war profiteers. well it's true g.m.t. and 9 pm in washington d.c. where u.s. president ronald trump is about to deliver his 3rd and last state of the union address of his current term mr thanks for joining me well let's now take you to capitol hill from where we'll bring you that speech live as well as the democratic rebuttal but will follow now the speech according to the white house is titled the great american comeback and president trump is making it on the eve of his expected impeachment acquittal by the republican majority senate he's expected to give an upbeat state of the union address using it primarily as a reelection platform focusing on jobs and the economy well there's also

speculation he may use it to criticize democrats who have had a chaotic start to their process to select a presidential candidate for november's election it's taken almost 24 hours for partial results to emerge from that 1st contest of the iowa caucus now president trump has called it an unmitigated disaster now with 62 percent of those votes counted pete is marginally ahead of bernie sanders elizabeth warren is that while former vice president joe biden is trailing in 4th place the democratic party has apologized for that long delay in announcing those results calling it unacceptable its claim to technical glitch but says the numbers are accurate and we are still waiting for those final results but both footage and cylinders are already claiming victory well let's now go back to our white house correspondent candy how good he is at capitol hill for us this evening kimberly i know president trump is unpredictable at the best of times but all we're expecting him tonight to mention either of those 2 i words iowa or impeachment. it's

certainly unclear if we're going to get teleprompter trump or we're going to get twitter trump based on past experience i think it's the latter given the fact that we know this president the white house has said is expected to have a bit of an upbeat mood to focus on the great american comeback if you will is the theme of the speech it may end up being a lot like a shopping list or a laundry list of the successes that the president sees with his campaign so far but you've touched on a very important point and that is that impeachment looms large over these proceedings as we watch of waiting the president to speak and set the tone of this speech the tone is already been set by many of the members who were either absent some democratic members of congress saying they choose not to attend this they feel it would normalize the president's behavior that they feel has been criminal in nature in fact the woman who launched the impeachment inquiry the house speaker

nancy pelosi will be standing behind us president donald trump as he delivers the speech she will be wearing white as will many of the democratic members of congress signifying something that started last year in the tradition has been carried on equal rights for women and women's rights and advocacy so there is going to be a very strong tone in the midst of all of this the fact that the president has not yet been acquitted something that makes this difficult for the president still the white house says he intends to press on and move forward with what he sees as the successes of his presidency and kimberly i understand that nancy pelosi and president trump haven't spoken now and some what's the mood like there on capitol hill tonight what can we expect. well that's what everybody is holding their breath waiting to see is what will happen the fact that there has been notable tension between donald trump and the house speaker the fact that she launched this inquiry and the president has still not been acquitted of it in fact i want to bring in one

of our guests is a film layer face on al-jazeera it's steve clemons host out of the bottom line stick it over the study abroad of something very important that i wanted to discuss with you the awkwardness of this moment of having nancy pelosi standing behind the u.s. president talk us through how that they impact on their ever have an easy moment you may remember last time we did this nancy pelosi did the big laugh like this very slowly so in normal times they don't have an easy relationship and tonight of course impeachment is still technically going on but president trump has a this is the 1st real speech of his reelection bid and he's going to try to reach a different crowd of voters to show that this impeachment process has not slowed him down that he is getting stuff done he's getting stuff done for working americans and he's going to try and reach out to the bernie frank you know bernie sanders folks and to show them that he's a better bet for them than some of the choices in the democratic party but will the

president be able to show he's getting something done we have the excerpts from the white house and one of the things the president is expected to talk about his health care that he will never let socialism destroy american health care but he hasn't done anything to change health care so what he is a master of rhetoric of saying he is the one that on prescription drug prices has called the drug companies to account called pharma to account and is going after those those drug prices but saying that the way forward is not obamacare not socialized medicine that would put us with the rest of the world and still embracing what he calls the excellence of the u.s. medical system for people so you know i think what's really interesting about donald trump is he asserts a lot of things and we go back later and we check the fact. and you're absolutely right that there are problems and holes in his health care assertions of i'm sorry i'm going to interrupt you there because i'm going to take you right back to that chamber on capitol hill where they are pillaging now for president on one front who has taken the podium i mean similar clapping for her husband and he is going to

address the chamber any minute let's listen in and watch for all of that tension that we potentially could see between president trumka and nancy pelosi who is standing behind him in the why is he can also see the vice president there standing behind him so that's a that's a very full chamber the saving the the president of the united states allen well. well well well well. thank you very much.

