>> THE PAST STATE OF THE
>> FROM THE OPTIMISTIC STATE
OF THIS ALL BUT USEFUL UNION
IS GOOD.
>> TO THE BLUNT AT THE STATE
OF THE UNION IS NOT GOOD. AND
THE UNEXPECTED.
>> SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH
BADER GINSBURG REPORTEDLY TOLD
A CROWD THAT SHE WAS, QUOTE,
NOT 100% SOBER DURING THIS
YEAR'S STATE OF THE UNION
ADDRESS. THE STATE OF THE
UNION ALWAYS BRINGS MEMORABLE
MOMENT EVEN BEFORE IT WAS
TELEVISED ARE AIRED. LIVE ON
THE RADIO. THE STATE OF THE
UNION WAS MAKING HEADLINES AND
SPRING IN TREE IN 1861
EXCERPTS FROM ABRAHAM
LINCOLN'S FIRST SPEECH TO
CONGRESS WERE LEAKED TO A NEW
YORK NEWSPAPER LAWMAKERS
INVESTIGATED. SOME EVEN
THOUGHT LINCOLN'S WIFE MARY
TODD WITH THE LEAGUE OR THE
MYSTERY WAS NEVER 80 YEARS
LATER, THE STATE OF THE UNION
CAME AS MUCH OF THE WORLD WAS
AT WAR. PRESIDENT FRANKLIN
DELANO ROOSEVELT DELIVERED HIS
4 FREEDOMS SPEECH ARTICULATING
A POWERFUL GLOBAL VISION FOR
FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND SPEECH
BUT ALSO FREEDOM FROM WANT AND
FEAR BY THE FOLLOWING YEAR,
THE U.S. WOULD JOIN THE WAR
AFTER THE BOMBING ATTACK AT
PEARL HARBOR, THOUGH IMPACT
FULL FDR'S WERE NOT THE FIRST
TO BE BROADCAST ON THAT HONOR
GOES TO HARRY TRUMAN WHO DELIVERED HIS FIRST STATE OF
DELIVERED HIS FIRST STATE OF
THE UNION IN 1947 WE AT HOME
AND BUT MILLIONS THROUGHOUT
THE IN 1964 THE STATE OF THE
UNION CAME JUST WEEKS AFTER
ANOTHER NATIONAL MOMENT OF
RECKONING. THE ASSASSINATION
OF PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON ALSO USE THE
MOMENT TO DECLARE ON WAR ON
POVERTY IN AMERICA.
>> 10 YEARS LATER, A DEFIANT
RICHARD NIXON USED THE NIGHT
TO ADDRESS WHAT HE DEEMED THE
SO CALLED WATERGATE AFFAIR.
>> BELIEVE THE TIME HAS COME.
TO BRING THAT INVESTIGATION
AND THE OTHER INVESTIGATIONS
OF THIS MATTER TO HIM IN. ONE
YEAR OF
>> 7 MONTHS AFTER THAT SPEECH
NIXON RESIGNED.
>> 8 YEARS LATER, PRESIDENT
RONALD REAGAN STARTED A NEW
NOW. WELL KNOWN TRADITION
INVITING A GUEST. 4 YEARS
LATER HE BECAME THE FIRST
PRESIDENT TO POSTPONE HIS
STATE OF THE UNION AFTER THE
SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER
DISASTER. AND PRESIDENT BILL
CLINTON AFTER WRITING TO
OFFICE ON THE UNOFFICIAL
MANTRA THAT IT'S THE ECONOMY,
STUPID USED HIS 1996 STATE OF
THE UNION TO SHINE A FOCUS ON
YOU GUESSED IT, THE ECONOMY
FAMOUSLY DECLARING.
>> THE ERA OF BIG GOVERNMENT
IS OVER.
>> CLINTON WOULD APPEAR BEFORE
THE CONGRESS 3 YEARS LATER,
MIRED IN SCANDAL. THE CONGRESS
HE SPOKE TO VOTING TO IMPEACH
HIM. EXACTLY ONE MONTH BEFORE
CLINTON DIDN'T MENTION
IMPEACHMENT FAST FORWARD TO
2002, JUST 4 MONTHS AFTER THE
SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS.
>> PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH DID
BEFORE CONGRESS TO DELIVER A
NEW WARNING TO AMERICA'S
ENEMIES STATES LIKE THESE.
>> AND THEIR TERRORIST ALLIES
CONSTITUTE AN AXIS OF EVIL
ARMING TO THREATEN THE PEACE
OF THE WORLD.
>> IN 2009 A NOTICEABLE
PARTISAN SHIFT EMBLEMATIC OF
THE DIVIDE IS DEEPENING IN
WASHINGTON. REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN JOE WILSON
INTERRUPTING PRESIDENT BARACK
OBAMA IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS
REMARKS ON IMMIGRATION REFORM.
>> THE REFORMS I'M PROPOSING
WOULD NOT APPLY TO THOSE WHO
ARE HERE ILLEGALLY.
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>> DIVISIVE MOMENTS BUT ALSO
LINES OF LEVITY. I HAVE NO MORE CAMPAIGNS TO MY ONLY
MORE CAMPAIGNS TO MY ONLY
AGENDA. I KNOW BECAUSE I WON
AND THEN THE TRUMP YEARS.
>> DONALD TRUMP SHARED TIME IN
THE CAMERA FRAME WITH HOUSE
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI BROUGHT
MULTIPLE VIRAL MOMENT IN 2019 PER CLASS BECAME AN INSTANT
PER CLASS BECAME AN INSTANT
MEME. A YEAR LATER, SHE RIPPED
TRUMP'S SPEECH IN HALF AT THE
END OF HIS ADDRESS WAS LESS
THAN 2 MONTHS AFTER CONGRESS
VOTED TO IMPEACH HIM. PELOSI
WOULD BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT ONCE
AGAIN A YEAR LATER FOR VERY
DIFFERENT REASONS ALONGSIDE
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
MADAM SPEAKER.
>> MADAM, VICE
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>> HAS EVER SAID THOSE WORDS
FROM THIS PODIUM. NO PRESIDENT
HAS EVER SAID THOSE WORDS.
>> AND IT'S ABOUT TIME.
>> BIDEN COMING BEFORE
CONGRESS LAST TIME NOT ONLY AT
THE APEX OF THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC. BUT MERE WEEKS AFTER
THE NATIONAL TRAGEDY OF
JANUARY 6. ONE PRO TRUMP
INSURRECTIONISTS STORMED THE
BUILDING. WHAT MOMENTS WILL
LIVE ON FROM TONIGHT. TIME AND