television series unfolds, the d women who occupy those states will have lots to say about friedman's view of the society in which we live today and his solutions from the ills of our time. >> saturdays at 7:00 p.m. eastern, american history tv will air the 10-part series, free to choose, featuring nobel prizewinning economist milton friedman who co-introduced the series with his wife and fellow economist rose friedman and first aired in0 on public television. they wrote a best-selling companion book of the same name. programs in the series take us to locations important in the u.s. is and the world economy. the friedmans advocate free market principles and limited involvement of the government. and topics welfare, worker and consumer protection and inflation. watch "free to choose"days at 10:00 p.m. eastern on ameran t c-span 2.

>> president joe biden delivered his 2024 state of the union address to a joint session of congress last night. throughout the speech he drew a contrast to himself and former president trump, the leading mrn the 2024 presidential election. president biden spoke with members of congress for 30 minutes after the speech as he was leaving the chamber. president of the united states. ■l+xn

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the president: good evening. if i w home now. mr. speaker, madam vice president, congress, my fellow americans. in january, 1941, franklin roosevelt came to this chamber to speak to the nation and he said, i dress you at a moment unprecedented in the union. hitler was on the march. war was raging in europe. president roosevelt's purpose was to wakess and alert the american people that this was no ordinary time. freedom and democracy were under assault in the world. tonight i come to this same chamber to address the nation.

freedom under attack at the very same time. putin and russia are on the march. os throughout europe and beyond. if anyone thinks vladimir putin will stop at ukraine, i assure you he will not [applause] but ukraine can stop putin.

ukraine can stop putin, if we stand with ukraine and provide the weapons that it needs to defend itself. [applause] that is all ukraine is asking. they are not asking for american soldiers. in fact, there are no american soldiers in the war in ukraine and i am determined to keep it that way. but now, assisnc blocked by thoo want to walk away from our world leadership. it wasn't long ago when republican president named ronald reagan thundered, "mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall." ■ánow myrepublican president, ts

putin "do whatever the hell you want." that's a qtea former president d that, bowing down to a russian leader. i think it's outrageous, dangerous, and it's unacceptable. [applause] america is a founding member of nato. of democratic nations created after world war ii to prevent war and keep the peace. and today, we have we welcome finland to the alliance last year. and jusning, sweden officially joined, and their minister is here tonight. stand up. welcome.

pres. biden: welcome, welcome, welcome. and they know how to fight. mr. prime minister, welcome to nato, the strongest military alliance the world has ever seen. i say this to congress, we have to stand up to putin. send me a bipartisan national security bill. history is literally watching. the united it will put ukraine at risk. europe is at risk. the free world will be at risk, emboldening others to do us harm. my message to president putin is simple. we will not walk away. cheers and applause] we will not bow down.

i will not bow down. in a literal sense, history is watching. just like history watched three years ago on january 6, whencapd democracy. many of you were here on that darkest of days. we all saw with our own eyes that the insurrectionist were not patriots. they came to stop the peaceful transfer of power and overturn the will of the people. january 6 lies about the 2020 election and the plot to steal the election posed threat to u.s., democracy the greatest since the civil war, but they failed. [applause]

america stood strong and democracy prevailed. let's be honest, the threat to democracy must be defended. my predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about january 6. i not do that. this is a moment to speak the truth and bury the lies. here's the simple truth. you can't love your country only when y[cheers and applause] as i have done ever since being elected to office, i ask all of you without regard to party, to join together and defend

democracy. remember the also for office and defend against all threats foreign and domestic. elections. restore trust in our institutions and make clear political violence has no place in america, zero place. [applause] again, it is not hyperbole. history is watching. your children and grandchildren will read about this day and what we do. history is watching another assault on freedom. joining us tonight is a social worker from birmingham, alabama. 14 months ago she and her husband welcomed a baby girl thanks to the miracle of ivf. she is scheduled a treatment to have a second child. the alabama supreme court shut down the treatment across the

state unleashed by the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. she was■úp her family would not have happened unless congress acts. so tonight, let's stand up for families like her. to my friends across the aisle, don't keep this waiting any longer. guarantee the right to ivf. guarantee it natioe.[cheers and] pres. biden: like most americans, i believe roe v. wade got it right. i think vice president harris for being an incredible leader defending reproductive freedom and so much more. [applause] thank you. my predecessor was determined to

see roe v. wade overturned. and he brags about it. look at the chaos. that has resulted. joining us tonight is kate cox, the wife and mother from dallas. she has become pregnant again and had a fetus with a fatal condition. her doctor told kate that her own life and ability to have children in the future were at risk if she did not act. texas law banned her ability to so had to leave the state to get what she needed. what her family went through should never have happed but it's happening with too many others. the state law criminalizing doctors, forcing survivors of state to get treatment they need. many of you in this chamber and my predecessor have promised to passfreedom.

