The Presidential Address

:00:22. > :00:27.Reporting from Washington, I'm Katty Kay.

:00:28. > :00:33.In just a few minutes, President Trump will deliver

:00:34. > :00:35.first speech to a joint session of Congress,

:00:36. > :00:38.and the wider American public, about what he hopes to accomplish

:00:39. > :00:42.The White House says it will be an optimistic speech.

:00:43. > :00:46.But given it's Donald Trump, we can also expect the unexpected.

:00:47. > :00:56.With me now and throughout the evening is the Republican strategist

:00:57. > :01:04.Ron Christie and Time contributor as well. I spent some time this

:01:05. > :01:07.afternoon speaking with senior White House officials, they said the

:01:08. > :01:11.President is very optimistic about what he is going to present, not

:01:12. > :01:15.just to the American people but to his fellow Republicans. There is a

:01:16. > :01:20.sense that the Republicans are not on the same page in relation to

:01:21. > :01:25.federal spending, taxes and the repeal of Obamacare. This is going

:01:26. > :01:28.to be an optimistic speech, not just to be American people but to the

:01:29. > :01:34.American Congress. There are at least two audiences, if not more for

:01:35. > :01:38.this address. For these big addresses. The president needs to

:01:39. > :01:42.win over the people in the room, and just as importantly, win over those

:01:43. > :01:47.watching on television. The numbers of those watching on television have

:01:48. > :01:52.declined by almost 50% in the last few decades. President pays

:01:53. > :01:59.attention to his ratings, so it will be interesting to see how many

:02:00. > :02:03.people to tune into this. -- the President. I think it is crucial in

:02:04. > :02:07.this address, he really has to start legislating. He has not introduced

:02:08. > :02:13.any legislation yet. A lot of members of Congress have expressed

:02:14. > :02:19.concern about him not pushing hard enough, championing things for. Has

:02:20. > :02:25.done a lot of executive orders but not a lot of policies. Here is the

:02:26. > :02:29.joint session of Congress, the floor of Congress. You have members of the

:02:30. > :02:32.Senate and the house of representatives there. Then on the

:02:33. > :02:38.balconies around the top, you have guessed who have been invited. There

:02:39. > :02:46.is vice president Mike Pence, and the Speaker of the house is Paul

:02:47. > :02:50.Ryan. Both Republicans. Blue is a colour associated with the

:02:51. > :02:54.Democratic Party, however the Republicans are wearing blue ties

:02:55. > :03:00.tonight. We have not seen this for a while, and address to Congress we

:03:01. > :03:03.both the people sitting behind the President are from his own party

:03:04. > :03:07.quite a low we have not seen that for some time. That is an

:03:08. > :03:11.interesting angle. How do the vice president and Speaker of the house

:03:12. > :03:14.react to what the President is saying? I will be looking at one

:03:15. > :03:19.side of the chamber versus the other. Other Republicans going to

:03:20. > :03:25.cheer when Donald Trump comes out in talks about appealing Obamacare?

:03:26. > :03:30.What are the Democrats going to do? That is the opposite of what we have

:03:31. > :03:34.had for the last eight years? Yes, for at least the last eight years,

:03:35. > :03:40.we have seen Republicans in the reverse role. Democrats already,

:03:41. > :03:44.Democratic women are uniformly dressed in white or purple, because

:03:45. > :03:48.those are the colours of suffrage in America and they are trying to

:03:49. > :03:52.declare themselves feminist to Donald Trump in the world. So there

:03:53. > :04:01.is already some activism going on in the room. The president of the

:04:02. > :04:09.United States. Talking about Donald Trump coming into the chamber on

:04:10. > :04:14.Capitol Hill. The tradition is that members will take their seats hours

:04:15. > :04:18.beforehand, critical seats on the sides of the eye also they can shake

:04:19. > :04:25.the hands of the President as he comes in. All of them want to be

:04:26. > :04:29.seen having their little moment with the commander-in-chief. You can see

:04:30. > :04:35.one of the members having a quick word with Donald Trump. It may be a

:04:36. > :04:39.legislative issue that he has or an agenda that he wants to push. Trying

:04:40. > :04:43.to talk to the president about that. We also have members of the Supreme

:04:44. > :04:51.Court in the chamber now, members of Donald Trump's Cabinet, top military

:04:52. > :04:55.figures as well. There is always one member of the Cabinet who is absent,

:04:56. > :05:06.who goes to an undisclosed location, in case anything were to happen at

:05:07. > :05:10.this address. I am not quite sure who that is this evening. We should

:05:11. > :05:14.also point out the first Lady, she has not been in Washington very much

:05:15. > :05:20.but she has come down for this address and we'll have her gaffe as

:05:21. > :05:24.well. You can see behind him the Republican leadership in the house

:05:25. > :05:30.of the Senate, the Republican majority leader, Mitch McConnell.

:05:31. > :05:34.The Senate Majority Leader. We also have the number four in the Senate,

:05:35. > :05:39.the Republican in the house, excuse me. The leadership comes behind

:05:40. > :05:43.them, they sit in the front rows behind the generals and the justices

:05:44. > :05:51.of the Supreme Court who are in the first rows. It is remarkable. If

:05:52. > :05:55.somebody had told you a one year ago that on this evening, you would be

:05:56. > :05:58.watching the new president of the United States come into Congress for

:05:59. > :06:04.their first joint address, their first effective State of the union,

:06:05. > :06:10.where would you have ranked the chances of that President being

:06:11. > :06:17.Donald Trump? Not very high. I think he took the Republican establishment

:06:18. > :06:22.and the world by storm. He ran as someone who was very controversial,

:06:23. > :06:27.draining the swamp, and that has been amazing. The footage of him

:06:28. > :06:35.coming down the aisle, you can see the folks here who have shown up

:06:36. > :06:40.almost 12 or 13 hours ahead of time so that they can have their moment,

:06:41. > :06:46.get on national television. Sometimes it is detrimental. One man

:06:47. > :06:52.got in a lot of trouble in 2000 for basically kissing President Obama on

:06:53. > :06:58.the cheek. He was up for re-election, he got killed for that.

:06:59. > :07:02.It depends... If you are on the other side of the aisle, do you want

:07:03. > :07:11.to be out hugging and kissing people? This speech, we are

:07:12. > :07:15.expecting it to be more positive than the inaugural address. It is

:07:16. > :07:20.also a victory lap for Donald Trump. He has a copy of his speech to the

:07:21. > :07:26.vice president and the Speaker of the house. Mike Pence and Paul Ryan.

:07:27. > :07:34.We understand he is going to speak for over an hour, this is going to

:07:35. > :07:40.be a lengthy address. The members of the Democratic caucus, dressed in

:07:41. > :07:45.white as we were saying earlier. The Speaker of the house will gather the

:07:46. > :07:49.house into session, announced the president of the United States,

:07:50. > :07:53.there will be a lot more cheering, more laughter, and then the

:07:54. > :07:58.President will finally get into it. We are still a few moments away

:07:59. > :08:02.before we start the speech. They are sitting there silently at the

:08:03. > :08:09.moment. Some people are on their seats cheering. We talked about how

:08:10. > :08:16.much Republicans might applaud him tonight. Thank you very much.

:08:17. > :08:21.Members of Congress, I have the higher privilege and the distinct

:08:22. > :08:28.honour of presenting to you the president of the United States. --

:08:29. > :09:08.high. Thank you very much. Mr Speaker, Mr

:09:09. > :09:11.Vice President, members of Congress, the first Lady of the United

:09:12. > :09:30.States... (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

:09:31. > :09:40.And citizens of America. Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our

:09:41. > :09:45.celebration of Black history month, we are reminded of our nation's past

:09:46. > :09:55.towards civil rights and the work that still remains to be done. --

:09:56. > :10:15.Black History Month. APPLAUSE Recent threats targeting

:10:16. > :10:20.Jewish community centres and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as

:10:21. > :10:25.well as the shooting last week in Kansas City, remind us that while we

:10:26. > :10:30.may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united

:10:31. > :10:47.in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. APPLAUSE

:10:48. > :10:56.Each American generation passes the tort of truth, liberty and justice

:10:57. > :11:03.in an unbroken chain, all the way down to the president. That taught

:11:04. > :11:08.is now in our hands. And we will use it to light up the world. I am here

:11:09. > :11:14.tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a

:11:15. > :11:30.message deeply delivered from my heart. A new chapter... APPLAUSE Of

:11:31. > :11:34.American greatness is now beginning. A new national pride is sweeping

:11:35. > :11:39.across our nation, and a new surge of optimism is placing impossible

:11:40. > :11:46.dreams firmly within our grasp. What we are witnessing today is the

:11:47. > :11:47.renewal of the American spirit. Our allies will find that America is

:11:48. > :12:13.once again ready to lead. APPLAUSE All the nations of the world, friend

:12:14. > :12:20.or foe, will find that America is strong, proud, and America is free.

:12:21. > :12:27.In nine years, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary

:12:28. > :12:34.of our founding. 250 years since the day we declared our independence. It

:12:35. > :12:39.will be one of the great milestones in the history of the world. But

:12:40. > :12:45.what will America look like as we reach our 250th year? What kind of

:12:46. > :12:51.country will we leave for our children? I will not allow the

:12:52. > :12:56.mistakes of recent decades passed to define the course of our future. For

:12:57. > :12:59.too long, we've watched our middle-class shrink, as we've

:13:00. > :13:05.exported our jobs and wealth to foreign countries. We've and built

:13:06. > :13:13.one global project after another, but ignored the fate of our

:13:14. > :13:16.children. The inner cities of Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit and so

:13:17. > :13:22.many other places throughout our land. We've defended the borders of

:13:23. > :13:29.other nations while leaving our own borders wide open for anyone to

:13:30. > :13:34.cross, and for drugs to pour in at a now unprecedented rate. And we spent

:13:35. > :13:42.trillions and trillions of dollars of this is while our infrastructure

:13:43. > :13:52.at home has so badly crumbled. Then, in 2016, the earth shifted beneath

:13:53. > :13:58.our feet. The rebellion started, as a quiet protest, spoken by families

:13:59. > :14:02.of all colours and creeds. Families who just wanted a fair shot for

:14:03. > :14:12.their children. And a fair hearing for their concerns. But then, the

:14:13. > :14:17.quiet voices became a loud chorus as thousands of citizens now spoke out

:14:18. > :14:21.together. From city is small and large all across our country.

:14:22. > :14:27.Finally, the chorus became an earthquake and the people turned out

:14:28. > :14:33.by the tens of millions, and they were all united by one very simple

:14:34. > :14:39.but crucial demands. That America must put its own citizens first. It

:14:40. > :14:44.was only then can we truly make America great again.

:14:45. > :15:08.Dying industries will come roaring back to life.

:15:09. > :15:13.Heroic veterans will get the care they so desperately need. Our

:15:14. > :15:16.military will be giving the resources it's brave warriors so

:15:17. > :15:21.richly deserve. Crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with

:15:22. > :15:26.new roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and railway is gleaming

:15:27. > :15:34.across our very, very beautiful land. Our terrible drug academic

:15:35. > :15:38.will slow down and ultimately stop and our neglected inner cities will

:15:39. > :15:45.see a rebirth of hope, safety and opportunity. Above all else, we will

:15:46. > :15:55.keep our promises to the American people. APPLAUSE

:15:56. > :16:02.It's been a little over a month since my inauguration and I want to

:16:03. > :16:06.take this moment to update the nation on the progress I've made in

:16:07. > :16:14.keeping those promises. Since my election, Ford, Fiat

:16:15. > :16:19.Chrysler, General Motors, Sprint, Softbank, Intel, Walmart and many

:16:20. > :16:23.others have announced that they will invest billions and billions of

:16:24. > :16:25.dollars in the United States and will create tens of thousands of new

:16:26. > :16:50.American jobs. APPLAUSE The stock market has gained almost

:16:51. > :16:54.$3 trillion in value since the election on November the eighth, a

:16:55. > :16:58.record. We've saved taxpayers hundreds of

:16:59. > :17:05.millions of dollars by bringing down the price of fantastic, and it is a

:17:06. > :17:12.fantastic, new F 35 jet fighter and we'll be saving billions more on

:17:13. > :17:16.contracts all across our government. We've placed a hiring freeze on

:17:17. > :17:21.non-military and non- essential federal workers. We have begun to

:17:22. > :17:29.drain the swamp of government corruption by imposing a five-year

:17:30. > :17:47.ban on lobbying by executive branch officials and a lifetime ban...

