SPECIAL COVERAGE: State of the Union Reaction

Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, radio News. 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:10.240 I'm Joe Matthew in Washington. This is special global coverage 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:13.000 of the State of the Union addressed tonight in Washington, 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:16.760 d C. Kaylee Lines, Rick Davis, and Genie Shanzano are 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:19.279 with us in our Washington bureau as we try to 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:23.000 unpack what we just heard. A laundry list, certainly, but 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:27.000 also a tone from this president that was predicted from 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:28.040 the White House. 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:30.600 High energy umph behind the speech. 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:34.000 He did manage to find spontaneous moments, Kaylee, with a 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:37.080 back and forth with none other than Marjorie Taylor Green. 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:39.160 It was the issue of the border that really seemed 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:41.720 to light up Republicans tonight in this room. 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:47.240 Absolutely. Marjorie Taylor Green confronting the President from across many 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:50.360 rows of seats about Lake and Riley, who we discussed 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:53.720 earlier this evening, a college student in Georgia who was 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:57.240 killed by a person who was in the country illegally. 0:00:57.280 --> 0:00:59.640 He did say Lake and Riley's name. He addressed her 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.360 parents and, leaning on the empathy we have often seen 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:05.240 from this president, says he understands what it was like 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:10.080 having lost children himself, what they must be experiencing interesting though, 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:12.840 that on the actual substantive issue of the border, which 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:15.360 we knew was going to likely feature heavily into this speech, 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:18.280 he didn't get to it until about forty minutes in. 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:22.039 He instead began with the issue of Ukraine, then moving 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:25.440 to the issue of democracy. One of the big highlight 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:28.880 lines in the first portion of the speech coming from 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:31.720 the president, and he was alluding to his predecessor said 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:35.080 that you can't love your country only when you win, 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:38.759 and Joe he said that line after talking about January sixth, 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:40.280 and from there, of course, we saw him touch on 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:44.119 many other issues, abortion, the economy, and ending the skeeech 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.679 this evening, addressing what many see as one of his 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:50.960 biggest weaknesses as he campaigns for a second term, his age, 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:53.760 he said, I've been around a while, trying to play 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.800 a joke about it, but then also said, the issue 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:59.160 facing our nation is not how old we are, it's 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:02.200 how old our ideas are. And it was really toward 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:04.560 the end of this speech that you saw Biden in 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:07.840 campaign mode, not just addressing the American people in this 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:10.240 Congress as president, but as someone who would like to 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:12.160 stay president for another four years. 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:15.200 Show yeah, kayleie, We heard him use that line on 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:17.280 Late Night with Seth Meyers a couple of weeks ago, 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:21.960 about whether your ideas are old, and he certainly delivered 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:24.840 that here with some emphasis as he did the money 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:26.839 line of the night. The state of our union, he said, 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:30.079 is strong and getting stronger. Not everyone in the room 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:31.720 agrees with that, of course, and I will tell you 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.600 that in this Statuary Hall, all the lawmakers are now 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:38.400 emerging from the chamber. Senators and members of the House 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:40.799 are streaming bias here, and we're going to have conversations 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:43.440 with some of them coming up here on Bloomberg for 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:46.960 their impressions, as I mentioned D's and R's who sat 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:49.280 through this Kalian. Of course, we're now going to be 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:53.000 hearing the official Republican response to this address tonight from 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:53.440 the President. 