President Donald Trump is launching his speech to the National Rifle Association with a recitation of grievances about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Speaking to the gun rights group's annual convention Friday, Trump said his political enemies "tried for a coup, didn't work out so well. And I didn't need a gun for that one, did I?'

The friendly audience applauded the quip, but Trump wasn't done. He said he's seen "corruption at the highest levels. A disgrace. Spying. Surveillance trying for an overthrow."

Mueller's probe found no evidence that Trump and his campaign colluded with the Russians to influence the 2016 presidential election.

But his report contained damning detail about Trump's efforts to shut down the investigation, fire Mueller and lie. Some Democrats say there's ample evidence of obstruction of justice.

Trump said Democrats are "obsessed with hoaxes, delusions and witch hunts."  And in a pre-emptive attack against his 2016 Democratic challengers, Trump also claimed that Democrats "want to take away your guns.

And he told the thousands in the crowd: "You better get out there and vote," saying of the 2020 election, "It seems like it's a long ways away. It's not."

Trump also wished his wife, First Lady Melania Trump a happy birthday.

POOL

Indianapolis, Indiana - 26 April 2019

1. Donald Trump on stage, walking up to podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"Well I want to thank Chris and Wayne. I'm thrilled to be here in Indiana with the men and women of the NRA. You are a great American patriots."

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"And you see it now better than ever, with all of the resignations of bad apples, they're bad apples. They tried for a coup, didn't work out so well. And I didn't need a gun for that one, did I? All was taking place at the highest levels in Washington D.C. You've been watching, you've been seeing it. You've been looking at things that you wouldn't have believed possible in our country. Corruption at the highest level. A disgrace. Spying, surveillance, calling for an overthrow and we caught 'em. We caught em."

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"America's future has never been brighter and yet Democrats have never been angrier. Especially now that their collusion delusion has been exposed to the world as a complete and total fraud."

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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"Democrats are obsessed with hoaxes, delusions and witch hunts, that's what they're obsessed with, that's what they want to do. And we can play the game just as well or better than they do. Far left radicals in Congress want to take away your voice, your jobs, your rights and they especially want to take away your guns, you know that. They want to take away your guns. You better get out there and vote. You better get out there and vote. It seems like it's a long ways away it's not. I was saying to Melania, our great first lady whose birthday it is today. Happy birthday Melania."

++BLACK BETWEEN SOUNDBITES++

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"In recent days, leading Democrats have proposed banning new guns and confiscating existing guns from law abiding citizens. What they don't tell you is the bad guys aren't giving up their guns. And you're not going to be giving up your guns, either."

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President Donald Trump is launching his speech to the National Rifle Association with a recitation of grievances about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Speaking to the gun rights group's annual convention Friday, Trump said his political enemies "tried for a coup, didn't work out so well. And I didn't need a gun for that one, did I?'

The friendly audience applauded the quip, but Trump wasn't done. He said he's seen "corruption at the highest levels. A disgrace. Spying. Surveillance trying for an overthrow."

Mueller's probe found no evidence that Trump and his campaign colluded with the Russians to influence the 2016 presidential election.

But his report contained damning detail about Trump's efforts to shut down the investigation, fire Mueller and lie. Some Democrats say there's ample evidence of obstruction of justice.

Trump said Democrats are "obsessed with hoaxes, delusions and witch hunts."  And in a pre-emptive attack against his 2016 Democratic challengers, Trump also claimed that Democrats "want to take away your guns.

And he told the thousands in the crowd: "You better get out there and vote," saying of the 2020 election, "It seems like it's a long ways away. It's not."

Trump also wished his wife, First Lady Melania Trump a happy birthday.

POOL

Indianapolis, Indiana - 26 April 2019

1. Donald Trump on stage, walking up to podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"Well I want to thank Chris and Wayne. I'm thrilled to be here in Indiana with the men and women of the NRA. You are a great American patriots."