madam speaker mr vice president members of congress. the 1st lady of the united states led well . of our choices 3 years ago we launched the great american comeback tonight a state for you to share the incredible results. jobs are booming incomes are so real poverty is plummeting crime is crawling confidence is surgery and our country is thriving. and highly respected again

thank you old little america's enemies are on the run. america's fortunes are on the rise and america's future is blazing bright and. the years of economic tick a are over thank goodness . the days of our country being used taken advantage of and even scorned by other nations are long behind us

and dying to wear the broken promises jobless recoveries and tired platitudes and constant excuses for the depletion of american wealth power and prestige. in just 3 short years we have shattered the mentality of. american decline and we have rejected the downsizing of americans destiny we have totally rejected the downsizing. we are moving forward 'd at a pace that was unimaginable just a short time ago and we are never ever going badly while

. i am thrilled to report to you tonight that our economy is the best it has ever been our military is completely rebuilt with its power being unmatched anywhere in the world and it's not even close our borders are secure our families are flourishing our values are renewed our pride is restored and for all of these reasons i say to the people of our great country and to the members of congress. the state of our union is stronger than ever before thank god . the vision i will lay out this evening demonstrates how we are

building the world's most prosperous and inclusive society one where every citizen can join in america's unparalleled success and where every community can take part in america's extraordinary rise from the instant i took office i moved rapidly to revive the u.s. economy slashing a record number of job killing regulations enacting historic and record setting tax cuts and fighting for fair and we separate go trade agreements 100 lalage and it is relentlessly pro worker pro-family pro growth and most of all 'd pro american. would

lead. we're advancing with unbridled optimism and lifting our citizens of every race color religion and creed very very high since my election we have created 7000000 new jobs 5000000 more than government experts projected during the previous administration. you'll. find the unemployment rate is the lowest in over half a century while ensuring tragically the average unemployment rate under my administration is lower than any administration in the

history of our country. 100 langton i don't if we hadn't reversed the failed economic policies of the previous administration the world would not now be witnessing this great economic success was exactly why did employment rate for african-americans hispanic americans and asian americans has reached the lowest levels in history while

i don't have to recruit american youth unemployment has. it's reached an all time low thank you. could american property has declined to the lowest rate ever recorded and the end of the driving range for women reached the lowest level in almost 70 years and last year women failed 72 percent of all new jobs added. together. the veterans unemployment rate dropped to a record low. the

unemployment rate for disabled americans has reached an all time low. began. workers without a high school diploma have achieved the lowest unemployment rate recorded in u.s. history together thanks number of young americans are now employed. under the last administration more than 10000000 people were added to the food stamp rolls under my administration 7000000 americans have come off food stamps and

10000000 people have been lifted off of welfare would rank. i'd. like you to. it 8 years under the last administration over 300000 working age people dropped out of the workforce in just 3 years of my administration 3500000 people working age people have joined the workforce. would

lead since byelection the net worth of the bottom half of wage earners has increased by 47 percent 3 times faster than the increase for the top one percent. after decades of flat and falling incomes wages are rising fast and wonderfully they are rising fastest for low income workers who have seen a 16 percent pay increase since my election. i don't this is a blue collar boom. i'd

. had real median household income is now at the highest level ever. recorded. since trial action u.s. stock markets have soared 70 percent adding more than 12 trillion dollars to our nation's wealth transcending anything anyone believed was possible this is a record it is something that every country in the world is looking up to date by air. consumer confidence has just reached amazing new highs all of those millions of people with for a one ks and pensions are doing far better than they have ever done before with increases of 607-080-9100 percent and even more jobs in

investments are pouring into 9000 previously neglected neighborhoods thanks to opportunity zones a plan spearheaded by sen to stride. length . in other words wealthy people and companies are pouring money into poor neighborhoods or areas that haven't seen investment in many decades creating jobs energy and excitement thank you thank you says the 1st time that these deserving communities have seen anything like this it's all working opportunity zones are helping americans like army veteran tony rankin's from cincinnati ohio after struggling

with drug addiction tony losses his house and his family he was homeless but then tony found a construction company that invests an opportunity zones he is now a top tradesmen drug free reunited with his family and he is here tonight tony keep up the great work tony 100 the intellect. thank you tony there are an economy has for the 1st time ever given many

former prisoners the ability to get a grade and a fresh start. this 2nd chance at life is made possible because we passed landmark criminal justice reform into law everybody said that criminal justice reform couldn't be done but i got it done and the people in this room got it done and was thad cochran. thanks to our bold regulatory reduction campaign the united states has become the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. lead

lined with the tremendous progress we've made over the past 3 years america's now energy independent and edgy jobs like so many other elements of our country are at a record high look. we're doing numbers that no one would have thought possible just 3 years ago likewise we are restoring our nation's manufacturing might even though predictions were as you all know that this could never ever be done after losing 60000 factories under the previous 2 administrations america has now gained 12000 new factories under my administration with thousands upon thousands of plants and factories being planned or being built and look

