow to gaza initially from cyprus. the biden administration is looking to at least one american company to coordinate deliveries to gaza through the new maritime corridor using commercialcordinr

with the plan, the company, made up of former u.s. government, military, and united nations officials will lead efforts to secure the ships, coordinate with the israeli government, the u.n., and gazans on the ground. that is the first hour of two looking the union speech. you can comment on it before the house comes in at 9:00. (202) 748-8000#6) 748-8001 for . (202) 748-8002 for independents. text us if you wish at (202) 748-8003. last night's speech from the president garnered a republican response from alabama senator katie britt. the headline from the associated press, katie britt callsinished" you can find that response on our website and app.

[video clip] >> let's be honest, it's been a minute since joe biden pumped gas, ran a carpool meanwhile, the rest of us see our dollar and we know it doesn't go awe see it every day. and despite what he tells you, our not safer. for years, the left has coddled criminalswfpolice oil -- all whg repeat offenders walk free. the result is tragic but foreseeable. from a small town to america's most iconic cities, life is getting more and more dangerous. fortunately, president biden's weakness isn't■? here at home, s

making us a punchline on the world stage. where i'm from, your word is your bond. for three years, the president has demonstrated that america's wo doesn'to. from abandoning our allies in hiafghanistan and desperately pushing another dangerous deal with iran. president biden has failed. we become a nation in retat and the enemies of freedom, they see an opportunity. brutal aggression in europe has put our allies on the brink. proxies have slaughtered israeli

, jews and american citizens. they targeted commercial shipping and they've attacked our t nearly 200 times since october, killing three u.s. soldiers and two navy seals. meanwhile, the chinese communist party is undercutting american workers. farmland, spying on her military installations and spreading propaganda through the likes of tiktok. see, the ccp knows that if it conquer■03(th generation, its america. and well, he bans tiktok for government employees but creates an account for his ownn.

you can't make this stuff up. we all recall whe president faced a national security threat with strength and resolve. that seems like ancienstright nr commander-in-chief is not in command. the free world deserves better than a dithering and diminished leader. er deserves leaders who recognize that secure borders, stable prices, safe streets and defense are actually the cornerstones of a great nation. ask yourself, are you better off now than you were three years ago check in host: a portion of

■gth republican response from alabama republican senator katie britt. the new york times and its fact-check pisan thi■'■a ■$ there is more there from not only the response but president biden's state of the union speech. if you go to the washington times, a story appearing there according to sources that when it comes to the pending vice presidential choice for former president trump that now senator

britt is on the shortlist according to those interviewed in the piece. not only her but senator marco rubio, senator j.d. vance, republican from ohio. you can read more there at the washington times. texas, democrats line, good morning. caller: good morning. are you speaking to me? host: you're on. ca i thought it was a wonderful speech. he was not on the defense like the republicans seem to be. he is getting a lot -- he would be getting a lot more done if he had a few more of the smirking house speaker, not with his smirk and the republican standing with him. r thing i thought was very appalling, the house speaker should have had the cap

thrown out. that was not any integrity and they don't have any integrity. if trump was around in 1942, he would have already beenbecause'- won. his daddy and him, his wife even said it, peace [indiscernible] by the nazis. if the folks that h integrity d would listen to something other than fox news and should be

stopped from being allowed to broadcast several years back in europe because of their>+ lie ad then they came to america. people who follow trump and his lies are only those that watch host: she highlighted the speaker mike johnson's responses or at least fa responses. the new york times picks up that as well. there are pictures if you go to the website. again, there is a collection of pictures so take a look at them as we hear from chris in stafford, virginia, republican line. caller: what's going on, everybody? i think the caller dropped off.

we will hear from joe in main gd thanks for taking my call. thank you for taking my call and good morning. are you there? host: you are on, go ahead. caller: thank?outh is just the first time i called trump was in the presidency for little over a year and the message we were talking about was whether or not he s lyingbo his ties being made in china. liar, ms. katiejust showed that whatever her name is. she got called out on whar the fact checking was on several items. she also, remember the republicans said trump diot stop the immigration bill.

she wrote it. she was on the committee that wrote that bill. it was a bipartisan bill. that doesn't mean you like guys and girls. bipartisan means it's a bill produced by the republicans thee independents that the government in the unid states always did for over 200 years until donald trump came on red faced, orange faced, more on liar. he is still lying. host: as far as the speech last night, what did you think? caller: it was fantastic. incognito joe called out every republican on the floor. did you notice how he went right to john robinson, the supreme court? did you get a kick out of that? that was hilarious.did you see g

to look away? kavanaugh would still be pushing a broom somewhere. susan collins did not get up s5 minutes straight did anyone see susan collins give a speech longer than two minutes? host: we will leave it there. a lot of people saw a lot of things including the president's statements toward it's still ave website if you want to see it there at c-span.org and eric at fat c-span now -- and how are after at c-span now. caller: good morning, thank you for c-span. biden did an awesome job. i appreciate him hitting every topic that has been discussed on

all news platforms. he discussed women's rights, he discussed the tax■çes, sed ukra, gun legislation, housing, trying ut, the bottom up. if you did not listen to president biden's entire in andn opinion. i actually sat there on my bed with my legs folded. i did not move for the entire hour of his speech. president biden is a capitalist. he comes from a state where business and corporations, that's how it's run. biden is no fool. when i hear callers calling in talking about how they are ggling and they can't pay their bills, you pay your phone

bill, you are paying gas to getting your vehicle. there are some americans who don't have a cell phone and can't pay their bills and can't go to the grocery store to ration outd2on food. i am an african-american woman who's struggled. my mother is still working at the age of 70. she is a housekeeper. that woman doesn't complain about anything. i'm do■,ing be than my mom but i make sure i put a couple of dollars in her pocket to make sure she is ok. i make sure i go out and purchase my mother's groceries n indication she needs it. when it comes to people on sociy calling in and saying they don't have it, where are your kids? not only that, i will try to

finish off quickly -- i hear a lot of southern states are struggling. if housing, your gas prices and everything else, you need to remove whoever is in congress or whoever your mayor is because they are not worrying about you. host: let's hear from a