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governor nikki hailey will deliver the republican response to the debate. house speaker paul ryan and majority leader mitch mcconnell made the announcement last week. the governor is honored she was asked and plans to focus on the challenges and opportunities facing the nation. >>> henry mcmaster used the first day of the session to draw attention to a growing problem in south carolina, human trafficking. mcmaster held a news conference declaring the month of january human trafficking and month. the attorney general human trafficking task force released its findings in the plan to tackle the issue. >> if you see something, say something. you cannot leave all of law enforcement to law enforcement and the courts alone. the a average citizen has got to take a stand and make his or her mark against these criminals who people. >> in the attorney general's report in the past year, more than 100 people have received trafficking. >> a horrific crime. but a richland county teen is back home with her family and a 22-year-old is behind bars charged with human traffick

. >> south carolina governor nikki hailey delivered the republican response. >> we're feeling a crushing national debt and doctors less available. and even worse, we are facing the most dangerous terrorist threat our nation has seen since september 11. and this president appears unwilling or unable to deal with >> the house speaker also criticized the address saying that the speech is not a real path forward to restoring a confident america. >> and governor rick scott gave the state of the state address. in his speech, he spoke about business incentives to bring jobs to the state cacs cuts and the safety of his fellow floridians. the next president of the united states must make it their mission to eliminate isis. >> and thanks to the hardworking people of our great state, over one million jobs have been created in five years and that is something that every floridian can brag about. >> and back out in jacksonville looking for more evidence as a human remains found in wooded areas belonging to a missing toddler. she disappeared last july and his mother and her boyfriend are currently beh

. >> south carolina governor nikki hailey gave the republican response. she is the first minority and first woman governor of south carolina and is a potential contender to be a vice president running mate to the republican nominee. she had a heavy dose of criticism for the president. >> as he enters his final year in office, many americans are feeling the squeeze of an income levels. we are feeling a crushing nags national debt. healthcare less affordable. chaotic unrest in many of our cities. even worse, we are facing the most dangerous terrorist threat our nation has seen since september 11. and this president appears unwilling or unable to deal with it. >> reporter: you can expect the democratic candidates to campaign on this speech as well. head on over to 9news.com to check out reaction from colorado's congressional delegation. >> we are about to get into the international story of the day which is the ten u.s. sailors held in iran. no mention of that in the president's speech. >> a lot of criticism on that. the only mention of iran, no mention of t

. >>> and nikki hailey will deliver this year's republican response. but it is another woman getting talk on facebook in relation to tonight's state of the union address. kim davis and her lawyer will be attending the address at the invitation of congressman jim jordan. he gave the ticket to the family research council who gave it to davis. davis is the county clerk from kentucky who spent five days in jail for defying a federal court order to issue same sex marriage licenses. the address will be carried right here on wusa9 at 9:00 p.m. and we will be live streaming the speech on our wusa9 app. you can tweet us your comments. >>> right now, we have breaking news out of the pentagon. two small u.s. navy boats and their crew are in the hands of iran. but iranian authorities have given us assurances that the ships and the sailors are safe. the pentagon says there was mechanical trouble on the boats. isis is suspected to be behind a deadly suicide bombing in turkey today. at least ten people were killed. 15 others injured when the bomber blew himself up in

. >> south carolina governor nikki hailey gave the republican response. she is the first minority and first woman governor of south carolina and is a potential contender to be a vice republican nominee. she had a heavy dose of criticism for the president. >> as he enters his final year in office, many americans are feeling the squeeze of an economy too weak to raise income levels. we are feeling a crushing nags national debt. a healthcare plan making healthcare less affordable. cities. even worse, we are facing the most dangerous terrorist threat september 11. with it. >> reporter: you can expect the democratic candidates to campaign on this speech as well. head on over to 9news.com to check out reaction from delegation. >> we are about to get into the international story of the day which is the ten u.s. sailors held in iran. no mention of that in the president's speech. >> a lot of criticism on that. the only mention of iran, no mention of the nuclear deal. >>> normally, social media around these big political events is a cesspool. a fever swamp of consp

