smet narrowly avoid the the mass killing at the tree of life synagogue. last night he turned 81. i have witnessed many state of the union addresses, but that is a moment i will truly never forget. the president and first lady had many distinguished guests in addition to mr. samet including another pennsylvania resident, pittsburgh police officer tim mi matson. he he ran into the tree of life synagogue and shot seven times as he chased down the shooter. he has undergone 12 surgeries and i understand he has more in the future. but he made the trip to washington to be in the gallery last night. we're proud of the bravery and heroism of both officer madison and mr. samet. it was an honor to have them in the chamber last night. the president and first lady also welcomed a world war two and d-day veteran, the first man to step on the moon, a childhood cancer survivor, former prisoners who, thanks to criminal justice reform have their lives back, and many other special guests. the state of the union is both a time to reflect and look to the future. and this administration has achieved re

months ago eleven jewish americans were viciously murdered in an anti-semitic attack on the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh swat officer timothy mattson raced into the gunfire and was shot seven times chasing down the killer and he was very successful timothy has just had. his twelfth surgery and he's going in for many more but he made the trip to be here with us tonight officer mattson league. was a who was a who was . thank you we are forever grateful thank you very much tonight we are also joined by pittsburgh survive judah salmon he arrived at the synagogue as the massacre began but not only did judah darley escape death last fall more than seven decades ago he narrowly survived the nazi concentration camps today is jude is eighty first birthday. a he. got. behind her a period thank you very well he. gave an. eval they wouldn't do that for me judah i. hear to say as he can still remember the exact moment nearly seventy five years ago after ten months in a concentration camp when he and his family were put on a train and told they were going to another camp suddenly the train screeched to

the tree of life synagogue was a horrible, horrible event and he really did do a job. he made it so much better. i saw him in the hospital and he is still suffering. but he told me the other night, he is so proud to have been a part. he is a great gentlemen and we introduced him the other night. nd the girl who overcame brain cancer, had no idea this was going to happen to her and bravely rallied an entire community and the soldiers who of normandy eaches on d-day, all those warriors set out on their mission. president roosevelt led our nation in prayer in a national radio address, president roosevelt began with these olemn words,al mighty god, our sons, the provided ofure nation on this day has set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our republic, our religion and our civilization. since the founding of our nation, many of our greatest strides from dating our independence to and litigation rights, to s -- extending the vote for women, have been led by people of faith and started in prayer. when we open our hearts to faith, we fill our hearts with love. many

the deadliest act of anti- semitism to ever occur in our country, the mass shooting at the tree of life synagogue in october. i want to commend all of you in your cities who came together in unity with the folks at the tree of life. we had a unity celebration at our synagogue temple ethel bethel and i just want to commend so many who did the same. we will then hear from our colleague and actually i think bloomberg classmate mayor andy burke who will discuss the mayors counsel against hate which he has established in his city and then our cleanup hitter is our friend chief tom manger who is the police chief in montgomery county maryland and the immediate past president of the major cities chiefs association and a close working partner as the mayors and police chiefs convene to work on issues like these together. before we hear from our speakers i want to go around the room quickly and ask all of the mayors present to introduce themselves and we will start here. >> i am the mayor of pittsburgh. >> mayor kim norton rochester minnesota. >> mayor kirk from honolulu. >> [ indiscernible - low volume ] n

first time nonviolent drug offenders who have been committed to sentences victims of the tree of life synagogue massacre from a few months ago opiate substance abuse victims so we can see this shaping up to be immigration trade economy security prison reform and we'll be here to cover all night long starting at two am central european time at eight pm over on the east coast united states and you can tweet me w n blue cross on twitter if you have any questions or. things to add or want me to look into stuff we'll be doing that all night. so check us out and we'll be here i hope you will be you got us cover it there is so much looking forward to it while i am thank you so much. i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. and belfast british prime minister theresa may has reassured the people of northern ireland that she remains committed to preventing a hard border between northern ireland in the republic of ireland all this is by seeking to limit the so-called northern irish backstop they will hold talks with e.u. leaders in brussels on thursday. agreemen

