host: mary kate cary, same question and how was it under george h w bush? >> there's a very elaborate process that i think many presidents use, it starts with directions from the president, and the cabinet secretary sends out the call to the agencies and the senior staff, what do they want on that precious real estate? they only get one sentence so hat do they say? and the speechwriter has to wade through the mountain and come up with a good draft and it gets fact checked by those same people, then it goes to the president and the president can rip the whole thing to shreds, he could say it's what he wanted, but the president has the final word and you never want to have a situation where the president goes to a podium with a speech changed after he approved it. host: as we talk about the state of the union address, mary kate cary worked for the george h w bush administration and stephen krupin worked for the obama administration, we are asking you to join the discussion this morning. the phone lines are open, for democrats (202) 748-8000, for republicans (

union address coming up tonight in the house chamber with two former presidential speech writers, mary kate cary was a speechwriter for george h w bush, stephen krupin was the senior speechwriter to barack obama in 2016 and 2017. let's start with the audience that this is being delivered to, the live audience in the house and the upwards of 50 million people watching at home. how does that impact how the president delivers the speech and who he is delivering it for?

same mary kate cary, question and how was it under george h w bush?> there's a very elaborate process that i think many presidents use, it starts with directions from the president, and the cabinet secretary sends out the call to the agencies and the senior staff, everyone sends in -- what do they want on that precious real estate? they only get one sentence so what do they say? and the speechwriter has to wade through the mountain and come up with a good draft and it gets fact checked by those same people, then it goes to the president and the president can rip the whole thing to shrek -- the whole thing to shreds, he could say it's what he wanted, but the president has the final word and you never want to have a situation where the president goes to a podium with a speech changed after he approved it. host: as we talk about the state of the union address, mary kate cary worked for the george h w bush administration and stephen krupin worked for the obama administration, we are asking you to join the discussion this morning. the phone lines are open,

formerup this morning, speechwriter for george h w bush mary kate cary and former speechwriter for barack obama stephen krupin discuss the preparation for the state of the union address. from thenthony fauci national institute of allergy and infectious diseases discusses the recent measles outbreak in the u.s. be sure to watch it c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. live tuesday on the c-span networks, the senate judiciary committee hears from naomi row who has been nominated to replace brett kavanaugh on the d.c. circuit court. that is at 10:00 eastern on c-span. at noon, the house returns for morning speeches and legislative business. our coverage of the state of the union address begins at 8:00 p.m. on c-span2, the senate returns the0:00 for more work on middle east policy bill and federal land management. at 9:00, the state of the union address followed at 10:00 with reaction from congress. at 9:30 a.m. on c-span3, the senate armed services committee hears from the commander of the u.s. central command on military operations in syria an

bush mary kate cary, and former speechwriter for barack obama discussed the preparation signaling to delivering the state of the union address. then dr. anthony felt she -- fouchi talks about the connection between the anti-vaccination movement and the recent measles outbreak in the u.s. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. over the last year, the world has seen what we always knew. that no people on earth were so fearless or daring or determined as americans. if there is a mountain, we climate. --climb it. if there is a challenge, we tame it. if there is an opportunity, we seize it. let's begin tonight by recognizing that the state of our union is strong because our people are strong. [applause] >> the state of the union, first-person owned -- first post on because the government shutdown, will be on tuesday night. live from the house chamber beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, followed by the democratic response by former georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams. the state of the union, live tuesday at 9

coming up this morning, former speechwriter for president george h w bush, mary kate cary and former speechwriter for former president barack obama, stephen krupin, discuss the preparations needed for the state of the union address. and dr. anthony fauci talks about the connection between anti-vaccination movement and the recent measles outbreak in the u.s. he sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. on the c-spany networks, the senate judiciary committee hears from traditional nominee naomi routh who has been nominated to replace brett kavanaugh on the d.c. circuit court. that is at 10:00 eastern on c-span. at noon, the house returns for morning our speeches and legislative business at 2:00. our coverage of the state of the union address begins at 8:00. on c-span2, the senate returns for more work on the middle east policy bill and land management. at 9:00 p.m., the state of the union address followed at 10:00 i reactions from members of congress. at 9:30 a.m. on c-span3, we hear from the commander of the u.s. central comman