mark fogel was born in a small, rural town and butler, pennsylvania. have you heard of it? where his mother is live for the past 78 years. i just happened to go there last july, 13th for a rally that was not pleasant. and that is where i met his beautiful mom right before i walked onto that stage. and i told her i would not forget what you said about her son. and i never did, i never forgot less than 10 minutes later at that same riley, the gunfire rang out, and a sick and deranged assassin unloaded 8 bullets from his diapers. perch into a crowd of many thousands of people. my life were saved by a fraction of an inch, but some were not so lucky. glory. compare at door was a firefighter, a veteran, a christian husband, a devoted father, and above all a protector. when the sound of gunshots pierced the air was a horrible sound. go renew interestedly what it was and what to do. he threw himself on top of his wife, daughters, and shielded them from the bullets with his own body. corey was hit really hard. you know the story from there. he sacrificed his life to say there's 2 ot

nearly four years ago amid rising tensions a history teacher named mark fogel was detained in russia and sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony, rough stuff. the previous administration apparel lifted a finger to help him. they knew he was innocent but they had no idea where to begin but last summer i promised his 95-year-old mother that we would bring her boy safely back home. after 22 days in office, i did just that. and they are here tonight. [applause] [cheers] >> president trump: to mark and his great mom we're delighted to have you safe and sound and with us, as fate would have it, mark fogel was born in a small rural town in butler, pennsylvania. have you heard of it? where his mother has lived for the past 78 years. i just happened to go there last july 13th for a rally. that was not pleasant. and that's where i met his beautiful mom, right before i walked on to that stage. and i told her i would not forget what she said about her son, and i never did, did i? never forgot. less than 10 minutes later, at that same rally, gunfire rang out and a sick and deranged assassin unloa

mark fogel was born in a small rural town in butler, pennsylvania. have you heard of it? where his mother has lived for the past 78 years. i just happened to go there last july, 13th for a rally that was not pleasant. and that is where i met his beautiful mom right before i walked on to that stage and i told her i would not forget what you said about her son. and i never did. i never forgot less than 10 minutes later. at that same riley, the gunfire rang out, and a sick and deranged assassin unloaded 8 bullets from his diapers, perch into a crowd of many thousands of people. my life were saved by a fraction of an inch. but some were not so lucky. glory. compare it or with a firefight or a veteran, a christian, a husband, a devoted father, and above all a protector. when the sound of gunshots pierced the air was a horrible sound. go renew interestedly. what it was and what to do. he threw himself on top of his wife and daughters and shielded them from the bullets with his own body. glory, what is it really hard? you know the story from there he sacrificed his life to save.

trump highlighted the story of mark fogel, an american teacher who was whereonfully detained in russia four years, trump brought him home last month. ordinary people honored last night. >>> the democrats were committed to protesting everything trump did or said. watch. >> i look at the democrats in front of me, and i realize there is absolutely nothing i can say to make them happy or to make them stand the or smile or applaud. nothing i can do. stuart: he was right. again, i've got to say i think the protests fell flat and didn't have much impact. shannon bream will take that on. >>> the president spent his address doubling down on his agenda. i think that was exactly the right message. we'll see what newt gingrich thinks about it. he joins us next. ♪ i hope that someone gets my -- ♪ i hope that someone gets my message in a bottle ♪ but at t. rowe price, we're letting curiosity light the way. r r s in healthcare. and how these innovations will create a healthier world tomorrow. better questions. better outcomes. pronamel clinical enamel strength can help us to keep our enamel for a lif

as fate would have it, mark fogel was born in a small rural town in butler, pennsylvania. have you heard of it? where his mother has lived for the past 78 years. i just happened to go there last july 13th for a rally. that was not pleasant. and that is where i met his beautiful mom right before i walked onto that stage. and i told her i would not forget what she said about her son. and i never did. did i? never forgot? less than ten minutes later, at that same rally, gunfire rang out and a sick and deranged assassin unloaded eight bullets from his sniper's perch into a crowd of many thousands of people. my life was saved by a fraction of an inch, but some were not so lucky. corey comparator was a firefighter, a veteran, a christian, a husband, a devoted father, and above all, a protector. when the sound of gunshots pierced the air, it was a horrible sound. corey knew instantly what it was and what to do. he threw himself on top of his wife and daughters and shielded them from the bullets with his own body. corey was hit really hard. you know the story. from there. he sacri