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:58.360 Yeah. Senator Katie Britt of Alabama. Of course, at forty 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:01.840 two years old, the youngest woman Republican ever to be 0:03:01.840 --> 0:03:04.799 elected to the Chamber, will shortly give the Republican response, 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.120 and of course we will be bringing you that response 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:09.560 live on Bloomberg television and radio. But we also do 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.520 want to get the response of our political panel who 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:16.120 is still with us. Jeanie Shanzeno of Iona University and 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:18.880 Rick Davis, partner at Stone Court Capital, are still here 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:21.560 with me at the Washington Bureau, and Genie, I would 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:23.560 like to just begin with you. This speech was over 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:26.079 an hour long. One of the big conversations we were 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:28.800 having going into it is not what the President said, 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:32.200 but how he said it being important. How would you 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:36.720 rate his performance this evening, aside from the policy he outlined, you. 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:39.280 Know, I have to say I think the performance itself 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:42.160 it was energetic. Joe used the word he had a 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:45.320 lot of oomph. I think it was raucous. He was 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:50.480 interacting with members of Congress, and I think performance wise, 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.160 he may have been able to do what he did 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:56.880 last year, which was twell some of the doubts about 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.920 his age and his ability. So I think from a 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:03.760 performance perspective, I'm not sure that the White House or 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:07.160 the campaign could have expected anything more from this president. 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:10.960 I think his experience showed this is Joe Biden in 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:14.640 his element. He is, after all, a man of Congress, 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:18.360 having served in this body from seventy three to two 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:20.920 thousand and nine, after which he went to the White House. 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:25.000 So I think this was a night where by performance standards. 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:28.560 He did exceed a lot of expectations. And that's the 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:31.120 way Joe Biden likes it. He feels like he's been 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:36.720 underestimated for most of his political and professional career, and 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.359 at those important moments he has done what he needed 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:42.120 to do. And I think tonight was one of those nights. 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:48.120 Rick your impressions here of this address, Expectations were so 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:50.600 high and made even higher by this White House. It 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:54.160 promised and energetic Joe Biden at nine o'clock at night, 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:56.760 and it sure seemed like we got one. You might 0:04:56.800 --> 0:04:59.120 not agree with everything he said, but Ricky had the 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:02.080 room palm of his hand for extended periods of times 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.960 that I'd even achieved some back and forth, some call 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:07.280 and response with Republicans. Did he meet his goals? 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:09.000 Yeah? 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:09.720 I think he did. 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.279 I mean, look at how he started this speech out, 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:16.960 extremely strong, high paced, very strong wording around democracy, one 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.360 of his favorite topics. They went with something that I 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.200 think he thought he could get comfortable out and sound 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:25.760 like he's really embraced it. I think we also saw 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.280 the makings of the campaign speech. I mean, one of 0:05:28.320 --> 0:05:30.719 the things I always look at is what's happening in 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.800 the first fifteen minutes, because with all due respect, not 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:36.440 everybody sits through the entire speech like we did tonight, 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.239 and so you want to get the biggest audience around 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:44.880 that key terms, and it was democracy, abortion rights, the pandemic, comeback, 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:48.640 the economy, and infrastructure, and I think after that the 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:52.320 rest of it was much more of a traditional state 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:53.960 of the Union and less campaign. 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:54.800 Until the end. 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:58.800 He used this opportunity to contrast over a dozen times 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:02.920 with his predat assessor, the unnamed man in this speech, 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:06.080 Donald Trump, and I think it was very aggressive in 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:09.280 that case. So I would say this speech was an 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:12.480 offensive speech. It was him taking it to Donald Trump, 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:16.080 defending the turf he's created for himself and his presidency 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:20.960 and talking to voters tonight. Much more so than Congress, 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.960 and much more so, frankly, than the foreign policy aspects 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:28.159 of this. It was a domestic speech meant for the 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:29.840 campaign well. 