months ago eleven jewish americans were viciously murdered in an anti-semitic attack on the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh swat officer timothy madsen raced into the gunfire and was shot seven times chasing down the killer and he was very successful timothy is just had. his twelfth surgery and he's going in for many more but he made the trip to be here with us tonight officer matt said please thank you it was thank you what was . thank you we are forever grateful thank you very much. tonight we are also joined by pittsburgh survive judah salmon. he arrived at the synagogue as the massacre began but not only did judah darley escape death last fall. more than seven decades ago he narrowly survived the nazi concentration camps today is jude is eighty first birthday. thank you. thank you. of a. three year or. three year eight thank you you're a hero or her was. a give away. for hiv and they wouldn't do that for me judah i am. here to say as he can still remember the exact moment nearly seventy five years ago after ten months in a concentration camp when he and his family were put on a train and

they demanded gun safety legislation, and after the horrific shooting at the tree of life synagogue, members of the community came together to denounce gun violence. the 11th district of new jersey understands. universal background checks are a responsible way to address the gun violence epidemic in this country. it is a way to keep our communities safe. and here in new jersey, we know that successful responsible gun ownership looks a lot like the legislation we have on the books. we have good gun safety laws, but they are constantly undermined by states with weak gun safety laws. as a federal prosecutor, i worked on cases where we traced illegal guns to neighboring states with weak gun safety laws. that's why it's so important that we have stronger federal safety laws. gun violence is a national problem, and it deserves a national response. mr. speaker, i grew up in a culture of gun safety. my father is a hunter, and he taught me to shoot. i went onto serve in the united states navy, and i was qualified as an expert shot in .09 16, the colt .45 and millimeter ber etta and i'm baretta

the mass shooting up the tree of life synagogue in october, and i want to commend all of you and your cities, who came together in unity with the folks at the tree of life and in the city of gary, we had a unity celebration at our synagogue, temple bethel. i just want to commend so many mayors, and councilmembers who did the same thing. we will then hear from our colleague, and actually i think bloomberg classmate mayor andy burke, who will discuss the mayor's counsel against hate, which he has established in his city, and then our cleanup hitter is our friend chief tom manger, who is the police chief in montgomery county, maryland, and the immediate past president of a major city's chiefs association, and a close working partner as the mayor's and police chiefs convene to work on issues like these together. before we hear from our speakers, i want to go around the room very quickly, and ask all of the mayors present to introduce themselves, and we will start with mayor peditto. >> i am bill peduto, the mayor of pittsburgh. >> mayor joseph, san jacinto, california. >> mayor kim norton

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he is accused of the mass shooting at the tree of life synagogue in october. six others, including four officers were injured. ral prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for bowers. >>> scott weiners to announce legislation to protect >> the senator who represents san francisco wants to make it easy for sex workers to come forward to promote more violent crimes but they will not report because they are fear of being arrested. details will mean public at this morning in san francisco. >>> we will look at the new gender health center opening in downtown san jose. that center specializes in services for transgender, non- binary and diverse people of all ages. it is the only clinic that offers primary and specific care for the needs of those patients. officials are committed to reducing the stigma and promoting equality for everyone. the center is at the valley health center on east santa clara street near 17th street. >>> the investigation underway in vallejo after the police shot and killed a man. the police is asking for the independent group to look into th

and last year in 2018, when the tree of life synagogue massacre takes place, trump blames the synagogueaving armed guards there. and then to top all of that, just last month, donald trump quotes a tweet supporting and embracing a tweet by pat buchan buchanan. donald trump is the one who needs to apologize and resign. >> so alexandria ocasio-cortez is jumping into the fight. her point is, unlike the president, congressman ilhan demonstrated the capacity to acknowledge and apologize, right? which she obviously did. you know, the president said it was lame and she didn't mean it, but if he has such an issue and thinks it is deep-seated in someone's heart if they make a comment about joews and money, then, well, let's play him. >> i know why you're not going to support him, and you know, you're not going to support me because i don't want your money. but that's okay, you want to control your own politician. >> how is that any different, scott? >> yeah, i recall president trump back then telling a lot of donors, i know i'll never get your support, because you'll want to donate to other candi

