democratic response then will be delivered by joe kennedy iii. he's the grandson of the late robert kennedy, he's also the great nephew of the late john f. kennedy. >> it begins here at 6:00 p.m. on kpix5 and will be delivered by joe kennedy iii. >>> rough retirement of the fbi's director. >> yesterday andrew mccabe left his post, effective immediately. he was a frequent target of the president after donations that mccabe's wife received after a run for the senate in 2015. the white house says the president had nothing to do with mccabe stepping down yesterday. >>> state grant money tostada difficult travels an area prone -- tostada to study an area prone to flooding. high tides often send water into the area, sometimes forcing a partial closure of northbound 101. grant money for improvement study come from the new gasoline tax increase. >>> time now 5:34, looks pretty dry out there. >> dry for a long time. into february, we're not seeing any rain in our forecast. we may see here are few high clouds. patchy fog, and that's about it. temperatures w

thank you. ( cheers and applause ) >> that's congressman joe kennedy iii with the democratic response to the president's state of the union address. it was a competition tonight to see who could be the celebrant for america and who could fight for those regular, everyday americans. the president constructed his america, and you saw the congressman there doing the same. >> he's in his third term, and he was chosen by the leadership because they say he and his record stand in contrast to president trump, but they had some similarity where's they said the economy is strong and that we are better than this, and that we need to be unified. it's interesting how they were both saying the same things addressing to different audiences. >> yeah, and joe kennedy speak spanish there. he is fluent in spanish. and, also, choosing a town, fall river, mass., known as spindle city, that was built by immigrants, as a direct contrast to some of the policies the president laid out tonight. >> if you wanted to boil it all down, because the president spent so much time on immigration it is the president sa

americans are dreamers too. >> reporter: and the democratic response was issued by joe kennedy iii.old the daca dreamers, quote, we'll fight for you. >> this administration is not just targeting the laws that protect us, they are targeting the very idea that we're all worthy of protection. >> reporter: some of the other issues that the president touched on was drug abuse and opioid addiction, north korea and terrorism. a san francisco congresswoman nancy pilosi was uninpressed. reminder when the president says we need to end family migration, we need to stop making it a priority to keep families together. the president's speech was one of the longest in history, the between go longer was president clinton in two his addresses. >> and president trump was told a congressman that he will release a highly controversial memo on saturday. it alleges that the fbi misused the surveillance patrols. and last week the justice department said publicizing the memo, quote, extraordinarily reckless and jeopardize national security. >> this is a serious matter when a top official in the united stat

. >> we're waiting for the official democratic response from joe kennedy iii. to mike emanuel in statuary hall. hi, mike. >> good evening. congressman joe kennedy iii is 37 years old in his third term in congress, addressing the nation from a technical school in his district in southeastern massachusetts. for those of your scoring at home, he holds barney frank's old seat in congress. liberals are not sure about him. they wonder if he will be a establishment guy or favor the more liberal part of the party. it's worth noting, he's one of five or so democratic responses. so the question is exactly how he delivered. martha, bret? >> thanks. >> let's go to fall river, massachusetts as we see joe kennedy, iii, has taken the podium. let's watch. >> thank you. [applause] thank you, thank you. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. it is an absolute privilege to join you all tonight. we are here in fall river, massachusetts, a proud american city. [applause] an american city built by immigrants. [applause] from textiles to robots, this is a place that knows how to make gr