. companies are not believing they are coming back to the usa look fact is that everybody wants to be where the action is in the united states of america is indeed the place where the action is. one of the biggest promises i made to the american people was to replace the disastrous nafta trade deal. look. will interact unfair trade is perhaps the single biggest reason that i decided to run for president following nafta's adoption our nation lost one in 4 manufacturing jobs many politicians came and went pledging to change or replace nafta only to do

so and then absolutely nothing happened but unlike so many who came before me i keep my promises we did our job. thank you 6 days ago i replaced nafta and signed the brand new us mexico canada agreement into law the us m.c.a. will create nearly 100000 new high paying american auto jobs and massively boost exports for our farmers ranchers and factory workers. 100 it will also bring trade with mexico and canada to a much higher level but also to be a much greater degree of fairness and reciprocity we will have that share inus and

recipe prosody and i say that finally because it's been many many years that we were treated fairly on trade. 100 this is the 1st major trade deal in many years to earn the strong backing of america's labor unions $300.00 i also promised our citizens that i would impose tariffs to confront china's massive theft of america's jobs our strategy has worked days ago we signed a groundbreaking new agreement with china that will defend our workers protect our intellectual property bring billions and billions of dollars into our treasury and open vast new markets for products made and grown right here in the usa. thank

god for decades china has taken advantage of the united states now we have changed that but at the same time we have perhaps the best relationship we've ever had with china including with president xi they respect what we've done because quite frankly they could never really believe that they were able to get away with what they were doing year after year decade after decade without someone in our country stepping up and saying that's enough. 100 now we want to rebuild our country and that's exactly what we're doing we are rebuilding our country. as we re still or. american leadership throughout the world we are once again standing up for freedom in our hemisphere i

don't. that's why my administration reversed the failing policies of the previous administration on cuba. i didn't create supporting the hopes of cubans nicaraguans unvetted venezuelans to restore democracy the united states is leading a 59 nation diplomatic coalition against the socialist dictator of venezuela nicolas maduro. i'd like to do. a tyrant who brutalizes his people but mitt duras grip on tyranny will be smashed

and broken here this evening it's a very brave man. who carries with him the hopes dreams and aspirations of all that as well and joining us in the gallery is the true and legitimate president of venezuela one glide because the ties are thank you so. sure exactly. thank you mr president great honor thank you very much please take this message

back that all americans are united with the venezuelan people in their righteous struggle for freedom thank you very much for. example . thank you very much. socialism destroys nations but always remember freedom unifies the saul thank you all the safeguard american liberty we have invested a record breaking $2.00 trillion dollars in the united states military

100 langton . we have purchased the finest planes missiles rockets ships and every other form of military equipment and it's all made right here in the usa 100 lire are also getting our allies finally to help pay their fair share. 100 live raised contributions from other nato members by more than $400000000000.00 and

the number of allies meeting their minimum obligations has more than doubled and just weeks ago for the 1st time since president truman established the air force more than 70 years earlier we created a brand new branch of the united states armed forces it's called the space force 10300 little. in the gallery tonight we have a young gentleman. and what he wants so badly 13 years old in launch a he's an 8th grader from arizona and please stand up. he has always dreamed of going to space he was the 1st in his class and among the youngest at an

aviation academy he aspires to go to the air force academy and then he has his eye on the space force as he and says most people look up in space i want to look down on the world. began but sitting behind him tonight is his greatest hero of them all charles mcgee he was born in cleveland ohio one century ago charles is one of the last surviving tuskegee airman the 1st black fighter pilots and he also happens to be ian's great grandfather

god god began . was. told to begin. a. credible story after more than 130 combat missions in world war 2 he came back home to a country still struggling for civil rights and went on to serve america in korea and vietnam. on december 7th charles celebrated his 100th birthday thank you.

god god. god thank you to. a few weeks ago i signed a bill promoting charles mcgee to brigadier general and earlier today i pin the stars on his shoulders in the oval office general mcgee our nation salutes you thank you sir thank you .