south carolina governor nikki hailey will deliver the republican response. at the white house, andrea mccarren, wusa9. >>> in the first lady's box tonight are two people from the washington area. a small business owner from dc who trains low income community members to install solar panels and prepare for green technology jobs. also, a u.s. army veteran from virginia who immigrated to this country with his pakistani parents. you can watch the state of the union address tonight at 9:00 tonight. if you are on the go tonight, we are live streaming it all for free on the wusa9 app. we have a whole section dedicated to tonight's speech. >>> a brand new poll number in the race for president. there are fresh numbers conducted for cbs news and the new york times tonight. just released 30 minutes ago. first the democrats, the race has tightened between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. nationwide, clinton has 48% support, sanders, 41%. just one month ago, clint's lead was 20 points. now to the republicans, donald trump maintains a sizable lead with 30%. then ted cr

he said south carolina's governor nikki hailey was laying out the republican's plan for the white house more than responding to obama's speech. >> reporter: honestly, it wasn't clear if was responding to the state of the union by president obama or was responding to the fro frontrunner donald trump and the republican party. shouldn't just listen to the loudest voices, sometimes being quiet and listen something a more effective way to lead. i think that was a clear sign she was shift to go saying, look. the g.o.p., itself, has challenges above and beyond barack obama. i don't think she did a very good job of really presenting herself. i think there were some real problems with somehow she described some events in her state, especially the shooting at mother emanuel last year. but she said some parts of the g.o.p. don't agree with donald trurp and they have an a lot tentative to what president obama has ever been offering. >> getting reports of an explosion in the eastern afghan city of jalalibad, apparently a suicide bomber is to have targeted a police patrol. three officers were killed

in the gop response, south carolina governor nikki hailey saouid what america needs is a republican president, saying we face the most dangerous terrorist threat that we have ever seen since 9/11 and she believes president obama is either unwilling or perhaps unable to deal with it. so we'll dig further as the morning goes on. >> kerry, thank you very much. >>> we can also show you nypd lieutenant meeting with president obama at last night's speech. he's head of the city's muslim he also met with vice president joe biden. he was invited to the capital to help fight anti-muslim sentiment in the country. >>> governor cuomo will deliver his sixth state of the state address and budget proposal. he spent ten days touring the state to lay out his proposals. he plans to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2018. we will be streaming the address live on nbcnewyork.com. >>> in just hours before president obama's state of the union address, governor chris christie was taking jabs at the white house. >> the state of the onion will not be a call to action tonight. it'll be fantasy wish list by a

south carolina nikki hailey will deliver for gop response. our coverage begins at 8:00 p.m.iel cavuto followed by the state of the union address at 9 testimony p.m.,. >> lauren: these are how global stocks are shaping right now. chinese shanghai composite with up arrow of two tenths of 1%. >> nicole: ftse and cac also up arrows. >> lauren: look at that. s&p futures up 13, nasdaq up 30. >> nicole: we are watching commodities market. oil 31.26. it's off the lows in the morning. gold 4.90. >> lauren: china is making basest move hollywood get, buying legendary entertainment. batman trilogy and straight out of compton. >> nicole: here is a look at the headlines in wall street journal. oil plunged bankruptcy fears and worry of sink of producers. the cable player known for shows such as shark week look to boost presence overseas and david bowie, the man who sold the world and bonds. david bowie was performer and financial innovator and we talked so much about his death. >> lauren: a lot of people are buying his latest record as a result of coming up in mornings with maria. >> it's

. >> lauren: nikki hailey getting backlash for her remark but trump is saying, he's got no problems with the comment. >> some of the commentators, nikkei hailey said you were an angry. i thought, i am, i am very angry because i hate what's happening to our country. i'm very angry. [cheers and applause] >> lauren: in an interview governor hailey explaining her remarks. >> mr. trump, i consider him a friend, he gave me donations in the past, but i disagree with the fact that he wants to start using religion as a way to divide people. that's not how we've ever done things in this country. this isn't personal. i just want him to understand that our country is made up of immigrant, that is the fabric of america. >> lauren: she is open to the idea of running for vice president once the no, nominee is very selected. >> nicole: that is very interesting. paul ryan with a response of state of the union. >> i think it sort of degrades the presidency to then talk about primary politics in the other party during primaries. that's really not what presidents ought to be talking about in state of the un

