President Trump To Hold First Address To Joint Session Of Congress

SHARON:
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO HOLD HIS FIRST
ADDRESS TO A JOINT SESSION OF
CONGRESS TODAY.
JEFF: CBS NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR
STEVE CHA GAER RACE JOINS US
LIVE WITH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT.
GOOD MORNING.
REPORTER: GOOD MORNING.
SHARON: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S
ADDRESS GOING TO LOOK LIKE
TONIGHT?
REPORTER: WELL, THAT'S A VERY
GOOD QUESTION.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS HE'S GOING
TO HAVE A POSITIVE, OPTIMISTIC
TONE, BUT THEY'VE SAID THAT
BEFORE, SOME OF HIS OTHER BIG
SPEECHES, AND IT'S TURNED OUT
NOT TO BE THE CASE.
SO WE'LL LOOK FOR THAT.
WE'LL LOOK TO SEE HOW MUCH
DETAIL HE GETS IN IN TERMS OF
LAYING OUT HIS ROAD MAP MOVING
FORWARD IN TERMS OF POLICY,
WHETHER IT'S OBAMACARE,
IMMIGRATION, MILITARY SPENDING,
EDUCATION, IMMIGRATION, ALL
THAT.
THAT LAUNDRY LIST IS LIKELY ALL
TO BE DISCUSSED.
BUT AT WHAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR
THAT PRETTY
JEFF: AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION,
STEVE, BECAUSE CONGRESS CONTROLS
THE POWER OF THE PURSE, THEY'RE
GOING TO WANT TO HEAR SPECIFICS,
AND AT LEAST BY MY MATH WHEN YOU
PUT TOGETHER SOCIAL SECURITY,
MEDICARE AND DEFENSE, THAT'S 70%
OF OUR BUDGET, SO WHERE'S HE
GOING TO GET THE MONEY?
REPORTER: THAT'S A VERY GOOD
QUESTION.
REPUBLICANS WANT TO KNOW THE
ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, AND ONE
THING THAT IS CONCERNING
REPUBLICANS, ESPECIALLY
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS WHEN IT
COMES TO THE BUDGET, IS THAT
TRUMP SAYS IN THIS UPCOMING
BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT HE'S NOT
GOING TO TOUCH MEDICARE OR
SOCIAL SECURITY, TWO PLACES THAT
REPUBLICANS WANT TO WORK ON TO
TRY TO SAVE SOME MONEY TO SPEND
ELSEWHERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN TRUMP TALKS
ABOUT MILITARY SPENDING,
INCREASING THAT AND INCREASING
SPENDING ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND
TAX CUTS, THEY WANT TO KNOW
WHERE HE'S GOING TO GET THE
MONEY FOR THAT.
SHARON: DO YOU THINK HE'LL TALK
ABOUT THE TRAVEL BAN AS WELL AS
THE WALL?
REPORTER: I WOULD IMAGINE
IMMIGRATION WILL COME UP
GENERALLY.
I THINK THE WALL WILL MOST
LIKELY COME UP.
I CAN'T REMEMBER A SPEECH WHERE
DONALD TRUMP HASN'T TALKED ABOUT
THE WALL.
PLUS THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT
REPUBLICANS WANT TO KNOW WHERE
HE'S GOING TO GET THE MONEY FOR
IT.
IN TERMS OF THE TRAVEL BANKER
I'D BE SURPRISED IF HE DOESN'T
AT LEAST ALLUDE TO THE IDEA THAT
THERE'S A NEW TRAVEL PAN COMING
OUT.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO SIGN A NEW
VERSION OF THAT THIS WEEK, SO I
WOULD BE SURPRISED IF HE DOESN'T
TALK ABOUT THAT AT ALL TONIGHT.
JEFF: YOU KNOW, DURING THE
CAMPAIGN DONALD TRUMP WAS KNOWN
FOR INVITING PROVOCATEURS TO
DEBATES, AND DEMOCRATS ARE
TALKING ABOUT INVITING
IMMIGRANTS TO TONIGHT'S SPEECH.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN?
REPORTER: OH, YEAH, IT'S
DEFINITELY GOING TO HAPPEN, AND
THEY'RE TRYING TO REALLY MAKE
THE POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE
ARE PEOPLE IN THEIR MINDS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY
AFFECTED BY TRUMP'S AGENDA,
IMMIGRATION BEING ONE OF THOSE
THINGS, OBAMACARE ANOTHER ONE,
EDUCATION ANOTHER ONE.
BUT TRUMP IS COUNTERING.
THEY'VE INVITED SOME PEOPLE,
THEY'VE INVITED THREE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS TO
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE
KILLED THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND SO TRUMP IS GOING TO SORT
OF, YOU KNOW, TOSS THAT BACK IN
THE FACES OF THE DEMOCRATS.
WE'LL SEE.
AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TONE
HERE, WE'LL SEE HOW DEMOCRATS
REACT TO TRUMP'S SPEECH TONIGHT.
IS IT GOING TO BE DISRUPTIVE, OR
ARE THEY GOING TO HOLD THEIR
FIRE UNTIL AFTERWARDS?
SHARON: STEVE CHAGGARIS, WE LOOK
FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU IN THE
FUTURE.
JEFF: THANKS, STEVE.
SHARON: THE PRESIDENT WILL
DELIVER HIS FIRST SPEECH TO A
JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS
TONIGHT AT 6 P.M., AND YOU CAN

President Trump To Hold First Address To Joint Session Of Congress

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