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:31.520 And Rick, as you talk about the idea that he 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:34.440 was referencing his predecessor without directly naming him, he also 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:36.600 said at one point in the speech that America cannot 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:38.800 go back. I'm here tonight to show the way forward. 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:40.800 And he went on at the end of the speech 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:42.560 with a kind of laundry list of the way that 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.040 he envisions the future. And I do believe we hear 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.760 Joe Matthew perhaps greeting a senator as they emerge from 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.880 the chamber and will bring you that conversation shortly. But 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.200 when he talks about the way forward, something else he 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:57.279 mentioned rick was a unity agenda. Is that what this 0:06:57.360 --> 0:07:00.240 campaign is now going to be about? What is a 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:01.120 unity agenda? 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:01.599 Yeah? 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:03.719 I would say it was surprising to me because it 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:06.080 was stuck literally at the end of the speech, right 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:08.360 as he was wrapping things up, he sort of sprung 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:12.600 the unity agenda. He talked about bringing people home from 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.400 conflicts around the world and taking care of them. 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:16.280 He talked about AI. 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.200 It didn't seem to have this sort of cohesiveness that 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:20.440 the rest of the speech did. 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:24.560 And frankly, I didn't take the speech as a unity speech. 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:28.600 He wasn't asking Congress to sort of get together and 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:31.920 work things out. He was advocating for his views, and 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:34.560 he actually went after Republicans in the House a number 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:39.080 of times when they rejected conservative plans like the immigration 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:42.240 bill that came out of the Senate. So I think 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:44.920 it must have been an afterthought or something that they 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.000 tacked on to the end of the speech to try 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:50.080 and keep a positive tone to the finish. But to 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:51.960 be honest with you, I didn't really see how it 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:53.000 fit into the speech. 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:55.240 All right, and we want to go now back to 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:57.920 Joe in Statuary Hall, where he is joined by Senator 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:00.960 Dick Durbin, the Senate majority whip. Joe. 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:03.520 Yeah, thanks Kaylee, Senator, it's great to see you and 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:06.600 welcome back to Bloomberg. On this State of the Union night. 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:08.000 I don't know how you managed to get out of 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:11.200 the chamber there. The energy seemed high. We were promised 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:14.440 a high energy Joe Biden late at night. Did he 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.040 pull that through for those who were in the room. 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:22.280 Absolutely, home run, strong ideas, strong presentation. But to rest 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:26.000 this notion is somehow an elderly man, you can't handle 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:29.080 the job. He showed real strength to ideas that are 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:30.400 important for America's future. 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:33.400 Yeah. Interesting order in topics. 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:38.080 We started on Ukraine, we heard about the economy, a 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.800 lot of other issues before we ever got to the border. 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:41.240 Senator. 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:43.199 That seems to be the issue that lit up the room. 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:45.360 It certainly has been driving the debate here with the 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:47.400 President's supplemental emergency request. 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:49.080 Did he make any headway there? 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:50.880 You're seeing half the room up, half the room down, 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:52.959 and it really underscores the division. 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.000 Two out of three Americans know what's going on there. 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:58.880 As a bipartisan bill proposed in the Senate, which the 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:04.600 President supported, James Langford of Oklahoma, a Republican senator, was 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:07.320 the lead negotiator. We were ready to move forward on 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:11.400 a bipartisan solution. Guess what happened. Donald Trump said, stop, 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:14.800 we don't want to give Joe Biden a victory. Blame 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:16.520 it on me. He said, oh, I am blaming it 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.880 on him. He stopped any progress on a bipartisan solution. 