from the pilgrims to the founders from the soldiers at valley forge to the marchers at selma. and from president lincoln to the reverend martin luther king americans have always rejected the limits on our children's future members of congress we must never forget that the only victories that matter in washington are victories that deliver for the american people. would like the people of the heart of our country their dreams are the soul of our country and their love is what powers and sustains our country. we must always remember that our job is to put america 1st and

will and the the the next step forward in building an inclusive society is making sure that every young american gets a great education and the opportunity to achieve the american dream yet for too long countless american children have been trapped in failing government schools to rescue the students 18 states have created school choice in the form of opportunity scholarships for programs are so popular that tens of thousands of students remain on a waiting list one of those students is janaya davis a 4th grader from philadelphia tonight thala

will cause tonight is mom stephanie is a single parent she would do anything to give her daughter a better future but last year that future was put further out of reach when pennsylvania's governor vetoed legislation to expand school choice to 50000 children janaya and stephanie. or in the gallery stephanie thank you so much for being here with your beautiful daughter thank you very much will a little and but you know i have some good news for you because i am pleased to

inform you that your long wait is over i can proudly announce tonight that an opportunity scholarship has become available is going to you and you will soon be heading to the school of your choice length will finally now i call on congress to give 1000000 american children the same opportunity janaya has just received past the education freedom scholarships and opportunities act because no parent should be forced to send their child to

a failing government school will and every young person should have a safe and secure environment in which to learn and to grow. for this reason our magnificent 1st lady has launched the be best initiative to advance a safe healthy supportive and drug free life for the next generation online in school and in our communities thank you milan a year for your extraordinary love and profound care for america's children thank you very much thad will cause a in my administration is determined to

give our citizens the opportunities they need regardless of age or background through our pledge to american workers over 400 companies will also provide new jobs and education opportunities to almost 15000000 americans my budget also contains an exciting vision for our nation's high schools the night i ask congress to support our students and back my plan to offer vocational and technical education in every single high school in america i lead law to expand equal opportunity i am also proud that we achieved record and

permanent funding for our nation's historically black colleges and universities length a good life for american families also requires the most affordable innovative and high quality health care system on earth. before i took office health insurance premiums had more than doubled in just 5 years i moved quickly to provide affordable alternatives our new plans are up to 60 percent less expensive and better figure i have also made an ironclad pledge to american families we will always protect

patients with preexisting conditions was ignored. and we will always protect your medicare and we will always protect your social security all the way god exists the american patient should never be blindsided by medical bills that is why i signed an executive order requiring price transparency. bigger many experts believe that transparency which will go into full effect at the beginning of next

year will be even bigger than health care reform i began it will save families massive amounts of money for substantially better care but as we work to improve americans health care. there are those who want to take away your health care take away your doctor and abolish private insurance entirely. 132 lawmakers in this room have endorsed legislation to impose a socialist takeover of our health care system wiping out the private health insurance plans of 180000000 very happy americans. to those watching at home tonight i want you to know we will never let socialism destroy american health care and leonard

law over 130 legislators in this chamber have endorsed legislation that would bankrupt our nation by providing free taxpayer funded health care to millions of illegal aliens forcing taxpayers to subsidize free care for anyone in the world who are lawfully crosses our borders these proposals would raid the medicare benefits of our seniors and that our seniors depend on while acting as a powerful lure for illegal immigration that is what is happening in california and other states their systems are totally out of control costing taxpayers vast and unaffordable amounts of money. if forcing american taxpayers to provide unlimited

free health care to illegal alien sounds fair to you then stand with the radical left but if you believe that we should defend american patients and american seniors then stand with me and pass legislation to privet free government health care for illegal aliens would lead this will be a tremendous boon to our already very strongly guarded southern border where as we speak a long tall and very powerful wall is being built. 100 line. we have now completed over 100 miles and have over 500 miles

fully completed in a very short period of time early next year and we will have substantially more than 500 miles completed my administration is also take it on the big pharmaceutical companies we have approved a record number of affordable generic drugs and medicines are being approved by the f.d.a. at a faster clip than ever before. 100 law and i was pleased to announce last year that for the 1st time in 51 years the cost of prescription drugs actually went down thank. god i would be working together congo. this can reduce drug prices substantially from current levels i've been speaking to senator

chuck grassley of iowa and others in congress in order to get something on drug pricing done and done quickly and properly i'm calling for bipartisan legislation that achieves the goal of dramatically lowering prescription drug prices get a bill in my desk and i will sign it into law 'd immediately. allied . with. the. drug overdose deaths declined for the 1st time in nearly 30 years alamo to the states hardest hit ohio is

down 22 percent pennsylvania is down 18 percent wisconsin is down 10 percent and we will not quit until we have beaten the opioid epidemic once and for all 100 line by protecting americans health also means fighting infectious diseases we are coordinating with the chinese government and working closely together on the corona virus outbreak in china my administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat we have launched ambitious new initiatives to substantially improve care for americans with kidney disease alzheimer's and those struggling with mental health.