governor nikki hailey. we will have the thoughts you have been sharing on twitter. >>> the so-called affluenza mom is is a free woman again. tanya couch posted bond and was released from a texas jail this morning. she is the mother of ethan couch, the teenager convicted of killing four people in a drunken driving crash. his attorneys claim couch was just too wealthy to know the difference between right and wrong. he is in mexico fighting extradition back to the united states. >>> right now, investigators are trying to determine what caused a deadly house explosion in ohio. the bodies of a couple and their two daughters 8 and 12 years old were found in the rubble. the blast happened last night about 20 miles south of downtown cleveland. >> so i walked outside, as soon as i walked outside the garage, all i saw was a big fire ball. about 30 feet high. oh boy, that's not good. >> officials don't believe it was caused by a natural gas leak, but they haven't ruled that out. >>> a controversial seal will remain in

. >> nikki hailey acknowledged her state of the union comments warning republicans not follow the sirenpoll of the angriest voices were aimed at trump. why would she use this time to criticize the frontrunner in the race for the white house? holding onto. they're hugging the tree. (man) that's why we got a subaru. or was it that tree? (man) the twenty-sixteen subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. itswhen you're engineeredct to literally to drive circles around the competition. >> donald trump continues to dominate the polls and the headlines for the rice for the white house. i sat down with eric trump the vice president of the trump administration to talk about his dad's presidential campaign and what kind of president his dad would be. take a look. >> eric trump thank you for being with us. a big week. your father was in south carolina loon gnaw. everybody said he did a great job. i am not going to ask you if you think he did. because i assume you think he did. >> everybody is saying he won the debate. i am proud of him. he is doing so, so well. >> is there a differ

. >> reporter: south carolina governor nikki hailey follows the president tonight. she's delivering what republicans call an address, not a response. >> the reason i didn't want it to be a response to the president is i certainly am not one to compete against the president or try to imply that i could be. >> ted cruz is skipping the speech to campaign in new hampshire. rand paul and bernie sanders are expected to attend. now guests in the first lady's box include students, boviness owners, veterans and an empty we're told that's to represent victims of gun violence. >> tracie potts i washington. tracie, thank you. > this morning a special edition of the "today" show. the entire "today" team is at the white house ahead of tonight's state of the union address. stay tuned for an exclusive interview with president obama this morning at 7:00 right after "today in new york." >>> tune in tonight for coverage of the state of the union. watch it at 9:00 p.m right here on nbc 4. >>> 5:20 now. long island military family who recently lost a loved one, they'll be at tonight's s

you will also see the republican response from south carolina governor nikki hailey. again, that will be just after and following. that have live coverage on too, and you can get to respond to that as well. follow on c-span, listen on c-span radio and c-span.org. hello. epublican line, caller: hello, i would like to see the president speak about policy that directly benefits the working class and a lot of the republicans are focused mostly on the corporations of rich people, like governor hristie, who actually state -- i hate the republicans doing that, you know, where they're giving tax breaks to corporations, you know, with the hope that out of the goodness of heir heart, they might provide more jobs and stop outsourcing to other nations. well, the tax program where they et tax programs for every job they create, he said republicans seems to be against that, and trying to say that they're a party for economic responsibility. well, the corporation's already aid, we're not responsible for providing anything but profit for our big stockholders. that's irresponsibility.

coverage of the president's speech followed y the republican respondent by south carolina governor nikki haileyour reaction by hone, facebook, tweets and e-mail as well as those of members of congress, on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org, and we'll re-air our state of the union coverage and the republican response starting at p.m. eastern, 8:00 p.m. pacific. also, live on c-span 2 after the speech, we'll hear from members of congress in statuary hall with their reaction to the president's address. >> next, u.s. marine corps eneral john kelly, a matter of u.s. southern command, speaking with reporters at the pentagon. e talked about islamic extremism and the transfer of gua guantanamo prisoner detainees. since november of 2012. this is 45 minutes. to kelly: very, very happy be here, made friends over the years, and as you probably know, know, you know everything, i retire at the end of this month. command in south com is next thursday. i would tell you that south comm is a very, very unique organization, a remarkable organization, very different than the other co-comms, a very different miss