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:22.840 The President tonight said, stop giving your speeches on the 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.840 Republican side about the border. Do something. Join me in 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:26.760 passing the spill. 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:29.240 You're the majority whip, and you blame Donald Trump for 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:29.680 what happened. 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.400 I certainly do, he said. He said exactly that, I'm 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.400 quoting him. Place the blame on me. He's the one 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:39.240 who stopped the negotiation, stopped any effort for bipartisanship. 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:41.000 So let's ignore him. 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:43.520 For a minute and solve the problem on a bipartisan basis. 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:45.840 Well, indeed is the majority whip you have a sense 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:47.520 of the votes. I wonder if we're going to see 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:50.200 a vote in the Senate, maybe even tonight, Senator on 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:54.080 this stop gap of budget plan that passed the minibus, 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:55.640 if we can call it that that passed the House. 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.559 Do you have work left tonight or is that tomorrow? 0:09:57.600 --> 0:09:58.360 Tomorrow? 0:09:58.600 --> 0:09:59.200 Will it pass? 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.600 I think it will. I think the strong bipartisan support 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:04.840 in the House is an indication of what's going to 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:05.600 happen in the Senate. 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.560 This is the beginning of the general election, as many 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:10.320 have called it. This is going to be Joe Biden 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:13.120 versus Donald Trump. Americans need to start getting their minds 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:13.520 around that. 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:17.040 Yes, they should, and it's important that they do, because 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:20.440 this is a clear choice between Biden and Trump. We've 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.520 seen this match before, but we understand the gravity of it. 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:27.120 After January sixth insurrection Mob, I mean, the violence that 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:31.959 President Trump initiated against this very building and the people 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:34.880 who work in it should not be easily forgotten. 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:37.520 Senator Dick Durbin, thank you for spending time with us 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:38.320 tonight on Bloomberg. 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:39.000 It's good to see you. 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:41.160 On the State of the Union evening, Kaylee I'll send 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:45.079 it back to you in the bureau, Joe. 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:47.040 Thank you very much. Of course, as we considered the 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:50.920 Senate moving forward on funding the government, there do remain 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.280 many open questions that Congress still have to deal with, 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:55.920 many of which the President spoke about this evening, not 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:59.359 just including the bipartisan border measure that he was encouraging 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:02.640 be revived, if you will, after it was very quickly 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:05.720 killed shortly after the announcement, but also on the issue 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:09.000 of Ukraine. He touched as well on Israel, remembering that 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.240 funding for these two allies are wrapped together in a 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:15.000 supplemental national security package that has indeed passed the Senate 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:18.040 and Genie leading up to this speech, especially in light 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.719 of the fact that we were just talking about the 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.840 Unity Agenda, if you will, there's the question of unity 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.680 between the different parties. Sure, there's also the question of 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:31.080 unity within the party and within the Democratic Party. The 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:34.280 issue of Israel is perhaps one of the more divisive ones. 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:36.840 How do you think the President handled that tonight? Did 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:38.920 he do a good job of bridging the gap between 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:42.080 or bridging the divide if you will, from being supportive 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:45.079 of Israel but also trying to be supportive of Palestinian 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:45.800 life in Gaza. 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:48.960 Yeah, I mean he's in a really tough position. He 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:52.240 is getting a lot of pushback from his own party, 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:55.680 as you mentioned, Kaylee. We even saw two members in 0:11:56.080 --> 0:12:00.800 the House tonight hold up a sign to Demokratz saying 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:04.840 cease fire now. So he is getting that pushback. We 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.600 saw it on Super Tuesday with the number of uncommitteds 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:11.160 in places like Minnesota. So the president knows he's walking 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.360 this line. As he described himself in this speech, he 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:17.360 has been one of the closest friends of Israel for 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.520 most of his career, but at this point he is 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:24.480 trying to do both support Israel in their fight against 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:28.160 Thomas and also make the case that they have to 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:32.840 be cognizant of the impact they are having on innocent men, 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.520 women and children in Palestine. He took the number thirty 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:40.360 thousand dead according to the health ministry over there. That's 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:43.760 been conflicting a lot of people, and he said, we 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:46.240 are going to take steps to do better. I don't 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:49.000 know how it's going to play on the Democratic left. 