so very happy he's doing the i'm asking both parties to come together to give us safe, fast, reliable and modern infrastructure that our economy needs and our people deserve. >> count democrats unimpressed. we've got the highlights and big moments from the president's historic night. meanwhile, hanging over the capital the white house decision on whether to release a secret memo believed to allege fbi misconduct involving the russia investigation. >> there may have been malfeasance at the fbi by certain individuals. sunshine is the best disinfe disinfecta disinfectant. new details of a russian fighter buzzing within five feet of u.s. recon plane over the black sea. and could three corporate titans be setting the stage for

the future of america's health care? "early today" starts right now. good wednesday morning. i'm frances rivera. it was the third longest state of the union address in history. president trump delivering remarks before a joint session of congress. he spoke to the american people as the shadow of the russia investigation looms over his administration. looking to strike strike a conciliatory tone. this despite 13 democratic lawmakers boycotting the president's speech altogether. the congressional black caucus taking to the house floor witha their shoulders in protest of mr. trump's alleged shole comments against haitians and african nations some weeks ago. mr. trump using the occasion to tout the accomplishments of his first year in office. >> the state of our union is strong because our people are strong. >> we have created 2.4 million

new jobs. >> after years and years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages. unemployment claims have hit a 45-year low. >> african-american unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded. >> we have eliminated more regulations in our first year than any administration in the history of our country. >> we repealed the core of the disastrous obamacare. the individual mandate is now gone. >> we enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in american history. >> the president rattled off his administration's successes before moving on to the story of the 12-year-old boy who sought to put american flags on each and every veteran's grave across the country. adding a veiled swipe at those who choose not to stand for the national anthem.

>> preston's reverence for those who have served our nation reminds us of why we salute our flag, why we put our hands on our hearts for the pledge of allegiance, and why we proudly stand for the national anthem. >> but these speeches are often remembered for what they are able to achieve. and the president made sure to take his policy wish list straight to congress. >> tonight i call on congress to empower every cabinet secretary with the authority to reward good workers and to remove federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the american people. people who are terminally ill should not have to go from country to country to seek a cu cure. i want to give them a chance right here at home. it's time for congress to give

these wonderful, incredible americans the right to try. >> i'm calling on congress to produce a bill that generates at least $1.5 trillion for the new infrastructure investment that our country so desperately needs. >> so how did his remarks measure up? conservatives lauded his speech while democrats and a few moderate republicans blast td. >> we begin tonight with president trump's very powerful and historic first state of the union address. >> we need folks who speak the truth and i found the truth lacking in this state of the union tonight. >> this was a unifying speech. it was a speech to all americans. he hit everyone, deeply. and it was amazing to watch. it was amazing to see it firsthand. >> it was so obvious during many moments in the speech tonight that the democrats will never give this president a fighting shot. >> and he advertises this as somehow a unifying call to you are o'country. it was everything but that.

he kept hitting hot button after hot button, exaggeration, lie. >> i think this is a speech that will not be long remembered. his words will float up like smoke from a fire and dissipate. >> still, it was democrats who had the last word. congressman joseph kennedy iii delivered the official democratic response. >> many have spent the last year anxious, angry, afraid. a government that struggles to keep itself open. russia, knee deep in our democracy. hatred and supremacy proudly marching in our streets. bullets tearing through our classrooms, concerts and congregations. this is not right. this is not who we are. >> when all was said and done, 48% of those who watched

president trump's state of the union address reacted very positively to the speech according to a snap cnn poll. 29% reacted negatively and 22% said they had a somewhat positive reaction. according to twitter the speech was the most tweeted in history, with 4.5 million tweets during the address. well, the one clear part of the president's address, immigration. mr. trump zeroing in on some of the heinous and violence acts at the hands of undocumented immigrants. infuriated democrats said he was casting immigrants as violent criminals. he laid out are condition forz what he said would be a fair deal. the president highlighted some of the guests seat add longside first lady melania trump as well, grieving family members whose daughters were killed by members of the ms-13 gang as he sought to take a stronger stance on the issues and we're days before the government could face yet shutdown. the immigration fight is sure to be front and center. let's go to nbc's fred lawrence. >> reporter: good morning,

frances. he told them to use the plan he laid out giving a path to citizenship tofor undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children in exchange for boshder wall funding, limiting chain migration and ending the visa lottery program. >> in recent weeks two terrorist attacks in new york were made possible by the visa lottery and chain migration. in the age of terrorism these programs present risks. we can just no longer afford. it is time to reform. >> these outdated immigration rules and finally bring our immigration system into the 21st century. >> democrats could not hold their contempt and growned when the president said chain migration must be limited to children and spouses. they want a deal on immigration