mark fogel. american teacher released from russian prison last month are invited and the family of corey comperatore, the firefighter killed during the attempt on president trump's life in butler, pennsylvania and more excellent choices that we'll see later this afternoon. >> we couldn't even get the ukrainians to a point where they could talk about the peaceful settlement. i get the frustration and rage and it is their country, not our country, but you have to accept cooler heads have got to prevail. this thing cannot go on forever. >> dana: the trump administration to haveening its stance on ukraine. the president paused american aid and he will give an update during tonight's address. we'll see. plus an accused cop killer released by a democratic judge due back in court today. it is prompting out rage even among democrats. >> it is unheard of that a capital murder defendant charged for murder, charged gets a bond -- low bond out on the streets. (♪) the last eight years i've been in bed, basica

mark fogel, the american teacher sprung from a russian jail.t emotional, the young man with cancer who always wanted to be a police officer. the president made him an honorary secret service agent. the democrats sat on their hands. they couldn't bring themselves to applaud a boy with cancer. the media was just as bad. msnbc's rachel rachel maddow accused our trump of being disgusting, her word, for spotlighting a boy with cancer. the terrorist responsible for the if abbey gate bombing, the republicans cheered, nothing from the democrats. silence. at a the end of the day, we really don't know where the democrats will take the country. there's no leadership, no policy. but the president is conducting a revolution in government. he laid it out last night. he's doubling down on it. and polls taken right after the speech showed overwhelming voter support. it was a home run for trump. the democrats just stayed on the bench. third hour of "varney" starts now. ♪ ♪ stuart: shannon bream with me this morning. all right, shannon, the democrats' resistance

mark fogel. a american prisoner freed from russia. mcnabb who suffered a traumatic brain injury playing volleyball hit in the head by a transgender athlete. >> dana: i remember when we interviewed her and her father and very moving. jd vance previewed the address on hannity. the president will tout his accomplishments and have fun in the process. >> i'm excited about the speech. he will make a lot of good arguments and talk about a lot of the successes we have had in the first 45 days. also going to be himself, which means he will poke a little fun and we'll have a good time. >> bill: now, alexandria hoff begins our coverage at the north lawn of the white house. what are they talking about now, alex? >> good morning. the president's joint session of congress is not an official state of the union address but functions similarly. tonight's theme according to the white house will be the renewal of the american dream. the theme will be broken down into four components and parts during the speech tonight. the president's accomplishments in

attempt, cade lin mcnabb who was injured playing in a women's volleyball match plague against a male, mark fogel from confinement, and the mother and sister of laken rivalry. on the democrat side, many of them will be bringing in fired federal workers as their guests, but there's been a division how they should respond to the president's speech. some of them are considering not showing up. >> we shouldn't be surprised if we see walkouts, we shouldn't be surprised if we see, you know, the kind of coordinated earth in dressing a -- effort in dressing a certain way to send a message. >> reporter: house minority lead hakeem jeffries encourages members to show up, he wants a strong show of opposition present during the speech. send is it back to you. stuart: thank, alexandria. listen the what president trump says he needs from zelenskyy to restart negotiations. watch this. >> well, i just think he should be more appreciative because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin. we've given them much more than europe, and europe should have given more than us. we gave $350 billion, they pro

pennsylvania history teacher are he leased from confinement in russia thanks to president trump that being mark fogel. alisa and lauren phillips the mother and sister of laken riley and then a woman for online safety regulations. >> opportunity means to much to me and validating knowing that the president and first lady care about my story. >> on the democrat side many will be bringing fired federal workers as their guest. a bit of division over how they should respond to the president's speech. some of them considering not showing up. >> we shouldn't be surprised if we see walk-outs or see the kind of coordinated effort in dressing a certain way to send a message. >> the message seemed near identical for prominent democrats on x. they were word for word staying on messaging and house minority leader hakeem jeffries is advising his members to attend tonight. he says he wants to show there is an opposition party, harris. >> harris: thank you very much. state department spokesperson tammy bruce is in "focus" now. congratulations. i have not seen you since you got that post. nice to see you. thank you f

and as the president positions himself as a deal maker with russia, we will see mark fogel that american teacher wrongfully detained for more than three years in russia, returning to the u.s. last month after a deal negotiated by the administration. kate. >> yeah, there is a lot there. as you said. very well, betsy, it's very instructive who joins the first lady as guests on these big moments. it's great to see you. thank you so much. >> we've had a very busy morning, very jittery morning here. as the markets have responded to the new tariffs from president trump. canada, mexico, china all responding. i think we have a live look at the markets right now. you can see the dow down now well over 1% as with the s&p. and this follows just giant losses yesterday two there was the hope it would rebound this morning. >> now we know china canada and mexico are fighting slapping slapping back. and that's what we're seeing here in the markets. >> all right a lot to keep your eye on over the next several minutes. thank you so much for being with us. this is cnn news central situation room. up next.

