The Presidential Address

Reporting from Washington, I'm Katty Kay.

In just a few minutes, President Trump will deliver

first speech to a joint session of Congress,

and the wider American public, about what he hopes to accomplish

The White House says it will be an optimistic speech.

But given it's Donald Trump, we can also expect the unexpected.

With me now and throughout the evening is the Republican strategist

Ron Christie and Time contributor as well. I spent some time this

afternoon speaking with senior White House officials, they said the

President is very optimistic about what he is going to present, not

just to the American people but to his fellow Republicans. There is a

sense that the Republicans are not on the same page in relation to

federal spending, taxes and the repeal of Obamacare. This is going

to be an optimistic speech, not just to be American people but to the

American Congress. There are at least two audiences, if not more for

this address. For these big addresses. The president needs to

win over the people in the room, and just as importantly, win over those

watching on television. The numbers of those watching on television have

declined by almost 50% in the last few decades. President pays

attention to his ratings, so it will be interesting to see how many

people to tune into this. -- the President. I think it is crucial in

this address, he really has to start legislating. He has not introduced

any legislation yet. A lot of members of Congress have expressed

concern about him not pushing hard enough, championing things for. Has

done a lot of executive orders but not a lot of policies. Here is the

joint session of Congress, the floor of Congress. You have members of the

Senate and the house of representatives there. Then on the

balconies around the top, you have guessed who have been invited. There

is vice president Mike Pence, and the Speaker of the house is Paul

Ryan. Both Republicans. Blue is a colour associated with the

Democratic Party, however the Republicans are wearing blue ties

tonight. We have not seen this for a while, and address to Congress we

both the people sitting behind the President are from his own party

quite a low we have not seen that for some time. That is an

interesting angle. How do the vice president and Speaker of the house

react to what the President is saying? I will be looking at one

side of the chamber versus the other. Other Republicans going to

cheer when Donald Trump comes out in talks about appealing Obamacare?

What are the Democrats going to do? That is the opposite of what we have

had for the last eight years? Yes, for at least the last eight years,

we have seen Republicans in the reverse role. Democrats already,

Democratic women are uniformly dressed in white or purple, because

those are the colours of suffrage in America and they are trying to

declare themselves feminist to Donald Trump in the world. So there

is already some activism going on in the room. The president of the

United States. Talking about Donald Trump coming into the chamber on

Capitol Hill. The tradition is that members will take their seats hours

beforehand, critical seats on the sides of the eye also they can shake

the hands of the President as he comes in. All of them want to be

seen having their little moment with the commander-in-chief. You can see

one of the members having a quick word with Donald Trump. It may be a

legislative issue that he has or an agenda that he wants to push. Trying

to talk to the president about that. We also have members of the Supreme

Court in the chamber now, members of Donald Trump's Cabinet, top military

figures as well. There is always one member of the Cabinet who is absent,

who goes to an undisclosed location, in case anything were to happen at

this address. I am not quite sure who that is this evening. We should

also point out the first Lady, she has not been in Washington very much

but she has come down for this address and we'll have her gaffe as

well. You can see behind him the Republican leadership in the house

of the Senate, the Republican majority leader, Mitch McConnell.

The Senate Majority Leader. We also have the number four in the Senate,

the Republican in the house, excuse me. The leadership comes behind

them, they sit in the front rows behind the generals and the justices

of the Supreme Court who are in the first rows. It is remarkable. If

somebody had told you a one year ago that on this evening, you would be

watching the new president of the United States come into Congress for

their first joint address, their first effective State of the union,

where would you have ranked the chances of that President being

Donald Trump? Not very high. I think he took the Republican establishment

and the world by storm. He ran as someone who was very controversial,

draining the swamp, and that has been amazing. The footage of him

coming down the aisle, you can see the folks here who have shown up

almost 12 or 13 hours ahead of time so that they can have their moment,

get on national television. Sometimes it is detrimental. One man

got in a lot of trouble in 2000 for basically kissing President Obama on

the cheek. He was up for re-election, he got killed for that.

It depends... If you are on the other side of the aisle, do you want

to be out hugging and kissing people? This speech, we are

expecting it to be more positive than the inaugural address. It is

also a victory lap for Donald Trump. He has a copy of his speech to the

vice president and the Speaker of the house. Mike Pence and Paul Ryan.

We understand he is going to speak for over an hour, this is going to

be a lengthy address. The members of the Democratic caucus, dressed in

white as we were saying earlier. The Speaker of the house will gather the

house into session, announced the president of the United States,

there will be a lot more cheering, more laughter, and then the

President will finally get into it. We are still a few moments away

before we start the speech. They are sitting there silently at the

moment. Some people are on their seats cheering. We talked about how

much Republicans might applaud him tonight. Thank you very much.

Members of Congress, I have the higher privilege and the distinct

honour of presenting to you the president of the United States. --

high. Thank you very much. Mr Speaker, Mr

Vice President, members of Congress, the first Lady of the United

States... (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

And citizens of America. Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our

celebration of Black history month, we are reminded of our nation's past

towards civil rights and the work that still remains to be done. --

Black History Month. APPLAUSE Recent threats targeting

Jewish community centres and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as

well as the shooting last week in Kansas City, remind us that while we

may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united

in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. APPLAUSE

Each American generation passes the tort of truth, liberty and justice

in an unbroken chain, all the way down to the president. That taught

is now in our hands. And we will use it to light up the world. I am here

tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a

message deeply delivered from my heart. A new chapter... APPLAUSE Of

American greatness is now beginning. A new national pride is sweeping

across our nation, and a new surge of optimism is placing impossible

dreams firmly within our grasp. What we are witnessing today is the

renewal of the American spirit. Our allies will find that America is

once again ready to lead. APPLAUSE All the nations of the world, friend

or foe, will find that America is strong, proud, and America is free.

In nine years, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary

of our founding. 250 years since the day we declared our independence. It

will be one of the great milestones in the history of the world. But

what will America look like as we reach our 250th year? What kind of

country will we leave for our children? I will not allow the

mistakes of recent decades passed to define the course of our future. For

too long, we've watched our middle-class shrink, as we've

exported our jobs and wealth to foreign countries. We've and built

one global project after another, but ignored the fate of our

children. The inner cities of Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit and so

many other places throughout our land. We've defended the borders of

other nations while leaving our own borders wide open for anyone to

cross, and for drugs to pour in at a now unprecedented rate. And we spent

trillions and trillions of dollars of this is while our infrastructure

at home has so badly crumbled. Then, in 2016, the earth shifted beneath

our feet. The rebellion started, as a quiet protest, spoken by families

of all colours and creeds. Families who just wanted a fair shot for

their children. And a fair hearing for their concerns. But then, the

quiet voices became a loud chorus as thousands of citizens now spoke out

together. From city is small and large all across our country.

Finally, the chorus became an earthquake and the people turned out

by the tens of millions, and they were all united by one very simple

but crucial demands. That America must put its own citizens first. It

was only then can we truly make America great again.

Dying industries will come roaring back to life.

Heroic veterans will get the care they so desperately need. Our

military will be giving the resources it's brave warriors so

richly deserve. Crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with

new roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and railway is gleaming

across our very, very beautiful land. Our terrible drug academic

will slow down and ultimately stop and our neglected inner cities will

see a rebirth of hope, safety and opportunity. Above all else, we will

keep our promises to the American people. APPLAUSE

It's been a little over a month since my inauguration and I want to

take this moment to update the nation on the progress I've made in

keeping those promises. Since my election, Ford, Fiat

Chrysler, General Motors, Sprint, Softbank, Intel, Walmart and many

others have announced that they will invest billions and billions of

dollars in the United States and will create tens of thousands of new

American jobs. APPLAUSE The stock market has gained almost

$3 trillion in value since the election on November the eighth, a

record. We've saved taxpayers hundreds of

millions of dollars by bringing down the price of fantastic, and it is a

fantastic, new F 35 jet fighter and we'll be saving billions more on

contracts all across our government. We've placed a hiring freeze on

non-military and non- essential federal workers. We have begun to

drain the swamp of government corruption by imposing a five-year

ban on lobbying by executive branch officials and a lifetime ban...

