thin mint. cardi re-tweeted the video with the caption i want in the past, most of the people in this room voted for a ll. but the proper wall never got built. i will get it built. acknowledgeden he that it was the largest number of women, he forgot there were only 15 republican and 91 democratic women. >> a political partisan fest for all. moments, the biggest which lines fell flat, and reactions from all sides today. the sky high cost of prescription drugs was also on the agenda. this morning our anne thompson challenges the tpresident's po person on prices. another sex scandal rocks the catholic church as the pope acknowledges sexual abuse of nuns by priests.

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of revenge, resistance and retribution and embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise, and the common good. >> but the conciliatory tone quickly turned to confrontation when it came to any potential investigations. he warned democrats that probes into his policies and personal finances could threaten e economy. > we are considered far and away the hottest economy anywhere in the world. t even close. an economic miracle is taking place in the united states, and the only thing that can stop it re foolish wars, politics, or ridiculous partisan investigations. if there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be

wa and investigation. it just doesn't work that way. p >> thesident also continued to draw a hard line on mmigration, doubling down on his demands for border wall funding. >> simplyput, walls work, and walls save lives. [ applause ] so let's work together, mpromise, and reach a deal that will truly make america safe. >> and while he referred to it as a nationalcrisis, he stopped short of declaring a national emergency to secure money for the wall as some speculated he would. and in one of the biggest f the night, mr. trump announced a breakthrough in north korea negotiations. >> much work remains toe done, but my relationship with kim jong-un is a good one. chairman kim and i will meet again on february 27th and 28th

in vietnam. ation hasminis reportedly worked on a plan for a second summit since last year's historic meeti the two leaders. a rising democratic star delivered the party's rebuttal. stacey abrams, who narrowly lost her bid to become the first black georgia governor became the first black woman to ever deliver a state of the union response. during her speech in atlant she blamed the president for the longest government shutdown in the nation's history. >> making livelihoods ofra our fe workers a pawn for political games is a disgrace. the shutdown was a stunt engineered by the o president the united states, one that defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our ople but our values. .> abrams didn't linger on the criticism, thou at the end of her speech, she even echoed mr. trump's calls for unit >> sven as i am very disappointed by the president's approach to our problems, i still don't want t him fail.

but we need him to tell the truth a to respect his duties and respect the extraorynary divershat defines america. >> abrams is not expected to stay out of the national spotlight for long. some democratic leaders are already pushing her to challenge georgia senator david perdue in 2020. apitol hill, there is a shortage of reaction to the president's state of the union. house speaker nancy pelosi gave her take on twitter, sayinge i will tys to fact check all the misrepresentations the president made during the speech. in s tweet from the othere of the aisle, vice president pence dubbed the address an inspiring vision of amecan greatness. nbc's tracie potts join is live now from d.c. with more reaction to the president's speech. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, there's reaction from hollywood to washington and some of it focusing this morning on nancy pelosi and the eye roll the president sitting right behind him when he talked about ridiculous partisan

investigations. on the other side, republicans applauding the president, especially on the economy and immigration. >> i thought it was a verysp strongch. the president started off with just laying out the incredible successes we've seen in the past two years, the economic successes. the lowest unemployment in half a century. >> mt of the speech was pretty disappointing, but there were moments. i do think that the nod tim al justice reform is one avenue where we can really come together and advance our common cause. i also think that theres a great possibility for us to build and create jobs with ms infrastructure investment. >> reporter: now, we also heard from 2020 presidential candidates who were at the speech last night, likeenator cory booker, who tweeted that it takes more than a nod at unity at the top of a t speech bring our country together. pe went on to talk about president trumping the last two years driving lawmakers

and the country apart. then there was kamala harris, who tweeted, politicians should not knell women what to do with their bodies, referring to what the white house said would be strong language from president trump on abortion. and then of course there were the women in white, the democrats, females, many of them who just came tosh gton. they gave thunderous applause when the president talkedn abou wooing back to work. frances. >> really a strong moment right. th tracie potts for us, thank you. president trump is also calling to lowerrescription drug prices. during the state of the union, he called the fight against c rising healte costs his next major priority. but how will the administration make good on that promise? nbc's anne thompson sat down with the health and human services secretary to find out. >> reporter: fed up with rising drug prices, amentcan patie traveling to mexico to b insulin for less. this mother says her son rationed his medation to sav money and died. >> i lost him because of