tonight, donald trump is responding to governor nikki haley's official response to president barack obama's state of the union address. >> in it, hailey cautioned for responding to the siren call of the angriest voices, code for donald trump. during a stop in pensacola, florida, trump wasted no time from the apparent jab. >> one of the commentators said to me that nikki haley, a very nice woman, she said i'm an angry person. they said to me, they said you were an angry person. i thought, i said, i am. i'm very angry. because i hate what's happening to our country, i am angry. (cheers and applause) >> very angry. >> while the governor's speech is receiving mixed reviews from members of the republican party, governor nikki haley says she stands by what she believes and hopes the american people can take away the meaning behind the remark. hailey says she's strongly opposed to trump's proposed ban but she says he's not the only presidential candidate she does not agree with. >> i have disagreements with other presidential candidates, jeb bush's common core and marco rubio's amnesty. what i would say is, mr. trump, don't take it personall

nikki haley will deliver it. >> she's been rumored to be a possible vice presidential contender. house speaker paul ryan says hailey set a bold agenda for her state and led an economic turnaround in south carolina. the state of the union is it's live on your abc action news station if you're not near your tv you can tune in to our live stream on the abc action news mobile app and on our web site. >>> in odemocracy 2016 -- we now know which republican presidential candidates will be on stage and where they will be standing for thursday's primetime debate. >> once againfront runner donald trump will be front and center. next to him, marco rubio, texas senator ted cruz. former florida jeb bush who has fallen in the polls will be on the right side, just seven gop candidates met fox business networks's qualifications to appear in primetime. not sitting well with the kentucky senator rand paul. >> it's a rotten thing to do to try to designate which candidates have a chance and don't and so we will not participate in anything that is not first tier. >> you will not see senator paul in the undercard debate thursday, you wi

nikki haley. she was chosen to do the gop rebuttal to tuesday night's speech. hailey confirmed the comments included trump who she calls a friend. tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. >> i'm leading in south carolina by a lot in all the polls. people agree with me. i'm very strong on illegal immigration, she's weak on illegal immigration. >> trump also fired back at the president's surrounding comments about the country's decline saying the median income is now much less than it was when the president took office. >>> 6:46. right now raleigh city leaders are on a two-day retreat in charlotte. the mayor says they will focus on building relationships and developing both long and short term goals. she also says being away allows for fewer distractions, the price tag for the trip $31,000 taxpayer dollars which the mayor is weighing in on. >> the price tag $31,000, some say it's too much. >> well, you know, you have to understand it's an investment. i own my open business -- well, i did own my own business and certainly in business this and it really d

hailey used her platform during the state of the union, lambasted some within her party, including republican frontrunner, donald trump. here with more. >> reporter: even when he's not donald trump is. nikki hail hayly's republican response. >> during anxious times it's can be tempting to follow the sin are call of the ang reest voices. >> you were referring to donald trump, correct? >> he was one of them. he has contributed to what i call irresponsible talk. governor haley, along with house speaker paul ryan represent what people think the gop should be, more diverse, more inclusive. what the gop has is trump, leading the back and mobilizing a new base of support for the fights back. >> reporter: trump, keechping up his birther attacks on cruz. cruz was born in canada to an american mother. >> that is a big, big factor. >> reporter: the rivals now fighting for first in iowa, leaving little room for the establishment cappedndidates. >>> on the democratic side things are getting more contentious as well. with just days left before the democratic debate airing here on nbc. clinton polls numbers continue to slip. nbc reports. >> reporter: hillary clinton and bernie sanders, clinton firing th

nikki haley. this is amanda carpenter. a communications director for ted cruz and now a pundit and says hailey's speech would have been goodept for the gop self-loathing. laura engram has been very encouraging of donald trump. very disdainful of the establishment. the country is lit up with a populist fever by digging in criticizing the gop candidates dominating polls. not smart. she was on a tweet storm tonight. said too bad nikki haley missed her opportunities who stand with working people who want borders enforced, government shrunk. what we're seeing and it's still early right now but what we're seeing in the instant reaction to nikki haley's speeds, we are seeing the divide in the republican party that's been exposed by the rise of donald trump. you have the republican establishment saying we loved what nikki haley had to say tonight. we love her version of the republican party. but you have the people who have been fighting that establishment who have been encouraging trump. they are hearing that message and saying we don't want any of that. this is the story to watch in the coming days. does anybody give an inch or