:17:48. > :17:53.APPLAUSE Thank you. And a lifetime ban on becoming

:17:54. > :17:58.lobbyists for a foreign government. We have undertaken an historic

:17:59. > :18:03.effort to massively reduce job crushing regulations, creating a

:18:04. > :18:14.deregulation task force inside of every government agency. APPLAUSE

:18:15. > :18:20.And we're imposing a new rule which mandates that for everyone new

:18:21. > :18:32.regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated.

:18:33. > :18:37.APPLAUSE We're going to stop the regulations that threaten the future

:18:38. > :18:57.and livelihood of our great coalminers.

:18:58. > :19:01.APPLAUSE We have cleared the way for the construction of the keystone and

:19:02. > :19:17.Dakota accessed pipelines. APPLAUSE -- accessed pipelines.

:19:18. > :19:21.Thereby creating tens of thousands of jobs and I've issued a new

:19:22. > :19:43.directive that new American pipelines be made with American

:19:44. > :19:45.steel. APPLAUSE We've withdrawn the United States from the job killing

:19:46. > :19:49.Trans-Pacific Partnership. APPLAUSE

:19:50. > :19:59.And with the help of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, we have formed a

:20:00. > :20:05.council with our neighbours in Canada to help ensure that women

:20:06. > :20:10.entrepreneurs have access to the networks, markets and capital they

:20:11. > :20:11.need to start a business and live out their financial dreams.

:20:12. > :20:34.APPLAUSE To protect our citizens, I have

:20:35. > :20:40.directed the Department of Justice to form a task force on reducing

:20:41. > :20:43.violent crime. I have further ordered the

:20:44. > :20:47.departments of Homeland Security and justice, along with the department

:20:48. > :20:52.of state and the director of national intelligence to co-ordinate

:20:53. > :20:56.an aggressive strategy to dismantle the criminal cartels that have

:20:57. > :21:12.spread all across our nation. APPLAUSE

:21:13. > :21:19.We will stop the drugs from pouring into our country, and poisoning our

:21:20. > :21:22.youth, and we will expand treatment for those who have become so badly

:21:23. > :21:35.addicted. APPLAUSE

:21:36. > :21:48.At the same time, my administration has answered the pleas of the

:21:49. > :21:49.American people for immigration enforcement and border security.

:21:50. > :22:01.APPLAUSE By finally enforcing our immigration

:22:02. > :22:04.laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions and

:22:05. > :22:06.billions of dollars and make our communities safer for everyone.

:22:07. > :22:21.We want all Americans to succeed, but that can't happen in an

:22:22. > :22:23.environment of lawless chaos. We must restore integrity and the

:22:24. > :22:52.rule of law at our borders. For that reason, we will soon begin

:22:53. > :23:07.the construction of a great, great Wall along our southern border.

:23:08. > :23:14.As we speak tonight, we are moving gang members, drug dealers and

:23:15. > :23:19.criminals that threaten our communities and prey on our very

:23:20. > :23:25.innocent citizens. Bad ones are going out as I speak, and as I

:23:26. > :23:29.promised throughout the campaign. To any in Congress who do not believe

:23:30. > :23:35.we should in force our laws, I would ask you this one question. What

:23:36. > :23:40.would you say to the American family that loses their jobs, their income

:23:41. > :23:42.or their loved one because America refused to uphold its laws and

:23:43. > :23:56.defend its borders? Our obligation is to serve, protect

:23:57. > :24:04.and defend the citizens of the United States. We're also taking

:24:05. > :24:05.strong measures to protect our nation from radical Islamic

:24:06. > :24:29.terrorism. APPLAUSE According to data provided by the

:24:30. > :24:32.Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of

:24:33. > :24:38.terrorism and terrorism related offences since 9/11 came here from

:24:39. > :24:44.outside of our country. We have seen the attacks at home

:24:45. > :24:49.from Boston to San Bernardino to the Pentagon, and yes, even the World

:24:50. > :24:54.Trade centre. We have seen the attacks in France, in Belgium and in

:24:55. > :24:58.Germany and all over the world. It is not compassionate but reckless to

:24:59. > :25:22.allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur.

:25:23. > :25:26.APPLAUSE Those given the high honour of admission to the United States

:25:27. > :25:31.should support this country and love its people and its values.

:25:32. > :25:35.We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside America, we

:25:36. > :25:46.cannot allow our nation to become a sanctuary for extremists. APPLAUSE

:25:47. > :25:50.That is why my administration has been working on improved vetting

:25:51. > :25:54.procedures and we will shortly take new steps to keep our nation safe

:25:55. > :26:05.and to keep those out who will do us harm.

:26:06. > :26:11.APPLAUSE As promised, I directed the Department of Defence to develop a

:26:12. > :26:15.plan to demolish and destroy Isis, a network of lawless savages who have

:26:16. > :26:19.slaughtered Muslims and Christians and men and women and children of

:26:20. > :26:24.all faiths and all beliefs. We will work with our allies,

:26:25. > :26:25.including our friends and allies in the Muslim world, to extinguish this

:26:26. > :26:53.vile enemy from our planet. APPLAUSE I have also imposed new sanctions on

:26:54. > :26:57.entities and individuals who support Iran's ballistic missile programme

:26:58. > :26:59.and reaffirmed our unbreakable alliance with the state of Israel.

:27:00. > :27:20.APPLAUSE Finally, I have kept my promise to

:27:21. > :27:26.appoint a justice to the United States Supreme Court from my list of

:27:27. > :27:26.20 judges who will defend our Constitution.

:27:27. > :27:47.APPLAUSE I am greatly honoured to have

:27:48. > :27:53.Maureen Scalia with us in the gallery tonight.

:27:54. > :28:17.APPLAUSE Thank you, Maureen.

:28:18. > :28:24.Her late, great husband Antonin Scully will forever be a symbol of

:28:25. > :28:28.American justice. To fill his seat, we have chosen Judge Neil Gorsuch, a

:28:29. > :28:33.man of incredible skill and deep devotion to the law. He was

:28:34. > :28:36.confirmed unanimously by the court of appeals and I am asking the

:28:37. > :28:54.Senate to swiftly approve his nomination. APPLAUSE

:28:55. > :29:01.Tonight as I outlined the next steps we must take as a country, we must

:29:02. > :29:07.honestly acknowledge the circumstances we inherited.

:29:08. > :29:13.-- outline. 94 million Americans are out of the labour force. Over 43

:29:14. > :29:16.million people are now living in poverty and over 43 million

:29:17. > :29:21.Americans are on food stamps. More than one in five people in their

:29:22. > :29:27.prime working years are not working. We have the worst financial recovery

:29:28. > :29:31.in 65 years. In the last eight years, the past administration has

:29:32. > :29:38.put on more new debt and nearly all the other presidents combined. We've

:29:39. > :29:43.lost more than one quarter of our manufacturing jobs since Nafta was

:29:44. > :29:49.approved and we've lost 60,000 factories since China joined the

:29:50. > :29:54.World Trade Organisation in 2001. Our trade deficit in goods with the

:29:55. > :30:00.world last year was nearly $800 billion. And overseas we have

:30:01. > :30:08.inherited a series of tragic foreign policy disasters. Solving these and

:30:09. > :30:13.so many other pressing problems will require us to work past the

:30:14. > :30:18.differences of party. It will require us to tap into the American

:30:19. > :30:22.spirit that has overcome every challenge throughout our long and

:30:23. > :30:27.storeyed history. But to accomplish our goals at home and abroad we must

:30:28. > :30:31.restart the engine of the American economy, making it easier for

:30:32. > :30:34.companies to do business in the United States and much, much harder

:30:35. > :31:00.for companies to leave our country. APPLAUSE Right now, American

:31:01. > :31:03.companies are taxed at one of the highest rates of anywhere in the

:31:04. > :31:08.world. The economic team is developing tax reform that will

:31:09. > :31:18.reduce tax rate on our companies so that they can compete and thrive

:31:19. > :31:24.anywhere and with anyone. It will be a big, big cut. At the same time, we

:31:25. > :31:30.will provide massive tax relief for the middle class. We must create a

:31:31. > :31:38.level playing field for American companies and our workers. APPLAUSE

:31:39. > :31:49., -- currently, when we ship our country products overseas, they make

:31:50. > :31:54.us pay very high tax. But when foreign companies ship products into

:31:55. > :31:59.America, we charge them nothing or almost nothing. I just met with

:32:00. > :32:02.officials and workers from a great American company, Harley-Davidson.

:32:03. > :32:08.In fact, they proudly displayed five of their magnificent motorcycles,

:32:09. > :32:20.made in the USA, on the front lawn of the White House. And they wanted

:32:21. > :32:28.me to write one, and I said, no thank you. At our meeting, I asked

:32:29. > :32:32.them, how are you doing? How was business? They said it was good. I

:32:33. > :32:37.asked them, how are you doing with other countries? Mainly,

:32:38. > :32:40.international sales? They told me, without even complaining, because

:32:41. > :32:46.they had been so mistreated for so long, that they'd become used to it.

:32:47. > :32:50.But it's very hard to do business with other countries, because they

:32:51. > :32:54.tax our goods at such a high rate. They said that in the case of

:32:55. > :33:01.another country, they tax their motorcycles at 100%. They won't even

:33:02. > :33:19.asking for a change, but I am. I believe. APPLAUSE

:33:20. > :33:29.I believe strongly in free trade. But it also have to be fair trade.

:33:30. > :33:37.It's been a long time since we had fair trade. The first Republican

:33:38. > :33:41.President, Abraham Lincoln, warned that the abandonment of the

:33:42. > :33:47.protective policy by the American government will produce want and

:33:48. > :33:59.ruin among our people. He was right. It's time we heeded his advice and

:34:00. > :34:04.words. I am not going to let America and its great companies and workers

:34:05. > :34:15.be taken advantage of any longer. They have taken advantage of our

:34:16. > :34:20.country. No longer. I am going to bring back millions of jobs,

:34:21. > :34:33.protecting our work is also means reforming our system of legal

:34:34. > :34:37.immigration. The current, outdated system depresses wages for our

:34:38. > :34:42.poorest workers and puts great pressure on taxpayers. Nations

:34:43. > :34:52.around the world like Canada, Australia and many others have a

:34:53. > :34:57.merit-based immigration system. It's a basic principle that those seeking

:34:58. > :35:01.to enter a country ought to be able support themselves financially. Yet,

:35:02. > :35:06.in America, we do not enforce this rule. Straining the very public

:35:07. > :35:13.resources that our citizens rely upon. According to the National

:35:14. > :35:18.Academy of sciences, our current system costs taxpayers many billions

:35:19. > :35:22.of dollars a year. -- sciences. Switching away from the system of

:35:23. > :35:26.lower skilled immigration, and instead adopting a merit-based

:35:27. > :35:32.system, we will have so many more benefits. It will save countless

:35:33. > :35:37.dollars, raise workers wages and help struggling families, including

:35:38. > :35:47.immigrant families, entered the middle-class. They will do it

:35:48. > :35:55.quickly and be happy indeed. APPLAUSE I believe that real and

:35:56. > :36:02.positive immigration reform is possible, as long as we focus on the

:36:03. > :36:06.following goals. To approve jobs and wages for Americans. To strengthen

:36:07. > :36:13.our nation's security. And to restore respect for our laws. If we

:36:14. > :36:17.are guided by the well-being of American citizens, then I believe

:36:18. > :36:42.Republicans and Democrats can work together to achieve an outcome that

:36:43. > :36:48.has eluded our country for decades. Another Republican President, Dwight

:36:49. > :36:51.Eisenhower, initiated the last truly great national infrastructure

:36:52. > :36:58.programme. The building of the interstate highway system. The time

:36:59. > :37:08.has come for a new programme of national rebuilding.

:37:09. > :37:22.APPLAUSE America has spent approximately $6

:37:23. > :37:28.trillion in the Middle East. All the while, our infrastructure at home is

:37:29. > :37:32.crumbling. With this $6 trillion, we could have rebuilt our country

:37:33. > :37:45.twice, and maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to

:37:46. > :37:49.negotiate. To launch our national rebuilding, I will be asking

:37:50. > :37:55.Congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in

:37:56. > :37:59.infrastructure in the United States, financed through public and private

:38:00. > :38:28.capital, creating millions of new jobs. This effort will be guided by

:38:29. > :38:37.two core principles. By American and higher American. -- buy. Tonight I

:38:38. > :38:50.am also calling on this Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare.