includes a family whose loved one was killed by an undocumented immigrant, survivors of the tree of life synagogue and a ben phan factor of trump's tack bill and democrats have chosen stacey abrams to deliver the rebuttal, the first african-american woman to do so. democrats intend to use their plus ones to send a message. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez said she'll bring a woman who kenneth, janai. >> mona, thank you. our live coverage begins at 9:00 eastern right here on abc. >>> federal prosecutors in new york have issued a subpoena seeking documents from president trump's inaugural committee. sources say they want information on donors, vendors and guests. they're apparently looking into the benefits they may have received in exchange for donations as well as the possibility of illegal foreign contributions. the committee has been under investigation for how it raised and spent a record $107 million from the fund on inauguration events. >>> we turn now to the blackface controversy regarding virginia governor ralph northam. nearly every politician has called on him to resign but now he's

emmanuel ame church in south carolina, last october, 11 dead after a shooting at pittsburgh's tree of life synagogue. and the deadliest in 2017, 26 gunned downt first baptist church in souther lands, spri texas. the church now has its own armed security team. but critics like the giffords c later says the presence of a gun makes gun violence more likelynd believe civilians do not do a good job of preventing gun violeee when they armed. at a2, the weapons are out of sight, but the protection t of mind. >> i appreciate having security. for one, ites m me feel like the church cares about my >> reporter: these three say security is theirca lling. >> i have the heart of a mother and a mother is going to protect her children. >> reporter: standing ready to prevent tragedy and praying they never have to. birmingham,alabama. >> two days after that shooting rampage a factory in aurora, illinois, the five employees gunned down were honored today. thousands gathered at a vigil ah pratt facility where a long-time employee was fired. >>> how to tell whether it's true or not and all the information we're exposed

last october 11 dead after a shooting at pittsburgh's tree of life synagogue.wn at first baptist church in sutherland springs, texas. >> amen. >> reporter: the church now has its own armed security team. but critics like the giffords law center to prevent gun violence say the presence of a gun makes gun violence more likely and believes civilians do not do a good job of preventing gun violence when they are armed. at sight but the mind. >> i appreciate having security. for one, it makes me feel like the church cares about my safety. >> reporter: these three say security is their calling. >> i have the heart of a mother and a mother's going to protect her children. >> reporter: standing ready to prevent tragedy and praying they never have to. blayne alexander, nbc news, birmingham, alabama. >>> still to come, we will go to rural kentucky where they're producing a delicacy that just may be the best in all the land. on car insurance? did the little piggy cry wee wee wee all the way home? weeeeeeeee! we we weeeee! weeeeeeee! weeeeeeee! weeeeeeee! max. maxwell! yeah

. >> i mean, we just had a tree of life synagogue shooting where a white supremacist went into a synagogue and killed 11 jews... >> horrific. >> ...citing the jewish community's interest in supporting refugees. >> yeah. >> so when you accuse jews of upholding white supremacy, it feels and seems inappropriate in the context of this mass white-supremacist slaughter in a synagogue. >> well, if you want to put it in the context of that particular issue or that incident, which is a horrific incident in american history, then that's fine. but if you want to talk about the overall context of how we exist in america, then i think it makes perfect sense. >> let's do both. >> i mean, it doesn't change. the bottom line is that, people who have white skin, including white jews, benefit from white privilege. i mean, even jewish people say that. >> i understand the argument that white people are benefiting from a system of privilege that is structural, that has existed for centuries. i also understand white supremacy to be an evil ideology that is filled with hate and insists on not allowing anyone else

first time nonviolent drug offenders who have been the community sentences victims of the tree of life synagogue massacre from a few months ago opiate substance abuse victims so we could see this shaping up to be immigration trade economy security prison reform and we'll be here to cover all night long starting at two am central european time at eight pm over on the east coast united states and you can tweet me w n blue cross blue cross on twitter if you have any questions or. things to add or want me to look into stuff we'll be doing that all night so check us out and we'll be here i hope you will be you got us coverage there so much looking forward to it ryan thank you so much are a year who are washing a d w a news still to come. the pope wraps up a historic visit to the united arab emirates with a powerful mass to local conflicts but will his message of peace and tolerance influence the region once he's gone. now to germany which has unveiled a bold new strategy to protect its industrial sector in the face of new challenges economy minister peter of myer unveiled the so-called national indus