and because congress was so good as to fund my request new cures for childhood cancer and we will eradicate the aids epidemic in america by the end of this decade. to god almost every american family knows the pain when a loved one is diagnosed with a serious illness here tonight is a special man be loved by millions of americans who just received a stage for advantage cancer diagnosis this is not good news but what is good news is that he is the greatest fighter and winner that you will ever meet rush limbaugh thank you for you don't.

ignore . dead . dead and rush. in recognition of all that you have done for our nation the millions of people a day that you speak to and that you inspire and all of the incredible work that you have done for charity. i am proud to announce tonight that you will be receiving our country's highest civilian honor the presidential medal of freedom we were

god . i will now ask the 1st lady of the united states to present you with the honor of place. he was. was

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we know that america is constantly achieving new medical breakthroughs in 2017 doctors at st luke's hospital in kansas city delivered one of the earliest premature babies ever to survive. born in just 21 weeks and 6 days and weighing less than a pound ellie schneider was a born fighter through the skill of her doctors and the prayers 'd of our parents little ellie kept on winning the battle of life today ellie is a strong healthy 2 year old 'd girl sitting with her amazing mother robin in the gallery ellie and robin we're glad to have you with us thank you thank thang

gallery reminds us that every child is a miracle of life. and thanks to modern medical wonders 50 percent of very premature babies delivered at the hospital where ellie was born now survive incredible thing thank you very much thank you should be to ensure that every baby has the best chance to thrive and grow just like ellie that is why i'm asking congress to provide an additional $50000000.00 to fund neonatal research for america's youngest patients would

like that is why i'm also calling upon members of congress here tonight to pass legislation finally banning the late term abortion debate was into over whether we're republican democrat or independent surely we buy the stall agree that every human life is a sacred gift from god as we support america's moms and dads i was recently proud to sign the law providing new parents in the federal workforce paid family leave serving as a model for the rest of the country thank

you to . thank you now i call on congress to pass the bipartisan adventuring support for working families act extending family leave to mothers and fathers all across our nation. i go $40000000.00 american families have an average $2200.00 extra thanks to our child tax credit i go over also overseen historic funding increases for high quality child care enabling 17 states to help more children many of which have reduced or eliminated their wait

lists altogether. i go and i sent congress a plan with a vision to further expand access to high quality child care and urge you to act immediately 100. 9 who protect the environment days ago i announced that the united states will join the one trillion trees initiative an ambitious effort to bring together government and private sector to plant new trees in america and all around the world i guess we must also rebuild america's infrastructure thank god i

go to pasadena to john barrasso highway bill to invest in new roads bridges and tunnels all across our land. i'm also committed to ensuring that every citizen can have access to high speed internet including and especially in rural america to lead lives better tomorrow for all americans also requires us to keep america safe that means supporting the men and women of law enforcement at every level including our nation's heroic ice officers would

last year our brave ice offices arrested more than 120000 criminal aliens charge with nearly $10000.00 burglaries $5000.00 sexual assaults 45000 violent assaults and 2000 murders tragically there are many cities in america where radical politicians have chosen to provide sanctuary for these criminal illegal aliens. in sanctuary cities local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ice to be safely removed just 29 days ago a criminal alien freed by the same sure city of new york was charged with the brutal rape and murder of a 92 year old woman the killer had been previously arrested for assault but under

new york's sanctuary policies he was set free if the city had honored ice's detainer request his victim. would still be alive today the state of california passed an outrageous law declaring their whole state to be a stank singer for criminal illegal immigrants a very terrible sanctuary with catastrophic results here's just one tragic example in december $2800.00 california police detained an illegal alien with 5 prior arrests including convictions for robbery and assault but is required by california's sanctuary law local authorities released him days later the criminal alien went on a gruesome spree of deadly violence he viciously shot one man going about his daily .