APPLAUSE Thank you. And a lifetime ban on becoming

lobbyists for a foreign government. We have undertaken an historic

effort to massively reduce job crushing regulations, creating a

deregulation task force inside of every government agency. APPLAUSE

And we're imposing a new rule which mandates that for everyone new

regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated.

APPLAUSE We're going to stop the regulations that threaten the future

and livelihood of our great coalminers.

APPLAUSE We have cleared the way for the construction of the keystone and

Dakota accessed pipelines. APPLAUSE -- accessed pipelines.

Thereby creating tens of thousands of jobs and I've issued a new

directive that new American pipelines be made with American

steel. APPLAUSE We've withdrawn the United States from the job killing

Trans-Pacific Partnership. APPLAUSE

And with the help of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, we have formed a

council with our neighbours in Canada to help ensure that women

entrepreneurs have access to the networks, markets and capital they

need to start a business and live out their financial dreams.

APPLAUSE To protect our citizens, I have

directed the Department of Justice to form a task force on reducing

violent crime. I have further ordered the

departments of Homeland Security and justice, along with the department

of state and the director of national intelligence to co-ordinate

an aggressive strategy to dismantle the criminal cartels that have

spread all across our nation. APPLAUSE

We will stop the drugs from pouring into our country, and poisoning our

youth, and we will expand treatment for those who have become so badly

addicted. APPLAUSE

At the same time, my administration has answered the pleas of the

American people for immigration enforcement and border security.

APPLAUSE By finally enforcing our immigration

laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions and

billions of dollars and make our communities safer for everyone.

We want all Americans to succeed, but that can't happen in an

environment of lawless chaos. We must restore integrity and the

rule of law at our borders. For that reason, we will soon begin

the construction of a great, great Wall along our southern border.

As we speak tonight, we are moving gang members, drug dealers and

criminals that threaten our communities and prey on our very

innocent citizens. Bad ones are going out as I speak, and as I

promised throughout the campaign. To any in Congress who do not believe

we should in force our laws, I would ask you this one question. What

would you say to the American family that loses their jobs, their income

or their loved one because America refused to uphold its laws and

defend its borders? Our obligation is to serve, protect

and defend the citizens of the United States. We're also taking

strong measures to protect our nation from radical Islamic

terrorism. APPLAUSE According to data provided by the

Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of

terrorism and terrorism related offences since 9/11 came here from

outside of our country. We have seen the attacks at home

from Boston to San Bernardino to the Pentagon, and yes, even the World

Trade centre. We have seen the attacks in France, in Belgium and in

Germany and all over the world. It is not compassionate but reckless to

allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur.

APPLAUSE Those given the high honour of admission to the United States

should support this country and love its people and its values.

We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside America, we

cannot allow our nation to become a sanctuary for extremists. APPLAUSE

That is why my administration has been working on improved vetting

procedures and we will shortly take new steps to keep our nation safe

and to keep those out who will do us harm.

APPLAUSE As promised, I directed the Department of Defence to develop a

plan to demolish and destroy Isis, a network of lawless savages who have

slaughtered Muslims and Christians and men and women and children of

all faiths and all beliefs. We will work with our allies,

including our friends and allies in the Muslim world, to extinguish this

vile enemy from our planet. APPLAUSE I have also imposed new sanctions on

entities and individuals who support Iran's ballistic missile programme

and reaffirmed our unbreakable alliance with the state of Israel.

APPLAUSE Finally, I have kept my promise to

appoint a justice to the United States Supreme Court from my list of

20 judges who will defend our Constitution.

APPLAUSE I am greatly honoured to have

Maureen Scalia with us in the gallery tonight.

APPLAUSE Thank you, Maureen.

Her late, great husband Antonin Scully will forever be a symbol of

American justice. To fill his seat, we have chosen Judge Neil Gorsuch, a

man of incredible skill and deep devotion to the law. He was

confirmed unanimously by the court of appeals and I am asking the

Senate to swiftly approve his nomination. APPLAUSE

Tonight as I outlined the next steps we must take as a country, we must

honestly acknowledge the circumstances we inherited.

-- outline. 94 million Americans are out of the labour force. Over 43

million people are now living in poverty and over 43 million

Americans are on food stamps. More than one in five people in their

prime working years are not working. We have the worst financial recovery

in 65 years. In the last eight years, the past administration has

put on more new debt and nearly all the other presidents combined. We've

lost more than one quarter of our manufacturing jobs since Nafta was

approved and we've lost 60,000 factories since China joined the

World Trade Organisation in 2001. Our trade deficit in goods with the

world last year was nearly $800 billion. And overseas we have

inherited a series of tragic foreign policy disasters. Solving these and

so many other pressing problems will require us to work past the

differences of party. It will require us to tap into the American

spirit that has overcome every challenge throughout our long and

storeyed history. But to accomplish our goals at home and abroad we must

restart the engine of the American economy, making it easier for

companies to do business in the United States and much, much harder

for companies to leave our country. APPLAUSE Right now, American

companies are taxed at one of the highest rates of anywhere in the

world. The economic team is developing tax reform that will

reduce tax rate on our companies so that they can compete and thrive

anywhere and with anyone. It will be a big, big cut. At the same time, we

will provide massive tax relief for the middle class. We must create a

level playing field for American companies and our workers. APPLAUSE

, -- currently, when we ship our country products overseas, they make

us pay very high tax. But when foreign companies ship products into

America, we charge them nothing or almost nothing. I just met with

officials and workers from a great American company, Harley-Davidson.

In fact, they proudly displayed five of their magnificent motorcycles,

made in the USA, on the front lawn of the White House. And they wanted

me to write one, and I said, no thank you. At our meeting, I asked

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

asked them, how are you doing with other countries? Mainly,

international sales? They told me, without even complaining, because

they had been so mistreated for so long, that they'd become used to it.

But it's very hard to do business with other countries, because they

tax our goods at such a high rate. They said that in the case of

another country, they tax their motorcycles at 100%. They won't even

asking for a change, but I am. I believe. APPLAUSE

I believe strongly in free trade. But it also have to be fair trade.

It's been a long time since we had fair trade. The first Republican

President, Abraham Lincoln, warned that the abandonment of the

protective policy by the American government will produce want and

ruin among our people. He was right. It's time we heeded his advice and

words. I am not going to let America and its great companies and workers

be taken advantage of any longer. They have taken advantage of our

country. No longer. I am going to bring back millions of jobs,

protecting our work is also means reforming our system of legal

immigration. The current, outdated system depresses wages for our

poorest workers and puts great pressure on taxpayers. Nations

around the world like Canada, Australia and many others have a

merit-based immigration system. It's a basic principle that those seeking

to enter a country ought to be able support themselves financially. Yet,

in America, we do not enforce this rule. Straining the very public

resources that our citizens rely upon. According to the National

Academy of sciences, our current system costs taxpayers many billions

of dollars a year. -- sciences. Switching away from the system of

lower skilled immigration, and instead adopting a merit-based

system, we will have so many more benefits. It will save countless

dollars, raise workers wages and help struggling families, including

immigrant families, entered the middle-class. They will do it

quickly and be happy indeed. APPLAUSE I believe that real and

positive immigration reform is possible, as long as we focus on the

following goals. To approve jobs and wages for Americans. To strengthen

our nation's security. And to restore respect for our laws. If we

are guided by the well-being of American citizens, then I believe

Republicans and Democrats can work together to achieve an outcome that

has eluded our country for decades. Another Republican President, Dwight

Eisenhower, initiated the last truly great national infrastructure

programme. The building of the interstate highway system. The time

has come for a new programme of national rebuilding.

APPLAUSE America has spent approximately $6

trillion in the Middle East. All the while, our infrastructure at home is

crumbling. With this $6 trillion, we could have rebuilt our country

twice, and maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to

negotiate. To launch our national rebuilding, I will be asking

Congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in

infrastructure in the United States, financed through public and private

capital, creating millions of new jobs. This effort will be guided by

two core principles. By American and higher American. -- buy. Tonight I

am also calling on this Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare.

