want me to baby. >> jimmy: stormy daniels "nightline" is next. good night. ♪ >> in is "nightline." this is "nightline." tonight state of the union. >> this in fact is our new american moment. >> president trump touting an american come back. boasting historic economic milestones and promises kept. >> for many years companies and jobs were only leaving us. but now they're roaring back. they're coming back. >> calling for bipartisan action on trade, infrastructure, and immigration. >> a path to citizenship for 1.8 illegal immigrants. >> but across the aisle silent protests speaking volumes, analysis from chris christie.

>> the president has a lot of work in front of him. >> and democrats responding. >> this is not who we are. >> and more on the line. first the "nightline" 5.

♪ good evening. thank you for joining us here in the nation's capital washington,

d.c., tonight in his first state of the union address, president trump promising a safe, strong and proud america calling for unity and sticking to partisan talking points, a proposal from democrats to ends so call chain migration. >> tonight on capital hill. >> the president of the united states! >> a major milestone for president trump. his first state of the union. while there was all the usual pomp and ceremony. also subtle sides of the divisive year it's been for one thing check out the democratic women wearing black to symbolize resistant and solid airity others boycotts all together even so. >> let's given tonight by recognizing the state of the union is strong because our

people are strong. >> president trump sought to make the case under his leadership all americans have benefited. >> there has never been a better time to start living the american dream. >> the over arching theme. >> cleto: a rising tide lifts the over arching theme. that a rising tide lifts all votes. >> no matter where you come from this is your time. >> no mention on the scand sal. but majorer developments with investigations, house republicans voted to declassify a controversial secret memo written by a trump loyalist alleging anti-trump bias at the fbi. the president's allies say the details in the memo badly taint the russia probe. >> this makes watergate like stealing a snickers bar. >> democrats fought hard against the memo but republicans are

determined. >> it is our job in conducting transparent over sight of executive branch to get to the bottom of it. >> again no mention of it tonight, instead he outlined plan to fix america's infrastructure in part by sweeping away environmental regulations he said stimied development. >> america is a nation of builders. we built the empire state billing in just one year. isn't it a disgrace that it can now take ten years just to get a minor permit for building a simple road. >> he vowed to deliver on his long-promised wall often the mexico an border to stop illegal are immigration. on congress to close the deadly loophole that's allowed ms-13 and other criminal gangs to

break into our country sf. >> and one of the most emotional recognized the parents of two teen girls murdered for being in the country illegally. >> everyone in this chamber is praying for you, everyone in america grieving for you. >> the president insists he's making good on his promise to restore blue collar jobs. >> toyota and mazda are opening a plant in alabama, a big one, and we haven't seen this in a long time. it's all coming back. >> he vowed to use trade policy to protect american workers. >> the era of economic sur render is totally over. from now on we expect trading l. >> and trump had sharp words for america's enemies. he vowe military prison in guantanamo bay, cuba. >> terrorist who place bombs in

civilian hospitals are evil. when possible we have no choice but to annihilate them when necessary, we must be able to detain and question them. >> and tonight the guests in the first lady's box included a north korean defector and the tearful falls of the mother of the young american died last year. >> your strength truly inspires us all. >> tonight the democratic response came from massachusetts kennedy grandson of bhobby kennedy. >> folks, it would be easy to dismiss this past year's chaos, partisanship is politics but it's far, far bigger than that. >> he's a rising star for the

democrats. >> you're what 36 now? >> yeah. >> so you would be just about the same age at jfk when he ran. >> oh, a little bit younger. >> "nightline" recently spent the day with kennedy in his direct district. >> who is going to be ready in 2020 you? >> tonight president trump blasted picking on the vulnerable citizens. >> to all of the dreamers watching. let me be absolutely clear [ speaking foreign language ]. [ cheers and applause ] you are part of our story. and we will not walk away. >> tonight in the house chamber, president trump sought to rise above being merely a reality show president. >> i am extending an open hand partsies. >> his america first message,

consistent with his campaign, his tone a bit more conciliatory. >> my duty and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend americans, to protect their safety, families, their communities and their right to the american dream. because americans are dreamers too. >> tonight trump swung for the bleachers. >> we want every american to know the dignity of a hard day's work, we want every child to be safe in their home at night, and we want every citizen to be proud of this land that we all love so much. >> framing his agenda not just as a mandate but a patriotic duty. >> together as one team, one people, and one american family can do anything. we all share the same home. the same heart. the same destiny.

and the same great american flag. [ cheers and applause ] >> the nation is still divided. the chamber itself tonight reflect that divide. half of the room wasn't clapping. seem almost determined not to clap. silently they sat there bitie b their time for the midterms. for "nightline" in new york. >> our thank s david wright. joined now by abc analysts and political analysts and cohost of the view and former governor new jersey and contributor, chris christie. welcome to the team. >> thank you. >> first question to you. if the president's goal was to unite the people how do you think he did tonight? >> well listen, i think he did the best he could. as i said earlier, i think that the speech was probably too long, too much of a committee putting it together.