++BLACK BETWEEN SOUNDBITES++

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"And you see it now better than ever, with all of the resignations of bad apples, they're bad apples. They tried for a coup, didn't work out so well. And I didn't need a gun for that one, did I? All was taking place at the highest levels in Washington D.C. You've been watching, you've been seeing it. You've been looking at things that you wouldn't have believed possible in our country. Corruption at the highest level. A disgrace. Spying, surveillance, calling for an overthrow and we caught 'em. We caught em."

++BLACK BETWEEN SOUNDBITES++

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"America's future has never been brighter and yet Democrats have never been angrier. Especially now that their collusion delusion has been exposed to the world as a complete and total fraud."

++BLACK BETWEEN SOUNDBITES++

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"Democrats are obsessed with hoaxes, delusions and witch hunts, that's what they're obsessed with, that's what they want to do. And we can play the game just as well or better than they do. Far left radicals in Congress want to take away your voice, your jobs, your rights and they especially want to take away your guns, you know that. They want to take away your guns. You better get out there and vote. You better get out there and vote. It seems like it's a long ways away it's not. I was saying to Melania, our great first lady whose birthday it is today. Happy birthday Melania."

++BLACK BETWEEN SOUNDBITES++

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President:

"In recent days, leading Democrats have proposed banning new guns and confiscating existing guns from law abiding citizens. What they don't tell you is the bad guys aren't giving up their guns. And you're not going to be giving up your guns, either."

++ENDS ON A SOUNDBITE++

Agitated and angry, President Donald Trump squared off against Democrats on Wednesday, unloading a rambling string of name-calling attacks as lawmakers deepened their impeachment inquiry.

Democrats put the White House on notice that a wide-ranging subpoena would be coming for information about Trump's actions in the Ukraine matter as they try to push past the stonewalling of a probe that's testing the limits of the constitution's system of checks and balances.

"I believe that our constitutional responsibility rises above politics and that we have all sworn an oath of office," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren Wednesday during a gun policy forum in Nevada.

"We need to get out there and do what the Constitution requires of us and that is hold this president, who believes he is not subject to the law, to hold him accountable."

Las Vegas – 2 October 2019

1. Wide of Sen. Elizabeth Warren

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Elizabeth Warren, (D) Presidential Candidate:

"A hostile foreign government attacked our 2016 election for the purpose of helping Donald Trump. Part two, then-candidate Donald Trump welcomed that help. And then part three, when our federal government tried to investigate part 1 and part 2, Donald Trump did everything he could to interfere with that investigation which is a violation of the law. No one is above the law."

3. Cutaway of Warren

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Elizabeth Warren, (D) Presidential Candidate:

"I believe that our constitutional responsibility rises above politics and that we have all sworn an oath of office and we need to get out there and do what the Constitution requires of us. And that is hold this president who believes he is not subject to the law to hold him accountable."

5. Sen. Cory Booker walks to gaggle

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Cory Booker, (D) Presidential Candidate:

"The President of the United States, forget this investigation, on the Mueller investigation was not allowing the subpoenaing of documents, not allowing people to come and testify before Congress. That is not allowing Congress to do its job. That is problematic. That's why I moved, not as quickly as many others, but that's what made me move to calling for impeachment proceedings because the Constitution sets up checks and balances. It is against our Constitution when a president thinks he's above those checks and balances. That's like he's not behaving like the leader of the free world he's behaving more like a dictator would. So yeah. Mueller did not clear him of obstruction. He gave 10 examples of behavior and actions that could constitute obstruction. We have an obligation in Washington to investigate those things and now the clarity with which we see the president in his own words pointing to a potential impeachable offense. So we need to investigate him and we need to have the authority with which to do that and impeachment proceedings give us tremendously more legal leverage to make sure that this investigation can continue. The American people deserve to know the truth."