my god, what freedom else would you take away? the decision to overturn roe v wade, the supreme court wrote the following, and with all due respect, justices, women are not electoral or political power. clearly, clearly those bragging about overturning roe v. wade have no clue about the power of women, but they found out when productive freedom was on the ballot. we won in 2022 and we will win again in 2024. [applause]

if you the american people send me an congress the support, i promise you, i will restore roe v. wade as the law of the land again. folks, america cannot go back. i'm here tonight to show what i believe is the way forward. i know how far we've come. four years ago next week before ifñ@■( came to office, the couny was hit by the worst pandemic and worst economic crisis in a century. remember the fear, record losses, spikes in crime and murder rate, raging virus that took more than one million american lives, the loved ones that many left behind. the mental health crisis and

isolation and loneliness. my predecessor failed the mo prs to the american people, the duty to care. i think that's unforgivable. i came to office determined to get us through one of the toughest periods in the nation's history. we have. it doesn't make news, but in 1000 cities and towns, the american people are readying the greatest comeback never told. [applause] let's tell the story here. tell it here and now. america's comeback is building the future of american possibilities, building the economy from the middle out and bottom up, not the top down. investing in all americans to make sure everyone has a fair shot. we leave no one behind. the pandemic no longer controls our lives.

the vaccine that saved us from covid is w being usrued to canco comebacks. that's what america does. [applause] folks, when i inherited the economy, it was on the brink. now it is 15 million jobs in just three years, a record. a record. [applause] unemployment at 50 year lows. a record 16 million americans starting small businesses and each one is a little act of hope. with historic job growth and small business growth for blacks, hispanics, and asian americans, 800 thousand new manufacturing jobs in america, and counting.

we can be the manufacturing capital of the world. more people have health insurance today than ever before. the racial wealth gap is as small as it has been in 20 years. wages go up and inflation is dropping. it has dropped from 9% to 3%, the lowest in the world, and tending lower. now instead of importing fornd n jobs, we are importing american products -- exporting american products and creating american jobs. it takes time but thamerican people are beginning to feel it. consumer studies show consumer

confidence is soaring. by america has been the law of the land since the 1930's. the tax administration including my predecessors, and including some democrats in the buy ameri. not anymore. on my watch, federal projects that you fund by helping build american roads, bridges, and products will be made with american products and built by americanpaying good paying amern jobs. [applause] and thanks to our trips and science act, the united states is investing more research and development than ever before. there's -- there was a shortage of cell phones and ships that by the way, we invented those chips in america. instead of importing them,

private companies a iesew chip factories here in america creating tens of thousands of jobs, many paying a year and don't require a college degree. [applause] in fact, my policies have attracted 650 billion dollars in private sector investment, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, creating tens of thousands of jobs here in america. thanks to our bipartisan infrastructure law, 46 thousand new projects have been announced across all communities. by the way, i noticed some of you who strongly voted against it are there cheering on.

[applause] i'm with you. if any of you don't want that money in your district, just let me know. [laughter] roads and bridges, ports and airports, public transit, removing poisonous lead pipes so every child can drink clean water without risk of brain damage. [applause] providing afforinternet for eveo matter where you live, urban, suburban, rural communities in red states and blue states. record investments in tribal communities. because of my investment and family farms, read by my secretary of agriculture who knows this better than anyone i better able to stay in the family because at small

farms, children and grandchildren don't have to leave to make a living. the great comeback story is belvidere, illinois, home to an auto plant for nearly 60 years. before i came to office, the plant was on its way to shutting down. thousands of workers feared for their livelihoods. hope was fading. raised the belvidere repeatedly with autoworkers knowing unions would make the difference. the uaw worked like hell to keep the plant op back , and together we succeeded. instead of all the factories shutting down, all the factories reopening, new state-of-the-art factories being built. the folks at belvidere, i say instead of your town being left behind, your community is moving forward again because instead of

watching auto jobs of the future go overseas, 4000 union jobs with higher wages are building the future in belde here in america. ■tonight, the uaw president, a great friend and great labor leader. where are you? stand up. [applause] and dawn sims, a third generation uaw worker at , proud to be the first president standing at the picket . today, don has a good job providing stability for the family.