the 81-year-old holocaust survivor who also was a survivor of that terrible shooting at the tree of life synagogue very, very remarkable. certainly nothing like i have ever seen in the course of my time covering this chamber. >> i felt like those moments all in some way eased what was otherwise a lot of intentitensi partisan tension. >> i think the president should be happy about that. those will at least dominate what i think is going to be a more, as you said, a very poorly received speech among democrats. >> and the president has made his way out of the house chambers now. we will take a short break. and come back with stacey abrams delivering the democratic response. as our live coverage of the st (burke) parking splat. and we covered it. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ you see clear skin. cosentyx can help people with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis find clear skin that can last. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections

months ago, 11 jewish americans were viciously murdered in an anti-semitic attack on the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. s.w.a.t. officer timothy matson raced into the seven times chasing down the killer, and he was very successful. timothy has just had his 12th surgery and he's going in for many more but he made the trip to be here with us tonight. officer matson, please. [ applause ] thank you, we are forever grateful. thank you very much. tonight, we are also joined by pittsburgh survivor judah samet. he arrived at the synagogue as the massacre began. but not only did judah narrowly escape death last fall, more than 7 decades ago, he narrowly survived the nazi concentration camps. today is judah's 81st birthday. [ applause ] [ singing happy birthday ] >> they wouldn't do that for me, judah. judah says he can still remember the exact moment nearly 75 years ago after 10 months in a concentration camp when he and his family were put on a train and told they were going to another camp. suddenly, the train screeched to a very strong halt. a soldier appeared, judah's family braced for the ab

. >> what a fabulous moment, he survived the holocaust and the tree of life synagogue shooting, he turned1 years old yesterday. watch this. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> they wouldn't do that for me. >> self-deprecating, off script as well. >> don't know what lawmakers started that happy birthday chant but i'm glad they did. hearing the chamber say saved my day, good to see everyone together like that. tammy says amazing story of survival and strength not once but twice. got to celebrate his life, 81 years old. >> someone not on the positive spectrum of tweets, this i role by kristin gillibrand. >> we have a video of it. >> we are considered far and away the hottest economy anywhere in the world, not even close. unemployment has reached the lowest rate in over half a century. >> she is now fundraising off of that i role, sent out a tweet saying chip in $5 so we can put a end to this. interesting moment to roll your eyes. >> he didn't seem happy for much of the speech, kept cutting to her and she had that sour look. >> the democratic reaction, although scowls. not al

and the tree of life synagogue survivor, that left 11 people dead last year. first family also invited alex johnson, convicted drug traffic are granted clemency by the president. them using the opportunity to invite guests that don't necessarily agree with the president's agenda. kamala harris and chris murphy are planning to bring people affected by the government shutdown. something us to look for is whether donald trump will make a major announcement on plans to pull troops out of syria. it is going to be big. heather: we will talk about throughout this show as well. thank you so much. the pressure is mounting for congress to cut a deal on the border but republican senator lindsey graham is mourning his colleagues not to sabotage the president's efforts to secure the border with an emergency declaration. >> having the government down is not a good way to get the wall built, best way to get the wall built his work with democrats and work with republicans to build the wall into other things but it doesn't look like nancy pelosi is going to give democrats much

of opposition leader jeremy corbyn. the suspect in the pittsburgh synagogue massacre has pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges. he is accused of opening fire at the tree of lifeynagogue, killing 11 people and wounding seven others. authorities believe he specifically targeted his victims because they were jewish. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at "tictoc" on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david? mark. thank you, havetional appropriators until friday to make a deal to keep the government open. four negotiators are meeting again today, but leaders say another government shut that is still a real possibility. they cannot sign everything they put in front of them, there will be some things that we could not agree to, so the shutdown is on the table. >> i would say 50-50 we get a deal. i hope that we do. >> the numbers are all over the place. i think the problem is this has become an ego negotiation, this is not over substance. david: for more we welcome our political panel. alex, a former director of the marco rubio campaign. and a former hillary clinton advisor