. >> then massachusetts representative joe kennedy iii delivered the democratic response he told the dreamers, quote, we'll fight for you. >> the police may leave a mark. but they have never, not one in the history of our united states meant to strengthen the people and unite them for the future. >> reporter: the state of the union address was the most tweeted about in history. kevin mccarthy said with every success, the american people are safer, stronger and be even more proud of living on the greatest country on earth. it was a long speech, lasting an hour and 20 minutes. and a lot of it focused on some of his guests. and we'll have a little more about that in the next half hour. and for more analysis on our website. >>> a cbs news poll showed that 75% of the people that watched the state of the union address approved of his speech. only a quarter of those disapproved. >>> amid and jog going investigation and sexual harassment change, state senator mandosa has a challenging hill. they are considering a going election challenge because no one is standing up for the district with hi

household name, which in fairness turned out to be half right when we learned 37-year-old congressman joe kennedy iiin given the nod, the great nephew of jfk, son of joe jr., the congressman, joe kennedy iii, can you tell he's irish, has barney frank's old seat in the congress. his selection is seen as an attempt by the dems to return to their so-called core brand. the state of the trump marriage has been in the news after their 13th wedding anniversary passed without public mention, after melania cancelled her trip to davos with her husband and showed up instead alone at the holocaust museum in washington and flew unannounced to the mar-a-lago home in florida. the story broke on the "daily mail" and said since the stormy daniels story broke, she has been spending nights at a hotel in washington and not in the white house. the white house issued a denial when asked about the story. notably the president flu from washington into davos with no apparent plans to spend this january weekend in florida. and the never trump republican ohio governor john kasich is going to new hampshire, and this is right ab

several minutes later, there'll be a democratic response from congressman joe kennedy iii. we'll bring that to you live. let's get some quick takes from our analysts and reporters. gloria borger? >> i want to echo something jake said. because on the one hand, the speech could be kind of sunny and moving when you talked about some of the anecdotes and the people who were in that gallery. but then he would turn quite quickly to america first, to saying americans are dreamers too. to policies that are quite divisive. and i think he's gotten a little more adept at doing this. and we see that in this speech. but i think the question that people will have is, what's going to happen tomorrow? who is donald trump going to be? and my producer, brian rokus came up with this, which is that after the president gave his joint address on february 28th last year, which a lot of people thought was great, on march 4th, he tweeted about obama wiretapping him in trump tower and lost all of that goodwill very quickly. so we'll have to see how this, how this plays out. but there's a lot in ther

we'll bring you the rebuttal from massachusetts congressman joe kennedy iii when our live coverage of state of the union address continues right here on cbs. open hand to work with members of both parties, democrats and republicans, to protect our citizens of every background, color, religion, and creed. ( applause ) >> president trump lobbied for his immigration reform plan just minutes ago in his first state of the union address. he declared that the u.s. is a compassionate nation and that, "americans are dreamers, too." if a few moments, we'll see the democratic response. welcome back to cbs news live coverage of the rebuttal to the state of the union address. it's often a chance to introduce a fresh face and a rising star to a national audience. yet, tonight's response will come from america's-- one of america's most famous political dynasties. >> representative joe kennedy iii of massachusetts will look to draw what he calls a "powerful contrast" to president trump's broken promises in areas like health care and civil rights. the 37-year-old congressman is the son of former repre

but carl, why joe kennedy iii? >> well, i think they want a young voice.c leadership is actually a little older, shall we say, and i think they wanted to put somebody out there who can talk about, you know, a new generation, which is sort of the family mantra. but when they announced his name, my first reaction was "good luck" because delivering the response has become one of the worst jobs in politics. it's just really hard to compete with the president in that the tableau there in the house. people don't tend to pay attention to it. so it's been a little tough recently. it has, though, in the past created political stars. they showed bill clinton, and other people have been able to do it. we'll see how he does. he's very popular, very highly regarded in the house among his colleagues. i do think people obviously think he's a big future democratic voice. >> they do, but the democratic party, not unlike the republican party when president obama was in office, it's not like they have this one speaker for kind of prime time that the networks will take, but t