showing once again, wall street did not build america. they are not bad guys, but they did not build it. the middle class built the country and unions built the middle class. [cheers and applause] i say to the american people, when america gets knocked down, we get back up. it's because of you america is coming back. it is because of you our future is brightest. it is because of you that tonight, we can proudly say the state of our union is strong and getting stronger.

>>[chanting] four more years! pres. bin:ight, i want to talk about the future of possibilities we can build together, a future where the nomics are over and the wealthy and big corporations no longer get tax breaks. i understand corporations. i come state that has more corporations invested in the state than the other states combined. i'm not anti-corporation, but i grew up in a home where trickle-down economics did not put much on my dad's kitchen table. that's why i'm determined to turn things around so the middle class does well. when they do well, the poor and the wealthy still do well. there's more we can do to make sure you are feeling the benefits. .

americans are paying more for prescription drugs than anywhere else in the world. it's wrong and i am ending it. [laughter] there's a lot that iand signed,u republican buddies voted for it. we finally beat big pharma. instead offor insulin, it only 0 to make, and they can only get paid $35 now and still make a healthy profit. i want to cap cost of insulin to $35 for everyone. [applause] for years, people have talked about it, but finally we got it

done and gave medicaid the power to lower the cost of prescription drugs just like the v.a. is able to do for veterans. that seniors money, it is saving taxpayers money. we cut the federal deficit by $160 billion. because medicare will no longer have to pay those exorbitant pharma. this year medicare is negotiating prices for some of the costliest drugs on the everything from heart disease to arthritis. we willor 500 different drugs over the next decade. [applause] and they will it will not only save lives, it will save taxpayers another $200

billion. starting next year, the same all caps total prescription drug costs for seniors on medicare to $2000 a year. even expensive cancer drugs that cost $10,000, 15 thousand dollars, i want to cap it at[ap] i'm going to get in trouble for saying it, but in toronto, berlin, moscow -- i'm sorry, but moscow probably. ■■0 it for 40% of what you pay now. same company, same drug. the obamacare, is still a very big deal. [applause]

over 100 million of you can no longer be denied health insurance because of a pre-existing condition. but my predecessor and many in this chamber want to take prescription drugs away by repealing the affordable care act. i'm not going to let that happen. [cheers and applause] we stopped at 50 times before and we will stop you again. in fact, i'm not only protecting it, i'm expanding it. we enact a tax credit of $800 per person per year, we can reduce health care costs for millions of families. that tax credit expires next year. i want to make that savings permanent. [applause]

to state the obvious, women are more than half our population. women's health has always been underfunded. . that's why we are launching the first ever white house initiative on women's research, led by jill, doing an incredible job as first lady. [applause] we passed my plan -- if passed, my plan will beflives across am. i know the cost of housing is important to you. inflation keeps coming down, mortgage rates will come down as well and the fed acknowledges that, but i'm not waiting. i want to provide an annual tax credit to give americans $400 a month for the next two years as

mortgage rates come down to put toward their mortgages when they buy their first home or trade up for a little more space. [cheers and applause. ] pres. biden: and my administration is also eliminating title insurance on federally backed mortgages. when you refinance your home, you can save $1000 or more as a consequence. for millions of renters, we are cracking down on big landlords who break antitrust laws by price-fixing and driving up rents. we cut red tape so builders can get federally financing which is helping build a record 1.7 million new housing units nationwide.