7. Wide of Booker

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Kamala Harris, (D) Presidential Candidate:

"I am deeply troubled and saddened that the United States Congress, with all of the work that we need to get done on everything from smart gun safety laws, to what we need to do to have an infrastructure plan to what we need to do to deal with the climate crisis that we are going to have to spend our time holding accountable a president who is lawless and who is evidenced no respect for the oath of office that he has taken. Oh that it didn't have to happen. But it does in defense of our democracy and in defense of the construct of our democracy which says that when you have a member of any branch of government in this case the executive who has violated the trust and abused their powers they have to be held accountable. Am I looking forward to this? I absolutely wish we were not at this moment. I wish so many things that are just not possible because Donald Trump is not capable of what I believe a president should be."

9. Wide of Harris

Agitated and angry, President Donald Trump squared off against Democrats on Wednesday, unloading a rambling string of name-calling attacks as lawmakers deepened their impeachment inquiry.

Democrats put the White House on notice that a wide-ranging subpoena would be coming for information about Trump's actions in the Ukraine matter as they try to push past the stonewalling of a probe that's testing the limits of the constitution's system of checks and balances.

"I believe that our constitutional responsibility rises above politics and that we have all sworn an oath of office," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren Wednesday during a gun policy forum in Nevada.

"We need to get out there and do what the Constitution requires of us and that is hold this president, who believes he is not subject to the law, to hold him accountable."

Las Vegas – 2 October 2019

1. Wide of Sen. Elizabeth Warren

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Elizabeth Warren, (D) Presidential Candidate:

"A hostile foreign government attacked our 2016 election for the purpose of helping Donald Trump. Part two, then-candidate Donald Trump welcomed that help. And then part three, when our federal government tried to investigate part 1 and part 2, Donald Trump did everything he could to interfere with that investigation which is a violation of the law. No one is above the law."

3. Cutaway of Warren

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Elizabeth Warren, (D) Presidential Candidate:

"I believe that our constitutional responsibility rises above politics and that we have all sworn an oath of office and we need to get out there and do what the Constitution requires of us. And that is hold this president who believes he is not subject to the law to hold him accountable."

5. Sen. Cory Booker walks to gaggle

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Cory Booker, (D) Presidential Candidate:

"The President of the United States, forget this investigation, on the Mueller investigation was not allowing the subpoenaing of documents, not allowing people to come and testify before Congress. That is not allowing Congress to do its job. That is problematic. That's why I moved, not as quickly as many others, but that's what made me move to calling for impeachment proceedings because the Constitution sets up checks and balances. It is against our Constitution when a president thinks he's above those checks and balances. That's like he's not behaving like the leader of the free world he's behaving more like a dictator would. So yeah. Mueller did not clear him of obstruction. He gave 10 examples of behavior and actions that could constitute obstruction. We have an obligation in Washington to investigate those things and now the clarity with which we see the president in his own words pointing to a potential impeachable offense. So we need to investigate him and we need to have the authority with which to do that and impeachment proceedings give us tremendously more legal leverage to make sure that this investigation can continue. The American people deserve to know the truth."

7. Wide of Booker

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Kamala Harris, (D) Presidential Candidate:

"I am deeply troubled and saddened that the United States Congress, with all of the work that we need to get done on everything from smart gun safety laws, to what we need to do to have an infrastructure plan to what we need to do to deal with the climate crisis that we are going to have to spend our time holding accountable a president who is lawless and who is evidenced no respect for the oath of office that he has taken. Oh that it didn't have to happen. But it does in defense of our democracy and in defense of the construct of our democracy which says that when you have a member of any branch of government in this case the executive who has violated the trust and abused their powers they have to be held accountable. Am I looking forward to this? I absolutely wish we were not at this moment. I wish so many things that are just not possible because Donald Trump is not capable of what I believe a president should be."

9. Wide of Harris

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Agitated and angry, President Donald Trump squared off against Democrats on Wednesday, unloading a rambling string of name-calling attacks as lawmakers deepened their impeachment inquiry.

Democrats put the White House on notice that a wide-ranging subpoena would be coming for information about Trump's actions in the Ukraine matter as they try to push past the stonewalling of a probe that's testing the limits of the constitution's system of checks and balances.