CHEERING With reforms that expand choice,

increase access, lower cost and at the same time, provide better

healthcare. Mandating every American to buy government approved health

insurance was never the right solution for our country. The way to

make health insurance available to everyone is to lower the cost of

health insurance, and that is what we are going to do.

APPLAUSE Obamacare premiums nationwide have increased by double

and triple digit. As an example, Arizona went up 116% last year

alone. The governor of Kentucky just said Obamacare is failing in his

state, the state of Kentucky. And it's unsustainable and collapsed.

One third of the counties have only one insured. They are losing them so

fast. They are leaving, and many Americans have no choice at all.

There is no choice left. Remember when you were told that you could

keep your doctor and keep your plan? We now know that all of those

promises have been totally broken. Obamacare is collapsing and we must

act decisively to protect all Americans.

Action is not a choice. It is a necessity. So I am calling on all

Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work with us to save

Americans from this imploding Obamacare disaster.

Here are the principles that should guide Congress as we move to create

a better healthcare system for all Americans. First, we should ensure

that Americans with pre-existing conditions have access to coverage,

and that we have a stable transition for Americans currently enrolled in

the healthcare exchanges. APPLAUSE Secondly, we should help

Americans purchase their own coverage through the help of tax

credits and savings accounts. But it must be the planned they want, not

the plan. Men by our government. -- plan forced on them by our

government. -- the plan. Thirdly, we should give a State governors the

resources and flexibility they need with Medicaid to make sure no one is

left out. Fourth, we should implement legal reforms that protect

patients and dock is from unnecessary costs that drive up the

price of insurance, and worked to bring down the artificially high

price of drugs, and bring them down immediately. And finally, the time

has come to give Americans the freedom to purchase health insurance

across state lines. APPLAUSE

That will create a truly competitive national market place that will

bring costs way down and provide far better care. So important.

Everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. Every problem

can be solved. And every hurting family can find healing and hope.

Our citizens deserve this. And so much more. So, why not join forces

and finally get the job done, and get it done right?

On this and so many other things, Democrats and Republicans should get

together and unite for the good of our country and for the good of the

American people. APPLAUSE

My administration wants to work with members of both parties to make

child care accessible and affordable, to help ensure new

parents that they have paid family leave.

APPLAUSE To invest in women's health and to

promote clean air and clean water and to rebuild our military and our

infrastructure. APPLAUSE

True love for our people requires us to find common ground, to advance

the common good and to co-operate on behalf of every American child who

deserves a much brighter future. An incredible young woman is with us

this evening, who should serve as an inspiration to us all. Today is Rare

Disease Day and joining us in the gallery is the rare disease survive.

Megan Crowley. APPLAUSE

Megan was diagnosed with a rare and serious illness, Pompeii disease,

when she was 15 months old. She was not expected to live past five. Upon

receiving this news, her dad John Ford with everything he had to save

the life of his precious child. He found a company to look for a cure

and helped develop the drug that saved Rare Disease Day's life. Today

she is 20 and a soft more at Notre Dame.

Megan's story is about the unbowed and power of a father's love. The

slow process at the Food and Drug Administration keeps too many

advances, like the one that saved Megan's life, from reaching those in

need. If we slash the restraints, not just at the FDA but across our

government, then we will be blessed with far more Americans just like

Megan. APPLAUSE

In fact, our children will grow up in a nation of miracles. But to

achieve this future we must enrich the mind and the souls of every

American child. Education is the civil rights issue of our time.

APPLAUSE I am calling upon members of both

parties to pass an education Bill that fund school for disadvantaged

kids, including millions of African-American and Latino

children. APPLAUSE

These families should be free to choose the public, private, charter,

religious or homeschool that is right for them.

APPLAUSE Joining us tonight, in the gallery,

is a remarkable woman. As a young girl she struggled in school and

failed third grade twice, but then she was able to end role in a

private centre for learning, with the help of a tax credit and a

scholarship programme. Today she is the first in her family to graduate

not just from high school but from college. Later this year she will

get her masters degree in social work. We want all children to be

able to break the cycle of poverty, just like Denisha.

APPLAUSE But to break the cycle of poverty,

we must also break the cycle of violence. The murder rate in 2015

experienced its largest single year increase in nearly half a century.

In Chicago, more than 4000 people were shot last year alone and the

murder rate so far this year has been even higher. This is not

acceptable in our society. APPLAUSE

Every American child should be able to grow up in a safe community, to

attend a great school and to have access to a high-paying job. But to

create this future we must work with, not against... Not against,

the men and women of law enforcement.

APPLAUSE We must build bridges of

co-operation and trust, not drive the wedge of disunity and really

that's what it is - division, pure unadulterated division. We have to

unify. Police and sheriffs are member of our community. Friends and

neighbours, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, and they leave

behind loved ones every day to worry about whether or not they will come

home safe and sound. We must support the incredible men and women of law

enforcement. APPLAUSE

And we must support the big is of crime. -- victims. I've ordered the

Department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve American

victims. Victims of immigration crime engagement. We are providing a

voice to those who have been ignored and silenced by special interests.

Joining as... APPLAUSE

Joining us in the audience tonight are four very brave Americans, whose

government failed them. Their names are Jemille Shaw, Susan Oliver,

Jenna Oliver and Jessica Davis. Jemille's 17-year-old son was

viciously murdered by an illegal immigrant gang member who had just

been released from prison. He was an incredible young man with unlimited

potential, who was getting ready to go to college, where he would have

excelled as a great college quarterback. But he never got the

chance. His father, who is in the audience tonight, has become a very

good friend of mine. Jemille, thank you. Thank you.

Also with us are Susan Oliver and Jessica Davis. Their husbands were

slain in the line of duty in California. They were pillars of

their community. These brave men were viciously gunned down by an

illegal immigrant with a criminal record and two prior deportations

should have never been in our country. Sitting with Susan is her

daughter, Jenna. I want to that your father was a hero and tonight you

have the love on an entire country supporting you and praying for you.

APPLAUSE To the fore of you, I want you to

know we will never stop writing for justice. Your loved ones will never

be forgotten. We will always on their memory.

APPLAUSE Finally, to keep America safe, we

must provide the men and women of the United States military with the

tools they need to prevent war, if they must. They have to fight and

they only have to win. APPLAUSE

I am sending Congress budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates

the defence sequester... APPLAUSE

And calls for one of the largest increases in national defence

spending in American history. My budget will also increase funding

for our veterans. Our veterans have delivered for this nation and now we

must deliver for them. APPLAUSE

The challenges we face as a nation are clear, -- rate, but our people

are even greater and none are greater or braver than those who

fight for America in uniform. APPLAUSE

We are blessed to be toured the -- to be joined tonight by the widow of

a senior operated, senior chief William Ryan Owens. He died as he

lived, a hero, battling against terrorism and securing a nation.

I just spoke to our great General Mattis just now, who reconfirmed

that," Ryan was a part of a highly successful group that gathered

highly successful intelligence that will lead to many more victories in

the future against our enemy. Ryan's legacy is etched into eternity".

Thank you. And Ryan is looking down right now,

you know that, and he's very happy because I think he just broke a

record. The Bible teaches us there is no greater act of love than to

lay down 1's life for 1's friends. Ryan laid down his life or his

friends, his country and for our freedom, and we will never forget

Ryan -- one's. APPLAUSE

To do allies who wonder what kind of a friend in America will be, look no

further than the heroes who wear our uniform. Our foreign policy calls

for direct, robust and meaningful engagement with the world. It is a

relationship based on vital security allies that we share across the

globe. We strongly support Nato, an alliance forced -- forged with a

bond of two world wars. And a Cold War. And defeated communism. But our

partners must meet their financial obligations. And now, based on our

very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that.

In fact, I can tell you the money is pouring in. Very nice. We expect our

partners, whether in Nato, the Middle East or the Pacific, to take

a direct and meaningful role in both strategic and military operations.