[applause] i will pass and build and renovate 2 million affordable homes and bring those rates down. to remain the strongest economy in the world, we need to have the best education system in the world. and i, like i suspect a o to gia good start by providing access to preschool for three and four years old. i think i pointed out last year that children coming from broken homes where there is no books and they are not read to or spoken to very often start

school, kindergarten or first grade having heard one million or fewer words spoken. studies go that children who go to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two-year or four-year degree no matter what their background is. [applause] and that year and a half ago with the leaders of the business roundtable, they were mad -- why i wanted to spend money on education. i pointed out to them, as vice president, i met with i think 182 of those folks. don't hold me to the exact number. i asd what they need most, the ceos. you've had the same experience on both sides of the aisle. they say a better educated

workforce. so i come from delaware, dupont used to be the eighth largest corporation in the world and er the educator the workforce. but none of you do that anymore. why are you angry with me providing you the opportunity for the best educated workforce in the world? they look at me and said, i think you're right. i want to expand high quality tutoring and summer learning to ensure every child learns to read by third grade. [applause] i'm also connecting local businesses and high schools so students get hands-on experience and a path to paying -- good go to college. i want to make sure college is more affordable. let's continue increasing pell

grants to families and increase investment in hbcus and minority serving institutions. [applause] i was told i couldn't universally just change the way you dealt with student loans. i fixed two student loan programs that already existed to reduce the burden of student ■debt for nearly 4 million americans including nurses, firefighters, and oerpublic ser. like keenan jones, a public educator in minnesota who is here tonight. he's educating hundreds of students so they can go to college. now he's able to help after debt forgiveness to get his own daughter to college. [applause]

it's good for the economy because folks are now able to buy a home, start a business, start a family. and while we are at it, i want to give public school teachers a raise. [cheers applause] ÷qby the way, the first couple years, we cut the deficit. now let me speak to the question of fundamental fairness for all americans. i've been delivering real results in fiscally responsible ways. we already cut the federal deficit over $1 trillion. i signed a bipartisan dea to cut another trillion dollars in the next decade. it is my goal to cut the federal draft -- deficit dollars by getg

corporations to finally pay their fair share. [cheers and applause] look, i'm a capitalist. if you want to make millions of bucks, that's great. just pay your fair share in taxes. affaire tax code is how we invest things to make this country get -- great. here's the deal. the last administration enacte t overwhelmingly benefiting the top 1%, the very wealthy and biggest corporations, and exploded the federal deficit. they added more history. check the numbers. folks at home, does anybody

really think the tax code is fair? do the wealthy need another $2 billion sure don't. i'm going to keep trying to make it fair. under my plan, nobody will pay any additional in taxes. nobody, not one penny, and yet. [applause] in fact, the child tax cut that i passed during the pandemic cut taxes for millions of working families and cut child poverty in half. credit. no child should go hungry in this country. the way to make the tax code fair is to make big corporations and the wealthy begin to make their fair share. 55 of the in

america made $40 billion and paid zero in taxes. zero. not anymore. thanks to the bill i signed, big companies have to pay a minimum of 50% but that's still less than working americans have to pay in taxes. it's time to make it 21% so every big corporation finally begins to pay their tax share. also wt tax breaks for alliance and others. they can pay them 20 million i . end it now. there are 1,000 billionaires in america. you know what the average federal tax for those billionaires? no, they're making great sacrifices. 8.2%, far less that be the vast

majority of americans pay. no billionaire should may pay a lower tax rate than a teacher, sanitation worker or a nurse. [applause] propose a minimum tar billionaires of 25%. just 25%. you know what they would raise? that would raise $500 billion over the next 10 years and imagine what that could do for america. imagine a future with affordable child care, millions of families can get what they need to go to work and help grow the economy. imagine a futeid leave because no one should have to choose between working and taking care of their sick family member. imagine the future of home care and elder care and people living with disabilities so they can stay in their homes and family caregivers can finally get the

pay they deserve. tonight, let's all agree once again to stand up for seniors. [a of my friends on the other side of the aisle want to put social security on the chopping block. if social security or medicare or raise the retirement age, i will stop you. [applause] the working people -- the working people who built this country into social kurt nan millionaires and billionaires do. it's not fair. we have two ways to go. republicans can cut social security and give more tax breaks to the wealthy -- that's the proposal. oh, no, you want another $2 trillion tax cut. i kind of thought that's what your plan was. well, that's good to hear. you're not going to cut another

$2 trillion for the super wealthy, that's good to hear. our protected social security will make the health oh wealthy pay their fair share. [applause] look -- too many corporations raise prices to pad their profits, charging more and more for less and less. that's our cracking diana on corporations engaged on pr3%ic s from food to health care to housing. in fact, the snack companies think you won't notice if they change the seize of the bag and put a hell of a lot fewer -- same sites bag, put fewer chips in it. no, i'm not jokin it's called string-flation. pass bicycle casey's bill and stop this. i really mean it.

