. >> if you heard lavinia, and you want a selfie, line up on that side of the room. sen. thank you for being here tonight. thank you. ♪ waiting --is not winning for our party, it is winning for our country. [applause] >> president trump delivers this state of the union address from the house chamber alive tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern followed by the democratic response with michigan governor gretchen witmer and texas representative veronica escobar. live coverage on c-span. c-span.org or free on the c-span radio app. joining us on the phone to give us a preview of what u

granddaughter, lavinia. my guys, bruce and bailey.applause] bailey is ready for the stage get away, dog. i want you to know bailey is a good boy. usually as you know, i talk take some questions and then we stay for selfies. -- been in washington for feels like years. i haven't been able to talk to as manynologist iowa. i'm afraid i'm not going to be able to stay. i can't stay and do selfies but i have a substitute. bailey says he will stay and do a selfie with everyone. we'll do our best. this is such a moment. i've been at this for a year. a little over a year ago, i declared, got in this race here in iowa. and in that time we have done town halls and taken thousands of unfiltered questions. lots of selfies. lots of notes pressed into my hands. lots of times you stopped me on the sidewalk or out in parking lots. i want to say thank you. thank you for engaging and also thank you for pushing. you ask hard questions. you pushed on ideas. have you thought about how it affects my family? have you considered this other part about the place