but are in a tough spot. >> democrats, they're in a trap here. i think they don't want to have president trump be the guy who saved the dreamers. and at the same time he's the president and that's who they've got to deal with right now. >> reporter: now, this week republicans have a retreat where they'll talk about how setting their midterm goals, immigration will be part of that but so will how they sell the tax plan to the american people for the midterm elections. frances? >> edward lawrence, thank you. and when it comes to the subject of russia the president made just a passing reference to the country, referring to it as a rival that challenges our interests. but he did make one russia-related headline as he was leaving the house chamber. caught commenting on that politically charged house intel memo about the russia investigation. take a listen to that. >> let's release the memo. >> 100%. >> don't worry, 100% is what the president said to a republican lawmaker when pressed on

releasing that gop memo. the revelation coming as the white house reviews that gop report. set to decide on whether to make it public over the justice department's objections. with the fbi director even paying a personal visit to the white house to lob yit administration to keep the memo secret. nbc's peter alexander has more from washington. >> reporter: the release of that deeply divisive document would be unprecedented, relying on a never before used h aides say the president still hasn't seen the memo but he's expected to green light making it public within days. speaker paul ryan now endorsing the republican effort. >> there may have been malfeasance at the fbi by certain individuals. sunshine is the best disinfectant. >> reporter: democrats argue the memo's misleading, accusing intelligence committee chairman devin nunes of trying to undermine the russia inquiry. >> fundamental problem remains and that is he's a proxy for the white house, you can't run a credible investigation that way. >> reporter: nunes dismissing

questions. >> talk to the democrats. >> reporter: even as the cia director warns russia will try to interfere in this fall's mid-terms. the trump administration is not ordering any new sanctions now. instead just ahead of a deadline mandated by congress, publishing a list of russian politicians and oligarchs. those names, treasury aides acknowled acknowledge, largely listed from "forbes" penguins. >> the trump administration is signaling they have no beef with the russians about what they did in 2016 and they need to know that if they do that again there will be consequences. >> reporter: peter alexander, nbc news, the white house. this morning's full moon will combine three rare lunar events. the super moon, blue moon, and a total lunar eclipse. nasa is calling it's super blue blood moon but the moon will actually appear a deep fretd lunar eclipse. the red tinge comes as the earth cast a shadow on the moon. the blue moon part part of the moon refers to to being the second full moon in a single calendar month. so kind of a long tongue twisting name for it. >> so many people think it's

going to be blue. it's not going to be blue. >> and we can still see it. we've got a couple of hours on the east coast here. >> right before the sun rises on the east coast you get a little viewing. the sun comes up over the horizon. but the midwest looks great, many areas of the west are going to see complete totality. that's where it's going into beautiful he smop partial eclipse as the sun comes up, low on the horizon as the moon is setting. some stoeltty. we need the clouds to cooperate and for areas of the great lakes cloudy skies is going to on stur your viewing. whole southern half of the country looks fine. not much in the way of forecast headlines today. just a little bit of snow and rain showers in

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building as players and fans countdown to game day. we'll have doug pederson and a good portion of his players who will be here later on. bill, it is actually colder back in philly. it is a-bomby 30 degrees here in minneapolis right now. >> the temperatures have dropped into the teens and the wind is blowing, too. which makes it feel like 6 in philadelphia, 5 in wilmington, and 3 in atlantic city. temperatures aren't much better. they're in the teens right now. and in delaware they'll be stuck in the teens by 6:00. by 9:00 this morning, the temperatures try to climb a little bit, but we'll still see that breeze coming out of the northwest at 7 miles an hour, so it'll still be a bundle up morning. we'll see a lot of sunshine this

morning, but clouds will be increasing this afternoon. 37 inland, 38 at the shore, and into the middle 30s for the suburbs and lee high valley. i'll break it down hour by hour and show you how quickly your neighborhood plans to the teens. but first jessica boyington. watching this construction project near the vine. eastbound schuylkill diverting traffic off. you can see the cones right there today onto the vine street expressway. that'll be at least for another the vine to south street. watch for some lanes blocked on the leftbound side, too. 295 to 495 with speeds also into the 60s. and i'll end here with mass transit. we're not seeing any problems this morning for papco, septa,