:38:51. > :39:09.CHEERING With reforms that expand choice,

:39:10. > :39:18.increase access, lower cost and at the same time, provide better

:39:19. > :39:23.healthcare. Mandating every American to buy government approved health

:39:24. > :39:36.insurance was never the right solution for our country. The way to

:39:37. > :39:40.make health insurance available to everyone is to lower the cost of

:39:41. > :39:57.health insurance, and that is what we are going to do.

:39:58. > :40:03.APPLAUSE Obamacare premiums nationwide have increased by double

:40:04. > :40:09.and triple digit. As an example, Arizona went up 116% last year

:40:10. > :40:14.alone. The governor of Kentucky just said Obamacare is failing in his

:40:15. > :40:23.state, the state of Kentucky. And it's unsustainable and collapsed.

:40:24. > :40:27.One third of the counties have only one insured. They are losing them so

:40:28. > :40:31.fast. They are leaving, and many Americans have no choice at all.

:40:32. > :40:36.There is no choice left. Remember when you were told that you could

:40:37. > :40:41.keep your doctor and keep your plan? We now know that all of those

:40:42. > :40:47.promises have been totally broken. Obamacare is collapsing and we must

:40:48. > :41:08.act decisively to protect all Americans.

:41:09. > :41:15.Action is not a choice. It is a necessity. So I am calling on all

:41:16. > :41:20.Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work with us to save

:41:21. > :41:28.Americans from this imploding Obamacare disaster.

:41:29. > :41:35.Here are the principles that should guide Congress as we move to create

:41:36. > :41:39.a better healthcare system for all Americans. First, we should ensure

:41:40. > :41:45.that Americans with pre-existing conditions have access to coverage,

:41:46. > :41:58.and that we have a stable transition for Americans currently enrolled in

:41:59. > :42:07.the healthcare exchanges. APPLAUSE Secondly, we should help

:42:08. > :42:11.Americans purchase their own coverage through the help of tax

:42:12. > :42:17.credits and savings accounts. But it must be the planned they want, not

:42:18. > :42:31.the plan. Men by our government. -- plan forced on them by our

:42:32. > :42:36.government. -- the plan. Thirdly, we should give a State governors the

:42:37. > :42:51.resources and flexibility they need with Medicaid to make sure no one is

:42:52. > :42:56.left out. Fourth, we should implement legal reforms that protect

:42:57. > :43:01.patients and dock is from unnecessary costs that drive up the

:43:02. > :43:05.price of insurance, and worked to bring down the artificially high

:43:06. > :43:23.price of drugs, and bring them down immediately. And finally, the time

:43:24. > :43:31.has come to give Americans the freedom to purchase health insurance

:43:32. > :43:39.across state lines. APPLAUSE

:43:40. > :43:46.That will create a truly competitive national market place that will

:43:47. > :43:53.bring costs way down and provide far better care. So important.

:43:54. > :43:59.Everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. Every problem

:44:00. > :44:04.can be solved. And every hurting family can find healing and hope.

:44:05. > :44:13.Our citizens deserve this. And so much more. So, why not join forces

:44:14. > :44:33.and finally get the job done, and get it done right?

:44:34. > :44:39.On this and so many other things, Democrats and Republicans should get

:44:40. > :44:42.together and unite for the good of our country and for the good of the

:44:43. > :44:51.American people. APPLAUSE

:44:52. > :44:53.My administration wants to work with members of both parties to make

:44:54. > :45:01.child care accessible and affordable, to help ensure new

:45:02. > :45:01.parents that they have paid family leave.

:45:02. > :45:21.APPLAUSE To invest in women's health and to

:45:22. > :45:25.promote clean air and clean water and to rebuild our military and our

:45:26. > :45:38.infrastructure. APPLAUSE

:45:39. > :45:45.True love for our people requires us to find common ground, to advance

:45:46. > :45:52.the common good and to co-operate on behalf of every American child who

:45:53. > :45:58.deserves a much brighter future. An incredible young woman is with us

:45:59. > :46:08.this evening, who should serve as an inspiration to us all. Today is Rare

:46:09. > :46:20.Disease Day and joining us in the gallery is the rare disease survive.

:46:21. > :46:36.Megan Crowley. APPLAUSE

:46:37. > :46:45.Megan was diagnosed with a rare and serious illness, Pompeii disease,

:46:46. > :46:50.when she was 15 months old. She was not expected to live past five. Upon

:46:51. > :46:57.receiving this news, her dad John Ford with everything he had to save

:46:58. > :47:01.the life of his precious child. He found a company to look for a cure

:47:02. > :47:08.and helped develop the drug that saved Rare Disease Day's life. Today

:47:09. > :47:29.she is 20 and a soft more at Notre Dame.

:47:30. > :47:41.Megan's story is about the unbowed and power of a father's love. The

:47:42. > :47:44.slow process at the Food and Drug Administration keeps too many

:47:45. > :47:49.advances, like the one that saved Megan's life, from reaching those in

:47:50. > :47:55.need. If we slash the restraints, not just at the FDA but across our

:47:56. > :48:08.government, then we will be blessed with far more Americans just like

:48:09. > :48:15.Megan. APPLAUSE

:48:16. > :48:20.In fact, our children will grow up in a nation of miracles. But to

:48:21. > :48:28.achieve this future we must enrich the mind and the souls of every

:48:29. > :48:36.American child. Education is the civil rights issue of our time.

:48:37. > :48:40.APPLAUSE I am calling upon members of both

:48:41. > :48:48.parties to pass an education Bill that fund school for disadvantaged

:48:49. > :48:50.kids, including millions of African-American and Latino

:48:51. > :49:02.children. APPLAUSE

:49:03. > :49:08.These families should be free to choose the public, private, charter,

:49:09. > :49:17.religious or homeschool that is right for them.

:49:18. > :49:26.APPLAUSE Joining us tonight, in the gallery,

:49:27. > :49:31.is a remarkable woman. As a young girl she struggled in school and

:49:32. > :49:36.failed third grade twice, but then she was able to end role in a

:49:37. > :49:42.private centre for learning, with the help of a tax credit and a

:49:43. > :49:46.scholarship programme. Today she is the first in her family to graduate

:49:47. > :49:51.not just from high school but from college. Later this year she will

:49:52. > :49:55.get her masters degree in social work. We want all children to be

:49:56. > :50:00.able to break the cycle of poverty, just like Denisha.

:50:01. > :50:26.APPLAUSE But to break the cycle of poverty,

:50:27. > :50:32.we must also break the cycle of violence. The murder rate in 2015

:50:33. > :50:38.experienced its largest single year increase in nearly half a century.

:50:39. > :50:42.In Chicago, more than 4000 people were shot last year alone and the

:50:43. > :50:46.murder rate so far this year has been even higher. This is not

:50:47. > :50:57.acceptable in our society. APPLAUSE

:50:58. > :51:04.Every American child should be able to grow up in a safe community, to

:51:05. > :51:15.attend a great school and to have access to a high-paying job. But to

:51:16. > :51:20.create this future we must work with, not against... Not against,

:51:21. > :51:20.the men and women of law enforcement.

:51:21. > :51:41.APPLAUSE We must build bridges of

:51:42. > :51:49.co-operation and trust, not drive the wedge of disunity and really

:51:50. > :51:55.that's what it is - division, pure unadulterated division. We have to

:51:56. > :51:59.unify. Police and sheriffs are member of our community. Friends and

:52:00. > :52:04.neighbours, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, and they leave

:52:05. > :52:08.behind loved ones every day to worry about whether or not they will come

:52:09. > :52:12.home safe and sound. We must support the incredible men and women of law

:52:13. > :52:27.enforcement. APPLAUSE

:52:28. > :52:37.And we must support the big is of crime. -- victims. I've ordered the

:52:38. > :52:43.Department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve American

:52:44. > :52:48.victims. Victims of immigration crime engagement. We are providing a

:52:49. > :52:54.voice to those who have been ignored and silenced by special interests.

:52:55. > :53:05.Joining as... APPLAUSE

:53:06. > :53:17.Joining us in the audience tonight are four very brave Americans, whose

:53:18. > :53:23.government failed them. Their names are Jemille Shaw, Susan Oliver,

:53:24. > :53:27.Jenna Oliver and Jessica Davis. Jemille's 17-year-old son was

:53:28. > :53:33.viciously murdered by an illegal immigrant gang member who had just

:53:34. > :53:36.been released from prison. He was an incredible young man with unlimited

:53:37. > :53:40.potential, who was getting ready to go to college, where he would have

:53:41. > :53:47.excelled as a great college quarterback. But he never got the

:53:48. > :53:52.chance. His father, who is in the audience tonight, has become a very

:53:53. > :54:13.good friend of mine. Jemille, thank you. Thank you.

:54:14. > :54:26.Also with us are Susan Oliver and Jessica Davis. Their husbands were

:54:27. > :54:30.slain in the line of duty in California. They were pillars of

:54:31. > :54:36.their community. These brave men were viciously gunned down by an

:54:37. > :54:40.illegal immigrant with a criminal record and two prior deportations

:54:41. > :54:51.should have never been in our country. Sitting with Susan is her

:54:52. > :54:55.daughter, Jenna. I want to that your father was a hero and tonight you

:54:56. > :54:56.have the love on an entire country supporting you and praying for you.

:54:57. > :55:26.APPLAUSE To the fore of you, I want you to

:55:27. > :55:30.know we will never stop writing for justice. Your loved ones will never

:55:31. > :55:40.be forgotten. We will always on their memory.

:55:41. > :55:44.APPLAUSE Finally, to keep America safe, we

:55:45. > :55:48.must provide the men and women of the United States military with the

:55:49. > :55:52.tools they need to prevent war, if they must. They have to fight and

:55:53. > :56:14.they only have to win. APPLAUSE

:56:15. > :56:17.I am sending Congress budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates

:56:18. > :56:33.the defence sequester... APPLAUSE

:56:34. > :56:42.And calls for one of the largest increases in national defence

:56:43. > :56:45.spending in American history. My budget will also increase funding

:56:46. > :56:49.for our veterans. Our veterans have delivered for this nation and now we

:56:50. > :57:03.must deliver for them. APPLAUSE

:57:04. > :57:12.The challenges we face as a nation are clear, -- rate, but our people

:57:13. > :57:15.are even greater and none are greater or braver than those who

:57:16. > :57:33.fight for America in uniform. APPLAUSE

:57:34. > :57:45.We are blessed to be toured the -- to be joined tonight by the widow of

:57:46. > :57:52.a senior operated, senior chief William Ryan Owens. He died as he

:57:53. > :58:22.lived, a hero, battling against terrorism and securing a nation.

:58:23. > :58:36.I just spoke to our great General Mattis just now, who reconfirmed

:58:37. > :58:38.that," Ryan was a part of a highly successful group that gathered

:58:39. > :58:44.highly successful intelligence that will lead to many more victories in

:58:45. > :58:47.the future against our enemy. Ryan's legacy is etched into eternity".

:58:48. > :00:38.Thank you. And Ryan is looking down right now,

:00:39. > :00:50.you know that, and he's very happy because I think he just broke a

:00:51. > :00:55.record. The Bible teaches us there is no greater act of love than to

:00:56. > :01:02.lay down 1's life for 1's friends. Ryan laid down his life or his

:01:03. > :01:14.friends, his country and for our freedom, and we will never forget

:01:15. > :01:27.Ryan -- one's. APPLAUSE

:01:28. > :01:37.To do allies who wonder what kind of a friend in America will be, look no

:01:38. > :01:42.further than the heroes who wear our uniform. Our foreign policy calls

:01:43. > :01:49.for direct, robust and meaningful engagement with the world. It is a

:01:50. > :01:53.relationship based on vital security allies that we share across the

:01:54. > :02:01.globe. We strongly support Nato, an alliance forced -- forged with a

:02:02. > :02:18.bond of two world wars. And a Cold War. And defeated communism. But our

:02:19. > :02:25.partners must meet their financial obligations. And now, based on our

:02:26. > :02:31.very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that.

:02:32. > :02:45.In fact, I can tell you the money is pouring in. Very nice. We expect our

:02:46. > :02:49.partners, whether in Nato, the Middle East or the Pacific, to take

:02:50. > :02:55.a direct and meaningful role in both strategic and military operations.