[applause]u probably all saw tht commercial on snickers bars. you get charged the same amount and you have, i don't know, about 10% fewer snickers in it. i'm also 8 getting rid of junk fees. those hidden fees at the end of the bill that are there without your knowledge. we're cutting social security fees fromjá 20 to $8. credit card companies allowed to charge what it costs them to instigate the collection and that's more a hell of a lot like $8 nan 30 something dollars. they don't like it. credit card companies don't like it but i'm saving american

families $20 billion something a year with all the junk fees i'm eliminating. [applause] folks at home, that's why the banks are so mad is $20 billion in profit. i'm not stopping there. my administration proposes rules to make cable, online ticket sellers to tell you the price up front so there are no surprises. it matters. it matters, and so does this. in november, my team began serious negotiations with a bipartisan group of senators. the result was a bipartisan bill with the toughers set of border reforms we've ever seen. oh, you don't think so? oh, you don't like that bill, huh? that conservatives got together and, was a good bill? i'll be elled, that's

amazing. that bipartisan would hire 1,500 machine security agents and officers. 100 more immigration officers help tackle the backlog. new policies so they can six mof six years now. [applause] what do you get? 100 high-tech drug detection machines to stop vehicles smuggling fentanyl into america that's killing thousands of children. this bill would save lives and bring order to the border. it would also give me and any new president new emergency north to temporarily shut down the border when the number of migrants at the border is overwhelming. the board every patrol has

endorsed this bill. yeah, yeah. you're saying no. look at th facts. [applause] i know you know how to read. [applause] i believe that give the opportunity for a majority in the house and senate would endorse the bill as well. a majority right now but unfortunately politics has derailed this bill so far. i'm told my predecessor called members of congress in the senate to demand they block the bill. he feels it would be a political win for me and a political loser for him. it's not about him, it's not about me. i'd be a winner, lincoln riley, an innocent young

woman who was killed bian -- laken riley, an innocent young woman who was killed bian illegal, that's right. my heart goes out you. having lost children myself, i understand but look, if we exchange the dynamic at the border. peopj, paymugglers $8,000 to get across the border because they know if they get by and let into the country, it's six have a hearing and it's worth taking the chance at the $8,000 but -- but, if it's only six weeks, the idea is it's highly unlikely that people will pay that money and come all that knowing that they'll be able to get kicked out quickly. folks, i would respectfully suggest my republican friends owe it to the american people,

get this bill done. we need to act now. [applause] [audience chanting] and to my predecessors watching, inst pressuring members of congress to block the bill, join me in telling the congress to pass it. we can do it together but -- i t demonize immigrants saying they are poison in the blood of our country.use] i will not separate families. i will not ban■[ people becausef their faith. unlike my predecessor on any first day in office i

a extensive bill. secure the border. provide a pathway for dreamers and so much more. t unlike my predecessor, i know who we are as americans. we're the only nation in the world with the heart and soul that draws from home to native americans and ancestors that have been here for thousands of years. home to people from every they came freely. some came in chains. some came when if a mini struck like my■ ancestral home in ire land. some to chase persecution. some to chase dreams. that's we all come from somewhee but we're all americans.■/ [applause] >> look, folks, it's a simple choice. we can fight about■9 fixing the border or we can fix it.