And pay their fair share of the cost. They have to do that. We will

respect historic institutions and we will respect the foreign rights of

all nations. And they have to respect our rights as a nation will

slow. -- nation also. Nations are best for expressing the will of the

people, and America respects the right of all nations to chart their

own path. My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent

the United States of America. But we know that America is better off when

there is less conflict, not more. We must learn from mistakes the past,

we have seen the war and the destruction that have ravaged and

raged throughout the world, all across the world. The only long-term

solution for these humanitarian disasters, in many cases, is to

create the conditions where displaced persons can safely

returned home and begin the long process of rebuilding. America is

willing to find new friends and forge new partnerships where shared

interests aligned. We want harmony and stability, not war and conflict.

We want peace wherever peace can be found. America is friends today with

former enemies. Some of our closest allies, decades ago fought on the

opposite side of these terrible wars. This history should keep us --

give a full faith in the possibilities for the world.

Hopefully in the 250th year of America we will see a world that is

more peaceful, just and free. Now 100 anniversary, in 1876, citizens

from across our nation came together to celebrate America's Centennial.

At that celebration, the country's builders and inventors showed off

their wonderful creations. Alexander Graham Bell displayed his telephone

for the first time. Remington unveiled the first typewriter. An

early attempt was made at electric lighting. Thomas Edison showed an

electric telegraph and an electric pen. Imagine the wonders of our

country could no in America's 250th year. -- know. Think of the marvels

we can achieve if we simply set free the dreams of our people? Do is to

the illnesses that have always plagued us are not too much to hope.

American footprints on distant worlds are not too big a dream.

Millions lifted from welfare to work is not too much to expect. In

streets where mothers are safe from fear, schools where children learn

in peace and jobs where Americans prosper and grow are not too much to

ask. APPLAUSE

When we have all of this, we will have made America greater than ever

before. For all Americans, this is our vision. This is our mission. But

we can only get there together. We are one people with destiny. We all

bleed the same blood. We all salute the same great American flag. And we

all are made by the same God. When we fulfil this vision, when we

celebrate our 250 years of glorious freedom, we will look back on

tonight as when this new chapter of American greatness began. The time

for small thinking is over. The time for trivial fights is behind us. We

just need the courage to share the dreams that feel our hearts. The

bravery to express the hope is that we believe in, and the confidence to

turn those hopes into action. From now on, America will be empowered by

our aspirations, not burdened by our fears. Inspired by the future, not

bound by failures of the past. And guided by a vision, not blinded by

our doubts. I am asking all citizens to embrace this renewal of the

American spirit. I am asking all members of Congress to join me in

dreaming big and bold, and there is is for our country. I am asking

everyone watching tonight to seize this moment, believe in yourselves,

believe in your future and believe once more in America. Thank you, God

bless you and God bless the United States.

Donald Trump giving his first address to a Congress session,

laying out the things he has achieved in his first months as

president in setting the agenda for what he wants to achieve over the

course of the next four years. He talked about the fact he had kept

his promises on economics and building a border with Mexico, his

conservative policies on immigration, reducing regulations.

He also talked about wanting $1 trillion infrastructure bill,

repealing and replacing Obamacare and laying out a list of things he

would like to do. Of course, those listening will have to agree to the

list of things and whether the contents of his speech actually make

it into law for America, we will see. Often these speeches to

Congress tend to be wish lists, and they tend to remain in the well

wishes rather than fact. One thing is clear, this is not President

Trump as we heard him on inauguration day. It was a more

positive and normal speech for a president to give. It was not one

that was filled with American carnage. This was one about hope and

what America can achieve. I have still got with me Jamie Walker,

contributed to Time magazine, and Ron Christie. Was this the speech he

needed to give? Yes. I think he will be very happy with this speech. It

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

positive vision for the speech, I think he delivered on that. The

Donald Trump we heard tonight was not the rambunctious flamethrower we

have heard in the past. He had a section talking about women's

health, clean air, clean water. Paid family leave. Who was at Donald

Trump? Some sections sounded a bit like a democratic speech. Barack

Obama brought up women's health and family leave as well. It also struck

me that it was not a classic Donald Trump speech. It was not the man we

have grown used to hearing during the course of his campaign --

Democratic. Somebody changed him for us? Indeed. As we were saying during

the speech, I don't know that Donald Trump's supporters in the middle of

the country watching this would recognise him. This was not the man

they elected to disrupt things. He was talking about working with the

system, changing it, working with Democrats, reaching across the idle,

repeatedly calling to support his plans for a $1 trillion

infrastructure bill, for replacing Obamacare, immigration reform. If

you go down a list of things that he mentioned, in terms of policy, this

could have been Obama's speech may be four years ago. Immigration

reform, Medicaid expansion, clean air and water, women's health and

entrepreneurialism. These are democratic ideals. You wonder where

Republicans, what they are thinking. These are things that they do not

want to find -- Democratic. The President is leaving the chamber. He

will make his way back to the White House. We know that he will then be

getting a glimpse of the reviews on American TV channels. He will get a

chance to see what has been made of his speech. He will be saying

goodbye to a few things, saying goodbye to members of Congress who

have been waiting for him. Then he will make his way out. What we are

waiting for is, traditionally the Democrats give a response to the

President's address and the response this evening is coming from the

former governor of Kentucky. He will be speaking in a few minutes time,

talking about healthcare. The President said that Obamacare has

been a disaster for Kentucky, I think we will hear a different story

from the former governor. I think he will be pointing out that Obamacare

has been good for the state. In terms of what he laid out, these are

often wish lists? Getting beyond the stage of wish lists and into law,

that is difficult? It is. When we first started deceiving, Donald

Trump faced a very divided Republican Party. They wanted to

dramatically cut taxes, they do not want to find a lot of infrastructure

initiatives... They won't be able to pay for a replacement to the

Obamacare plan if they also want to roll back the tax hikes that

President Obama wanted to put in place to pay for it was your yes,

and nearly $54 billion that the President wants to increase in

defence funding as well, it is going to be very interesting tomorrow when

the Republicans gather, to review what they heard tonight, I guarantee

there will be a lot of discussions about not wanting to fund a lot of

the things that President Trump outlined last night. I suspect he

will get good reviews for this speech from the American press.

Journalists have already tweeted that he appeared at his most

presidential since he had been a lack did. Yet he may have qualms

from his own party -- elected. Donald Trump's speciality has been

division. Perhaps in being presidential it isn't that

surprising that he is still being divisive in many ways. He is leaving

the chamber, so we will let him go and we will chat in the studio until

we get the Democratic response. It isn't that surprising that he is a

divisive character still, even when he has gravitas and can deliver a

great speech. He is still dividing the party and Democrats. He saw

notably, a lot of these things that Democrat support, they were sitting

there and stone silent, not supporting them. Even though these

are things they've called on Congress to pass for years, he was

asking Democrats to come together to improve Obamacare. He notably did

not say repeal or replace, he said improved. At least two women,

Democratic women, were going hands down like this. They were actively

opposing him and this is a party that will stand firm against him, so

he wants to get 60 votes in the Senate, which will require some

Democrats, in order to get some of these huge things done. It will be

very hard. GB do lot of his supporters will view this beach and

perhaps be disappointed? -- do you think. He is showing the country and

the liberal media that he can be presidential. They will like this

Donald Trump, hats as much as they like the flame throwing Donald Trump

-- perhaps. That's the ultimate irony. People wanted a flamethrower

and now they are saying, look at this Donald Trump, reasonable, calm,

residential. He looked like he was enjoying himself for much of the

speech. Now I am looking for the parallels with where Donald Trump is

now and where we were with the administration in 2001. George Bush

came into office and many questions his legitimacy. His first address to

Congress, people looked at him and said, he isn't so bad after all. I

think Donald Trump will elicit the same reaction. How are your fellow

journalists going to respond to this? They haven't been that soft on

Donald Trump, let's be honest. We are an enemy of the people. There

was none of that tonight. No fake news, no electoral counts. Nothing

like that. It was the most on message I think I've ever seen

Donald Trump for the longest, sustained amount of time. To that

degree of course journalists will be like, wow, he was actually on

message and sounded sane and it was very conciliatory. The speech was

divided into sections. The first was very comprehensive. This is what I

promised, this is what I will do. The second section was the

legislation. It was easy to understand and well delivered stop

white and he didn't go for prompt. It was there and he kept to it.