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. >> responding is joe kennedy, iii the nephew of john f. kennedy. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> and can you watch the president's speech tonight on 6 abc beginning at 9:00. john rawlins is also in the nation's capital look for his live reports starting tonight at 5:00. >>> in other news the police cruisers dash-cam video captured an office in michigan rescuing a driver from a burning car. the deputy took off after the vehicle sped past him. and he came after the driver crashed into the woods and his vehicle burst into flamed the 18-year-old driver into safety and the teenage driver will be charged for driving under the influence. >> nearly 150 skiers got stuck onistwy authority ray re. when the chair-lift broke leaving them dangling for several hours and helicopters and rescue teams and others helped to get them down eventually. nobody suffered ill effects from the cold weather. >>> it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood for tom hanks, the super star actor will play mr. rogers in the buy onic called you are my friend. it focuses on th

joe kennedy iii, when we're back in this room tomorrow night, we'll be talking about joe kennedy iii, as my late mother would say, a face like the map of jirireland. he's going to give a democratic response. >> look at him. he looks like he could be a british royal, too. but they want somebody from the future. they want somebody from the strong future. they want somebody from the past. they want to go back to their roots and they want to talk about hope in the future. they didn't want to put one of their presidentials out there. i talked to joe crowley, one of the leaders today. by the way, this is serious candidate. maybe not in his own words, but there are people out there pushing him for 2020. believe it or not, people like lou sussman, the people that pushed barack obama to give this speech in 2004, are pushing him. so this is serendipity he was picked by the leadership. but i'll tell you, everybody likes him. in fact, i've met two politicians in my life who said "call me by my first name." one of them is this guy. it's very rare in politics to say just call me joe. i think it wor

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. >> in the democratic response congressman joe kennedy iii talked about a rollback of civil rights callingghest american following the state of the union address he told a member of congress he's in favor of releasing t memo. the white house received the memo monday night. the president has five dayso le the public. >>> federal canine teams across the minneapolis to add security to the super bowl this sunday. jennifer jennifer may orally call up with one team. >> reporter: officer dave ka pre toe calls his canine king the best. >> king is an explosive detectives dog. >> their job is to walk the super bowl. in the skyway and outside. >> the dog can easily walk in crowds. when people approach king, they just see king being all lodgeable. they don't understand that he's smelling their bags, their purse, and the air around them. he's vigilant all the time. >> reporter: it's part of the counterterrorism unit and they keep big events moving if a bag or box needs to be checked. >> if we didn't have dogs, we'd have to stop, clear the area, have the explosives detection team examine the bag and the

those tickets recalled and reprinted. 37-year-old representative joe kennedy iii, the great nephew of john f. kennedy is expected to call for economic dignity and equality for all. serena marshall, abc news, capitol hill. >>> and abc news has learned tonight president trump will announce his intention to keep guantanamo bay prison open. he can do that on his own through executive order. much of the rest of the agenda faces an uphill climb. abc 7 spoking with karen travers about what to expect. >> talk to me about the year ahead. this is his agenda-setting item, but he needs congress' cooperation and there are midterm elections coming up. >> which usually means in washington not a lot gets done. it's very rare lawmakers want to take up anything controversial. they're most likely not going to return to health care with the chance it could fail, like last year. one of the big things to look for from tonight for the president is what he asks for on infrastructure. we know the white house would like to get about $1 trillion in money to put to repairing roads and bridges across the country.

this is a big contrast because i think joe kennedy iii is a very big fresh face. and will definitely present a contrast to trump, but i don't want to forget the latina hispanic response after virginia's first ever latina house of delegates member, elizabeth goesmaat will deliver that. >> and he said he wants to give the state of the union address to unify the country, set out his vision over the next year, in particular, trying to get another legislative accomplishment done, most notably on infrastructure. he's got to seize on whatever political capital he has left in terms of the republican party. and yeah, try to bring about the pull of republicans versus democrats. can he have a speech unifying of a very divided country? >> and we will all be watching. really quickly, you two, what is the headline wednesday morning? julia, you first. >> i think you'll see a lot of reporters talk about the moment president trump became presidential once again. it seems like with every serious address, we saw it with the first address to congress last year, it's about how he acte