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:52.960 This is an issue of real concern also to young people, 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.160 not just Arab Americans. 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:57.240 Well, and Genie as you mentioned we saw that uncommitted 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:00.800 vote showing up in Minnesota. We also show sought showing 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:03.760 up in Michigan first. And on that note, we are 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:07.240 joined now by a Congresswoman from Michigan. Representative Haley Stevens 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:08.680 is standing by with Joe. Joe. 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:12.000 Yeah, Kaylie, we are here with Haley Stevens, who is 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.920 no stranger to this network and Congresswoman, it's great to 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:19.720 see you as a Democrat from Michigan supporting Joe Biden tonight. 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:23.439 What were your thoughts on his closing remarks about Israel. 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:27.000 He called for a two state solution coming off of 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.679 the uncommitted movement we've seen in your state in Minnesota 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:31.000 and others on Super Tuesday. 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:32.160 Did he say enough? 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:37.319 He absolutely said the right things on Israel tonight. And personally, 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:41.959 I'm here with liznov Tally, who is the great aunt 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:46.719 of four year old Abigail, who was taken hostage for 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:49.079 fifty days when she was three years old. She lost 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:52.520 both of her parents. There are so many other hostage 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:54.960 families in the room here tonight. And as the task 0:13:55.000 --> 0:14:01.240 force co chair alongside Republican French Hill for American Hostages, 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:05.280 that was one of the most sobering pieces of his 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:10.880 really resounding and comprehensive speech, and it was a speech 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.080 of vision, and it was a speech of setting goals, 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:16.200 and what he said about getting to a two state 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:19.240 solution is still going to be the goal. There is 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:23.000 lots of pain, there's lots that we're navigating. A terrorist 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:28.120 operation in Gaza known as Hamas has not served its 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:31.280 people well, and we need to find peace and that 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:32.720 will come when Hamas surrenders. 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.280 You disappointed he was not able to announce the ceasefire 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:35.720 ar tonight. 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:37.000 That was a hope of the administration. 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.880 Well, I know he's worked so hard. He's working with 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:44.560 Saudi Arabia, he's working alongside Israel. Certainly they presented it 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.400 a deal, it was rejected by Hamas. We need answers. 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:52.120 We need these remaining hostages over one hundred, one hundred 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:55.240 and fifty three days there to come home. That was 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:58.120 an attack on humanity. And we also need to see 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:01.120 aid delivered to Palestinians, which the President made a point of. 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:03.760 We know that Hamas is preventing aid from coming in. 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:07.280 We know that where this conflict is as well, is 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:12.440 preventing aid for innocent Palestinians. Mothers and children. And so 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:16.000 that's why he said, we're setting up a special envoy 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:18.960 in the sea to make sure that aid gets delivered 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:22.120 with no American troops, certainly on the ground of Gaza. 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:24.520 We of course waiting for the Republican response to the 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:27.960 president's address before we wrap up this evening. Sean Fain 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.440 from the UAW was with the first lady tonight called 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:33.640 out by Joe Biden. We've talked about this before, Congresswoman. 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:36.040 The rank and file in this Union, in many cases, 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:38.760 are voting for Donald Trump. What's the message that they 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:41.160 heard tonight from this president or that you hope they heard. 