:02:56. > :03:00.And pay their fair share of the cost. They have to do that. We will

:03:01. > :03:06.respect historic institutions and we will respect the foreign rights of

:03:07. > :03:20.all nations. And they have to respect our rights as a nation will

:03:21. > :03:25.slow. -- nation also. Nations are best for expressing the will of the

:03:26. > :03:29.people, and America respects the right of all nations to chart their

:03:30. > :03:51.own path. My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent

:03:52. > :03:57.the United States of America. But we know that America is better off when

:03:58. > :04:04.there is less conflict, not more. We must learn from mistakes the past,

:04:05. > :04:06.we have seen the war and the destruction that have ravaged and

:04:07. > :04:12.raged throughout the world, all across the world. The only long-term

:04:13. > :04:17.solution for these humanitarian disasters, in many cases, is to

:04:18. > :04:21.create the conditions where displaced persons can safely

:04:22. > :04:33.returned home and begin the long process of rebuilding. America is

:04:34. > :04:40.willing to find new friends and forge new partnerships where shared

:04:41. > :04:44.interests aligned. We want harmony and stability, not war and conflict.

:04:45. > :04:51.We want peace wherever peace can be found. America is friends today with

:04:52. > :04:58.former enemies. Some of our closest allies, decades ago fought on the

:04:59. > :05:06.opposite side of these terrible wars. This history should keep us --

:05:07. > :05:10.give a full faith in the possibilities for the world.

:05:11. > :05:15.Hopefully in the 250th year of America we will see a world that is

:05:16. > :05:23.more peaceful, just and free. Now 100 anniversary, in 1876, citizens

:05:24. > :05:28.from across our nation came together to celebrate America's Centennial.

:05:29. > :05:34.At that celebration, the country's builders and inventors showed off

:05:35. > :05:38.their wonderful creations. Alexander Graham Bell displayed his telephone

:05:39. > :05:46.for the first time. Remington unveiled the first typewriter. An

:05:47. > :05:50.early attempt was made at electric lighting. Thomas Edison showed an

:05:51. > :05:56.electric telegraph and an electric pen. Imagine the wonders of our

:05:57. > :06:08.country could no in America's 250th year. -- know. Think of the marvels

:06:09. > :06:13.we can achieve if we simply set free the dreams of our people? Do is to

:06:14. > :06:17.the illnesses that have always plagued us are not too much to hope.

:06:18. > :06:24.American footprints on distant worlds are not too big a dream.

:06:25. > :06:29.Millions lifted from welfare to work is not too much to expect. In

:06:30. > :06:35.streets where mothers are safe from fear, schools where children learn

:06:36. > :06:49.in peace and jobs where Americans prosper and grow are not too much to

:06:50. > :06:55.ask. APPLAUSE

:06:56. > :07:03.When we have all of this, we will have made America greater than ever

:07:04. > :07:08.before. For all Americans, this is our vision. This is our mission. But

:07:09. > :07:14.we can only get there together. We are one people with destiny. We all

:07:15. > :07:20.bleed the same blood. We all salute the same great American flag. And we

:07:21. > :07:48.all are made by the same God. When we fulfil this vision, when we

:07:49. > :07:54.celebrate our 250 years of glorious freedom, we will look back on

:07:55. > :08:01.tonight as when this new chapter of American greatness began. The time

:08:02. > :08:08.for small thinking is over. The time for trivial fights is behind us. We

:08:09. > :08:17.just need the courage to share the dreams that feel our hearts. The

:08:18. > :08:21.bravery to express the hope is that we believe in, and the confidence to

:08:22. > :08:27.turn those hopes into action. From now on, America will be empowered by

:08:28. > :08:33.our aspirations, not burdened by our fears. Inspired by the future, not

:08:34. > :08:41.bound by failures of the past. And guided by a vision, not blinded by

:08:42. > :08:47.our doubts. I am asking all citizens to embrace this renewal of the

:08:48. > :08:52.American spirit. I am asking all members of Congress to join me in

:08:53. > :08:56.dreaming big and bold, and there is is for our country. I am asking

:08:57. > :09:03.everyone watching tonight to seize this moment, believe in yourselves,

:09:04. > :09:10.believe in your future and believe once more in America. Thank you, God

:09:11. > :09:20.bless you and God bless the United States.

:09:21. > :09:39.Donald Trump giving his first address to a Congress session,

:09:40. > :09:42.laying out the things he has achieved in his first months as

:09:43. > :09:46.president in setting the agenda for what he wants to achieve over the

:09:47. > :09:54.course of the next four years. He talked about the fact he had kept

:09:55. > :10:00.his promises on economics and building a border with Mexico, his

:10:01. > :10:03.conservative policies on immigration, reducing regulations.

:10:04. > :10:08.He also talked about wanting $1 trillion infrastructure bill,

:10:09. > :10:16.repealing and replacing Obamacare and laying out a list of things he

:10:17. > :10:21.would like to do. Of course, those listening will have to agree to the

:10:22. > :10:24.list of things and whether the contents of his speech actually make

:10:25. > :10:32.it into law for America, we will see. Often these speeches to

:10:33. > :10:35.Congress tend to be wish lists, and they tend to remain in the well

:10:36. > :10:40.wishes rather than fact. One thing is clear, this is not President

:10:41. > :10:44.Trump as we heard him on inauguration day. It was a more

:10:45. > :10:48.positive and normal speech for a president to give. It was not one

:10:49. > :10:53.that was filled with American carnage. This was one about hope and

:10:54. > :10:58.what America can achieve. I have still got with me Jamie Walker,

:10:59. > :11:04.contributed to Time magazine, and Ron Christie. Was this the speech he

:11:05. > :11:10.needed to give? Yes. I think he will be very happy with this speech. It

:11:11. > :11:13.had a very positive tone. He said at the outset he wanted to have a more

:11:14. > :11:17.positive vision for the speech, I think he delivered on that. The

:11:18. > :11:23.Donald Trump we heard tonight was not the rambunctious flamethrower we

:11:24. > :11:29.have heard in the past. He had a section talking about women's

:11:30. > :11:34.health, clean air, clean water. Paid family leave. Who was at Donald

:11:35. > :11:47.Trump? Some sections sounded a bit like a democratic speech. Barack

:11:48. > :11:52.Obama brought up women's health and family leave as well. It also struck

:11:53. > :11:56.me that it was not a classic Donald Trump speech. It was not the man we

:11:57. > :11:59.have grown used to hearing during the course of his campaign --

:12:00. > :12:07.Democratic. Somebody changed him for us? Indeed. As we were saying during

:12:08. > :12:10.the speech, I don't know that Donald Trump's supporters in the middle of

:12:11. > :12:17.the country watching this would recognise him. This was not the man

:12:18. > :12:20.they elected to disrupt things. He was talking about working with the

:12:21. > :12:27.system, changing it, working with Democrats, reaching across the idle,

:12:28. > :12:32.repeatedly calling to support his plans for a $1 trillion

:12:33. > :12:36.infrastructure bill, for replacing Obamacare, immigration reform. If

:12:37. > :12:40.you go down a list of things that he mentioned, in terms of policy, this

:12:41. > :12:45.could have been Obama's speech may be four years ago. Immigration

:12:46. > :12:51.reform, Medicaid expansion, clean air and water, women's health and

:12:52. > :12:55.entrepreneurialism. These are democratic ideals. You wonder where

:12:56. > :13:01.Republicans, what they are thinking. These are things that they do not

:13:02. > :13:05.want to find -- Democratic. The President is leaving the chamber. He

:13:06. > :13:12.will make his way back to the White House. We know that he will then be

:13:13. > :13:17.getting a glimpse of the reviews on American TV channels. He will get a

:13:18. > :13:20.chance to see what has been made of his speech. He will be saying

:13:21. > :13:26.goodbye to a few things, saying goodbye to members of Congress who

:13:27. > :13:31.have been waiting for him. Then he will make his way out. What we are

:13:32. > :13:36.waiting for is, traditionally the Democrats give a response to the

:13:37. > :13:43.President's address and the response this evening is coming from the

:13:44. > :13:51.former governor of Kentucky. He will be speaking in a few minutes time,

:13:52. > :13:59.talking about healthcare. The President said that Obamacare has

:14:00. > :14:02.been a disaster for Kentucky, I think we will hear a different story

:14:03. > :14:12.from the former governor. I think he will be pointing out that Obamacare

:14:13. > :14:24.has been good for the state. In terms of what he laid out, these are

:14:25. > :14:30.often wish lists? Getting beyond the stage of wish lists and into law,

:14:31. > :14:34.that is difficult? It is. When we first started deceiving, Donald

:14:35. > :14:38.Trump faced a very divided Republican Party. They wanted to

:14:39. > :14:43.dramatically cut taxes, they do not want to find a lot of infrastructure

:14:44. > :14:49.initiatives... They won't be able to pay for a replacement to the

:14:50. > :14:52.Obamacare plan if they also want to roll back the tax hikes that

:14:53. > :14:56.President Obama wanted to put in place to pay for it was your yes,

:14:57. > :15:00.and nearly $54 billion that the President wants to increase in

:15:01. > :15:05.defence funding as well, it is going to be very interesting tomorrow when

:15:06. > :15:09.the Republicans gather, to review what they heard tonight, I guarantee

:15:10. > :15:12.there will be a lot of discussions about not wanting to fund a lot of

:15:13. > :15:19.the things that President Trump outlined last night. I suspect he

:15:20. > :15:23.will get good reviews for this speech from the American press.

:15:24. > :15:26.Journalists have already tweeted that he appeared at his most

:15:27. > :15:35.presidential since he had been a lack did. Yet he may have qualms

:15:36. > :15:39.from his own party -- elected. Donald Trump's speciality has been

:15:40. > :15:42.division. Perhaps in being presidential it isn't that

:15:43. > :15:47.surprising that he is still being divisive in many ways. He is leaving

:15:48. > :15:52.the chamber, so we will let him go and we will chat in the studio until

:15:53. > :15:57.we get the Democratic response. It isn't that surprising that he is a

:15:58. > :16:01.divisive character still, even when he has gravitas and can deliver a

:16:02. > :16:05.great speech. He is still dividing the party and Democrats. He saw

:16:06. > :16:10.notably, a lot of these things that Democrat support, they were sitting

:16:11. > :16:13.there and stone silent, not supporting them. Even though these

:16:14. > :16:19.are things they've called on Congress to pass for years, he was

:16:20. > :16:25.asking Democrats to come together to improve Obamacare. He notably did

:16:26. > :16:31.not say repeal or replace, he said improved. At least two women,

:16:32. > :16:37.Democratic women, were going hands down like this. They were actively

:16:38. > :16:44.opposing him and this is a party that will stand firm against him, so

:16:45. > :16:47.he wants to get 60 votes in the Senate, which will require some

:16:48. > :16:53.Democrats, in order to get some of these huge things done. It will be

:16:54. > :16:57.very hard. GB do lot of his supporters will view this beach and

:16:58. > :17:03.perhaps be disappointed? -- do you think. He is showing the country and

:17:04. > :17:07.the liberal media that he can be presidential. They will like this

:17:08. > :17:12.Donald Trump, hats as much as they like the flame throwing Donald Trump

:17:13. > :17:17.-- perhaps. That's the ultimate irony. People wanted a flamethrower

:17:18. > :17:24.and now they are saying, look at this Donald Trump, reasonable, calm,

:17:25. > :17:28.residential. He looked like he was enjoying himself for much of the

:17:29. > :17:31.speech. Now I am looking for the parallels with where Donald Trump is

:17:32. > :17:34.now and where we were with the administration in 2001. George Bush

:17:35. > :17:41.came into office and many questions his legitimacy. His first address to

:17:42. > :17:45.Congress, people looked at him and said, he isn't so bad after all. I

:17:46. > :17:51.think Donald Trump will elicit the same reaction. How are your fellow

:17:52. > :18:01.journalists going to respond to this? They haven't been that soft on

:18:02. > :18:08.Donald Trump, let's be honest. We are an enemy of the people. There

:18:09. > :18:15.was none of that tonight. No fake news, no electoral counts. Nothing

:18:16. > :18:18.like that. It was the most on message I think I've ever seen

:18:19. > :18:27.Donald Trump for the longest, sustained amount of time. To that

:18:28. > :18:32.degree of course journalists will be like, wow, he was actually on

:18:33. > :18:35.message and sounded sane and it was very conciliatory. The speech was

:18:36. > :18:41.divided into sections. The first was very comprehensive. This is what I

:18:42. > :18:44.promised, this is what I will do. The second section was the

:18:45. > :18:48.legislation. It was easy to understand and well delivered stop

:18:49. > :18:56.white and he didn't go for prompt. It was there and he kept to it.