and the democratic response to the address will be given by massachusetts representative joe kennedy iii, the grandson of late robert kennedy, former the former u.s. attorney general and new york senator, and the grandson of late president kennedy. back to you. >> hena doba in washington. thank you very much. >>> the president and first lady have invited 15 special guests to tonight's speech. they include members of the military, workers and business owners who have benefited from the economy, parents of gang violence victims, and public servants. ahead on "cbs this morning," a focus group with some advice for the president after his first year in office. we'll hear their thoughts on subjects ranging from immigration to the economy. >>> cbs news coverage of tonight's state of the union address begins at 9:00 eastern, 8:00 central. no norah o'donnell, gayle king will anchor. >>> a russian fighter jet that intercepted a u.s. spy plane over the black sea was ra flagrantly ignoring the law. flying over the black sea, it was interrupted by an russian su-27. the russian jet came within five fe

. >> now it's joe kennedy iii's turn. he's got family on his side.tts congressman. he was giving the democrats' response to the president's speech. what could go wrong? viewers quickly noticed the corner of his mouth was a little shiny. was it drool or chapstick? >> many were wondering. now there is a twitter handle for joe kennedy's lips. if not us, who? if not now, chapstick. >> yes. true words. >> sorry, joe. >>> all right, next to an ironic incident. a flight was forced to turn around because of a toilet problem. >> it happened on a flight from oslo to munich. the irony there were 85 plumbers on board that plane. >> 85. >> the toilet problem apparently needed to be fixed from the outside and so since the plumbers aren't trained to fly and fix toilets at the same time they had to turn around. they landed safely. >>> well, some people need a hand to hold -- to make it through a flight. others need a peacock. >> yeah, a peacock. a woman tried to take the bird on the united airlines flight out of newark saying it was an emotion emotional support peac

. >> jake, we're about to hear the official democratic party response from congressman joe kennedy iii, clearly a rising star. >> a rising star. he is the grand nephew of john f. kennedy, the grandson of bobby kennedy. his father was a congressman. he was a former prosecutor, elected in 2012, and he became something of a viral sensation with a late-night speech about health care when the republicans were trying to repeal and replace obamacare. >> and he doesn't just have liberal chops because of his name and because of his legacy, he also is somebody who was very close with elizabeth warren. she was his professor in college and in law school and where he met his wife. >> so let's listen to the 37-year-old lawmaker. >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. it is an absolute privilege to join you all tonight. we are hear in fall river, massachusetts, a proud american city. [ applause ] >> an american city built by immigrants. [ applause ] >> from textiles to robots, this is a place that knows how to mak

. >> the democratic response will be delivered by joe kennedy iii. >> the 37-year-old rising politicalr, grandson of late robert f. kennedy. democratic leaders say he was chosen for being relentless fighter for working americans. kennedy tweeted the democratic agenda stands in powerful contrast to what he called the president's broken promises to american families. >> the government had to scramble to reprint some of the tickets to the state of the union because of an embarrassing mistake. a congressional democrat tweeted a photo of his ticket showing the word union misspelled with an m at the end. he joked, education secretary was in charge of spell check. not nice. >> abc news will have live coverage of the president's state of the union address. live tonight at 9:00 eastern. >>> all right. congressional republicans have voted to release a secret memo in the russia investigation, despite warnings from the justice department itself. the house intelligence committee voted a long party lines to make public a classified memo that was written by republican alleging improper use of surveil

having joe kennedy give the response. >> joe kennedy iii. >> he's not only a kennedy. he's young.democratic party is that the leaders are too old. he's a young, attractive guy, whose name is kennedy. >> and he'll use a moral voice. which i think is really important today. >> all right. thanks to all of you. we'll be right back. >>> don't forget to tune in tuesday night. i'll be joining the entire power house political team for the live coverage of president trump's first state of the union address and the democratic response, starting at 9:00 eastern. that's all for us today. thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. have a great day. >>> up next, a deadly fire overnight at a south baytown house. we'll have the latest. >>> sunny and mild today. here's a live view of blue skies from our abc 7 roof cam. abc 7 mornings at 9:00 a.m. is next. sfx: tsfx: feet shufflingc life can change in an instant. be covered when it does... ...with a health plan through covered california. we offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. and all of our plans include free preventive car

