. >> elena kagan, steven breyer. but it's not mat jort who sit with the other party. by and large the democrats sit on one side, and the republicans sit on the other. president greeting members of the joint chiefs of staff, the head of the military branches, as he makes his way up to the podium, the front of the house of representatives. >> ifill: you'd think maybe he's done this before. now comes the moment in which he makes his nirs address, and then the applause continues a little bit longer because that's the way they do it. >> woodruff: and the tradition has it that the president-- if i thought we could hear, i'd stop talking. if the president gives the speaker a copy of his remarks, one year, when bill clinton was president, he handed a copy to the then-republican speaker, and there was nothing. all that was in it was a line about "the joke's on you." and i'm resigning as president. >> ifill: michele obama. >> woodruff: i don't think president obama is going to do that tonight. >> members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to