months ago, 11 jewish-americans were viciously murdered in an anti-semitic attack on the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. swat officer timothy matson raced into the gunfire and was shot seven times chasing down the killer. and he was very successful. timothy has just had his 12th surgery, and he's going in for many more. but he made the trip to be here with us tonight. officer matson, please. >> [applause] pres. trump: thank you. we are forever grateful. thank you very much. tonight we're also joined by pittsburgh survivor judah samet. he arrived at the synagogue as the massacre began. not only did judah narrowly escape death last fall, more than seven decades ago, he narrowly survived the nazi concentration camps. today is judah's 81st birthday. >> [applause] [singing "happy birthday"] [applause] >> thank you! >> [laughter] pres. trump: they wouldn't do that for me, judah. >> [laughter] pres. trump: judah says he can still remember the same moment years ago after 10 months in an concentration camp, when he and his family were put on a train and told they were going to another camp. sudden

. >> the president applauded the tree of life synagogue survivor in pittsburgh last december. he wound up being serenaded. ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday to you ♪ >> never heard happy birthday. >> that's a nice moment. >> happy birthday. >> also in attendance, although asleep. young joshua trump, no relationship, he's been bullied because he shares the president's last name. in a cnn poll, one important caveat here, skewed largely republican. >> and stacey abrams, a rising star in the party. she blasted the trump administration for the government shutdown. >> making livelihoods of our federal workers a pawn for political gains is a disgrace. the shutdown was a stunt engineered by the president of the united states. one that defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people, but our values. >> abrams said she's disappointed by the president but does not want him to fail. >> all right. let's talk about all of this with nathan gonzalez who is live in washington this morning. he's the editor and publisher of "inside elections" a cnn ana

just months ago 11 jewish americans were viciously murdered an anti-somatic attack on the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. s.w.a.t. officer timothy mattson raced into the gunfire and was shot seven times and he was very successful. timothy has just had his 12th surgery and he is going in for many more. but he made the trip to be here with us tonight. ofc. mattson, please. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you, we are forever grateful. thank you very much. tonight we are also joined by pittsburgh survivor judah savage. he arrived at the synagogue as the massacre began. but not only did judah narrowly escape death last fall, more than seven decades ago he narrows never really survived the concentration camps. today is a judas 81st birthday. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ happy birthday to you. happy birthday to you. happy birthday dear judas ♪ [ applause ] they wouldn't do that for me in judah. he says he can still remember the exact moment nearly 75 years ago after 10 months in a concentration camp when he and his family were put

and judith will be there, he provide the mass shooting at the tree of life synagogue which left 11 people and alice johnson. and convicted committee by the president. and they don't agree with the president's agenda. kamala harris, christmasy planning to believe. all affected by the government shutdown. and a lot of information is expected. >> we will talk to ralph norman about what he wants to hear at the end of the hour. rob: bernie sanders will deliver his state of the union response, the vermont independent's rebuttal will be streamed on facebook, youtube and twitter and follow the democrats of his response, chaired by stacy abrams. >> the lieutenant governor virginia denying claims he sexually assaulted a woman. just in fairfax testing ralph northrom's supporters are behind a new allegation, fairfax was next in line to take over for ralph northronnie forster is line after this controversial photo. >> i don't know where this is coming from. we heard different things but does anybody think it is a coincidence that on the eve of my being elevated this uncorroborated thing comes out? doe