pharmaceutical greed. >> reporter: the administration pledging to lower prices, leadin thecharge, secretary alex azar, a former drug compa executive n heading health and human services. isn't having a pharmaceutical company executive in charge of lowering drug prices a bit like having the fox guarding the hen house? >> this is a completely nontransparent system that we are bringin transparency to and light to. these rebates, thesekickbacks that drug companies pay to middlemen, we are making the biggest transformation in how drugs aremericed in aca in history. >> reporter: those middlemen and kickbacks played crucialoles in how the system works. right now a drug company sets a list price. then middlemen working for insurance companies negotiate rebates to lower the price by an average of 30%. but those ddlemen take a cut of the savings. now the administration wants thoseavings to go directly to

you. insurers and you're targeting the wrong people. you should start with the drugmakers. >> we're not targeting anyone. what we're targeting is real savings to patients when they walk into the pharmacy. >> reporter: azar acknowledges insurance premiums will go isup. t that countereffective? >> for most seniors, the savings they will get the pharmacy will be so big, they will outweigh even a small increase in potential prteiums. >> rep the secretary says the savings will start next january for medicare a dicaid recipients, a dramatic change he hopes the eduire ry will embrace. anne thompson, nbc news, washington. police in illinois are investigating a series o highway shootings leaving a woman dead and three people wounded. they happened monday along i-57 in the chicago area just eight miles apart. in one incident, aor postalr was killed on her way to work when someone in another car opened fire in other, a man was critically wounded and two boys, 15 and 12,

hospitalized. anyone whoaskin witnessed either shooting to come forward with information. now to ather scandal rocking the catholic church. for the first time, pope francic owledged the sexual abuse of nuns by priests and bishops, vesaying some have been held in sexual slavery. the pope spoke with reporters on his flight back from his trip to the arabian peninsula and pledged to do more to stop the abuse. police are investigating on the side ofen a pnsylvania highway a tractor-trailer barreling down the road had to make a split second decision to avoid. a catastrophic accide the tractor-trailer was just inches away from hitting the police cruiser parked on the shoulder. no reports as to whether the driver was injured. poli have been looking into a possible road rage death the night fore. aght. it is wednesday. good morning, bill karins. >> good morning. we've got some thunderstorms, flood watches. winter weaver advisories, ice storm warnings that will be

expiring this morning. this is actually two stems. weoing to focus on the first storm that is moving through the ohio valley. a little bit of ice early this morning from detroit northwards. we're going to tra this rain from ohio by 5:00 p.m. this evening moving towards new york city for the rush hour. that's a look at big weather story of the day. here's a clor look atour day ahead. you can see where it's very cold. still in the northern plains. look at that warm air in st. louis. degrees. at's where the temperature battleground is taking place. we will see a chance of some t severe weatheroday too. isolated severe storms from dallas to memphis. and we're going to see more record highs in the next two ays. we sawut a dozen yesterday in areas of the east. >> i thought we were done. glad we'reaving a few more. thank you. so this is a child's dream and a parent's nightmare. a curious 2-year-hid got mself

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good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. imgration, the economy and even a call to end hiv. president trump delivers his state of the union to a divided congress. >> a look at how the democrats reacted. what a nice day yesterday? >> 74 in february, are you kidding me? no. noore 70 m

>> announcer: news 4 today starts now. madame speaker, the president of the united states. and with that, president trump walked into a joint

session of congress to deliver this year's state of the union. it was a lengthy speech that drew immediate praise from republicans and criticism from democrats. it is 4:00 a.m. this morning. we are covering that speech and showing you how leaders responded to it. good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. melissa me lay is standing with a look at the roads. first, chuck bell, storm team 4 meteorologist, eve if it was for one day, i'm glad we had a day like that. >> i went 67 for a high yesterday. the answer for national airport turned out to be 74. ye. only reaga national set a new record for the day. 74, by the way, an average high temperature for may 9th. don't get used it 'm is what i trying to tell you. look at all that rain across parts of the ohiovalley. guess where that's coming, everybody, yeah, exactly, here