i think some more tighter themes might have been helpful in that regard. i will also say in tend i don't think anything he could have said the democrats could have stood up for that shows the division in the country. the president has a lot of work in front of him. >> pick up on the point the governor just made. this was a house divided when the night started and didn't seem closer in the end. >> no to put it mildly. this was a democratic congress minority that did not want to give the president anything. but the president didn't give them anything. he brought up all kinds of controversies which is unusual in a state of the union. so he tweets them on cuba, on iran, often guantanamo bay, on standing for the national anthem and littany of things onim

grap grapgs immigration. he didn't mention africa or europe place where's there could be some kind of unity. don't think the democrats felt he put out an olive branch to them. >> meghan, the president is calling for bipartisan bill on immigration seen a lot of democrats wearing black and folded arms tonight can i speech like that tonight can impact talks. >> yeah i was surprised. i was expecting a unification on daca given the government shut down and controversy surrounding it in the past week or so. but should be an easy lay up for democrats and republicans and tonight is a step back i'm disappointed to see. as said earlier, 84% of americans support the dream act. so i was little disappointed. >> matthew, you met with the president about 20 minutes earlier today, was this the speak you expected to hear based on your conversation with him

earlier. >> it wasn't the speech i suggested he might want to give and actions he might want to follow it up. the unfortunate thing i agree with everybody, the country is very divided. the what happened with the speech tonight we've become more into trench warfare. >> under our plan we focus on the immediate family. >> so each side digs their trench and nobody is willing to go across no man's land, no man or woman on either side has been willing to go across. i had an expectation that maybe the president was going to try to go across to no man's land and get to the other side but nothing in this speech gave democrats willingness to come across. >> megan did you hear anything where you thought at least in this space the president made points that the nation can embrace. >> when talking about veteran health care choice most americans can get behind. infrastructure, i doubt you

would find an american who wouldn't want better roads in this country. there were a lot of red meat and potato moments starting with in god we trust, talking about the second amendment, talking about standing for the national anthem controversial for democrats but something republicans can sort of get behind, but, yeah, it wasn't a completely unifying speech and the way i had anticipated and some of his surrogates were saying before the state of the union. >> governor what grade would you give the president, he talks to you and seeks your council how would you grade him. >> i give him a b for the speech. it's pretty standard. most presidents speak to the base. they talk about what they believe what they're advocating for and some expected more of that tonight. we didn't get it. >> thank you to all of our panelists. wish we had more time. thank you for staying with us so late tonight. when we come back we'll hear

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so important when it comes to mid-term elections, senator's seat up for grabs, and so many things president honed in on, including daca effecting those who live in this great state. first who are republicans? all right democrats? okay this should be easy question let's see who voted for donald trump. all republicans. no democrats voted for president trump. okay. i want to talk to you. you teach at a school that likely has dreamers. that was a big portion of the speech giving path to 1.8 million dreamers when he said he would put them on a pang th to citizenship you don't buy it, why. >> because people think he has a big heart but truth is he doesn't because if he did wouldn't have repealed it to begin with. he set the community in a panic.

i have students constantly worried, hey when i go home are my parent going to be there or not. >> your first generation immigrant but you like the line americans are dreamers too, you like it, why? >> because it's true everybody comes here has a dreams, everybody has a dream, even trump has a dream to be successful in his life. >> i think it's a label when he said we're all dreamers removes that label. i'm a dreamer. everyone in thisoom is a whs itave to group that's a dreamer. >> let's talk about the rip roaring economy. this group was cheering like it was the super bowl. you were excited about the economic wins. >> yeah i think the economy is roaring and you can give credit where credit is due. trump has taken unemployment to unheard of lows. stock market to unheard of highs. the tax breaks we're all going to see in the next month. and checks going into people's bank accounts are real. >> one of the goals of the

speech was to unify america, it's very divided as we see in this room, did he do anything to unify america in the speech. >> i think one, he talked about giving criminals a second chance. think i saw everybody applauding for that. that dwefinitely made me feel better. another was pay family. another thing everybody in this room could support. >> going the mid-terms will be heated for republicans, you have three candidates all pretty qualified with somewhat large support groups throughout the state. listening to the state of the union speech do you think it will motivate republicans in arizona to vote republican now senator jeff flake is stepping down. >> momentum is the economy if i'm republican candidate a want to continue to push the agenda that trump has through. >> as a college student what did you think of the speech? does it motivate you to stay a young republican to help the party vote republican? >> one of the things i really

took from this speech is there is a lot of hope in america if you're looking in the right places for it. >> if the election was today fast forward to 2020 you would vote for president trump again. >> oh, yeah. no doubt. >> democrats are you motivate snd. >> as much as i like a democratic to win that seat at the rate we're going we don't have a platform that fires people up in the way that trump's speeches and slogans do. >> you're looking for the rock star candidate. >> absolutely. >> do you think trump won over independent voters. >> i think time will tell. we need to do better job unifying the message and having tough discussions to see what we're going to fight for. >> our thanks to tom. and we'll be right back. >> announcer: abc news "nightline" brought to you by -- this is charlie.

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