. >>> white house officials say prior to a state of the union address president trump sobel east spoke directly to -- president trump spoke directly to democrats trying to send a unified message. >> that the state of our union is strong because our people are strong. >> reporter: president trump touted his accomplishments during his first state of the union address. >> since the election we have created 2.4 million new jobs -- >> reporter: he laid out what he believes his duty is as president of the united states. >> to defense americans, to protect their safety, their families, their communities and their right to the american dream. because americans are dreamers, too. >> reporter: that line in particular wrangled democrats fighting to protect undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children and sometimes called dreamers. >> the president presents himself as generous toward dreamers, but he is holding them hostage to the most extreme anti-immigrant agenda in generations. >> reporter: the white house says the president's speech was supposed to be unifying and cutting throug

reporters yelling questions at president trump today and some as you heard didn't hold back asking the president directly, is he a racist? our political analyst brian sobelre. so many people think that what he said was disgusting, divisive and racist but the president was elected because he is unfiltered and says what he things. will there be fallout? >> i don't know there will be long-term fallout. there will be some short term. unfortunately for the president and for the republicans who may be looking for some solutions around immigration, i think it toughens the stance of many democrats to say you're not genuine about this. it's not really your issue. you're possibly a racist, possibly anything else. and we can't trust you. >> in the last 12 to 14 months we have heard a lot of people pitting campaigns against president trump to impeach him and censorship. what will happen? >> reporter: given the number of republicans in congress, the chances of impeachment even if you call for it are nil. there is a huge process. the fact that somebody has a certain point of view is not an impeachable offense. it weakens the presidency. this is the concern here. ameri