nearly four years ago, amid rising tensions, a history teacher named mark fogel was detained in russiatenced to time in a penal colony. the previous administration barely lifted a finger to help them. i promised his mother that we would bring her boy safely back home. after 22 days in office, i did just that, and they are here tonight. [applause] to marc and his great mom, we are delighted to have a safe and sound and with us. as fate would have it come out marc fogel was born in a small rural town in butler pennsylvania. where his mother has lived for the past 78 years. i just happened to go there last july 13th for a rally. that was not pleasant. that is where i met his beautiful mom right before i walked onto that stage and i told her i would not forget what she said about her son, and i never did, did i? never forgot. less than 10 minutes later, at that same rally gunfire rang out and sick and and deranged assasn unloaded eight bullets from his snipers perch into a crowd of many thousands of people. my life was saved by a fraction of an inch. but some were not so lucky. corey compe

as fate would have it, mark fogel was born in a small rural town in butler, pennsylvania.ther has lived for the past 78 years? i just happened to go there last july 13th for a rally. that was not pleasant. and that is where i met his beautiful mom right before i walked onto that stage. and i told her i would not forget what she said about her son, and i never did. did i? never forgot? less than ten minutes later, at that same rally, gunfire rang out and a sick and deranged assassin unloaded eight bullets from his sniper's perch into a crowd of many thousands of people. my life was saved by a fraction of an inch, but some were not so lucky. corey comparator was a firefighter, a veteran, a christian, a husband, a devoted father, and above all, a protector. when the sound of gunshots pierced the air, it was a horrible sound. corey knew instantly what it was and what to do. he threw himself on top of his wife and daughters and shielded them from the bullets with his own body. corey was hit really hard. you know the story. from there. he sacrificed his life to save theirs. two

it in their heart to stand for objectively good things, including the 95 year old mother and mark of marc fogel and mark, who got rescued from a russian prison. and they couldn't even stand up for that. i thought democrats came into this speech lost and defeated by donald trump. and today it looks to me like they're even more lost and even more defeated than when the speech started. >> well, there was a oh, sorry. there was a clear juxtaposition, so i thought elissa slotkin knocked it out of the park. it makes sense that they chose her, but she laid out a winning messaging playbook for democrats that i suspect they're going to summarily ignore. what we saw the theatrics tonight in the chamber are not being well received. and as we saw recently at the dnc candidate forum, it didn't sound like that. it didn't sound like pocketbook issues. it didn't sound like saying, you know, my neighbors might support trump, but that doesn't mean you're a bad person. they continually elevate people who are leaning, as republicans have, but into the name calling and to the demonizing and filing articles of impea

fogel returned to the u.s. last month through a deal negotiated by the president and his advisers. his release markedu.s. talks with russia. fogel was one of first lady melania trump's 15 guests, all of whom represented key trump administration policies and accomplishments. now, there was no mention in tuesday's address of north korea, despite a prominent leader in pyongyang accusing the trump administration of provoking the country into stepping up its nuclear deterrence. our will ripley has more. >> a warning. >> from kim jong un's powerful younger sister just before president donald trump's congressional address. kim yo jong, one of the most influential figures in north korea, accusing the u.s. of political and military provocations. a response to the uss carl vinson, a nuclear powered aircraft carrier docked in south korea's port city of busan. south korea's navy calls it a show of force against north korea. kim's sister says the u.s. deployment of military assets justifies pyongyang's plan to indefinitely bolster its nuclear war deterrent. >> let's put. >> that it has only grown since trump and

promised his 95 year old mother, malphine fogel, that we would bring her boy safely back home after 22 days in office. i did just that and they are here tonight. o mark and his great mom. we are delighted to have you safe and sound and with us, as fate would have it, marc fogel was born in a small rural town in butler, pennsylvania. have you heard of it? where his mother has lived for the past 78 years? i just happened to go there last july 13th for a rally. that was not pleasant. and that is where i met his beautiful mom right before i walked onto that stage. and i told her i would not forget what she said about her son, and i never did, and i never forgot less than ten minutes later, at that same rally. gunfire rang out and a sick and deranged assassin unloaded eight bullets from his sniper's perch into a crowd of many thousands of people. my life was saved by a fraction of an inch, but some were not so lucky. corey comperatore was a firefighter, a veteran, a christian, a husband, a devoted father, and above all, a protector. when the sound of gunshots pierced the air, it was a horrible sound. corey knew instantly what it was and what to do. he thr