Donald Trump did do it in the inauguration, he kept to the script.

It was just a different sounding speech. You will make a lot of money

if you bet Donald Trump will go off script quickly. If nothing else it

proves that this is what happens now that you get more folks in the White

House staff, where more people are advising him and giving him counsel

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

think have become quite well versed in the personnel of the White House.

It sounded to me like somebody in the White House had got to Donald

Trump and he had listened to that person and it sounded like a

different voice. Not the voice we heard at the inauguration. It makes

you wonder who that voice is. Is it the vice president when they have

lunch together? Is it the Ohio Governor? So mini voices coming out

now. We were hoping to join someone at Capitol Hill, we will do that as

soon as the line is up. Do you agree quest -- agree? The first opening

paragraph of the speech, for a man who has made his career on being

politically correct, the first thing he started off with was like history

month. Not just that but attacks against dues and the killing against

two Indian engineers isn't going to work either. Let's go to a Democrat

from Pennsylvania. A different Donald Trump? A more presidential

Donald Trump addressing Congress and the nation tonight? What I was

hoping for the night was a much more unifying speech, especially as

speech that should be unifying... That's why I was hoping when he

spoke about unifying the country that he did it with specifics.

Senator, I'm so sorry. Some 400 miles from Washington. At a diner

with neighbours. Democrats and Republicans, where we just watched

the president's address. I'm proud Democrat, but first and foremost on

the proud republican and Democrat and mostly remembered dogma --

un-American. I am worried about the future of this nation. I drop in

Kentucky, in a small town called Dawson springs. My dad and grandad

were Baptist preachers, my family owned a funeral home and my wife and

I have been married for almost 50 years. I became governor at the

start of the global recession and after eight years we had left things

a lot that are then we found them. By being fiscally responsible I even

cut my own pay. We balanced our budget and curb deficits into

surpluses without raising taxes. We cut our unemployment rate by half.

We made huge gains in high school graduation rates and we found health

coverage for over 500,000 people in Kentucky. We did that through trust

and mutual respect. I listened and I build partnerships with business

leaders and with Republicans in our legislature. We put people first and

politics second. The America I love allowed a small-time preacher's kid

to be elected governor and it taught me to embrace people who are

different from me, not vilify them. The America I Love has always been

about looking forward, not backward. About working together to find

solutions, regardless of party. Instead of allowing our differences

to divide us and hold us back, and we Democrats are committed to

creating the opportunity for every American to succeed, by growing our

economy with good paying jobs, educating and training our people to

fill those jobs, giving our business is the freedom to innovate, keeping

our country safe and providing healthcare that families can afford

and rely on. Mr President, as a candidate you promise to be a

champion for families struggling to make ends meet and I hope you live

up to that promise. But one of your very first executive orders makes it

harder for those families to even afford a mortgage. Then you started

rolling back rules that provide oversight of the financial industry

and safeguard us against another national economic meltdown. And you

picked a Cabinet of billionaires and Wall Street insiders, who want to

this rate the that most Americans count on and help level the playing

field. -- of this --. That is being Wall Street's champion, not our

champion. Even more troubling, you and your Republican allies in

Congress seem determined to rip affordable health insurance away

from many Americans who most need it. Does the affordable care act

need some repair? Yes, it does. But so far ever republican idea to

replace it would reduce the number of Americans covered, despite your

promises to the contrary. Mr President, folks here in Kentucky

expect you to keep your word, because this isn't a game, it is

life and death for people. These ideas promise access to care, but

denied the importance of making care affordable and effective. They would

charge families more for fewer benefits and put the insurance

companies back in control. Behind these ideas is the belief that folks

at the lower end of the economic ladder just don't deserve

healthcare. That it somehow their fault that they're employer doesn't

offer insurance, or that they can't afford to buy expensive health

plans. Just who are these 22 million Americans, including 500,000 people

right here in Kentucky, who now have healthcare but didn't have it

before. They're not aliens from some distant planet, they're our friends

and neighbours. We sat in the breaches with them on Friday night

and be worshipped with them on Sunday morning. They're farmers,

restaurant workers, part-time teachers, nurses aides, construction

workers and entrepreneurs working at high-tech start-ups. And before the

affordable care act, they work up every morning and went to work just

hoping and training they wouldn't get sick. The cause they knew that

they were just one bad diagnosis away from bankruptcy. You know, in

2010, this country made a commitment that every American deserved

healthcare, they could afford and rely on, and we Democrats are going

to do everything in our power to keep President Trump and the

Republican Congress from reneging on that commitment. At we're going to

need your help by speaking out. Another commitment now being tested

is our national security. Look, make no mistake on on the military

veteran myself and I know that protecting America is a president's

high duty. Yet President Trump is ignoring serious threats to our

national security from Russia, who is not our friend, while alienating

our allies, who have fought with us side-by-side and are our friends in

a dangerous world. His approach makes us less safe and should worry

every freedom loving American. Instead, President Trump has all but

declared war on refugees and immigrants. Look, the president can

and should enforce our immigration laws. But we can protect America

without -- abandoning our principles and moral obligation to help those

fleeing war and terror. Without tearing families apart and without

needlessly jeopardising our military men and women fighting overseas. You

know, another Republican president, Ronald Reagan, once said that in

America our origins matter even less than a destination and that is what

democracy is all about. President Trump also needs to understand that

people may disagree with him from time to time, but that doesn't make

them his enemies. When the president attacks the loyalty and credibility

of our intelligence agencies, the court system, the military, the free

press, individual Americans, simply because he doesn't like what they

say, he is eroding our democracy. And that is reckless. Real leaders

don't spread derision and division. Real leaders strengthen. The Unifi,

they partner and they offer real solutions instead of ultimatums and

blame. I may be old-fashioned, but I still believe that dignity,

compassion, honesty and accountability are basic American

values. And as a Democrat, I believe that if you work hard you deserve

the opportunity to realise the American dream. Regardless of

whether you are in Kentucky, a teacher in Long Island, or a

software engineer in San Antonio. Our political system is broken. It

is broken because too many of our leaders think it is all about them.

They need to remember that they work for us. In helping us -- and helping

us is their work. Kentucky made real progress while I was governor

because we were motivated by one thing - helping families. Democrats

are trying to bring that same focus back to Washington, DC. Americans

are a diverse people and we may disagree on a lot of things. But

we've always come together when we remember that we are one nation,

under God, individually, with liberty and justice for all. Thank

you. That was the former governor of Kentucky, giving the democratic

response. At the Capitol Hill now. We can speak to a Democrat from

Pennsylvania. Is this is going to be the Donald

Trump the American public and the world sees, someone behaving in a

much more presidential fashion, that will be a problem for Democrats? I

am not sure what we will see. Maybe there will be a change but I did not

see it tonight. I was hoping he would focus on an economic agenda

that was unifying. To make sure we would not have what the extreme

Republicans want which hurts people with disabilities, kids in rural

areas and a lot of seniors. Thank you very much all joining us and for

putting up with the interruptions. We are also join, I hope... I still

have with me from Christie and J Newton small, the Democratic

response? This is such a tough speech together. They almost always

bomb it. It was so hokey. It is really the existential crisis for

Democrats. Do they go for the white middle class union base they have

lost - which is clearly what they did here - or do they support

minorities who did not show up in and after this to support Hillary

Clinton. It is like an identity crisis. Clearly in the response they

went for the middle class white union vote but the diner was super

Auckland. LAUGHTER -- all could. I was surprised to hear from Bob Casey

that this was not an economic speech the Democrats would like, $1

trillion spent in infrastructure is kind of what President Obama had

suggested. We talked about his very ambitious infrastructure plan, he

talked about health play, clean water, clean air - President Obama

articulated the same things. This guy is saying things I actually

believe in, some will be saying. Everything that the Democrats lost,

women, people of colour, gays, was not evident in the Democratic

response. Perhaps they are doing a little soul-searching. Congressman,

I imagine you liked what you heard? I think the republican side of the

aisle was very exciting. Tonight, Mr Trump became president. It was the

night he works to unite the American people, got much more specific of

these policies and was clearly in command of that room. He is clearly

the commander in chief of this country. Will you give it what he

wants an infrastructure and military hike? The details of all matter but

he talked about a host of things. He talked about repealing a Obamacare,

infrastructure, tax reform and all exciting things. The transportation

investment may be one of the best things. Some of the things about

replacing the health-care bill allowed people keeping their

pre-existing programme. He talked about paid family leave, women's

health issues, he sounded more democratic... It was a Trump agenda.