[applause] i'm ready to fix it. send mthe border bill now. [rhythmicpp >> a transformational moment in history happened 58, 5 years ago today in selma, alabama. hundreds of foot soldiers for me peptize bridge to get their right to vote. they were bloodied and left for dead. our late friend and former colleague john lewis was on that march. we miss him. [applause] but joining us our

over -- are other marchers, both in the gallery and on the floor, including betty mae fikes, known as the voice of soldiers. the daughter of gospel preachers, she sang prayers on that bloody sunday to help shake the nation's conference. five months later the rights act passed and was signed into law. [applause] thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. but 59 later, there are forces taking us back in timees. unlimited -- john lewis is a

friend to all of us here but if you truly want to march with him, it's time to do more than talk. pass the freedom to vote act.tht act. [applause] and stop -- stop denying another core value of america. our across american life. banning books, it's wrong. instead of erasing history,e history. protect fundamental rights, pass the equality act. have i mentioned the transgender americans? i have your back. [applause] pass the pro act, for workers' rights. raise the federal minimum wage

because every worker has a right to a decent living more than seven bucks an hour. we're also making history bill confronting the climate crisis, not denying it. i don't think any of you think there's no longer climate crisis. at least i hope you don't takint action on our climate in the history of the world. i'm cutting our carbon emissions in half by 2030, creating tens of thousands of clean energy jobs by the ibw workers creating 500,000 electricity vehicles. conserving 30% of american land and waters by and taking action on environmental justice, fence line communities smothered by the legacy patterned after the peace corps and america corps, i launch the

climate corps, to put 20,00 young people to work in the forefront of our clean energy future. i'll triple that number in a us -- all americans deserve the freedom to be safe and america is safer today than when i took offe■rs. the year before i took office, murder rates were up 30%. 30% they went up. the biggest increase in history. it was then through my american rescue plan, which every america voter voted against, we made the largest investment in public safety ever. last year the murder rate saw the biggest decries in history.

the murder rate fell to more than 50%. but we have more to do. more health -- mental health workers. funds to cut down on retail crime and carjacking. taking action for police reform and calling for it to be the law of the land. direct cabinet to review the federal classification of marijuana because no one should be jailed for it on their recor. take on crimes of domestic violence. and ramping up federal enforcement of the violence against women act that i proudly wrote when i was a start so it can finally, finally end the scourge against women in america.

[applause] there are other kinds of violence i want to stop. jasmine, whose 9-year-old sister jackie was murdered with 21 classmates and teachers in elementary school in uvalde, texas. very soon after that happened, o uvalde for a couple of days. by spent hours and how's with each of the families. we heard their message so evyo this chamber could hear their men. the constant refloodplain, nebs do something. i did do something by establishing the first ever office of gun violence prevention in the white house. g the charge. thank you for doing it. [applause] meanwhile, meanwhile,

predecessor told the n.r.a. he's proud he did nothing on guns when he was president. ooh. after another shooting in iowa recently, he said when asked what to do about it, he said just get over it. that was his quote, just get over it. i say stop it! stop it, stop it, stop it. [applause] the most we beat the n.r.a. significant gun safety law in nearly 30 years because of this congress. again. must beat the n.r.a. i'm demanding a ban of assault weapons and high-capacity mags. vast universal background checks. none of this, none of this -- i

taught the second amendment for 1 years. none of this violates the second amendment orvilleifyings responsible gun owners. you know, as we manage -- at home we're also managing crisis abroad, including the middle east. i know the last five months abad h wrestling for so many people. for the lincoln and israeli people and so many here in america. this began on october when the massacre group called hamas, 1,000 innocent people, men and women, girls and boys, slaughtered after suffering sexual vibes. the deadliest day for the jewer people since the holocaust and 250 hos stages taken. here in the chamber tonight are families of those still being held held by hamas.

i pledge that we will not stop ideal bringing all of your loved ones home. [applause] we also --■% we will also work around the clock to be brg home evan and paul, americans being unjustly detained by the russians and others around the world. israel has the raht to -- hamas. hamas ended this conflict by releasing hostages, laying down arms could end it by8 releasing hostages, laying down arms and vanneddering those responsible for october 7 but israel -- excuse me. israel has an added burden because hamas highlights and operates among the civilian■% population like cowards, under hospitals, derrick centers and all the like.