last year of the horrific shooting of the tree of life synagogue, president trump recognized him andoning it was his 81st birthday setting off a congressional sing-a-long. >> thank you. little thank you from judith there. >> a beautiful moment. we don't see a lot of beautiful moment these days. >> that's right, those are the moe mo moments that a lot of americans will remember. >> our first low comes from the super bowl, the shirt that adam levine wore and did not wear during the halftime show. as the maroon 5 stripped down and he got down to a tank top whose pattern looked really familiar to many watching at home. it is an a exact match to a line of throw pillow sold at target. social media filled up with photographs of the pillow next to images of levine on tv. when even he could not take that pattern anymore, he stripped off the tank top and went shirtless revealing a fully tatted physic. mitchell ripped off his shirt too and wrote illinois backward across his abs, he took a mirror selfie while pounding a beer. the photograph became a super bowl phenomenon on facebook, perhaps the

just months ago 11 jewish americans were viciously murdered in an anti-semitic attack on the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. swat officer timothy madse ne racne -- madsen raced into the gunfire and was shot seven times chasing down the killer, and he was very successful. timothy hasinto the gunfire and seven times chasing down the killer, and he was very successful. timothy hraced into the gunfire shot seven times chasing down the killer, and he was very successful. timothy has just had his 12th surgery and he is going in for many more, but he made the trip to be here with us tonight. officer matson, please. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> thank you. we are forever grateful. thank you very much. tonight we are also joined by pittsburgh survivor judah samet. he arrived at the synagogue as the massacre began. not only did judah escape death last fall, more than seven decades ago he narrowly survived the nazi concentration camps. today is judah's 81st birthday. [ applause ] [ applause ] ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you [ applause ] >> t

. >> juan: how about a guy who is a trump supporter shooting up the tree of life synagogue.at's aggressive? >> kennedy: yes, i do. >> juan: be careful if you're making it a political attack. >> morgan: the democrats have imposed the purity test. juan lester going to a bar invited to i think you -- -- >> juan: a lot of jewish people are democrats. >> kennedy: why is that? >> jesse: you have to ask them them. >> kennedy: republicans were much more supportive of israel, or only democratic ally in the middle east. >> jesse: it's an amazing thing that there's not more jewish republicans in this country. they always have their different belief system. i think what's happening here is there's the three musketeers. you have omar, you have rashida, and have aoc. they are all socialist. you have some anti-semitism, farrakhan's appetizers they're going to go after these three radicals. politico says this republican strategy risks a backlash. as the party that has problems with women and minority continue to focus tax on women of color. i dislike it because i think republicans are going

of the union, president trump appeared to link the killing of 11 jewish americans at the tree of life synagoguear to what he called iran's anti-semitic rhetoric. >> the radical regime in iran, it is a radical regime, they do bad, bad things. we must never ignore the vile poison of anti-semitism or those that spread its venomous creed. >> the suspect was the shooting was american and had no ties to iran. today's iran's foreign minister responded in a tweet. >> the president did not directly blame iran for the synagogue shooting but left that they were to blame. >> shepard: jennifer, russia made an announcement today. >> sergey lavrov said his country will leave the nuclear treated the after the president put russia on notice for violating the agreement. >> the united states is officially withdrawing from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or inf treaty. perhaps we can negotiate a different agreement adding china and others or perhaps we can't. in which case we will outspend and outinnovate all others by far. >> experts fear a new cold war-style arms shep? >> shepard: jennifer griffin r

you have a survivor from the tree of life synagogue massacre, people definitely tied to immigration. a special agent in the trafficking unit and also relatives of people killed by undocumented immigrants. then perhaps the most interesting person is someone named joshua trump who is a 6th grader who says he's been bullied because of his last name. >> my idea for the democrats is to get a young kid named sessions to counter the bullying given that the biggest bully in the country is the president and his best target was jeff sessions. it's the whole anti-bullying campaign from melania trump is flawed given her husband and the way he acts. the interesting thing i'm looking for with abrams is to bring to life nancy pelosi's package talking about transparency in government, voter suppression, making sure people have a right to vote. she's uniquely qualified to talk about that. there are a lot of people who think if the vote was done fairly in georgia, she would have won as opposed to the secretary of state. >> including stacy abrams who halted her campaign but has not conceded. >> i think