:18:57. > :18:59.Donald Trump did do it in the inauguration, he kept to the script.

:19:00. > :19:05.It was just a different sounding speech. You will make a lot of money

:19:06. > :19:10.if you bet Donald Trump will go off script quickly. If nothing else it

:19:11. > :19:14.proves that this is what happens now that you get more folks in the White

:19:15. > :19:18.House staff, where more people are advising him and giving him counsel

:19:19. > :19:23.on how to deliver his message. A lot of our viewers around the world I

:19:24. > :19:27.think have become quite well versed in the personnel of the White House.

:19:28. > :19:35.It sounded to me like somebody in the White House had got to Donald

:19:36. > :19:38.Trump and he had listened to that person and it sounded like a

:19:39. > :19:44.different voice. Not the voice we heard at the inauguration. It makes

:19:45. > :19:52.you wonder who that voice is. Is it the vice president when they have

:19:53. > :19:57.lunch together? Is it the Ohio Governor? So mini voices coming out

:19:58. > :20:04.now. We were hoping to join someone at Capitol Hill, we will do that as

:20:05. > :20:10.soon as the line is up. Do you agree quest -- agree? The first opening

:20:11. > :20:14.paragraph of the speech, for a man who has made his career on being

:20:15. > :20:25.politically correct, the first thing he started off with was like history

:20:26. > :20:28.month. Not just that but attacks against dues and the killing against

:20:29. > :20:31.two Indian engineers isn't going to work either. Let's go to a Democrat

:20:32. > :20:35.from Pennsylvania. A different Donald Trump? A more presidential

:20:36. > :20:40.Donald Trump addressing Congress and the nation tonight? What I was

:20:41. > :20:49.hoping for the night was a much more unifying speech, especially as

:20:50. > :20:52.speech that should be unifying... That's why I was hoping when he

:20:53. > :20:57.spoke about unifying the country that he did it with specifics.

:20:58. > :21:03.Senator, I'm so sorry. Some 400 miles from Washington. At a diner

:21:04. > :21:08.with neighbours. Democrats and Republicans, where we just watched

:21:09. > :21:11.the president's address. I'm proud Democrat, but first and foremost on

:21:12. > :21:17.the proud republican and Democrat and mostly remembered dogma --

:21:18. > :21:23.un-American. I am worried about the future of this nation. I drop in

:21:24. > :21:29.Kentucky, in a small town called Dawson springs. My dad and grandad

:21:30. > :21:33.were Baptist preachers, my family owned a funeral home and my wife and

:21:34. > :21:38.I have been married for almost 50 years. I became governor at the

:21:39. > :21:42.start of the global recession and after eight years we had left things

:21:43. > :21:50.a lot that are then we found them. By being fiscally responsible I even

:21:51. > :21:54.cut my own pay. We balanced our budget and curb deficits into

:21:55. > :21:59.surpluses without raising taxes. We cut our unemployment rate by half.

:22:00. > :22:04.We made huge gains in high school graduation rates and we found health

:22:05. > :22:11.coverage for over 500,000 people in Kentucky. We did that through trust

:22:12. > :22:14.and mutual respect. I listened and I build partnerships with business

:22:15. > :22:22.leaders and with Republicans in our legislature. We put people first and

:22:23. > :22:27.politics second. The America I love allowed a small-time preacher's kid

:22:28. > :22:31.to be elected governor and it taught me to embrace people who are

:22:32. > :22:36.different from me, not vilify them. The America I Love has always been

:22:37. > :22:42.about looking forward, not backward. About working together to find

:22:43. > :22:47.solutions, regardless of party. Instead of allowing our differences

:22:48. > :22:51.to divide us and hold us back, and we Democrats are committed to

:22:52. > :22:56.creating the opportunity for every American to succeed, by growing our

:22:57. > :23:02.economy with good paying jobs, educating and training our people to

:23:03. > :23:07.fill those jobs, giving our business is the freedom to innovate, keeping

:23:08. > :23:16.our country safe and providing healthcare that families can afford

:23:17. > :23:19.and rely on. Mr President, as a candidate you promise to be a

:23:20. > :23:23.champion for families struggling to make ends meet and I hope you live

:23:24. > :23:27.up to that promise. But one of your very first executive orders makes it

:23:28. > :23:30.harder for those families to even afford a mortgage. Then you started

:23:31. > :23:35.rolling back rules that provide oversight of the financial industry

:23:36. > :23:40.and safeguard us against another national economic meltdown. And you

:23:41. > :23:46.picked a Cabinet of billionaires and Wall Street insiders, who want to

:23:47. > :23:54.this rate the that most Americans count on and help level the playing

:23:55. > :24:00.field. -- of this --. That is being Wall Street's champion, not our

:24:01. > :24:04.champion. Even more troubling, you and your Republican allies in

:24:05. > :24:07.Congress seem determined to rip affordable health insurance away

:24:08. > :24:14.from many Americans who most need it. Does the affordable care act

:24:15. > :24:20.need some repair? Yes, it does. But so far ever republican idea to

:24:21. > :24:28.replace it would reduce the number of Americans covered, despite your

:24:29. > :24:32.promises to the contrary. Mr President, folks here in Kentucky

:24:33. > :24:35.expect you to keep your word, because this isn't a game, it is

:24:36. > :24:42.life and death for people. These ideas promise access to care, but

:24:43. > :24:49.denied the importance of making care affordable and effective. They would

:24:50. > :24:53.charge families more for fewer benefits and put the insurance

:24:54. > :24:57.companies back in control. Behind these ideas is the belief that folks

:24:58. > :25:03.at the lower end of the economic ladder just don't deserve

:25:04. > :25:07.healthcare. That it somehow their fault that they're employer doesn't

:25:08. > :25:14.offer insurance, or that they can't afford to buy expensive health

:25:15. > :25:18.plans. Just who are these 22 million Americans, including 500,000 people

:25:19. > :25:25.right here in Kentucky, who now have healthcare but didn't have it

:25:26. > :25:31.before. They're not aliens from some distant planet, they're our friends

:25:32. > :25:34.and neighbours. We sat in the breaches with them on Friday night

:25:35. > :25:38.and be worshipped with them on Sunday morning. They're farmers,

:25:39. > :25:43.restaurant workers, part-time teachers, nurses aides, construction

:25:44. > :25:49.workers and entrepreneurs working at high-tech start-ups. And before the

:25:50. > :25:52.affordable care act, they work up every morning and went to work just

:25:53. > :25:57.hoping and training they wouldn't get sick. The cause they knew that

:25:58. > :26:04.they were just one bad diagnosis away from bankruptcy. You know, in

:26:05. > :26:09.2010, this country made a commitment that every American deserved

:26:10. > :26:14.healthcare, they could afford and rely on, and we Democrats are going

:26:15. > :26:19.to do everything in our power to keep President Trump and the

:26:20. > :26:26.Republican Congress from reneging on that commitment. At we're going to

:26:27. > :26:31.need your help by speaking out. Another commitment now being tested

:26:32. > :26:36.is our national security. Look, make no mistake on on the military

:26:37. > :26:43.veteran myself and I know that protecting America is a president's

:26:44. > :26:45.high duty. Yet President Trump is ignoring serious threats to our

:26:46. > :26:51.national security from Russia, who is not our friend, while alienating

:26:52. > :26:54.our allies, who have fought with us side-by-side and are our friends in

:26:55. > :27:03.a dangerous world. His approach makes us less safe and should worry

:27:04. > :27:07.every freedom loving American. Instead, President Trump has all but

:27:08. > :27:14.declared war on refugees and immigrants. Look, the president can

:27:15. > :27:21.and should enforce our immigration laws. But we can protect America

:27:22. > :27:26.without -- abandoning our principles and moral obligation to help those

:27:27. > :27:30.fleeing war and terror. Without tearing families apart and without

:27:31. > :27:36.needlessly jeopardising our military men and women fighting overseas. You

:27:37. > :27:44.know, another Republican president, Ronald Reagan, once said that in

:27:45. > :27:49.America our origins matter even less than a destination and that is what

:27:50. > :27:54.democracy is all about. President Trump also needs to understand that

:27:55. > :27:59.people may disagree with him from time to time, but that doesn't make

:28:00. > :28:06.them his enemies. When the president attacks the loyalty and credibility

:28:07. > :28:10.of our intelligence agencies, the court system, the military, the free

:28:11. > :28:16.press, individual Americans, simply because he doesn't like what they

:28:17. > :28:24.say, he is eroding our democracy. And that is reckless. Real leaders

:28:25. > :28:30.don't spread derision and division. Real leaders strengthen. The Unifi,

:28:31. > :28:35.they partner and they offer real solutions instead of ultimatums and

:28:36. > :28:41.blame. I may be old-fashioned, but I still believe that dignity,

:28:42. > :28:46.compassion, honesty and accountability are basic American

:28:47. > :28:50.values. And as a Democrat, I believe that if you work hard you deserve

:28:51. > :28:57.the opportunity to realise the American dream. Regardless of

:28:58. > :29:03.whether you are in Kentucky, a teacher in Long Island, or a

:29:04. > :29:08.software engineer in San Antonio. Our political system is broken. It

:29:09. > :29:14.is broken because too many of our leaders think it is all about them.

:29:15. > :29:21.They need to remember that they work for us. In helping us -- and helping

:29:22. > :29:26.us is their work. Kentucky made real progress while I was governor

:29:27. > :29:30.because we were motivated by one thing - helping families. Democrats

:29:31. > :29:37.are trying to bring that same focus back to Washington, DC. Americans

:29:38. > :29:42.are a diverse people and we may disagree on a lot of things. But

:29:43. > :29:49.we've always come together when we remember that we are one nation,

:29:50. > :29:54.under God, individually, with liberty and justice for all. Thank

:29:55. > :29:58.you. That was the former governor of Kentucky, giving the democratic

:29:59. > :30:00.response. At the Capitol Hill now. We can speak to a Democrat from

:30:01. > :30:12.Pennsylvania. Is this is going to be the Donald

:30:13. > :30:18.Trump the American public and the world sees, someone behaving in a

:30:19. > :30:28.much more presidential fashion, that will be a problem for Democrats? I

:30:29. > :30:33.am not sure what we will see. Maybe there will be a change but I did not

:30:34. > :30:38.see it tonight. I was hoping he would focus on an economic agenda

:30:39. > :30:46.that was unifying. To make sure we would not have what the extreme

:30:47. > :30:53.Republicans want which hurts people with disabilities, kids in rural

:30:54. > :31:00.areas and a lot of seniors. Thank you very much all joining us and for

:31:01. > :31:09.putting up with the interruptions. We are also join, I hope... I still

:31:10. > :31:17.have with me from Christie and J Newton small, the Democratic

:31:18. > :31:26.response? This is such a tough speech together. They almost always

:31:27. > :31:30.bomb it. It was so hokey. It is really the existential crisis for

:31:31. > :31:38.Democrats. Do they go for the white middle class union base they have

:31:39. > :31:43.lost - which is clearly what they did here - or do they support

:31:44. > :31:53.minorities who did not show up in and after this to support Hillary

:31:54. > :31:57.Clinton. It is like an identity crisis. Clearly in the response they

:31:58. > :32:08.went for the middle class white union vote but the diner was super

:32:09. > :32:12.Auckland. LAUGHTER -- all could. I was surprised to hear from Bob Casey

:32:13. > :32:20.that this was not an economic speech the Democrats would like, $1

:32:21. > :32:27.trillion spent in infrastructure is kind of what President Obama had

:32:28. > :32:32.suggested. We talked about his very ambitious infrastructure plan, he

:32:33. > :32:40.talked about health play, clean water, clean air - President Obama

:32:41. > :32:46.articulated the same things. This guy is saying things I actually

:32:47. > :32:54.believe in, some will be saying. Everything that the Democrats lost,

:32:55. > :33:00.women, people of colour, gays, was not evident in the Democratic

:33:01. > :33:10.response. Perhaps they are doing a little soul-searching. Congressman,

:33:11. > :33:15.I imagine you liked what you heard? I think the republican side of the

:33:16. > :33:24.aisle was very exciting. Tonight, Mr Trump became president. It was the

:33:25. > :33:28.night he works to unite the American people, got much more specific of

:33:29. > :33:33.these policies and was clearly in command of that room. He is clearly

:33:34. > :33:39.the commander in chief of this country. Will you give it what he

:33:40. > :33:48.wants an infrastructure and military hike? The details of all matter but

:33:49. > :33:58.he talked about a host of things. He talked about repealing a Obamacare,

:33:59. > :34:02.infrastructure, tax reform and all exciting things. The transportation

:34:03. > :34:08.investment may be one of the best things. Some of the things about

:34:09. > :34:16.replacing the health-care bill allowed people keeping their

:34:17. > :34:23.pre-existing programme. He talked about paid family leave, women's

:34:24. > :34:31.health issues, he sounded more democratic... It was a Trump agenda.