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.600 Well, certainly he delivered a very strong and resounding commitment 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:48.440 to American manufacturing, to solving supply chain issues, to investing 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:52.320 in education and skills training. But here's the thing. Joe 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:55.120 Biden's coming to Michigan next week. He's going to be 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:57.480 digging deep. He's going to be making sure that these 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:00.400 union members know who he is, that he's the tough 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:03.000 guy in the room, and he's also the honest guy 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:05.840 in the room that has a commitment to protecting freedoms, 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:09.040 to standing up for job creation and making sure that 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:12.040 our middle class is at the table. Why we do it, 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.520 and that's why Sean Paine was here tonight. I was 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:16.480 so thrilled to see him get a shout out. Can't 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:18.040 wait to have the president back in Michigan. 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:19.760 Well, come talk to us again when you get back 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:22.200 to Michigan, congresswoman, and it's great to see you. Heavy Stevens, 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:24.800 the Democrat from Michigan with us as part of our 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:29.360 special coverage here, Kayley, this is the message that starts now, 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.080 Rick and Genie. We're talking about this not just members 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.800 of the cabinet, but the president's Democratic allies fan out 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:37.240 across the country to deliver this message starting tomorrow. 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:41.400 Absolutely as we are now, for all intents and purposes, 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:44.640 in the general election in President Biden is very likely 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:47.560 to be up against former President Donald Trump eight months 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:50.200 from now on the ballot in November. And on that point, 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.520 we did have reaction to the former president during the 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:55.680 course of the State of the Union speech, and Donald 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:58.960 Trump points out Rick, it took him over twenty minutes 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:02.640 to get to immigration then, in Trump's words, said nothing 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:07.080 about it. Did he say enough about this subject this evening? 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:08.200 Is the former president right? 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:10.280 Well, we were wondering if anybody was going to sleep 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.160 through the speech, and it's pretty clear maybe President Trump did. 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:17.800 I think that the piece on immigration was very interesting, 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:19.800 and I thought one of the most engaging parts because 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:23.159 it was where he actually took up a discussion directly 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:26.600 with Marjorie Taylor Green Yes and engaged with her. And 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:29.040 it was an ad lib portion of the speech, and 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:33.120 she was pushing in a very aggressive way for him 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:36.640 to say Lake and Riley's name, right, say the name. 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:39.240 The pin that he had taken from her as he 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:42.080 came into the hall was next to his dais and 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:44.040 he picked it up and held it up and he 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:44.800 said the name. 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:46.720 And he did something that I think. 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:48.439 Is going to create a little bit of a backlash. 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:50.680 So he may have said a lot more than Donald 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:53.119 Trump thought he did, and that was he referred to 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:55.879 illegals and that was a name, that was a term 0:17:56.240 --> 0:18:00.040 that he hasn't really used in reference to migrants coming 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:03.320 across the border. And we already see across the internet 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:08.520 some of the more progressive groups within his coalition basically 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:11.120 pushing back over this portion of the speech. So what's 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:15.679 interesting is Donald Trump and the progressives in the Democratic 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:20.760 wing seemed to have something in common, which is the 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:25.880 President sounded more conservative by defending the bill in the 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:28.639 Senate that didn't get a hearing in the House, and 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:31.000 that was something that always ruffled the feathers of the 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:34.120 Democrats in the House too. So I think that's going 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:35.760 to be one of the things we're talking about for 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:38.560 days to come, is this sort of very aggressive approach 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:40.119 he took on immigration in this speech. 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:44.760 I'm Jill Matthew and Statutory Hall in the House of Representatives. 