. >> for a preview of what we might hear, we are joined by michael waldman, the president of the brennanrmer director of speech writing for president bill clinton. he wrote or edited four state of the union addressed. good morning, michael. those addresses are long. writing and editing them are no small feat. for a president that is notorious and favors braggadocios and bluter, what do you think the tone is on tuesday night. >> there is a tone that president's generally str-- try strive for in a state of the union. they want a moment to command the full power and majesty as it were of the office. and majesty of the office is not a phrase one typically associated with donald trump. if you think about it, what is complicated with him is we as listeners and voters, know that sometimes he can read a speech from a teleprompter and last year he gave an address to congress and it was kind of boring and people -- people sort of breathed a sigh of relief. but teleprompter trump is different from twitter trump who sounds not like a regular old president but someone calling into a talk radio show.