:34:32. > :34:38.It was not a speech in a classical way along one party line. Many

:34:39. > :34:42.issues he talked about work by partisan. I was surprised to see

:34:43. > :34:49.some of my friends sitting on their hands when he talked about by

:34:50. > :34:54.partisan ideas. It was a speech will give in and well received. In terms

:34:55. > :35:00.of the Conservative wing of the Republican Party, how happy are they

:35:01. > :35:05.going to be to go along with the big spending proposal that Donald Trump

:35:06. > :35:11.wants you to agree with? Again, their details will matter. This is

:35:12. > :35:17.not a done deal. The infrastructure investment would require by partisan

:35:18. > :35:23.Corporation and we have a lot of work to do. But he called America to

:35:24. > :35:29.a bigger vision, he talked about what can happen once again when we

:35:30. > :35:35.invest in the right things, I think it is something in the American

:35:36. > :35:39.people will rally around. In Washington, when we tend to talk

:35:40. > :35:46.about which senators, which member of Congress, ultimately, the

:35:47. > :35:52.American people will decide. If they rally around President Trump's ideas

:35:53. > :35:57.I believe they will happen. A lot of work to be done but definitely

:35:58. > :36:02.possible. The congressman from Indian. He seemed to be suggesting

:36:03. > :36:09.that the Republican Party would give Mr Trump what he wants... Perhaps

:36:10. > :36:13.the devil is in the details but the point he made at the end that if

:36:14. > :36:18.Republicans go home to their districts and Donald Trump is

:36:19. > :36:24.popular, they are going to be happy to swallow nonconservative agenda

:36:25. > :36:30.items than otherwise? Yes but the devil really is in the details and

:36:31. > :36:37.the details matter. 40 or so members did not want to spend $1 trillion.

:36:38. > :36:42.They looked at the Obama stimulus package and they say they got

:36:43. > :36:46.nothing for it. What they heard the night was our president wants to go

:36:47. > :36:55.even bigger. Paul O'Brien is going to have a difficult time getting it

:36:56. > :37:00.through the house. -- Paul Ryan. They want to see President Trump hit

:37:01. > :37:07.the right tone but that amount of spending a lot of Republicans will

:37:08. > :37:12.say no. I agree with Ron in that analysis. You are looking at the 40

:37:13. > :37:17.members of the freedom caucus but also members of the mainstream

:37:18. > :37:25.partnership who are already signing on to democratic calls for

:37:26. > :37:36.investigations into Donald Trump's connections to Russia. They are

:37:37. > :37:41.worried about the elections in 2018. The ball, all these different

:37:42. > :37:45.things, there has been concern on the moderate wing of the Republican

:37:46. > :37:49.Party as well. I find it hard to believe that if Donald Trump can

:37:50. > :37:54.manage to keep up this kind of appearance that he gave us tonight,

:37:55. > :37:59.more conciliatory, more presidential, will it not bring it

:38:00. > :38:06.all Republicans who are perhaps wavering on him? We would have to

:38:07. > :38:13.measure with an egg timer how long he stays on message because he has

:38:14. > :38:21.always gone off message. A Democrat from New York joins us now. Thank

:38:22. > :38:28.you for joining us, congressman. These new Donald Trump, bought

:38:29. > :38:33.conciliatory -- more conciliatory, more presidential will be a problem

:38:34. > :38:45.for Democrats? I think that is premature. That does nationality is

:38:46. > :38:51.laughable. -- dysfunctionality. All of a sudden one speech supposedly

:38:52. > :38:58.setting him right with the world is not realistic. There was a lot in

:38:59. > :39:03.the speech that still divides us. Higher on fluff and low on

:39:04. > :39:09.substance. But the tone of the speech, you would agree, was not the

:39:10. > :39:16.carnage in America, the flame throwing off the campaign... But

:39:17. > :39:21.maybe we expected to little from him. I think that is unfortunate.

:39:22. > :39:28.The office of the man is more than that. Talking at the same time about

:39:29. > :39:35.tolerance and simultaneously speaking about rounding up people.

:39:36. > :39:39.Not a Democrat support the banality within the immigrant community but

:39:40. > :39:44.there are many people that are innocent getting caught up in that

:39:45. > :39:49.trap and a lot of people's lives at Terra rise this evening, families

:39:50. > :40:01.torn apart in the same time he is giving that speech. -- Terra rise.

:40:02. > :40:06.-- terrorised. All criminal elements should be expelled from the country

:40:07. > :40:12.and all people who are victims of crime need the attention and the

:40:13. > :40:20.focus of our country. The President also began his speech by talking

:40:21. > :40:27.about attacks against Jewish centres, about attacks against

:40:28. > :40:31.Indian engineers, one shop dead in Kansas State in that respect he has

:40:32. > :40:37.taken on board the criticism he has not reached out to people who did

:40:38. > :40:42.not necessarily support him. It is about time. The rhetoric and hateful

:40:43. > :40:48.speech that has come out the White House, the lack of attention to the

:40:49. > :40:54.Jewish people and what they paid during the Holocaust was abysmal and

:40:55. > :40:59.really needed to be addressed and the president really needs to

:41:00. > :41:08.continue this, to speak against hate in this country and also do more

:41:09. > :41:12.than just speak about it. Let me ask you a little bit about the agenda,

:41:13. > :41:17.there has been a paradox that in some ways he has a very progressive

:41:18. > :41:23.economic agenda, certainly by republican standards - he's not a

:41:24. > :41:31.classic conservative Republican. The call for a very large infrastructure

:41:32. > :41:35.bill, you may not believe he will get a lot of that through but in

:41:36. > :41:41.some ways those would be things that as a Democrat you would like? When

:41:42. > :41:47.the president Roosevelt about clean water and clean air, in his proposed

:41:48. > :41:55.budget he would cut the EPA by 27% - it is literally talking out of both

:41:56. > :42:00.sides of your mouth. The detail is what matters. We are all full family

:42:01. > :42:06.sick leave but we need to make sure that everyone who wants to work can

:42:07. > :42:14.do so and their child is in a safe environment. But how is the trillion

:42:15. > :42:20.dollar raise? Those are the kinds of details we are yet to hear. We wait

:42:21. > :42:31.with bated breath and an open mind. Where we can be supportive we will

:42:32. > :42:41.be otherwise we will be vociferous. Thank you for joining us. Our BBC

:42:42. > :42:47.colleague in eastern Pennsylvania Co is with a group of voters and has

:42:48. > :42:53.been watching the speech with them. What did they think of the

:42:54. > :43:00.President's address? The room behind me was absolutely field with those

:43:01. > :43:05.whose say they sent Donald Trump to the presidency. They gave him a

:43:06. > :43:12.standing ovation after the speech and all throughout they cheat him

:43:13. > :43:21.an, really energised by the message. -- sheared him on. The struggles

:43:22. > :43:27.that they are facing, when it came to buying American first, using

:43:28. > :43:34.American-made steel to build American pipelines, all those lines

:43:35. > :43:42.went down really well. The rhetoric we heard on the campaign trail got

:43:43. > :43:49.this crowd going, draining the Swan, tackling Obamacare, people here were

:43:50. > :43:55.not bothered at all that he did not necessarily give a ton of specifics.

:43:56. > :43:59.Washington lawmakers had been looking for that. He did spell out

:44:00. > :44:05.some specifics but here they were over role enthusiastic that he

:44:06. > :44:09.stayed on message, sticking to the promises he made throughout the

:44:10. > :44:19.campaign and really they were saying he was speaking to them and they

:44:20. > :44:23.were not bothered by the lawmakers. That is interesting. They did not

:44:24. > :44:27.object to some of the things he was proposing that sounded more

:44:28. > :44:31.democratic like infrastructure spending, keeping pre-existing

:44:32. > :44:40.conditions in the affordable health act. That we should be flexible on

:44:41. > :44:46.state rights to expand healthcare for poor people, they did not mind

:44:47. > :44:53.that? Let's remember that here we had the unique situation where a lot

:44:54. > :44:58.of democratic voters turned republican Sir really when you had

:44:59. > :45:04.those proposals, I spoke to a voter who mentioned infrastructure and he

:45:05. > :45:08.said if you looked at this country, it almost looks like a third World

:45:09. > :45:17.country where the roads are completely crumbling. A lot of

:45:18. > :45:25.people said they rely on the medical care. They are not necessarily down

:45:26. > :45:31.at the Conservative line and he appeals to the voters who struggle

:45:32. > :45:37.on the same line with the progressive policies and the

:45:38. > :45:40.Conservative ones. They have this gut reaction to the President that

:45:41. > :45:46.they want to support him and his agenda 100%.

:45:47. > :45:53.This is exactly what we were saying earlier. What you said is exactly

:45:54. > :45:56.what she was hearing, that when he says he is going to blow everything

:45:57. > :46:01.up, when he says everything is terrible and there is carnage in

:46:02. > :46:10.America, his supporters seem to love it. When he gives a more optimistic

:46:11. > :46:15.speech, like tonight, they had what he said about infrastructure

:46:16. > :46:24.spending and replacing Obamacare, they still like it? They think he is

:46:25. > :46:26.for one saying in plain, straightforward language, the

:46:27. > :46:30.insecurities that America feels about the way the government works.

:46:31. > :46:37.We also saw the Republican President tonight, we saw a president who got

:46:38. > :46:46.up before Congress who laid down his injured. I think that is what people

:46:47. > :46:52.enjoyed here. -- his agenda. There was a political poll out today, they

:46:53. > :46:55.found that 56% of Americans felt that Donald Trump was actually

:46:56. > :47:00.delivering on his campaign promises. Almost two thirds of them felt that

:47:01. > :47:04.he had actually gotten a lot dumb in his office and stay true to his

:47:05. > :47:15.ideology. The question is, what is is ideology? -- his? It does baffle

:47:16. > :47:21.us and flummoxed us, he is not a traditional Republican. He is not

:47:22. > :47:28.sticking to traditional things. But the traditionalist don't stick to

:47:29. > :47:31.party lines necessarily either. In Pennsylvania, some people who were

:47:32. > :47:35.once Democratic are voting Republican. They are crossing party

:47:36. > :47:40.lines and mixing everything up. They seem to like that Donald Trump is

:47:41. > :47:46.doing the same. It is almost an attitude and a cultural response as

:47:47. > :47:53.it is a policy response. Let's have a quick listen again to what the

:47:54. > :47:58.President said on the affordable care act, Obamacare, he called it a

:47:59. > :48:08.disaster. Tonight I am calling on this Congress to repeal and replaced

:48:09. > :48:11.Obamacare. -- replace. With reforms that expand choice, increase access,

:48:12. > :48:17.lower cost and provide better healthcare. One third of the

:48:18. > :48:23.counties have only one insurer, and they are losing them fast. They are

:48:24. > :48:27.losing them so fast -- costs. They are leaving, and many Americans have

:48:28. > :48:31.no choice. There is no choice left. Remember when you were told that you

:48:32. > :48:38.could keep your doctor and keep your plan? We now know that all of those

:48:39. > :48:44.promises have been totally broken. Obamacare is collapsing, and we must

:48:45. > :48:51.act decisively to protect all Americans. Action is not a choice,

:48:52. > :48:56.it is a necessity. President Trump speaking about healthcare reform.