having joe kennedy give the response. >> joe kennedy iii. >> he's not only a kennedy. he's young.democratic party is that the leaders are too old. he's a young, attractive guy, whose name is kennedy. >> and he'll use a moral voice. which i think is really important today. >> all right. thanks to all of you. we'll be right back. >>> don't forget to tune in tuesday night. i'll be joining the entire power house political team for the live coverage of president trump's first state of the union address and the democratic response, starting at 9:00 eastern. that's all for us today. thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. have a great day. it's time, america. there's work to be done. it's not going to be easy. but there's grit inside of you. and if you need extra motivation, the grad fund at strayer university can help push you forward. because up to your last year of classes could be on us. that's right. on. us. today is the day. strayer university. let's get it. >> it's time to redraw goofy kicking donald duck. "inside story" starts right now. ♪ good morning, everyone. it's jan

what about joe kennedy iii? is it iii at this point?ance to watch his. >> i think he did really well. i think it's such a tough job to have, the response, the state of the union. no one wants that job. >> stephen: it's an honor. >> it's ruined more politicians than prostitution. but-- ( laughter ) but he did fine. he did fine. ( laughter ) >> stephen: good. good. please don't say the word "kennedy" and "prostitution" in the same sentence. he's got a career to look out for. >> stephen: listen, guys, thank you very much sew for being here. good to see you. thanks so much. we'll just wave from a distance. their podcast is "pod save america." jon favreau, jon lovett, and tommy vietor, everybody! we'll be right back with two-- not one, but "2 dope queens," jessica stick around. 're noteally sick! you were just up late watching the game. you faker! (fakes a cough)... sorry, that was...uh... my grandma. (elevator speaker) going down. oh no. peter? it's kristy. camp jenkins? maybe this will jog your memory. alexa, play "my funky place." (alexa)

. >> meanwhile, congressman joe kennedy iii the grandson of robert f. kennedy gave the official democratic response. his speech delivered in front of a crowd in fall river mass. it touched on topics president trump's speech left out. >> a government that struggles to keep itself open, russia knee deep in our democracy, an all-out war on environmental protection, a justice department rolling back civil rights by the day. hatred and supremacy. proudly marching in our streets. bullets tearing through our classrooms. concerts and congregations targeting our safest sacred places. and this nagging sinking feeling no matter your political beliefs that this is not right. this is not who obviously we are. >> and joining us now john editor of commentary magazine, john barrett and maria teresa kumar from voto latina, all three msnbc contributors. josh, i was reading your write-up on this. you said this was the kind of speech a president aiming for about a 55% approval rating would be delivering. trump closer to 35 right now. what do you mean by that? >> this wasn'

democrats have tapped congressman joe kennedy iii of massachusetts to give the official democratic responseesident trump's state of the union address on tuesday night. elected in 2012, the 37-year-old has emerged as a vocal advocate of the affordable care act and civil rights. now back to "dateline." >>> welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. kidnap victim gerfa lunsmann had been released from her jungle captivity, but what about the fate of her son and her cousin? here again is keith morris. >> in the dark of a philippine jungle surrounded by men with hate in their eyes, gerfa lunsmann looked terrified at her 14-year-old son. an approaching car had put the kidnapper on alert and now one of them had an automatic rifle to kevin's head. >> i just said, don't move, son. while my entire body was frozen. >> and then the car passed and they kept walking. and several hours later they arrived at abu sayyaf's base camp. and this is where they were brought, to a cage in the jungle. not this cage, we actually built this one, but to the exact specifications given to us by gerfa. five feet by fiv