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:47.199 Having just heard from the President and Senator britt were 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:50.719 joined now by Congressman Bryan Style, the Republican from Wisconsin, 0:18:50.880 --> 0:18:53.600 was in the room, a member of the Financial Services 0:18:53.600 --> 0:18:56.320 Committee here in the House and chair of the Admin Committee. 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:58.840 Congressman Style, it's great to see you. Where to begin 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:02.280 after a response like that. You were in the room 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:06.520 for Joe Biden's address. Did he speak to you as 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:09.680 a Republican lawmaker when he talked about his unity agenda? 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:12.640 I think the President really missed the opportunity to speak 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:15.159 with emotion, as Senator Britch just did about two of 0:19:15.160 --> 0:19:16.879 the most important issues of the day, the way that 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:20.679 illegal immigration is impacting American families across the country and 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:25.520 the way that inflation cumulatively seventeen percent is impacting families' 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:27.840 ability to afford the things that they need. I think 0:19:27.920 --> 0:19:31.040 his comments on the economic policies are pretty disingenuous at times, 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:33.040 commenting about the size of a Snickers bar or the 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:35.919 amount of chips in a bag, rather than talking about 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:38.720 the way that things being seventeen percent more expensive than 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:41.600 when he took office are impacting families who are struggling 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:42.040 to get by. 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:43.920 You know, we talk about inflation a lot when you're 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:47.040 on with us. Congressman Jay Powell testified the last two 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:49.800 days on Capitol Hill, and he seemed to be pretty 0:19:49.800 --> 0:19:52.360 optimistic about the fight against inflation to the point where 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:55.440 we're talking about interest rate cuts at some point this year. 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:57.600 Would that not be a sign of success in that fight? 0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:02.879 Inflation is come down, but the cumulative impact on families 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:04.040 is still quite real. 0:20:04.280 --> 0:20:05.600 You come to a grocery store. 0:20:05.400 --> 0:20:07.440 In Wisconsin at the checkout counter with me and you'll 0:20:07.480 --> 0:20:09.720 hear time and again that families are struggling to be 0:20:09.760 --> 0:20:11.840 able to affward the things that they need. We've made 0:20:11.880 --> 0:20:14.439 progress on the fight against inflation, but we're still dealing 0:20:14.440 --> 0:20:17.600 with the fact that this administration spent trillions of dollars 0:20:17.760 --> 0:20:18.960 after the end of the pandemic. 0:20:19.160 --> 0:20:21.399 Will you be on the trail in this campaign to 0:20:21.480 --> 0:20:23.360 help Donald Trump deliver his message. 0:20:23.440 --> 0:20:25.680 Wisconsin's going to be front and center in the contrast 0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:28.919 and policy between President Biden and President Trump. Couldn't be 0:20:28.960 --> 0:20:31.760 more clear. The President doubled down on his policies of 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:35.159 keeping the US Mexico border unsecure and refusing to address 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:38.119 the fact that inflation is clabboring families across the country. 0:20:38.320 --> 0:20:41.520 Congressman Brian's style Republican from Wisconsin. We thank you for 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:45.159 the insights, Kayley. That's just a sense of the Republican 0:20:45.200 --> 0:20:47.960 response here in the room to what we heard from 0:20:48.040 --> 0:20:51.359 the president tonight and that speech that lasted over an hour. 0:20:51.480 --> 0:20:53.640 His big opportunity between now and the convention. 0:20:55.160 --> 0:20:57.080 Absolutely, and we want to get final thoughts now with 0:20:57.119 --> 0:20:59.760 our political panel, Rick Davis and Jeanie Shanzano, who are 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:03.200 back with me here in Washington. Rick, just quickly, does 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:05.760 President Biden leave tonight in a better position than he 0:21:05.920 --> 0:21:06.240 entered it? 0:21:06.480 --> 0:21:06.680 Yeah? 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:09.280 Absolutely, he was able to start the campaign with a 0:21:09.320 --> 0:21:13.600 full annunciation of his priorities for the general election. It's democracy, 0:21:13.640 --> 0:21:18.200 abortion rights, the economy, and infrastructure. He's ready to take 0:21:18.240 --> 0:21:21.680 it to Donald Trump. Katie Brick gave the response, that's 0:21:21.720 --> 0:21:22.840 the Donald Trump campaign. 0:21:23.359 --> 0:21:24.240 Genie, your thoughts. 0:21:24.720 --> 0:21:27.560 Yeah, I think performance wise, Joe Biden did everything he 0:21:27.680 --> 0:21:31.000 needed to do. Republicans who were hoping that he makes 0:21:31.040 --> 0:21:33.800 an error have to be disappointed because he did not, 0:21:33.960 --> 0:21:38.000 and Democrats seem to be widely enthusiastic. He is the 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:42.080 Joe Biden they wanted to see. He was interacting with members, 0:21:42.160 --> 0:21:45.600 he was open, he was energetic. So a good performance 0:21:45.720 --> 0:21:46.560 night for Joe Biden. 0:21:46.680 --> 0:21:48.960 All right, Jeanie Schanzano and Rick Davis, thank you so 0:21:49.040 --> 0:21:50.679 much for being with us on the State of the 0:21:50.760 --> 0:21:53.520 Union evening. And thank you to all of you listening 0:21:53.600 --> 0:21:56.199 on radio and watching on television for joining us for 0:21:56.280 --> 0:21:58.480 this special coverage of the State of the Union address 0:21:58.520 --> 0:22:01.560 and the Republican response. I'm Bloomberg TV and Radio four, 0:22:01.600 --> 0:22:04.600 Joe Matthew at Capitol Hill. I'm kille Lines in Washington. 0:22:05.000 --> 0:22:06.320 This is Doom