"I believe that our constitutional responsibility rises above politics and that we have all sworn an oath of office," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren Wednesday during a gun policy forum in Nevada.

"We need to get out there and do what the Constitution requires of us and that is hold this president, who believes he is not subject to the law, to hold him accountable.

Las Vegas – 2 October 2019

1. Wide of Sen. Elizabeth Warren

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Elizabeth Warren, (D) Presidential Candidate:

"A hostile foreign government attacked our 2016 election for the purpose of helping Donald Trump. Part two, then-candidate Donald Trump welcomed that help. And then part three, when our federal government tried to investigate part 1 and part 2, Donald Trump did everything he could to interfere with that investigation which is a violation of the law. No one is above the law."

++SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASH++

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Cory Booker, (D) Presidential Candidate:

"The President of the United States, forget this investigation, on the Mueller investigation was not allowing the subpoenaing of documents, not allowing people to come and testify before Congress. That is not allowing Congress to do its job. That is problematic. That's why I moved, not as quickly as many others, but that's what made me move to calling for impeachment proceedings because the Constitution sets up checks and balances. It is against our Constitution when a president thinks he's above those checks and balances. That's like he's not behaving like the leader of the free world he's behaving more like a dictator would.

++SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASH++

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Kamala Harris, (D) Presidential Candidate:

"I am deeply troubled and saddened that the United States Congress, with all of the work that we need to get done on everything from smart gun safety laws, to what we need to do to have an infrastructure plan to what we need to do to deal with the climate crisis that we are going to have to spend our time holding accountable a president who is lawless and who is evidenced no respect for the oath of office that he has taken. Oh that it didn't have to happen. But it does.

House Speaker Paul Ryan is defending a vote by Republicans on the House intelligence committee to release a classified memo on the Russia investigation.

The memo purports to show improper use of surveillance by the FBI and the Justice Department in the Russia probe.

Ryan told reporters Tuesday that "there may have been malfeasance at the FBI by certain individuals." He said there should be "transparency" on the issue.

The committee voted to release the four-page memo on Monday. It could become public in the next few days.

The memo has become a political flashpoint, with President Donald Trump and many Republicans pushing for its release and suggesting that some in the Justice Department and FBI have conspired against the president.

Meanwhie, Ryan says he's looking forward to President Donald Trump's address to Congress Tuesday night and called the State of the Union "bright."

Washington - 30 January 2018

1. Wide of Republican leaders at podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English): Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House:

"What's OK's to follow the process as the process is laid out. That's precisely what is happening. I would remind you that the Democrats tried blocking the rest of the members of Congress from even having access to the memo that the majority wrote. Yesterday the majority voted to provide access to the Democrats' memo."

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK++

3. SOUNDBITE (English): Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House:

"First, there are legitimate questions about whether an American's civil liberties were violated by the FISA (United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court) process. We are the legislative branch of government. It is our job to conduct oversight on behalf of the American people of the executive branch in case any powers were abused and civil liberties are abused by the executive branch. So there's a very legitimate issue here as to whether or not an American civil liberties were violated in the FISA process. We are the legislative branch of government. it is our job to conduct oversight on behalf of the American people of the executive branch, in case any powers were abused and civil liberties were abused by the executive branch. So there's a very legitmate issue her as to whether or not an American's civil liberties were violated in the FISA process. That's point number one. Point number two. This is a Paul Ryan: completely separate matter from Bob Mueller's investigation and his investigation should be allowed to take its course. Point number three, there may have been malfeasance by people at the FBI. And let me just let me finish my points. There may have been malfeasance at the FBI by certain individuals. So it is our job in conducting transparent oversight of the executive branch to get to the bottom of that. Sunshine is the best disinfectant. And so what we want is all of this information to come out so that transparency can reign supreme and accountability can occur. There's a fourth point I want to make and that is the institution of the DOJ (Department of Justice.Paul Ryan: Of the FBI is a very important institution for American life is a very important institution for keeping the rule of law intact."

