REPORTER: TO SUM IT UP, AT THE
STATE OF THE UNION, WE EXPECT
VERY MUCH.
DEMOCRATS INCLUDING NANCY
PELOSI, WHO IS APPARENTLY
TELLING HOUSE DEMOCRATS TO PLAY
NICE DURING THE PRESIDENT'S
STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH AND
ALLOW TRUMP TO BE, IN HER
WORDS, HIS SLOBBERING SELF.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR?
HIS SLOBBERING SELF.
>> POLITICAL POSTURING, THE
SAME WITH THE MEMBERS WHO DON'T
SHOW UP.
>> THEY GET TO BE ON TV.
HERE'S THE DOZEN.
IF THERE'S 14, I DON'T THINK
ANYBODY WOULD PAY ATTENTION TO
THEM.
THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE.
NEIL: REMEMBER WHEN THEY SAID
YOU LIE AND ALL THAT, THERE'S A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND
SKIPPING OUT.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO DECORUM.
>> YOU SHOULD HAVE DECORUM.
HECK, WHEN I WAS GOVERNOR,
NEIL: IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YOU GET THE MESSAGE OUT
ANYWAY.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE IS THE
COUNTY IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK,
INVESTMENT'S UP, JOBS ARE UP.
THE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION,
OPTIMISM SURVEY IS THE HIGHEST
THIS IS WHERE THERE'S GOING TO
BE BENEFITS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALREADY FEELING IT FROM THE TAX
CUTS.
NEIL: OF COURSE, YOU HEARD WHAT
DEMOCRATS SAID INCLUDING NANCY
REALLY ADD UP.
HOW DO YOU THINK HE RESPONDS TO
THAT?
MORE A YEAR, THAT'S REAL MONEY.
THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE
PUT IT TOWARDS CHILD'S COLLEGE
TUITION.
NEIL: HIS SUPPORT FOR THAT HAS
ACTUALLY RISEN, MORE AMERICANS
DO LIKE WHAT THEY HEAR.
IT COULD BOOMERANG ON
DEMOCRATS.
>> I THINK SO, THE MESSAGE IS
THIS IS ALL FOR THE WEALTHY,
USUALLY CLASS FAR FARE RHETORIC
FROM THE DEMOCRATS.
I SAID WHAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT
COMPETITIVE WITH CORPORATE TAX
RATES, RATHER THAN THE WORST
HIGHS, WE'RE GOING TO GET
BETTER THAN AVERAGE.
AM I PAYING MORE OR LESS IN
TAXES?
AS PEOPLE SEE THE BOTTOM LINE
THEY'RE PAYING LESS IN TAXES,
THEY KEEP MORE OF WHAT THEY
EARN, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THIS
IS GOOD, I LIKE THIS.
NEIL: YEAH, DO YOU THINK THE
PRESIDENT SHOULD MENTION, WE'RE
AT SESSION LOWS NOW.
THE DOW DOWN ABOUT 400.
STILL UP A LOT MORE THAN DOWN.
THAT IS THE RISK WHEN YOU ALLOW
YOURSELF TO THE MARKETS, THEY
CAN GO UP AND DOWN.
>> PEOPLE LOOK AT 401(k) AND
FOLLOW THIS HOUR-BY-HOUR,
MOMENT BY MOMENT AND WATCH FOX
BUSINESS TO GET THE SCOREBOARD,
BUT I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO
LOOK AT THEIR MONTHLY REPORTS,
CALENDAR 2017 AND SAY LOOK AT
THE GAINS I'VE HAD IN MY
PORTFOLIO, THE 401(k) OR --
NEIL: THE BIGGER PICTURE IS
WE'RE DOING BETTER, WE'RE
FINANCIALLY MORE HEALTHY.
THE ECONOMY IS REBOUNDING.
>> RIGHT.
NEIL: THESE ARE THE THEMES THAT
THE PRESIDENT SHOULD POUNCE ON,
BECAUSE OF THE TAX CUTS,
IT IS BECAUSE OF PRODUCTIVE
ENERGY POLICIES THAT AMERICANS
ARE WORKING.
OUR BUSINESSES ARE MORE
INTERNATIONALLY COMPETITIVE,
AND ALL OF THAT'S GREAT.
OF VIRGINIA.
A 50-50 SPLIT, MORE DEMOCRATS
SEIZING THE MOMENTUM.
I TOLD YOU ABOUT MY
CONGRESSMAN, HOUSE MAIN STAY,
HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN STEPPING DOWN.
SOMETHING IS GOING HERE?
>> WELL, THE OTHER SIDE, THE
RESISTANCE MOVEMENT DOES HAVE A
LOT OF -- I'LL SAY THIS, THEY
HAVE A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM ON
THAT SIDE.
ONCE WE GET TO THE ELECTIONS
THE ECONOMY AND HOW IT'S
AFFECTING THEIR LIVES.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO OBSESS
OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S STYLE.
THEY'RE NOT USED TO NEW YORK
CITY STYLE AND MANNERS.
>> DO YOU THINK HE'S APPROVAL
>> I THINK WHEN HE'S OVERSEAS
AND BEING PRESIDENTIAL, WHEN
HE'S TALKING ISSUE ABOUTS THAT
MATTER TO PEOPLE AND NOT
DISTRACTIONS, I THINK PEOPLE
LIKE THAT.
NEIL: OKAY.
>> AND I THINK THAT'S
IMPORTANT, AND I THINK THE
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS IS
AN ABILITY FOR HIM TO RISE TO
THE ISSUES THAT ALL THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE CARE ABOUT
BECAUSE HE WANTS TO UNIFY THIS
COUNTRY, MAKE US MORE
COMPETITIVE.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
NEIL: TONIGHT IS THAT MOMENT.