israel also has a responsibility, to protect innocent civilians in gaza. [applause] this war has taken the greatest toll only center civilians than all previous wars in gaza combined. more than 30,000 palestinians have been killed, most of whom are not hamas. thousands and thousands of innocents, women and children, girls and boys also orphaned. nearly two million are palestinians under dom barredment or displacement. homes destroyed, cities in ruin. it's heartbreaking. i've been working nonstop for an immediate cease-fire that would last for six weeks to get alles. get them home and ease the

intolerable humanitarian crisis and build toward something more enduring. the united states is leading the way to get more humanitarian assistance to gaza. toghm directing the u.s. military to establish a temporary pier on the mediterranean on the costgallsae shipments carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters. no u.s. boots will be on the ground. a temporary pier will enable a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance getting into gaza every day. [applause] and israel must do its part. israel must allo into gaza to ensure humanitarian workers aren't caught in the crossfire. they're announcing they're going to have a crossing in northern gaza. to the leadership of israel, i say this -- humanitarian

assistance cannot be a secondary consideration or a bargaining chip. protecting and saving innocent lives has to be a priority. as we look to the future, the only real solution to the situation is a two-state solution over time. [applause] and i say this -- as a lifelong supporter of israel, my entire career, no one has a stronger record record only this than i do. i challenge any of you here. tht to visit israel in wartime but there is no other path that guarantees israel's security and democracy. no other path to guarantee palestinians can live with peace and dignity. no other path that guarantees peace between israel a all of its neighbors, including called rain, with whom i'm talking. creating stability in the middle

threat posed by aaron. -- iran. that's why a bit a coalition of more than 100 countries to guard shipping in the red sea. as commander in chief i will not hesitate to direct further measures to protect our people and our military personnel. for years, i've heard many of my republican and democratic friends say that china is on the rise. and america is falling behind. they've got it backwards. i've been saying it for over four years, even when i wasn't president. america's rising. we have the best economy in the world. and since i've got come to office, our g.d.p. is up, our trade deficit to china is down

to point in over a decade. and we're standing up for peace and stability across the taiwan straits. i'ved alliance in the pacific. india, australia, japan, south korea, pacific islands. i've made sure that the most advance american technologies can't be used in china, not allowing to trade them there. frankly, for all this tough talk on china, it never occurred to my predecessor to do any of th china, not conflict. we're in a stronger is position to win the conflict in the 21st century against china than anyone else, for that matter, than any time as well. here at home i've signed over 400 bipartisan bills but there's more to pass my unity gentle. strengthen penalties on fentanyl

trafficking. you don't want to do that, huh? pass privatization to protect our children online. [applause] harness the promise of a.i. to protect us from peril. ban a.i. voice impersonations and more and keep our truly sacred obligation to train and equip those we send in way and care for them and their families when they come home and when they don't.■( [applause] that's why the solemn support andwith the virginia, i signed the pact act. one of the most significant lawsping millions of veterans who now are battling with more than 100 different cancers. many of them don't come home but

we their families support. we owe it to ourselves to keep supporting our new healthcy gimind us that we can do big things like end cancer as we know it, and we will. [applause] let me close with this -- [applause]■s yay. i know you don't want to hear anore, lindsay but i have to say a few more things. i know it may not look like it but i've been around a while. whenouo be my age, certain things become clearer than ever. i know the american story. again and again i've seen the■9

contest between competing forces in the battle for the soul of our nation. between those who wants to pull america back to the past and those wanting to move america into the future. my lifetime has taught me to embrace freedom and democracy, a future based encore values that have defined america. honesty, decency, dignity, equality, to respect everyone, to give everyone a fair shot. to give hate no safe harbor. other people my age see it differently. the american story of resentment, revenge and retribution. that's not me. i was born amid world war$9

dr. king and bicycle kennedy, who were assassinated and their legacies inspired me to a career of my city was the only city in america to occupy the national guard after dr. king was assassinated because the rioting. i became a county councilman almost by accident. i got elected to the united ad no intention of running at age 29. then vice president to our first black president. now president to the first woman vice president. [applause] in my career, i've been told i was too young. [laughter] they didn't let me ascend the

elevators to vote sometimes. not a joke. i've been told i'm too old. whether young or old, i've always known what endures. i've known our north star. the very idea of americans, they were equally. deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives. we've neverfully lived up to that idea but we've neverked away from it either and i-won't walk away from it now. [applause] i'm optimistic. i really am, i'm optimistic, nancy. my fellow americans, the issues facing our nation isn't how old we are, it's how old our ideas. hate, anger, revenge, retribution are the oldest of ideas but you can't lead america

with ancient ideas. only take us back. you lead america, the land of poileed a vision for the future and what can and should be done. tonight you've heard mine. i see a future where defending democracy you don't diminish it. i-see a future that will restore the right to choose and protect our freedoms, not away. [applause] i see a future where the middle class timely has a fair shot and the wealthi have to pay they're fair share in taxes. i see a fute save the planet from the climate crisis and our country from gun violence. [applause] above see a future for all americans. i see a country for all americans.ç!et and i'll always be president for

all americans because i believe in america. i believe in you the northwestern people. you're the reason we've never been more optimistic about our future than i am now so let's build the future together. let's remember who we states of america! [applause] and there is nothing, nothing beyond our capacity. when we act together. god bless you all and may god protect our troops. thank you, thank you, thank you. [applause]:x