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK++

4. SOUNDBITE (English): Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House:

"On a positive note, I'm excited to hear President Trump's state of the Union address tonight. And honestly the state of the Union is looking up. It's really encouraging to be able to come and hear an upbeat tone at a State of the Union this week 20th of these that I've sat in and I've got to tell you, to be able to hear a State of the Union as bright as it is right now is something that's very encouraging. Wages are rising, economic confidence is coming back to America, tax reform is the law of the land and it is playing a huge role in this transformation. As Steve just mentioned, just yesterday we heard from another major employer about investing another 50 billion dollars into this economy because of tax reform. Just a couple of weeks from now, 90 percent of American workers, 90 percent of American wage earners earners are going to see their paychecks get bigger as the IRS' new withholding tables are put into effect in February. This is a big deal."

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK++

5. SOUNDBITE (English): Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House:

"So we're very excited. Economic confidence in America is at a 17 year high while unemployment in America is at a 17 year low. These are good things. This is a big deal for Americans across the country. We've got a lot more work to do and I'm looking forward to President Trump's speech tonight to find the way forward and get get more done for the American people in 2018."

6. Ryan and others walk out of room

House Speaker Paul Ryan is defending a vote by Republicans on the House intelligence committee to release a classified memo on the Russia investigation.

The memo purports to show improper use of surveillance by the FBI and the Justice Department in the Russia probe.

Ryan told reporters Tuesday that "there may have been malfeasance at the FBI by certain individuals." He said there should be "transparency" on the issue.

The committee voted to release the four-page memo on Monday. It could become public in the next few days.

The memo has become a political flashpoint, with President Donald Trump and many Republicans pushing for its release and suggesting that some in the Justice Department and FBI have conspired against the president.

Meanwhie, Ryan says he's looking forward to President Donald Trump's address to Congress Tuesday night and called the State of the Union "bright."

Washington - 30 January 2018

1. Wide of Republican leaders at podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English): Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House:

"What's OK's to follow the process as the process is laid out. That's precisely what is happening. I would remind you that the Democrats tried blocking the rest of the members of Congress from even having access to the memo that the majority wrote. Yesterday the majority voted to provide access to the Democrats' memo."

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK++

3. SOUNDBITE (English): Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House:

"First, there are legitimate questions about whether an American's civil liberties were violated by the FISA (United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court) process. We are the legislative branch of government. It is our job to conduct oversight on behalf of the American people of the executive branch in case any powers were abused and civil liberties are abused by the executive branch. So there's a very legitimate issue here as to whether or not an American civil liberties were violated in the FISA process. We are the legislative branch of government. it is our job to conduct oversight on behalf of the American people of the executive branch, in case any powers were abused and civil liberties were abused by the executive branch. So there's a very legitmate issue her as to whether or not an American's civil liberties were violated in the FISA process. That's point number one. Point number two. This is a Paul Ryan: completely separate matter from Bob Mueller's investigation and his investigation should be allowed to take its course. Point number three, there may have been malfeasance by people at the FBI. And let me just let me finish my points. There may have been malfeasance at the FBI by certain individuals. So it is our job in conducting transparent oversight of the executive branch to get to the bottom of that. Sunshine is the best disinfectant. And so what we want is all of this information to come out so that transparency can reign supreme and accountability can occur. There's a fourth point I want to make and that is the institution of the DOJ (Department of Justice.Paul Ryan: Of the FBI is a very important institution for American life is a very important institution for keeping the rule of law intact."

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK++

4. SOUNDBITE (English): Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House:

"On a positive note, I'm excited to hear President Trump's state of the Union address tonight. And honestly the state of the Union is looking up. It's really encouraging to be able to come and hear an upbeat tone at a State of the Union this week 20th of these that I've sat in and I've got to tell you, to be able to hear a State of the Union as bright as it is right now is something that's very encouraging. Wages are rising, economic confidence is coming back to America, tax reform is the law of the land and it is playing a huge role in this transformation. As Steve just mentioned, just yesterday we heard from another major employer about investing another 50 billion dollars into this economy because of tax reform. Just a couple of weeks from now, 90 percent of American workers, 90 percent of American wage earners earners are going to see their paychecks get bigger as the IRS' new withholding tables are put into effect in February. This is a big deal."