It was not a speech in a classical way along one party line. Many

issues he talked about work by partisan. I was surprised to see

some of my friends sitting on their hands when he talked about by

partisan ideas. It was a speech will give in and well received. In terms

of the Conservative wing of the Republican Party, how happy are they

going to be to go along with the big spending proposal that Donald Trump

wants you to agree with? Again, their details will matter. This is

not a done deal. The infrastructure investment would require by partisan

Corporation and we have a lot of work to do. But he called America to

a bigger vision, he talked about what can happen once again when we

invest in the right things, I think it is something in the American

people will rally around. In Washington, when we tend to talk

about which senators, which member of Congress, ultimately, the

American people will decide. If they rally around President Trump's ideas

I believe they will happen. A lot of work to be done but definitely

possible. The congressman from Indian. He seemed to be suggesting

that the Republican Party would give Mr Trump what he wants... Perhaps

the devil is in the details but the point he made at the end that if

Republicans go home to their districts and Donald Trump is

popular, they are going to be happy to swallow nonconservative agenda

items than otherwise? Yes but the devil really is in the details and

the details matter. 40 or so members did not want to spend $1 trillion.

They looked at the Obama stimulus package and they say they got

nothing for it. What they heard the night was our president wants to go

even bigger. Paul O'Brien is going to have a difficult time getting it

through the house. -- Paul Ryan. They want to see President Trump hit

the right tone but that amount of spending a lot of Republicans will

say no. I agree with Ron in that analysis. You are looking at the 40

members of the freedom caucus but also members of the mainstream

partnership who are already signing on to democratic calls for

investigations into Donald Trump's connections to Russia. They are

worried about the elections in 2018. The ball, all these different

things, there has been concern on the moderate wing of the Republican

Party as well. I find it hard to believe that if Donald Trump can

manage to keep up this kind of appearance that he gave us tonight,

more conciliatory, more presidential, will it not bring it

all Republicans who are perhaps wavering on him? We would have to

measure with an egg timer how long he stays on message because he has

always gone off message. A Democrat from New York joins us now. Thank

you for joining us, congressman. These new Donald Trump, bought

conciliatory -- more conciliatory, more presidential will be a problem

for Democrats? I think that is premature. That does nationality is

laughable. -- dysfunctionality. All of a sudden one speech supposedly

setting him right with the world is not realistic. There was a lot in

the speech that still divides us. Higher on fluff and low on

substance. But the tone of the speech, you would agree, was not the

carnage in America, the flame throwing off the campaign... But

maybe we expected to little from him. I think that is unfortunate.

The office of the man is more than that. Talking at the same time about

tolerance and simultaneously speaking about rounding up people.

Not a Democrat support the banality within the immigrant community but

there are many people that are innocent getting caught up in that

trap and a lot of people's lives at Terra rise this evening, families

torn apart in the same time he is giving that speech. -- Terra rise.

-- terrorised. All criminal elements should be expelled from the country

and all people who are victims of crime need the attention and the

focus of our country. The President also began his speech by talking

about attacks against Jewish centres, about attacks against

Indian engineers, one shop dead in Kansas State in that respect he has

taken on board the criticism he has not reached out to people who did

not necessarily support him. It is about time. The rhetoric and hateful

speech that has come out the White House, the lack of attention to the

Jewish people and what they paid during the Holocaust was abysmal and

really needed to be addressed and the president really needs to

continue this, to speak against hate in this country and also do more

than just speak about it. Let me ask you a little bit about the agenda,

there has been a paradox that in some ways he has a very progressive

economic agenda, certainly by republican standards - he's not a

classic conservative Republican. The call for a very large infrastructure

bill, you may not believe he will get a lot of that through but in

some ways those would be things that as a Democrat you would like? When

the president Roosevelt about clean water and clean air, in his proposed

budget he would cut the EPA by 27% - it is literally talking out of both

sides of your mouth. The detail is what matters. We are all full family

sick leave but we need to make sure that everyone who wants to work can

do so and their child is in a safe environment. But how is the trillion

dollar raise? Those are the kinds of details we are yet to hear. We wait

with bated breath and an open mind. Where we can be supportive we will

be otherwise we will be vociferous. Thank you for joining us. Our BBC

colleague in eastern Pennsylvania Co is with a group of voters and has

been watching the speech with them. What did they think of the

President's address? The room behind me was absolutely field with those

whose say they sent Donald Trump to the presidency. They gave him a

standing ovation after the speech and all throughout they cheat him

an, really energised by the message. -- sheared him on. The struggles

that they are facing, when it came to buying American first, using

American-made steel to build American pipelines, all those lines

went down really well. The rhetoric we heard on the campaign trail got

this crowd going, draining the Swan, tackling Obamacare, people here were

not bothered at all that he did not necessarily give a ton of specifics.

Washington lawmakers had been looking for that. He did spell out

some specifics but here they were over role enthusiastic that he

stayed on message, sticking to the promises he made throughout the

campaign and really they were saying he was speaking to them and they

were not bothered by the lawmakers. That is interesting. They did not

object to some of the things he was proposing that sounded more

democratic like infrastructure spending, keeping pre-existing

conditions in the affordable health act. That we should be flexible on

state rights to expand healthcare for poor people, they did not mind

that? Let's remember that here we had the unique situation where a lot

of democratic voters turned republican Sir really when you had

those proposals, I spoke to a voter who mentioned infrastructure and he

said if you looked at this country, it almost looks like a third World

country where the roads are completely crumbling. A lot of

people said they rely on the medical care. They are not necessarily down

at the Conservative line and he appeals to the voters who struggle

on the same line with the progressive policies and the

Conservative ones. They have this gut reaction to the President that

they want to support him and his agenda 100%.

This is exactly what we were saying earlier. What you said is exactly

what she was hearing, that when he says he is going to blow everything

up, when he says everything is terrible and there is carnage in

America, his supporters seem to love it. When he gives a more optimistic

speech, like tonight, they had what he said about infrastructure

spending and replacing Obamacare, they still like it? They think he is

for one saying in plain, straightforward language, the

insecurities that America feels about the way the government works.

We also saw the Republican President tonight, we saw a president who got

up before Congress who laid down his injured. I think that is what people

enjoyed here. -- his agenda. There was a political poll out today, they

found that 56% of Americans felt that Donald Trump was actually

delivering on his campaign promises. Almost two thirds of them felt that

he had actually gotten a lot dumb in his office and stay true to his

ideology. The question is, what is is ideology? -- his? It does baffle

us and flummoxed us, he is not a traditional Republican. He is not

sticking to traditional things. But the traditionalist don't stick to

party lines necessarily either. In Pennsylvania, some people who were

once Democratic are voting Republican. They are crossing party

lines and mixing everything up. They seem to like that Donald Trump is

doing the same. It is almost an attitude and a cultural response as

it is a policy response. Let's have a quick listen again to what the

President said on the affordable care act, Obamacare, he called it a

disaster. Tonight I am calling on this Congress to repeal and replaced

Obamacare. -- replace. With reforms that expand choice, increase access,

lower cost and provide better healthcare. One third of the

counties have only one insurer, and they are losing them fast. They are

losing them so fast -- costs. They are leaving, and many Americans have

no choice. There is no choice left. Remember when you were told that you

could keep your doctor and keep your plan? We now know that all of those

promises have been totally broken. Obamacare is collapsing, and we must

act decisively to protect all Americans. Action is not a choice,

it is a necessity. President Trump speaking about healthcare reform.

