Michael Barbaro

This is the most public possible venue.

A president stayed the union and thus has a bit of a partisan tinge.

A Purple Heart was given out.

Congressional Medals of Honor were given out.

Was that celebrating American heroism?

Was that

in some ways, exploiting it.

And potentially even illegal.

So, David, take us to the end of this speech, the third act, when President Trump takes a stab at unity.

So in the end, thinking back to the stakes of this all, at this moment in the economy, at this moment in the immigration battles in the country, and potentially at the start of a new war, did he meet the moment?

Well, David, it is now almost 1 a.m.

It's time for you to go to bed.

Thank you very much.

Appreciate it.

Shortly after President Trump's speech, the newly elected governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, delivered the Democratic Party's rebuttal.

Spanberger portrayed the president as a self-dealing egomaniac.

and said that at the end of the day, both the president and his agenda are deeply out of touch with regular Americans.

On Tuesday, House Republicans voted down a bill that federal regulators said could prevent deadly mid-air collisions, like the one last year in Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people.

The bill, which would have required planes to carry advanced location tracking technology, was originally endorsed by the Defense Department and adopted by the Senate in December.

But the Defense Department has since withdrawn its support, citing concerns over national security and costs.