. >> to morris' point, are they putting up joe kennedy iii? are they putting him up because they don't have another player that they feel can command the imagination of the american people potentially? >> no. absolutely. it is quite the opposite. congressman kennedy is the future of our party. a young progressive from massachusetts. yes, he is part of the kennedy family but he represents the future. young leaders in our party who will continue to rise and play powerful roles and he is a prime example. i'm looking more forward to hearing his optimistic address after the speech. after the state of union than hearing the president's speech. >> i have to say i'm looking forward too. >> the future of the democratic party is not out of wash d.c. it is in america. that's what democrats need to understand. we lost the race because we were too inls l too insular. it speaks to progressive inside the beltway from massachusetts. >> i think the point that you're making is that we have a lot of great leaders in our party that will be rising in the next few

. >> meanwhile, congressman joe kennedy iii the grandson of robert f.ennedy gave the official democratic response. his speech delivered in front of a crowd in fall river mass. it touched on topic president trump's speech left out. >> a government that struggles to keep itself open, russia knee deep in our democracy, an all-out war on environmental protection, a justice department rolling back civil rights by the day. hatred and supremacy. proudly marching in our streets. bullets tearing through our classrooms. concerts and congregations targeting our safest sacred places. and this nagging sinking feeling no matter your political beliefs that this is not right. this is not who obviously we are. >> and joining us now john editor of commentary magazine, john barrett and maria teresa kumar from voto latina, all three msnbc contributors. josh, i was reading your write-up up on this. you said this was the kind of speech a president aiming for about a 55% approval rating would be delivering. trump closer to 35 right now. what do you mean by that? >> this wasn'

. >> the democrats chose joe kennedy the iii of the great message of john f.nedy to deliver the party >> it would be to the last year as chaos, partisan ship it shall that's politics. it's far bigger than that. this administration isn't just targeting the laws that protect us, they are targeting the very idea that we are all worthy of protection. >> kennedy called for a better deal which he says would balance priorities and emphasize justice for all. >> this is u.s. bank stadium in downtown minneapolis. it's an impressive sight, especially at night. it's here where the eagles will try to scale the heights and win their first ever superbowl on sunday. "action news" is well positioned to update on us the swl story. brian taff and sharrie williams are live at the mall of america are ducis rodgers and jamapody.ri brian, let's begin with you. >> take a look for yourself, it's all for the media party under way. they are calling this the media thaw the temperatures being chilly as they are here in minnesota. they are all about people coming >> it's a safe and authent

. >> now, massachusetts congressman joe kennedy iii, the grandson of robert kennedy and grand nephew of jtk gave the democratic response. he spoke from a technical school's auto shop south of boston. >> we hear the voices of americans who are forgotten and feel forsaken. we see an economy that makes stocks soar and investor -- coupe rat prices soar, but fail to give workers their share of the reward. >>> the 37-year-old graduated from sanford and harward and he went to sanford the same time as chelsea clinton. he spoke in english and spanish and he told daca recipients they are apart of the american stories and democrats will fight for them. >>> our question of the day is, how do you feel about president trump's state of the union speech. is your thoughts positive, or somewhat positive or didn't watch. you can vote on our twitter page and you can comment on our ktvu facebook paining. >>> 6:09. the san jose city council ordered a statute removed from city hall of christopher columbus. supporters of native americans say christopher columbus was a conquer not an explorer. the italian am

the massachusetts congressman joe kennedy, iii, the grandson of the former u.s. senator robert kennedy and the great nephew of former president john kennedy. the congressman tweeted that he's honored to deliver the response. party leaders call him a relentless fighter for working americans. some democrats say they hope he will run for the senate. congressman kennedy told the "boston globe" that he's focused on his current job right now and the most thankless job in washington. think back over the responses. he has a tall order ahead. the white house is promising that president trump will deliver an incredible state of the union address. no denying there's plenty to talk about his first year in offense from how the markets have been doing to plans for immigration. his first state of the union comes under the crowd of the russian investigation. for more on what to expect, wing bring in anika green, a former speechwriter. the most busier person's phone ringing would be the speechwrit speechwriter. >> >> shepard: yes. the truth be told, the president never does it. t