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[indiscernible] >> we're going to get a deal done. >> good job on the border. thank you, thank you. >> thank you. mean it.

this guy does too. >> you did a good job. you were right on target. >> you were on fire today. you were on fire today. [laughter]$■m >> you inspired us all. >> great job. [indiscernible]■q

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>> how's everything going? >> yeah, it's good.

>> i'm so proud of you. [laughter] >> thank you. >> how are you doing? everything you've done for new mexico. >> knocked it out of the park. >> wow. my mom jumping up and down saying phenomenal. >> where's your mom? >> in houston. houston, texas.

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>> happy to do my part. [laughter] >> they'll write about it. >> from rhode island. >> i'm happy you're here.

>> she said don't forget to tell him he invited me to the white house. you did -- i know. >> mr. president, former congressman from detroit. sensational. thank you for what you're doing for the country.

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[indistinct chatter] >> i know you are, ma'am. >> give 'em hell harry with. don't give 'em hell, just tell them the truth. >> they don't like to hear it. [laughter] >> mr. president, we're excited. how are you?

>> there's so much at drives me crazy. thank you. thanks for helping me through it. about time we had someone strong. >> thanks, thanks.

>> i'm the ambassador of -- >> how are you? i spent a lot of time in your country. i was worried she wasn't going to come home. ank you. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. thank you. you ok? >> i'm goo!■@ >> i mean it. >> i'm good. >> which way? >> right here. right this way.

>> we're just going to follow the sergeant of arms. this way, sir. >> how are you? >> and how are you? >> i'm well, thank you. very well. >> i know you know.

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thank. >> you're going to do great things. i know, you went to school in syracuse. we know that. >> we're going■h to follow the sergeant of arms. >> yep. mr. president, thank you. >> thank you, you made me feel good. >> i was ready. [laughter] thank you. >> great speech. i was telling your secretary --

last weekend that you have to keep pushing what you'rehe huma. [indiscernible] >> great job. >> thank you for standing up -- >> way to go. >> we're glad to wait. >> now come to order.

>> you knock could it out of the ballpark. >> thank you good to see you. >> mr. speaker, i move that the message of the president is referred to the committee of the hall on the state of union -- could not rule without him. >> does the gentlemanman from louisiana -- >> thank you. >> motion to adjourn.

the ayes have it. motion the agreed to. >> thank you for -- governor lewis. we all loved him.íc■ job., great speech. >> [indiscernible chatter] i said "oh" --

>> people are saying kicked butt tonight. >> as long ai'm with you i am ok. >> immigrants, army veterans, 30%%. >> i did not do it because -- >> the benefits package is really important. >> mr. president, i am looking

forward to welcoming you to georgia on saturday. i be with you -- i will be with you. we love it, thank you, and we will bring it home for you on thursday. >> they need some help. [indiscernible chatter] what i'm asking is that they speed up the pace. which is held a hearing with the family. if we do not have them.

■w[indiscernible chatter] >> a million acre>> when you fla helicopter [indiscernible chatter] do you want me to sign it or something? >> i just want you to hold it. >> i will take it to them.

delaware has the highest percentage. >> we have a ton of homes too. [indiscernible chatter] >>will you say "hi" to my niece. >>■p hi, marissa. you have got your irish shirt on? all right. >> we have people waiting for us. we have to continue walking. >> thanks for coming.

[laughter] [indiscernible chatter] >> this is jordan. thank for taking the time. >> thank you.

>> right this way. straight>> you are looking good. >> so areoulet's go shopping. >> good to see you again. >> i work with him too. [laughter] >> look at >> we are done? gok. [indiscernible chatter]