The irony of course is that he goes into detail of negotiations, knowing

that it is more popular than ever before. Democrats are embracing it,

and 22 million people got coverage under Obamacare and they are nervous

about what will happen. That includes Republicans. Perhaps the

brilliance of what we had tonight, he said we want to make sure those

who have pre-existing policies are protected. That is the number-1

about coverage. Also, look at what he is saying about Medicaid

expansion, having a safety net. These are not traditionally

conservative positions that you are going to hear. That is why a Donald

Trump is not a typically Republican politician and why a lot of people

said he did a good job tonight. There was not a lot on foreign

policy? There was a very strong endorsement of Nato. He said Nato

allies have to pay their memberships, but he said we are

fully committed to that alliance and that the alliance has done a lot to

protect peace in the Western world? In his convention, he called into

question whether the United States would continue to support Nato. That

has been a question in his presidency, saying in his speech

that we wholeheartedly support Nato, that is surprising. It is definitely

a change in his attitude, certainly from his campaign where he

questioned Nato and how much money we were spending. It has been an

interesting couple of weeks. Mike Pence went to Europe, as did some

other key members of his Cabinet. They said that while the United

States believe that Nato members should pay 2% of their GDP on

defence spending, they said very clearly to their American allies in

Europe, we remain committed to Nato. I think a lot of American allies had

been fairly confused about that, and they wanted to hear it from the

President. It is the first time they will have heard that directly from

the President. If you think about who is speaking for the White House

and for America at the moment, there has been some confusion. Did he

clarify that this evening? Yes, I think this is very reassuring for

Europe to hear that he is behind them. He is going to stand with

Nato. It has been a question in recent weeks, especially with his

close relationship with Vladimir Putin. There was also no mention of

Russia, and none of the Middle East. There was talk of immigration.

Resident Ron spoke about immigration and border Security. -- President

Trump. We believe in immigration enforcement and border security. By

finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the

unemployed, save billions of dollars and make our communities safer for

everyone. We want all Americans to succeed, but that can't happen in an

environment of lawless chaos. We must restore integrity and the rule

of law at our borders. Donald Trump speaking about immigration. The

whole issue of immigration, from the executive order banning people from

seven will some countries -- Muslim, that has almost been the most

dominant feature of his presidency. Did he go somewhere in this address

to clarify what he wants to do on immigration, to clear up some of the

chaos that has the roundabout? Not tonight, but I think we will hear it

tomorrow or next week. I think he will issue another executive order

dealing with immigration. I think the time he took tonight was very

smart. He is trying to be more conciliatory, approachable on issues

of immigration where he has been heavily criticised. I think he did

what he needed to do and I think we will see a lot more details in the

next week. He also had some special guests in the audience, they were

people who had lost family members to illegal immigrants. I felt it was

a dual message on immigration? It was really striking. The big news

going into this speech was the interview he gave way he talked

about how he was now for immigration reform. He also talked about wanting

to see a merit-based system applying to the United States. That would be

a huge change from what he was saying in the campaign trail. He

said he just wanted to build a wall and deport everybody. He implied

there will be a path to citizenship or illegal status for those 11 or 12

million immigrants that we have in the United States. It was a very

disjointed speech in that sense. You have this, horror of the horror of

the stories of people who had been killed by undocumented immigrants,

by the way, the rate of crime done by undocumented immigrants is

comparatively tiny to the rest of America. Then you had this whole

section in the policy section of the speech saying, maybe we will find a

way to allow these people to stay. Some confusion. If you had to sum up

this address to the union, to me it felt like a very different Donald

Trump? We don't know how long that will be the Donald Trump that we

carry on seeing, I suspicion is that he will get good reviews. I think

you are absolutely right. And I think Donald Trump, whether he is

listening to his vice president or his cabinet, or to himself, saying,

I had a rough 30 days, I need a different approach. We saw that this

evening. Thank you both very much for joining us. Donald Trump, giving

his first address to Congress. Laying out what he has done so far

and what he plans to do in the future. This is a president who went

into the address saying that he gave himself and 84 achievement, but only

a sea for communication. This was an attempt to improve that great, I

suspect the reviews will be good tomorrow. That brings to a close our

coverage of Donald Trump's address to Congress. He brought forward a

whole range of issues, you have them here -- an A for acheivment.

Hello. There was a bright enough start to the day. It didn't last, we

were driving belts of weather down from the west and south of Scotland

towards the south and east. Low pressure the dominant feature.

Obviously something waiting in the wings to the west of us. That

doesn't arise just in time to stop temperatures dribbling away. Some

ice as well. If you can avoid the showers, plenty of sunshine to be

had across northern Britain. Things changing as we get through the

afternoon. Across the southern parts of England and Wales, turning

increasingly wet. Eventually very windy as well. Some detail for the

middle part of the afternoon, there is a condonation of sunny spells and

showers. Breeze coming from the west rather than the north, it may feel a

tad mild, but not much. Some patches of sunshine, some showers across the

north of England. Hiding up across southern and western Ireland.

Sunshine will not be the case across southern England and Wales. Cloud

producing some heavy rain. The strength of the wind may cause some

real concerns. Some gust at least a gale force across exposed parts of

southern England and Wales. As the rain moves further north, over the

higher ground, the intensity of the flora may cause a bit of a problem

across the highest ground. That combination could cause some

disruption to your travel plans overnight on Wednesday. On Thursday,

less in the way of rating initially. The weather front driving further

towards the north. A lot of sunshine around. Late in the day, some

uncertainty about this feature. We suspect something will run in on the

noticeable wind to the west of Wales with some hillside. A half decent

day on Thursday. On Friday, it probably won't be in the south. Low

pressure throwing its way over towards the north. The pace of

advance, open to some conjecture. We think that is going to be the major

player of the weekend. Sitting very close by to the British Isles

through Saturday and Sunday. Perhaps northern Scotland and Ireland seemed

the best of the weather, but the general theme of the weather is

quite a bit of cloud around and quite a few spells of rain. Take

care. A very warm welcome to BBC News,

broadcasting to our viewers in North America

and around the globe. A rallying call to

the American people - President Trump declares the time

for small thinking is over. All the nations of the world, friend

or foe, will find that America is strong, America is proud and America

is free. He called for a merit-based system

of immigration and extreme vetting to prevent terrorists

entering the United States. We cannot allow terrorism to form

inside America, we cannot allow our nation to become a sanctuary for

extremists. America is willing to find new

friends and forge new partnerships in the interest of peace.

President Donald Trump has been giving his first speech to a joint

session of the US Congress since he took office last month.

In his hour long address he he said he wanted to see a one trillion

dollar investment in the infrastructure of the United States

and a merit-based system of immigration.

He railed against the Islamic terrorism. It was pleased to improve

approval ratings. He spoke of the renewal of the American spirit and

condemn the recent wave of threats. He said the American people must be

united against evil. Recent threats targeting Jewish centres and

vandalism of Jewish cemetery as well as last week 's shooting in Kansas

City reminds us that while we are a nation divided we are country that

stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms.

He startled many by beginning the speech by mentioning the civil

rights movement, and his first mention of the shooting attack on

two Indian engineers and those attacks on Jewish centres and

cemetery. The BBC's Barbara Plett Usher

is at Capitol Hill in Washington. We are just catching Congress people

as they come out, asking them for their reaction. I have Steve

Russell, a Republican from Oklahoma. Thank you for joining us. I think if

we can get past the party that filters, it was a uniting message.

What America can look like. There were some challenges, how do we

educate, Unite and fix the broken things. There was some unifying

language. What about in terms of what he said on policy? It has been

a little bit vague and contradictory about the way forward from the

legislative agenda? The one key thing we did get was in his must

haves for the replacement of the Affordable Care Act. He listed five

things. His guidelines of what he would need before signing

legislation or stop what do you think about his proposal to increase

military spending to the degree that he says he wants to do? Part of the

increase is already spent. A 3% increase is not going to be

adequate. It is not enough money at his spoke forcefully about the end

of the quest -- sequester. We need to get past the bi- partisan divide.