:48:57. > :49:03.The irony of course is that he goes into detail of negotiations, knowing

:49:04. > :49:10.that it is more popular than ever before. Democrats are embracing it,

:49:11. > :49:13.and 22 million people got coverage under Obamacare and they are nervous

:49:14. > :49:18.about what will happen. That includes Republicans. Perhaps the

:49:19. > :49:24.brilliance of what we had tonight, he said we want to make sure those

:49:25. > :49:28.who have pre-existing policies are protected. That is the number-1

:49:29. > :49:32.about coverage. Also, look at what he is saying about Medicaid

:49:33. > :49:37.expansion, having a safety net. These are not traditionally

:49:38. > :49:42.conservative positions that you are going to hear. That is why a Donald

:49:43. > :49:46.Trump is not a typically Republican politician and why a lot of people

:49:47. > :49:52.said he did a good job tonight. There was not a lot on foreign

:49:53. > :49:57.policy? There was a very strong endorsement of Nato. He said Nato

:49:58. > :50:02.allies have to pay their memberships, but he said we are

:50:03. > :50:06.fully committed to that alliance and that the alliance has done a lot to

:50:07. > :50:13.protect peace in the Western world? In his convention, he called into

:50:14. > :50:17.question whether the United States would continue to support Nato. That

:50:18. > :50:24.has been a question in his presidency, saying in his speech

:50:25. > :50:29.that we wholeheartedly support Nato, that is surprising. It is definitely

:50:30. > :50:33.a change in his attitude, certainly from his campaign where he

:50:34. > :50:39.questioned Nato and how much money we were spending. It has been an

:50:40. > :50:43.interesting couple of weeks. Mike Pence went to Europe, as did some

:50:44. > :50:48.other key members of his Cabinet. They said that while the United

:50:49. > :50:53.States believe that Nato members should pay 2% of their GDP on

:50:54. > :50:57.defence spending, they said very clearly to their American allies in

:50:58. > :51:01.Europe, we remain committed to Nato. I think a lot of American allies had

:51:02. > :51:06.been fairly confused about that, and they wanted to hear it from the

:51:07. > :51:09.President. It is the first time they will have heard that directly from

:51:10. > :51:14.the President. If you think about who is speaking for the White House

:51:15. > :51:18.and for America at the moment, there has been some confusion. Did he

:51:19. > :51:22.clarify that this evening? Yes, I think this is very reassuring for

:51:23. > :51:28.Europe to hear that he is behind them. He is going to stand with

:51:29. > :51:32.Nato. It has been a question in recent weeks, especially with his

:51:33. > :51:39.close relationship with Vladimir Putin. There was also no mention of

:51:40. > :51:43.Russia, and none of the Middle East. There was talk of immigration.

:51:44. > :51:52.Resident Ron spoke about immigration and border Security. -- President

:51:53. > :52:02.Trump. We believe in immigration enforcement and border security. By

:52:03. > :52:07.finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the

:52:08. > :52:19.unemployed, save billions of dollars and make our communities safer for

:52:20. > :52:24.everyone. We want all Americans to succeed, but that can't happen in an

:52:25. > :52:34.environment of lawless chaos. We must restore integrity and the rule

:52:35. > :52:39.of law at our borders. Donald Trump speaking about immigration. The

:52:40. > :52:49.whole issue of immigration, from the executive order banning people from

:52:50. > :52:52.seven will some countries -- Muslim, that has almost been the most

:52:53. > :53:01.dominant feature of his presidency. Did he go somewhere in this address

:53:02. > :53:04.to clarify what he wants to do on immigration, to clear up some of the

:53:05. > :53:10.chaos that has the roundabout? Not tonight, but I think we will hear it

:53:11. > :53:13.tomorrow or next week. I think he will issue another executive order

:53:14. > :53:18.dealing with immigration. I think the time he took tonight was very

:53:19. > :53:23.smart. He is trying to be more conciliatory, approachable on issues

:53:24. > :53:27.of immigration where he has been heavily criticised. I think he did

:53:28. > :53:32.what he needed to do and I think we will see a lot more details in the

:53:33. > :53:36.next week. He also had some special guests in the audience, they were

:53:37. > :53:42.people who had lost family members to illegal immigrants. I felt it was

:53:43. > :53:46.a dual message on immigration? It was really striking. The big news

:53:47. > :53:52.going into this speech was the interview he gave way he talked

:53:53. > :53:57.about how he was now for immigration reform. He also talked about wanting

:53:58. > :54:01.to see a merit-based system applying to the United States. That would be

:54:02. > :54:07.a huge change from what he was saying in the campaign trail. He

:54:08. > :54:12.said he just wanted to build a wall and deport everybody. He implied

:54:13. > :54:17.there will be a path to citizenship or illegal status for those 11 or 12

:54:18. > :54:21.million immigrants that we have in the United States. It was a very

:54:22. > :54:29.disjointed speech in that sense. You have this, horror of the horror of

:54:30. > :54:34.the stories of people who had been killed by undocumented immigrants,

:54:35. > :54:37.by the way, the rate of crime done by undocumented immigrants is

:54:38. > :54:42.comparatively tiny to the rest of America. Then you had this whole

:54:43. > :54:47.section in the policy section of the speech saying, maybe we will find a

:54:48. > :54:55.way to allow these people to stay. Some confusion. If you had to sum up

:54:56. > :54:59.this address to the union, to me it felt like a very different Donald

:55:00. > :55:03.Trump? We don't know how long that will be the Donald Trump that we

:55:04. > :55:07.carry on seeing, I suspicion is that he will get good reviews. I think

:55:08. > :55:11.you are absolutely right. And I think Donald Trump, whether he is

:55:12. > :55:17.listening to his vice president or his cabinet, or to himself, saying,

:55:18. > :55:21.I had a rough 30 days, I need a different approach. We saw that this

:55:22. > :55:26.evening. Thank you both very much for joining us. Donald Trump, giving

:55:27. > :55:31.his first address to Congress. Laying out what he has done so far

:55:32. > :55:36.and what he plans to do in the future. This is a president who went

:55:37. > :55:43.into the address saying that he gave himself and 84 achievement, but only

:55:44. > :55:47.a sea for communication. This was an attempt to improve that great, I

:55:48. > :55:54.suspect the reviews will be good tomorrow. That brings to a close our

:55:55. > :56:03.coverage of Donald Trump's address to Congress. He brought forward a

:56:04. > :56:08.whole range of issues, you have them here -- an A for acheivment.

:56:09. > :56:15.Hello. There was a bright enough start to the day. It didn't last, we

:56:16. > :56:19.were driving belts of weather down from the west and south of Scotland

:56:20. > :56:23.towards the south and east. Low pressure the dominant feature.

:56:24. > :56:30.Obviously something waiting in the wings to the west of us. That

:56:31. > :56:36.doesn't arise just in time to stop temperatures dribbling away. Some

:56:37. > :56:40.ice as well. If you can avoid the showers, plenty of sunshine to be

:56:41. > :56:44.had across northern Britain. Things changing as we get through the

:56:45. > :56:50.afternoon. Across the southern parts of England and Wales, turning

:56:51. > :56:54.increasingly wet. Eventually very windy as well. Some detail for the

:56:55. > :57:00.middle part of the afternoon, there is a condonation of sunny spells and

:57:01. > :57:06.showers. Breeze coming from the west rather than the north, it may feel a

:57:07. > :57:10.tad mild, but not much. Some patches of sunshine, some showers across the

:57:11. > :57:17.north of England. Hiding up across southern and western Ireland.

:57:18. > :57:21.Sunshine will not be the case across southern England and Wales. Cloud

:57:22. > :57:28.producing some heavy rain. The strength of the wind may cause some

:57:29. > :57:33.real concerns. Some gust at least a gale force across exposed parts of

:57:34. > :57:37.southern England and Wales. As the rain moves further north, over the

:57:38. > :57:42.higher ground, the intensity of the flora may cause a bit of a problem

:57:43. > :57:45.across the highest ground. That combination could cause some

:57:46. > :57:51.disruption to your travel plans overnight on Wednesday. On Thursday,

:57:52. > :57:55.less in the way of rating initially. The weather front driving further

:57:56. > :57:59.towards the north. A lot of sunshine around. Late in the day, some

:58:00. > :58:05.uncertainty about this feature. We suspect something will run in on the

:58:06. > :58:12.noticeable wind to the west of Wales with some hillside. A half decent

:58:13. > :58:17.day on Thursday. On Friday, it probably won't be in the south. Low

:58:18. > :58:22.pressure throwing its way over towards the north. The pace of

:58:23. > :58:26.advance, open to some conjecture. We think that is going to be the major

:58:27. > :58:34.player of the weekend. Sitting very close by to the British Isles

:58:35. > :58:38.through Saturday and Sunday. Perhaps northern Scotland and Ireland seemed

:58:39. > :58:41.the best of the weather, but the general theme of the weather is

:58:42. > :58:43.quite a bit of cloud around and quite a few spells of rain. Take

:58:44. > :00:03.care. A very warm welcome to BBC News,

:00:04. > :00:06.broadcasting to our viewers in North America

:00:07. > :00:08.and around the globe. A rallying call to

:00:09. > :00:14.the American people - President Trump declares the time

:00:15. > :00:30.for small thinking is over. All the nations of the world, friend

:00:31. > :00:34.or foe, will find that America is strong, America is proud and America

:00:35. > :00:36.is free. He called for a merit-based system

:00:37. > :00:39.of immigration and extreme vetting to prevent terrorists

:00:40. > :00:48.entering the United States. We cannot allow terrorism to form

:00:49. > :00:52.inside America, we cannot allow our nation to become a sanctuary for

:00:53. > :01:06.extremists. America is willing to find new

:01:07. > :01:21.friends and forge new partnerships in the interest of peace.

:01:22. > :01:24.President Donald Trump has been giving his first speech to a joint

:01:25. > :01:28.session of the US Congress since he took office last month.

:01:29. > :01:32.In his hour long address he he said he wanted to see a one trillion

:01:33. > :01:34.dollar investment in the infrastructure of the United States

:01:35. > :01:40.and a merit-based system of immigration.

:01:41. > :01:53.He railed against the Islamic terrorism. It was pleased to improve

:01:54. > :01:59.approval ratings. He spoke of the renewal of the American spirit and

:02:00. > :02:08.condemn the recent wave of threats. He said the American people must be

:02:09. > :02:12.united against evil. Recent threats targeting Jewish centres and

:02:13. > :02:19.vandalism of Jewish cemetery as well as last week 's shooting in Kansas

:02:20. > :02:25.City reminds us that while we are a nation divided we are country that

:02:26. > :02:38.stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms.

:02:39. > :02:43.He startled many by beginning the speech by mentioning the civil

:02:44. > :02:47.rights movement, and his first mention of the shooting attack on

:02:48. > :02:49.two Indian engineers and those attacks on Jewish centres and

:02:50. > :02:50.cemetery. The BBC's Barbara Plett Usher

:02:51. > :02:59.is at Capitol Hill in Washington. We are just catching Congress people

:03:00. > :03:06.as they come out, asking them for their reaction. I have Steve

:03:07. > :03:13.Russell, a Republican from Oklahoma. Thank you for joining us. I think if

:03:14. > :03:19.we can get past the party that filters, it was a uniting message.

:03:20. > :03:25.What America can look like. There were some challenges, how do we

:03:26. > :03:31.educate, Unite and fix the broken things. There was some unifying

:03:32. > :03:38.language. What about in terms of what he said on policy? It has been

:03:39. > :03:42.a little bit vague and contradictory about the way forward from the

:03:43. > :03:49.legislative agenda? The one key thing we did get was in his must

:03:50. > :03:55.haves for the replacement of the Affordable Care Act. He listed five

:03:56. > :04:00.things. His guidelines of what he would need before signing

:04:01. > :04:05.legislation or stop what do you think about his proposal to increase

:04:06. > :04:13.military spending to the degree that he says he wants to do? Part of the

:04:14. > :04:18.increase is already spent. A 3% increase is not going to be

:04:19. > :04:30.adequate. It is not enough money at his spoke forcefully about the end

:04:31. > :04:40.of the quest -- sequester. We need to get past the bi- partisan divide.