about illegal immigrants utilizing guns and also about the horrific massacre we saw at the tree of life synagogue and i wonder what your message is for the president and the nation on gun violence. >> it's not that we didn't hear about the parkland shooting. it mentioned he wouldn't have time enough to do that on the one night. but he didn't mention the word guns. he didn't mention the common element in all of these shootings which is the gun itself and why this is happening. why are we okay with this? why is it fine when the gun lobby and the nra are behind this and we are not fine and we are not okay when an illegal alien, according to some people, is the person that's shooting your kid. i guess the only option you have as a father is to make sure the shooter of your son, it's an illegal alien so they can mention him. i'm not going to stop saying what i said yesterday or what i have been saying for the last year. i am a father. before an activist, i am a father. i have a duty as a father. my son will be represented by his mom and his dad forever. you have to deal with it, my friend, everybody.

if charlottesville did not make it clear, if the tree of life synagogue did not make it clear, racismnd anti-semitism, homophobia, transforming a -- trans-phobia are real. let's speak these truths so we can deal with them. [applause and cheers] and let's speak one of the most important truths that this time when we have such powerful forces that are trying division among us. the most important truth i believe we must know in our heads and hearts is the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us. let's speak that truth. [applause and cheers] and i know that to be true. i know that to be true. we are a beautifully diverse country. look at the weather outside that window and imagine what it is like in hawaii right now. [laughter] we have all kinds of diversity, of religion and race and ethnicity at topography and industry grew we could go on and on we are a beautifully diverse country. that withinuggest diversity it is not possible to achieve unity. there are so many differences. how can we achieve unity. i will to you this. the way we achieve unity is my unde

of the pittsburgh s.w.a.t. team who nearly lost his life responding to the tree of life synagogue shooting. they were also be a cancer survivor there, a young woman recovering from prescription drug addiction, which is a big agenda issue for the president, and a whole lot more. you can bet you will see democrats sit on their hands tonight. but the president will try to lay out an agenda for the next year that he believes, at least for some part, harris, can get some bipartisan support. >> harris: john roberts, thank you very much. joining me now, senate majority whip john thune of south dakota. senator, great to see you today. as we preview what the president will say tonight in the state of the union, what are your expectations? >> i think the president has a great opportunity, as he does every year, to make his case to the american people for his agenda. he will be able to talk about some of the compliments of the past year and a little bit of a look back and look forward. the look back is pretty impressive, if you think about it. we've got record low unemployment, wages are at a 10-year

ecognized for being wounded as part of the swat team that responded to the mass shooting at the tree of life synagogue in which 11 people were killed. also being honored is a holocaust survivor and synagogue member who survived that shooting. he also invited joshua trump, a sixth-grade student in wilmington, delaware, who enjoys science, art, and history. unfortunately he had been bullied due to his last ame. he's thankful to the first lady and president trump for their support. >> i think it's fascinating who gets invited, it's a thing they will never forget. some of the others, i think the illegal immigrant one is a little more predictable, because the president has brought victims of illegal immigrants who were killed to previous states of the union. the one i think we are little more surprised and newer are a gentleman named matthew charles, he was the first man released from prison under the first step act, there was tremendous bipartisan support for that in ongress. and i hope the president will highlight him as part of a bipartisan rhetoric. host: this is a release from the trump administration

if charlottesville did not make it clear, if the tree of life synagogue did not make it clear, racism, antisemitism, homophobia, trans phobia are real in this country. let's speak these truths so we an deal with them. and let's speak one of the most important truths that at this particular time must be spoken. when we have such powerful sow s that are trying to hate and division among us. the most important truth i believe we must know in our heads and in our hearts is the so majority of us have much more in common than what separates us. let's speak that truth. [applause] and i know that to be true. i know that to be true. listen, we are a beautifully diverse country. right? i mean, just look at the weather right outside that window and imagine what it's ike in hawaii right now. we have all kinds of diversity, of religion and race and ethnicity and topography and industry and we could go on and on. we are beautifully diverse. nd some would suggest that within diversity it is not possible to achieve unity. oh, there are so many differences. how can we achieve unity? well, i'll tell yo

to final passage as amended plfment speaker, the attack in october last year against the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh was a devastating assault on the jewish community. by inflicting violence on a neighborhood's