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK++

5. SOUNDBITE (English): Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House:

"So we're very excited. Economic confidence in America is at a 17 year high while unemployment in America is at a 17 year low. These are good things. This is a big deal for Americans across the country. We've got a lot more work to do and I'm looking forward to President Trump's speech tonight to find the way forward and get get more done for the American people in 2018."

6. Ryan and others walk out of room

House Speaker Paul Ryan is defending a vote by Republicans on the House intelligence committee to release a classified memo on the Russia investigation.

The memo purports to show improper use of surveillance by the FBI and the Justice Department in the Russia probe.

Ryan told reporters Tuesday that "there may have been malfeasance at the FBI by certain individuals." He said there should be "transparency" on the issue.

The committee voted to release the four-page memo on Monday. It could become public in the next few days.

The memo has become a political flashpoint, with President Donald Trump and many Republicans pushing for its release and suggesting that some in the Justice Department and FBI have conspired against the president.

Meanwhile, Ryan says he's looking forward to President Donald Trump's address to Congress Tuesday night and called the State of the Union "bright."

Washington, D.C. - 30 January 2018

1. Wide of Republican leaders at podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English): Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House:

"What's OK's to follow the process as the process is laid out. That's precisely what is happening. I would remind you that the Democrats tried blocking the rest of the members of Congress from even having access to the memo that the majority wrote. Yesterday the majority voted to provide access to the Democrats' memo."

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK++

3. SOUNDBITE (English): Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House:

"First, there are legitimate questions about whether an American's civil liberties were violated by the FISA (United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court) process. We are the legislative branch of government. It is our job to conduct oversight on behalf of the American people of the executive branch in case any powers were abused and civil liberties are abused by the executive branch. So there's a very legitimate issue here as to whether or not an American civil liberties were violated in the FISA process. We are the legislative branch of government. it is our job to conduct oversight on behalf of the American people of the executive branch, in case any powers were abused and civil liberties were abused by the executive branch. So there's a very legitmate issue her as to whether or not an American's civil liberties were violated in the FISA process. That's point number one. Point number two. This is a Paul Ryan: completely separate matter from Bob Mueller's investigation and his investigation should be allowed to take its course. Point number three, there may have been malfeasance by people at the FBI. And let me just let me finish my points. There may have been malfeasance at the FBI by certain individuals. So it is our job in conducting transparent oversight of the executive branch to get to the bottom of that. Sunshine is the best disinfectant. And so what we want is all of this information to come out so that transparency can reign supreme and accountability can occur. There's a fourth point I want to make and that is the institution of the DOJ (Department of Justice.Paul Ryan: Of the FBI is a very important institution for American life is a very important institution for keeping the rule of law intact."

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK++

4. SOUNDBITE (English): Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House:

"On a positive note, I'm excited to hear President Trump's state of the Union address tonight. And honestly the state of the Union is looking up. It's really encouraging to be able to come and hear an upbeat tone at a State of the Union this week 20th of these that I've sat in and I've got to tell you, to be able to hear a State of the Union as bright as it is right now is something that's very encouraging. Wages are rising, economic confidence is coming back to America, tax reform is the law of the land and it is playing a huge role in this transformation. As Steve just mentioned, just yesterday we heard from another major employer about investing another 50 billion dollars into this economy because of tax reform. Just a couple of weeks from now, 90 percent of American workers, 90 percent of American wage earners earners are going to see their paychecks get bigger as the IRS' new withholding tables are put into effect in February. This is a big deal."

++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK++

5. SOUNDBITE (English): Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House:

"So we're very excited. Economic confidence in America is at a 17-year-high while unemployment in America is at a 17-year-low. These are good things. This is a big deal for Americans across the country. We've got a lot more work to do and I'm looking forward to President Trump's speech tonight to find the way forward and get get more done for the American people in 2018."

6. Ryan and others walk out of room