:04:41. > :04:48.Was anything that surprised you? He moderated, stayed on message... You

:04:49. > :04:55.looked relieved? Yes, I thought he would be good. He actually laid out

:04:56. > :05:05.a vision. We have nine years, what do we want to look like in 2050. If

:05:06. > :05:10.we can get past our partisan filters, it was unifying. Wasn't

:05:11. > :05:20.that enough for the Democrats to respond to? A lot said a lot of

:05:21. > :05:27.fluff not enough detail. There we go with the partisan filters. The lab

:05:28. > :05:35.five points on Affordable Care Act. Infrastructure - we all agreed on

:05:36. > :05:40.that. There are two things we all agree on. To fix the healthcare and

:05:41. > :05:45.improve infrastructure and everybody stood up on the strength of the

:05:46. > :05:52.military. There are three things. The vetting of the immigration and

:05:53. > :06:02.travel ban? We have some education to do. I personally visited multiple

:06:03. > :06:09.cabs on the Syrian conflict. We have to be a nation that accommodates

:06:10. > :06:13.more refugees. I feel strongly about that but the President is right in

:06:14. > :06:19.saying let's look at the country where we have some problems, were

:06:20. > :06:28.there are some dangers and let's look at them for 90 days. I willing

:06:29. > :06:32.to give him that. Tax reform - he said out how he felt about it but

:06:33. > :06:37.did not say what he would do? We would not be able to get to that

:06:38. > :06:47.until we get to the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care

:06:48. > :06:53.Act. A long legislative road ahead? And many long days but that is what

:06:54. > :07:00.the people voted us into do. Steve Russell, the Republican congressman

:07:01. > :07:03.from Oklahoma, seem to be fairly encouraged by the speech but

:07:04. > :07:10.acknowledged some differences with Mr Chung particularly over refugees

:07:11. > :07:23.and acknowledging this policy issues are actually quite complicated. --

:07:24. > :07:26.Mr Trump. We wanted played one more beat of the speech. From the

:07:27. > :07:32.outside, people were interested in what he would say about the rest of

:07:33. > :07:34.the world. Our foreign policy calls

:07:35. > :07:37.for a direct, robust and meaningful It is American leadership based

:07:38. > :07:40.on vital security interest that we share with our

:07:41. > :07:43.allies across the globe. We strongly suport NATO,

:07:44. > :07:46.an alliance forged through the bonds of two world wars that dethroned

:07:47. > :07:49.fascism, and a cold war But our partners must

:07:50. > :08:13.meet their financial obligations. And now, based on our very strong

:08:14. > :08:18.and frank discussions, In fact, the money is pouring

:08:19. > :08:42.in...very ...Very nice. President Trump giving his strongest

:08:43. > :08:45.ever stated support for Nato although he repeats his line about

:08:46. > :08:53.other states not giving enough money. Russia, China or Iran were

:08:54. > :08:56.not mentioned. He said very little about foreign policy and the one

:08:57. > :09:02.thing he said specifically, very strong support for Nato and support

:09:03. > :09:08.from Congress which to show that most people, most lawmakers that

:09:09. > :09:13.support the Nato alliance and have been quite relieved to hear he is

:09:14. > :09:18.coming around to say those kinds of things as well. He talked about the

:09:19. > :09:23.kinds of partnerships that America should have, forged partnerships

:09:24. > :09:29.with countries with mutual interest. He talked about working together

:09:30. > :09:36.with enemies of the past - perhaps that was a very bleak reference to

:09:37. > :09:41.better ties with Russia but you are right, he did not pull out any

:09:42. > :09:47.specific issues by name. It was very much a domestic focused speech not

:09:48. > :09:52.only to the house of Congress to the American people, the largest

:09:53. > :09:59.audience he will have for the rest of this year. Picking up another

:10:00. > :10:05.piece from the speech, he also said all talking about repealing and

:10:06. > :10:09.replacing Affordable Care Act. Tonight, I also calling on this

:10:10. > :10:19.Congress to repeal and replace Affordable Care Act. With reforms

:10:20. > :10:23.that expand choice, increase access, lower cost and at the same time

:10:24. > :10:30.provide better healthcare. One third of the counties have only one

:10:31. > :10:35.insurer and they are losing them fast, they are losing them so fast,

:10:36. > :10:40.they are leaving and many Americans have no choice at all. There is no

:10:41. > :10:45.choice left. Remember, when you were told you could keep your plan we now

:10:46. > :10:51.know that all those promises have been totally broken. Obamacare is

:10:52. > :10:58.collapsing and we must act decisively to protect all Americans.

:10:59. > :11:04.Action is not a choice, it is a necessity. The President knew, as we

:11:05. > :11:09.all know, that during recess members of Congress were getting a very hard

:11:10. > :11:15.time from constituents concerned about losing their cover. A former

:11:16. > :11:19.Kentucky Governor saying every Republican idea to replace it would

:11:20. > :11:27.reduce the number of Americans covered. How did the President deal

:11:28. > :11:33.with that? 80 Democrats largely put have responded in the same way that

:11:34. > :11:36.there spokesperson did now but in terms of Republicans, the risk in

:11:37. > :11:44.Saint amongst some of them because of the reaction from constituents.

:11:45. > :11:52.-- as there is concern amongst some of them. About how to approach it.

:11:53. > :11:58.Some legislation has been put forward but not supported by

:11:59. > :12:01.everyone. President Trump has been a bit vague and contradictory about

:12:02. > :12:06.what should happen. He came out with five principles, I sure how much

:12:07. > :12:12.specific guidance that would give the Republicans but it showed he

:12:13. > :12:16.wants the act of repeal, he wants a market-based system but at the same

:12:17. > :12:21.time he talked about keeping Medicaid which is a programme the

:12:22. > :12:27.healthcare act supports which supports poor people. He also talked

:12:28. > :12:33.about another element of the Democrats would want to keep which

:12:34. > :12:39.is pre-existing conditions should not exclude them from any sort of

:12:40. > :12:44.healthcare. He seemed to kind of... He is sort of in the middle of what

:12:45. > :12:49.he wants to support but he made it clear it would be repealed,

:12:50. > :12:55.Obamacare, having said that it will be a long and contentious discussion

:12:56. > :13:00.and the political difficulties the Republicans face are not going away.

:13:01. > :13:07.It is very complicated, as the President himself said. He seems to

:13:08. > :13:12.have realised that. This is a man that has been so vitriol and

:13:13. > :13:16.offensive to say many people and it seems he will get point will not

:13:17. > :13:22.doing that again. There is no doubt it was a different tone tonight.

:13:23. > :13:27.Promising to renew the American spirit, compared to the very bleak

:13:28. > :13:35.and darker vision in the inaugural address? A thing deliberately say. I

:13:36. > :13:39.think his advisers felt the American people did need to have a more

:13:40. > :13:46.optimistic message and he framed it really with his election not

:13:47. > :13:51.specifically is message of making America great again. He said now it

:13:52. > :14:01.is beginning to renew, to build, to dream more. When we look at so many

:14:02. > :14:04.years we will come back to this day. It was framed within his presidency

:14:05. > :14:10.but the tie and was optimistic and it did contrast quite starkly with

:14:11. > :14:17.his inaugural speech and with his style. He was on message, he did

:14:18. > :14:21.come across is much more presidential, according to

:14:22. > :14:27.Republicans is that too. One said this was the moment he became

:14:28. > :14:39.president. Thank you for being with us. Much more to come on President

:14:40. > :14:40.Trump's tribute to a widow of a serviceman killed in the attack in

:14:41. > :14:42.Yemen. First the plates slipped gently off

:14:43. > :14:45.the restaurant tables. Then suddenly the tables,

:14:46. > :14:47.the chairs and people crashed sideways

:14:48. > :14:50.and downwards and it was a matter of seconds before the ferry

:14:51. > :14:54.lurched onto her side. The hydrogen bomb on a

:14:55. > :14:57.remote Pacific atoll. The Americans had successfully

:14:58. > :15:00.tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb

:15:01. > :15:05.dropped on Hiroshima. I had heard the news earlier

:15:06. > :15:14.and so my heart went bang and bang. The Constitutional rights of these

:15:15. > :15:17.marchers have their rights as citizens of the United States

:15:18. > :15:20.and they should be protected even in the right to test them out

:15:21. > :15:24.so they don't get their heads broken This religious controversy,

:15:25. > :15:28.I know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry

:15:29. > :15:32.you it's going to boil up But everything will be all right

:15:33. > :15:53.in the end as they say. Glad to be with us on BBC News.

:15:54. > :15:57.Latest headlines: President Trump has issued a rally to call the

:15:58. > :16:01.American people. He said the time for small thinking is over.

:16:02. > :16:06.Addressing Congress for the first time, he said he wanted to see a $1

:16:07. > :16:08.trillion investment in American infrastructure and a merit-based

:16:09. > :16:16.system for immigration. Donald Trump outlined plans for tax

:16:17. > :16:20.reform so that American businesses can compete and thrive, as well as

:16:21. > :16:25.providing tax relief for the middle classes. My economic team is

:16:26. > :16:25.developing historic tax reform that will

:16:26. > :21:19.He died as he lived, a hero battling against terrorism and securing our

:21:20. > :21:52.nation. that was the victim's widow. What

:21:53. > :22:00.was the feeling about this? He made a very big feature of Ryan Allen's

:22:01. > :22:06.widow. Some called it an abortive raid in Yemen. Civilians died as

:22:07. > :22:13.well. There was a long ovation which she of course deserved. The

:22:14. > :22:18.President said that the general was blamed for the failure of vat rate.

:22:19. > :22:22.It is all rather odd? There is no question that he had on his mind the

:22:23. > :22:29.criticisms of the raid, whether it actually yielded much intelligence

:22:30. > :22:33.or whether it was baht, why they were not better prepared, they lost

:22:34. > :22:37.touch and expensive aircraft in the process of doing it. I think he

:22:38. > :22:44.focused attention on the suffering of a widow, that's naturally draws

:22:45. > :22:47.sympathy in a room. This was certainly a president trying to pull

:22:48. > :22:52.things together, with an eye to some of the things he has said and done

:22:53. > :22:56.in the past? A lot of the people he highlighted were either women or

:22:57. > :23:02.black? I think that's exactly right. I think it was part of the kind of

:23:03. > :23:08.velvet glove on an iron fist that I mentioned earlier. I think he is

:23:09. > :23:17.very conscious of this criticism that he is biased against

:23:18. > :23:22.immigrants, African-Americans, and I suspect this will not convince those

:23:23. > :23:29.groups who have not supported him in the past. It will probably not

:23:30. > :23:36.swayed many others as well. But he did that, at least this time and in

:23:37. > :23:44.other speeches, he has made attempts at windowdressing. Thank you very

:23:45. > :23:52.much. Going back to the speech, the President issued a rallying call to

:23:53. > :23:58.the American people. The time for small thinking is over. The time for

:23:59. > :24:01.trivial fight is behind us. We just need the courage to share the dream

:24:02. > :24:09.is that fill our hard. The bravery to express the hopes that are in our

:24:10. > :24:16.souls, and the confidence to turn those hopes and dreams into action.

:24:17. > :24:20.From now on, America will be empowered by our aspirations, not

:24:21. > :24:26.burdened by our fears. Inspired by the future, not bound by failures of

:24:27. > :24:35.the past. And guided by a vision, not blinded by our hopes. I am

:24:36. > :24:39.asking all citizens to embrace this renewal of the American spirit. I am

:24:40. > :24:46.asking all members of Congress to join me in dreaming big and bold,

:24:47. > :24:51.and daring things for our country. I am asking everyone watching tonight

:24:52. > :24:57.to seize this moment, believe in yourselves, believe in your future

:24:58. > :25:09.and believe, once more, in America. Thank you, God bless you and God

:25:10. > :25:13.bless the United States. The President giving his first speech to

:25:14. > :25:18.a joint session of the house of Congress. In effect, a state of the

:25:19. > :25:23.union speech. The high lead is now. He's going to ask the rest to fund a

:25:24. > :25:27.$1 trillion infrastructure package. He started his speech with mentions

:25:28. > :25:32.of black history month, the civil rights movement and the shooting

:25:33. > :25:36.attack on two Indian engineers, as well as the attacks on Jewish

:25:37. > :25:42.cemeteries and community centres. He gave his strongest ever support for

:25:43. > :25:45.Nato. And he is still talking about repealing and replacing Obamacare.

:25:46. > :25:50.That was met with cheers from Republicans, but booing from the

:25:51. > :25:58.Democrats. The Department of Homeland Security is going to create

:25:59. > :26:06.an office called the victims of immigration client engagement, or

:26:07. > :26:10.VOICE. Thank you for watching.