of policy initiatives and as it was this week an opportunity for an incumbent president nearing the end of his term to say, yes, i still do matter. >> if you share the broad vision i outline tonight i ask you to join me in the work at hand. if you disagree with parts of it i hope you'll at least work

say, yes, i still do matter. >> if you share the broad vision i outline tonight i ask you to join me in the work at hand. if you disagree with parts of it i hope you'll at least work with me where you do agree. gwen: but many republicans only heard the president talking about taxes and veto threats.

>> the state of the union, the state of congress, the state of the white house. and the state of the 2016 presidential campaign. tonight on "washington week." rnings we need to set our sights higher than just making sure government doesn't screw things up.

tonight on "washington week." rnings we need to set our sights higher than just making sure government doesn't screw things up. we need to do more than just do no harm. i know the republicans disagree with my approach. i could see that from their body language yesterday. gwen: but it was more than body language. it was a significantly