rallied her community and raised more than forty thousand dollars for the fight against cancer thank you i thank when grace completed treatment last fall her doctors and nurses cheered they loved her they still love her with tears in their eyes as she hung up a poster that read last day of chemo i thank you. thank you thank you.

thank you very much grace you are a great inspiration to everyone in this room thank you very much. many childhood cancers have not seen new therapies in decades my budget will ask congress for five hundred million dollars over the next ten years to fund this critical lifesaving research to help support working parents the time has come to pass school choice for americans children thank you i'm also proud to be the first president to include in my budget a play and for nationwide pay. family leave so that every new parent has the

chance to bond with their newborn child. either there could be no greater contrast to the beautiful image of a mother holding her infant child then the chilling displays our nation saw in recent days. lawmakers in new york cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother's womb moments from birth. these are living feeling beautiful babies who will never get the chance to share their love and their dreams with the world. and then we had the case of the governor of

virginia where he stated he would execute a baby after birth. to defend the dignity of every person i am asking congress to pass legislation to prohibit the late term abortion illegal be i were you eat let us work together to build a culture that cherishes innocent life thank

you one and let us reaffirm a fundamental truth. all children born and unborn are made in the holy image of god the final part. of my agenda. is to protect american security over the last two years we have begun to fully rebuild the united states military with seven hundred billion dollars last year and seven hundred sixteen billion dollars this year. we are also getting other nations to pay their

fair share. i was . for years the united states was being treated very unfairly. by friends of ours. members of nato. but now we have secured. over the last couple of years more than one hundred billion dollars of increase in defense spending from our nato allies they said they couldn't do was part of our military buildup the united states is developing

a state of the art missile defense system. under my administration we will never apologize for advancing america's interests for example. decades ago the united states entered into a treaty with russia in which we agreed to limit and reduce our missile capability. while we followed the agreement in the rules to the letter. russia repeatedly violated its terms. it going on for many years that is why i announced that the united states is officially withdrawing from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or i.n.f. treaty perhaps i

think. we really have no choice perhaps we can negotiate a different agreement adding china and others or perhaps we can't in which case we will outspend and out innovate all of those by far i as part of a bold new diplomacy we continue our historic push for peace on the korean peninsula our hostages have come home nuclear testing has stopped. and there has not been a missile launch in more than fifteen months. if i had not been elected

president of the united states we would right now in my opinion be in a major war with north korea. i much work remains to be done but my relationship with kim jong un is a good one. german kim and i will meet again on february twenty seventh and twenty eighth in vietnam. one of the m two weeks ago the united states officially recognized the legitimate government of venezuela and its new president the launch of the a

e we stand with the venezuelan people in their noble quest for freedom. and we condemn the brutality of the madero regime who socialist policies have turned that nation from being the wealthiest in south america into a state of abject poverty and despair the i'm here in the united states we are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country. america was founded on liberty and independence and not government coersion domination and control we are born free ride we will stay away it

will i'm sure you a. tonight we renewed our resolve. that america will never be a socialist country while . one of the most complex set of challenges we face and have for many years is in the middle east

our approach is based on principle realists and not discredited theories that have failed for decades to yield progress. for this reason my administration recognized the true capital of israel and proudly opened the american embassy in the wild law of our brave troops have now been fighting in the middle east for almost nineteen years in afghanistan and iraq nearly seven thousand american heroes have given their lives more than fifty two thousand americans have been badly wounded. we have spent

more than seven trillion dollars in fighting wars in the middle east. as a candidate for president. i loudly pledged a new approach. great nations do not fight endless wars. ah when i took office isis controlled more than twenty thousand square miles in iraq and syria just two years ago. today we have liberated virtually all of the territory from the grip of these blood thirsty

monsters now as we work with our allies to destroy the remnants of isis it is time to give our brave warriors in syria a warm welcome home. i have also accel aerated our negotiations to reach if possible a political settlement in afghanistan. the opposing side. is also very happy to be negotiated our troops have fought. with unmatched valor. and thanks to their bravery we are now able to pursue a possible political solution. through this long and bloody conflict thank

you now afghanistan my administration is holding constructive talks with a number of afghan groups including the taliban as we make progress in these negotiations we will be able to reduce troops presence and focus on counter terrorism and we will indeed focus on counter terrorism. we do not know whether there will achieve an agreement but we do know that after two decades of war the hour has come to at least try for peace and the other side would like to do the same thing it's time thank

you above all friend and fellow like was never doubt this nation's power and will to defend our people. eighteen years ago. violent terrorists attacked the u.s.s. call. and last month american forces killed one of the leaders of that attack. while. we are honored to be joined tonight by tom. whose son navy seaman craig where billy was one of the seventeen sailors we tragically lost.