. >> i thought cory booker looked good, young joe kennedy iii was very good. yourself, are you going to join that pack and run for 2020 in president? >> i hope when i get off the show you say mcauliffe was pretty good, too. >> if i say that, will you run? >> let me just say this, chris. this is a jgigantic year for th democratic party. if you love this party, we have 36 candidates up. we have got to be in play in '18. forget 2020. we've got to win big. it's a democratic governor who can vito a b-- veto a bad redistricting map. if we don't fix this problem in '18, we're going to pay a price for ten years. >> i'm joined by filmmaker rob reiner. thanks so much for joining us tonight. you know everything, you know politics, you know theater, you know drama. what was tonight about? was it a masquerade? how would you describe trump's performance? >> just as a performance standpoint it was -- well, we discovered he could read. he knows how to read. but it was one of the flattest state of the union performances i've ever seen. if you look at what joe kennedy did after

amy: that was senator sanders, the official democratic response was commerce member joe kennedy iii. what bernie sanders is saying and what he is doing tonight, the significance of his voice right now, just to explain. hoax of course bernie sanders have us it is significant was coming off the campaign, but i think what bills that is important. what is happening in cities and states, both elected leaders and movement activist, we are seeing the resurgence cannot only of citizen engagement and activism, but getting things done, whether it is california or new york city, but also arcadia, jackson mississippi, a lot going on in this country. i think what bernie sanders is shown the way is democrats cannot simply, though they must expose trends bait and switch on working people, the tax game, but they need to lay out a bold, clear alternative agenda. a kind of social contract for the 21st century. trump last night had to put spotted talk about a 21st century immigration plan. as bill said so well, what we heard last night was retro. it was ugly nostalgia for a country that is not going to

but it is worth noting that in addition to joe kennedy iii there were a number of other democrats sortg for that lime light. joe kennedy gave the official democratic response but you had other folks giving responses too. i do think in a lot of ways donald trump is such an oxygen eater in any political environment that some of the story lines which would be big deals with a less high profile, less actively tweeting president get overlooked. the reality is there is a fight coming for sort of where does -- we saw it in part in 2016 with hillary clinton versus bernie sanders, but the cake was baked. the cake won't be baked in 2020. you'll have biden on one side i think and others, but biden, and on the other side you'll have bernie sanders and elizabeth warren and corey booker. >> last night you looked at nancy pelosi and chuck schumer and you saw a difference of. >> we're divided. let's talk about the state of the streets. people really want to be listened to and not necessarily talked to, but listened to. that is why take every tennessee, i've been to 12 different states in the last quar

>> we'll hear from joe kennedy iii a bright star on the democratic side. 37 years old, graduated from and clearly someone to have them shine. it is it a difficult spot and we remember marco rubio and the drink of water and bobby gindale. and so much. democratic side is resisting the president. what we have seen so far, he's sitting the same tones of unity and bringing the country together. and you will hear that from joe as well. >> maxin waters will not strike the unity tonight. it is interesting that you have five democratic responses. if the gop was doing that there would be a lot of the talk about how they are not unified behind the leadership of their party. we'll see how it goes. the president has a lot on the line today. >> tucker: people are emotional. >> except right here. >> tucker: you are always pictures of cool. in the chamber, are democratic leaders concerned about outburst. >> nancy pelosi gave a speech that said don't do it and stay in line and don't have an outburst and we may see that. as you are right, tensions are high and emotions are high and especially along the