Was anything that surprised you? He moderated, stayed on message... You

looked relieved? Yes, I thought he would be good. He actually laid out

a vision. We have nine years, what do we want to look like in 2050. If

we can get past our partisan filters, it was unifying. Wasn't

that enough for the Democrats to respond to? A lot said a lot of

fluff not enough detail. There we go with the partisan filters. The lab

five points on Affordable Care Act. Infrastructure - we all agreed on

that. There are two things we all agree on. To fix the healthcare and

improve infrastructure and everybody stood up on the strength of the

military. There are three things. The vetting of the immigration and

travel ban? We have some education to do. I personally visited multiple

cabs on the Syrian conflict. We have to be a nation that accommodates

more refugees. I feel strongly about that but the President is right in

saying let's look at the country where we have some problems, were

there are some dangers and let's look at them for 90 days. I willing

to give him that. Tax reform - he said out how he felt about it but

did not say what he would do? We would not be able to get to that

until we get to the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care

Act. A long legislative road ahead? And many long days but that is what

the people voted us into do. Steve Russell, the Republican congressman

from Oklahoma, seem to be fairly encouraged by the speech but

acknowledged some differences with Mr Chung particularly over refugees

and acknowledging this policy issues are actually quite complicated. --

Mr Trump. We wanted played one more beat of the speech. From the

outside, people were interested in what he would say about the rest of

the world. Our foreign policy calls

for a direct, robust and meaningful It is American leadership based

on vital security interest that we share with our

allies across the globe. We strongly suport NATO,

an alliance forged through the bonds of two world wars that dethroned

fascism, and a cold war But our partners must

meet their financial obligations. And now, based on our very strong

and frank discussions, In fact, the money is pouring

in...very ...Very nice. President Trump giving his strongest

ever stated support for Nato although he repeats his line about

other states not giving enough money. Russia, China or Iran were

not mentioned. He said very little about foreign policy and the one

thing he said specifically, very strong support for Nato and support

from Congress which to show that most people, most lawmakers that

support the Nato alliance and have been quite relieved to hear he is

coming around to say those kinds of things as well. He talked about the

kinds of partnerships that America should have, forged partnerships

with countries with mutual interest. He talked about working together

with enemies of the past - perhaps that was a very bleak reference to

better ties with Russia but you are right, he did not pull out any

specific issues by name. It was very much a domestic focused speech not

only to the house of Congress to the American people, the largest

audience he will have for the rest of this year. Picking up another

piece from the speech, he also said all talking about repealing and

replacing Affordable Care Act. Tonight, I also calling on this

Congress to repeal and replace Affordable Care Act. With reforms

that expand choice, increase access, lower cost and at the same time

provide better healthcare. One third of the counties have only one

insurer and they are losing them fast, they are losing them so fast,

they are leaving and many Americans have no choice at all. There is no

choice left. Remember, when you were told you could keep your plan we now

know that all those promises have been totally broken. Obamacare is

collapsing and we must act decisively to protect all Americans.

Action is not a choice, it is a necessity. The President knew, as we

all know, that during recess members of Congress were getting a very hard

time from constituents concerned about losing their cover. A former

Kentucky Governor saying every Republican idea to replace it would

reduce the number of Americans covered. How did the President deal

with that? 80 Democrats largely put have responded in the same way that

there spokesperson did now but in terms of Republicans, the risk in

Saint amongst some of them because of the reaction from constituents.

-- as there is concern amongst some of them. About how to approach it.

Some legislation has been put forward but not supported by

everyone. President Trump has been a bit vague and contradictory about

what should happen. He came out with five principles, I sure how much

specific guidance that would give the Republicans but it showed he

wants the act of repeal, he wants a market-based system but at the same

time he talked about keeping Medicaid which is a programme the

healthcare act supports which supports poor people. He also talked

about another element of the Democrats would want to keep which

is pre-existing conditions should not exclude them from any sort of

healthcare. He seemed to kind of... He is sort of in the middle of what

he wants to support but he made it clear it would be repealed,

Obamacare, having said that it will be a long and contentious discussion

and the political difficulties the Republicans face are not going away.

It is very complicated, as the President himself said. He seems to

have realised that. This is a man that has been so vitriol and

offensive to say many people and it seems he will get point will not

doing that again. There is no doubt it was a different tone tonight.

Promising to renew the American spirit, compared to the very bleak

and darker vision in the inaugural address? A thing deliberately say. I

think his advisers felt the American people did need to have a more

optimistic message and he framed it really with his election not

specifically is message of making America great again. He said now it

is beginning to renew, to build, to dream more. When we look at so many

years we will come back to this day. It was framed within his presidency

but the tie and was optimistic and it did contrast quite starkly with

his inaugural speech and with his style. He was on message, he did

come across is much more presidential, according to

Republicans is that too. One said this was the moment he became

president. Thank you for being with us. Much more to come on President

Trump's tribute to a widow of a serviceman killed in the attack in

Yemen. First the plates slipped gently off

the restaurant tables. Then suddenly the tables,

the chairs and people crashed sideways

and downwards and it was a matter of seconds before the ferry

lurched onto her side. The hydrogen bomb on a

remote Pacific atoll. The Americans had successfully

tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb

dropped on Hiroshima. I had heard the news earlier

and so my heart went bang and bang. The Constitutional rights of these

marchers have their rights as citizens of the United States

and they should be protected even in the right to test them out

so they don't get their heads broken This religious controversy,

I know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry

you it's going to boil up But everything will be all right

in the end as they say. Glad to be with us on BBC News.

Latest headlines: President Trump has issued a rally to call the

American people. He said the time for small thinking is over.

Addressing Congress for the first time, he said he wanted to see a $1

trillion investment in American infrastructure and a merit-based

system for immigration. Donald Trump outlined plans for tax

reform so that American businesses can compete and thrive, as well as

providing tax relief for the middle classes. My economic team is

developing historic tax reform that will

He died as he lived, a hero battling against terrorism and securing our

nation. that was the victim's widow. What

was the feeling about this? He made a very big feature of Ryan Allen's

widow. Some called it an abortive raid in Yemen. Civilians died as

well. There was a long ovation which she of course deserved. The

President said that the general was blamed for the failure of vat rate.

It is all rather odd? There is no question that he had on his mind the

criticisms of the raid, whether it actually yielded much intelligence

or whether it was baht, why they were not better prepared, they lost

touch and expensive aircraft in the process of doing it. I think he

focused attention on the suffering of a widow, that's naturally draws

sympathy in a room. This was certainly a president trying to pull

things together, with an eye to some of the things he has said and done

in the past? A lot of the people he highlighted were either women or

black? I think that's exactly right. I think it was part of the kind of

velvet glove on an iron fist that I mentioned earlier. I think he is

very conscious of this criticism that he is biased against

immigrants, African-Americans, and I suspect this will not convince those

groups who have not supported him in the past. It will probably not

swayed many others as well. But he did that, at least this time and in

other speeches, he has made attempts at windowdressing. Thank you very

much. Going back to the speech, the President issued a rallying call to

the American people. The time for small thinking is over. The time for

trivial fight is behind us. We just need the courage to share the dream

is that fill our hard. The bravery to express the hopes that are in our

souls, and the confidence to turn those hopes and dreams into action.

From now on, America will be empowered by our aspirations, not

burdened by our fears. Inspired by the future, not bound by failures of

the past. And guided by a vision, not blinded by our hopes. I am

asking all citizens to embrace this renewal of the American spirit. I am

asking all members of Congress to join me in dreaming big and bold,

and daring things for our country. I am asking everyone watching tonight

to seize this moment, believe in yourselves, believe in your future

and believe, once more, in America. Thank you, God bless you and God

bless the United States. The President giving his first speech to

a joint session of the house of Congress. In effect, a state of the

union speech. The high lead is now. He's going to ask the rest to fund a

$1 trillion infrastructure package. He started his speech with mentions

of black history month, the civil rights movement and the shooting

attack on two Indian engineers, as well as the attacks on Jewish

cemeteries and community centres. He gave his strongest ever support for

Nato. And he is still talking about repealing and replacing Obamacare.

That was met with cheers from Republicans, but booing from the

Democrats. The Department of Homeland Security is going to create

an office called the victims of immigration client engagement, or

VOICE. Thank you for watching.