cause we vowed to always remember the heroes of the u.s.s. cole the eat. my administration has acted decisively to confront the world's leading state sponsor of terror the radical regime in iran it is a radical regime they do bad bad things to ensure this corrupt. dictatorship never acquires nuclear weapons i withdrew the united states from the

disasters iran's nuclear deal i didn't. and last fall we put in place the toughest sanctions ever imposed by us on a country. we will not overt our eyes from a regime that chants death to america and threatens genocide against the jewish people. ah . we must never ignore the vile poison of anti semitism or those who spread its venomous creed. with one voice

we must confront this hatred anywhere and everywhere it occurs just months ago eleven jewish americans were viciously murdered in an anti-semitic attack on the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh swat officer timothy madsen raced into the gunfire and was shot seven times chasing down the killer and he was very successful timothy is just had. his twelfth surgery and he's going in for many more but he made the trip to be here with us tonight officer matt said please thank you it was

thank you what was . thank you we are forever grateful thank you very much. tonight we are also joined by pittsburgh survive judah salmon. he arrived at the synagogue as the massacre began but not only did judah darley

escape death last fall. more than seven decades ago he narrowly survived the nazi concentration camps today is jude is eighty first birthday. thank you. thank you. of a. three year or. three year eight thank you you're

a hero or her was. a give away. for hiv and they wouldn't do that for me judah i am. here to say as he can still remember the exact moment nearly seventy five years ago after ten months in a concentration camp when he and his family were put on a train and told they were going to another camp suddenly the train screeched to a very strong halt a soldier appeared. judy's family braced for the absolute worst then his father cried out with joy it's the americans it's the american.

illegal. ah ha i'm. a second holocaust survivor who was here tonight joshua accountant was a prisoner at dhaka. he remembers watching through a hole in the wall. of a cattle car as american soldiers rolled in with tanks to me joshua recalls the american soldiers were proof that god exists and they came down from the sky they came down from heaven i began this evening by honoring three

soldiers who fought on d.-day in the second world war. one of them was herman. but there is more to herman story a year after he stormed the beaches of normandy hermann was one of the american soldiers who helped liberate doc out. ah

and. he was one of the americans who helped rescue joshua from that hell on earth. almost seventy five years later herman and joshua both together. in the gallery tonight seated side by side here in the home of american freedom herman and joshua. your presence as evening is very much appreciated thank you very much. ah ah ah ah. ah ah ah ah

ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. ah thank you. when american soldiers said that beneath the dark skies over the english channel in the early hours of d.-day one thousand nine hundred four. they were just young men of eighteen in one thousand hurtling on fragile landing. toward the most momentous battle in the history of war they did not know if they would survive the hour. they did not know if they would grow all but they knew that america had to prevail their cause was this nation. and generations yet unborn. why did they do it they did it for america they did it for us.

everything that has come since our triumph over communism. our giant leaps of science and discovery our unrivalled progress towards equality and justice all of that is possible thanks to the blood and tears and courage and vision. of the americans who came before. think of this capital. think of this very chamber where lawmakers before you voted to end slavery to build the railroads and the highways and defeat fascists. to secure civil rights and to face down evil empires here tonight we have

legislators from across this magnificent republic. you have come from the rocky shores of may. and the volcanic peaks of hawaii. from the snowy woods of wisconsin and the red deserts of arizona from the green farms of kentucky and the golden beaches of california. together we represent the most extraordinary nation in all of history. what will we do with this moment. how will we be remember i ask the men and women of this congress look at the opportunities before us our most thrilling achievements. are still ahead our most

exciting journeys still await. our biggest victories are still to come. we have not yet begun to dream we must choose whether we are defined by our differences or whether we dare to transcend them. we must choose whether we squander our great inheritance or whether we proudly declare that we are americans we do the incredible. we defied the impossible. we conquered the unknown this is the time to reignite. the american imagination this is the time to search for the tallest summit

and set our sights on the brightest star this is the time to rekindle the bonds of love and loyalty and memory that link us together as citizens as neighbors as patriots. this is our future our fate and our choice to make. i am asking you to choose great us no matter the trials we face no matter the challenges to come we must go forward together we must keep america first in our hearts we must keep freedom alive in our souls. and we must always keep faith in america's destiny. that one nation under god. must be the hope and the promise and the light and the

glory among all the nations of the world. thank you god bless you and god bless america thank you. and he now let's go back to our panel former u.s. diplomat jim toth first republican strategist chris now i am a former pentagon official michael maloof still rights attorney robert shapiro conservative commentator stephen miles bird and former georgia state was going to. join us here at this stage we just finished hearing president trump's response and i had time to wish that i had a camera on the commentary that was coming from this table because obviously it was very there were some surprises but overall real quick i want to just go.