i thought cory booker looked good, young joe kennedy iii was very good. yourself, are you going to join that pack and run for 2020 in president? >> i hope when i get off the show you say mcauliffe was pretty good, too. >> if i say that, will you run? >> let me just say this, chris. this is very important. this is a gigantic year for the democratic party. if you love this party, we have 36 governors up. what is happening in the states with the state legislatures controlled by republicans, they are rolling back voting rights. we have got to be in play in '18. forget 2020. we've got to win big. it's a democratic governor who can veto a bad redistricting map. if we don't fix this problem in '18, we're going to pay a price for ten years. >> i'm joined by filmmaker rob reiner. thanks so much for joining us tonight. you know everything, you know politics, you know theater, you know drama. what was tonight about? was it a masquerade? how would you describe trump's performance? >> just as a performance standpoint it was -- well, we discovered he could read. he kno

picking massachusetts congressman joe kennedy iii is a reach to recapture the unity that brought excitementer and magic to the new frontier politics of the '60s and invoking the name and the blood of the kennedy family itself, the democratic leaders of the house and senate are exhuming the scenes along the railroad tracks in june of 1968 when robert kennedy was carried to arlington cemetery. no one still alive forgets the faces of african-americans singing the batsal hymn of the republic or the poor white families along the route their hands raised in affectionate salute. bobby kennedy personified that democratic unity more than any leader since and explained why his grandson has been chosen to raise the banner as the two parties announcing young kennedy for good paying manufacturing jobs and expanding opportunities known for that and calling cat young lawmaker a fighter for working americans. it's a return of the tribute his grandfather paid democrats back at the '64 convention. here he is. >> no matter what talent an individual possesses, what energy he might have, no matter how much inte

and also have the democratic response by joe kennedy iii. >> the trump administration decided not toeast for now. declining to impose sanctions mandated by congress as retaliation for meddling in the election. the administration says the mere threat of sanctions as an act will be a deterrent and just before a midnight deadline. u.s. officials released so-called putin list naming more than 200 russian politicians and leaders who flourished under putin. that doesn't trigger any new sanctions. >> pentagon, reporting a close call. officials say the u.s. plane was on a routine flight in in the national airspace over the black sea. when the russian jet crossed directly in front of it coming within just five feet. the navy says the incident was unprovoked. the state department is accusing russia of flagrantly violating international laws. >> officials in philadelphia are investigating a deadly police shooting involving a man who apparently was trying to run people down with his vehicle. one person was struck, but not seriously injured. before another driver, blocked the suspect's path. that

, as well, for the democratic response that will be coming from massachusetts representative joe kennedy, iii. robert f. kennedy's grandson. shortly after the doors close, i believe there's a five-minute wait for that before we get to representative kennedy. now, speaking -- this whole night and the drama and how this played out, it's all interpreted different ways depending on party views. but one of the things you could see right now is that right now this is maybe readjusting the priority list here and what gets talked about. on that level as we wait for congressman kennedy. it's a hard act to follow the president but particularly on a night like this. >> it certainly is, neil. and as far as the order and what's going to be tackled first. we heard him speak about the empire state building and how quickly that went up and this challenge of infrastructure and how our roads and bridges are falling apart. which i think everyone agrees with. i think i've been cued here so i'm going to toss it back to you. >> i apologize for that. congressman mark meadows joining us now. the president outlined a

joe fseph kennedy. >> announcxt, he's the grandson of liberal icon bobby kennedy and the grand nephew of senator ted kennedy. 37-year-old congressman from massachusetts, joe kennedy iii. how will he respond? abc news live coverage of the state of the union and the democratic response will continue in a moment. what makes america great? the answer is simple really. americans make america great. you are the lifeblood of the nation. and your rights as americans must be safeguarded. there's only one solution to keep our country great. a new tradition. participate today and nothin will make you more prouder than when your boy looks up at you and says, "dad, i wanna purge too." the first purge. in theaters july 4th. this film is not yet rated. you were borne to travel... borne to rock... and you don't want anything stopping you from doing what you love. so if you're looking to give your immune system extra support... only airborne plus beta-immune booster is made with a crafted blend of to boost your natural defenses.n keep doing what you were borne to do. airborne plus beta immune booster. >>> and we are back. about to get the democratic response fm congressman joe kenned