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good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump have delivered his first state of the union address with the main focus on the economy and immigration trump opened the speech with a call to seek out common ground and he summoned unity and told the nation that there had never been a better time to live the american dream and he also made mention of prison reform shortly before he delivered the address the white house announced that trump and signed an executive order to keep guantanamo bay prison open. president trump also discussed the hopes and fears of the american people alluding to his pledge to make the country great again evelyn. listed one year has passed since i first heard at this podium in this majestic chamber to speak on

behalf of the american people and to address their concerns their hopes and their dreams. that night our new administration had already taken very swift action. a new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land each day since we have gone forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission to make america great again for all americans. of her and there was the u.s. president there donald trump talking about the right just mission of the united states are joining us now is our washington bureau chief alexander phenomenon she has been with us listening analyzing that speech there alexandra let's talk about the key points here i mean it is being called trump's mammoth speech because it was so long i mean we're talking about what an hour and

a half much longer than expected what would you say what were the key points that he drove home in this first state of the union address. i would say that it was a presidential speech and he was really trying to send this message of for a unique scene and it was a very wise move to start this speech by introducing his gaffes by talking about this american hero a veteran first responders people who risked their lives to save others and it was very good to start this speech by talking about the american people that they are great that they are able to manage any challenge and that they are the reason why the president is calling upon all members of congress democrats and republicans to work together because these are the people as the president said who we are elected

to serve and that's the key so it was a good start however i would say that the president missed the opportunity to really offer a concrete compromise that democrats could agree on yet there were a lot of positives that the president put in the speech the themes the issues that many would say would have been the negatives were noticeably absent from his speech let's talk about the what he included and that of course is the good news about the economy he spent well over half an hour talking about the u.s. economy it was just take a listen to a little bit of what he had to say. since the election we have created two point four million new jobs. to each including two hundred thousand new jobs in manufacturing alone thank you. so alexandra i mean

he was really trying to drive home to the american public that now is the time to feel good about yourselves again particularly because your paychecks going to be bigger did it work i mean is he speaking to troops there i was on a can you hear me looks like we've lost alexander and it just. looks like we lost xandra in washington we will try to see if we can reestablish that connection they are all right we're going to move on we're going to try to come back to alexander just a few moments of we want to move on to some of the other stories that are making news around the world and the first is political turmoil in kenya the government

says at wald opposition leader why looting has national resistance movement now it came after odinga took a symbolic presidential oath of office at a mock inauguration ceremony in nairobi edina has disputed the country's presidential election results since last august the supreme court ordered a rerun last october which he boycotted calling is shale after the ceremony of updated his twitter profile to describe himself as the president of the republic of kenya and in a tweet showing him at the mock inauguration he described himself as graciously accepting the mandate granted us by the kenyan people. thousands assembled in the kenyan capital to support opposition leader while. supporters have been gathering in a hula park since early this morning. it's an important day for us and our

come on time i don't want to miss our sorrow we are with. this is that was odd that the citizen of this country are not allowed to this will be a summer here and the left all presidents as well that. the police initially used tear gas to disperse the crowd while odinga wanted to use this occasion to denounce a vision he says was brought about by election rigging at noon he was cited an oath of office in a mock inauguration and pronounced himself the people's president. says today is a historical day in our country of kenya he said kenyans have decided to remove themselves from the dictatorship that came about through. shortly after his speech disappeared kenya's attorney general has threatened to charge him with treason which could lead to capital punishment the government has denounced the opposition as a quote organized criminal group despite international recognition of president hu

kenyatta as we election amid low voter turnout he had three private broadcaster shut down to prevent a live transmission of a ceremony presenter telling the minister that every can have the right information to censor and that was just what it would thing is that we have social media which we're not using and that is a very. big to get information out is was an instrumental role has been complements . the situation remained calm despite the turn of events in the kenyan capital over the past few months where the ninety kenyans have been killed in election related to speech. i want to go back now to our top story and that is the first state of the union address by u.s. president donald trump that speech was wrapped up a balance half hour ago let's go now to our washington bureau chief speaking of back to her alexander phenomenal xander there you are again. let's talk

a little bit about the fact that the president was so positive about the economy he was telling the american people that now is the time to feel good again about their future you know saying a lot of it has to do with the fact that their paychecks are going to be getting bigger. was he's thinking there were more to what he hopes will be true always is speaking there to the drug. well we have to admit that economy is growing that. that wage in that there are ways in wages and that the stock market has hit a high so that's true what the president was talking about of course we have to see wherever the americans are going to be happy with his tax reform and the interesting thing is that president trump tends to take credit for what's going on

the number because economy for its gross many democrats however argue that it was the obama administration he actually should take credit for america's growing economy because it started during the obama administration. and trump also focused on the issue of migration we know that that has been a that has probably been the issue that has prevented him from getting any bipartisan agreements in congress that led to the shutdown that we saw just a week and a half ago let's take a listen to what he said tonight about migration. my duty and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend americans to protect your safety their families their communities and their right

to the american dream because americans are dreamers too. and that was an interesting. phrase there americans are dreamers so. was he speaking directly to his base there alexander i mean what did he mean there exactly. well what he meant and he was speaking to his base tool his supporters was what he meant was the fact that he feels that he's loyalty belongs to the american people and that he first has to think about the american people about american citizens and that is of course nothing that many democrats in the house a wanted to hear or dreamers those young. immigrants who

was brought who were brought by their parents illegally to the united states and were also guest of the democrats watching this speech of president in the house chamber so it was definitely a man or an. audience here he said days. and he did also talk about north korea tonight although it came in the last segment of the speech he recognizes a north korean defector who was one of the guests he had invited to this speech. how did you read that you know you were saying earlier that one of the strong things was the president having these gifts that he spoke to you have been there was a lot of political theater on showbiz tonight how did you read it was it was it a smart move to pull this defector in this way. while it was

a thing to have to say there is during this speech in the loop be interesting to see how the north korean regime is going to react and it was also interesting to hear what the president has had to say about north korea because actually we were awaiting i opening remarks on north korea as one senior white house official sat for the speech but there was nothing like that but the president made clear that he things of that to rebuild every need america's nuclear arsenal is the best way to deal with north korea and america make pressure come pain actually working this was his message during his state of the union address our rights our washington bureau chief alexander phenomena on the story for us tonight on his first state of the union speech by president trump all

xander thank you. democratic congressman joe kennedy delivered his party's rebuttal to president trump's state of the union speech just after the president finished. indeed as a young legislator in the house of representatives seen as a rising star in the party of trump's speech feature of a nation new nine used in recovery kennedy criticized the president's first year in office as a chaotic period marked by partisanship he also blamed the president for inspiring fear among many american. and a reminder of that top story that we've been following for you all through the night as we have been bringing you special coverage of president trump's first state of the union address the president held what he called a new american moment highlighting job creation soaring stock markets and rising wages he called the president the best shot to start living the american dream and

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