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BILL CLINTON: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President--
RONALD REAGAN: Distinguished members--
GEORGE H.W. BUSH: Of the United States Congress--
GEORGE W. BUSH: Members of the Supreme Court--
GERALD FORD: Distinguished guests.
RICHARD NIXON: My fellow Americans--
JOHN F. KENNEDY: I can report to you--
LYNDON B. JOHNSON: The State-- GERALD FORD: --of the Union--
DONALD TRUMP: --is stronger than ever before.
GERALD FORD: Think for a minute how--
GEORGE H.W. BUSH: --far-- BILL CLINTON: We have--
JIMMY CARTER: --come--
GERALD FORD: --in 200 years.
RICHARD NIXON: We find ourselves challenged by new problems.
GERALD FORD: --in this country-- RONALD REAGAN: --at home--
BARACK OBAMA: And abroad.
DONALD TRUMP: Our values are renewed.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: There is demanded of us.
: Vigilance-- JIMMY CARTER: Determination--
JOHN F. KENNEDY: And dedication. BILL CLINTON: We must rise--
RICHARD NIXON: --to make-- JIMMY CARTER: --a nation--
GEORGE W. BUSH: --better than-- BILL CLINTON: --any we have--
BARACK OBAMA: --ever known. JOHN F. KENNEDY: For the road--
BARACK OBAMA: --has been-- JOHN F. KENNEDY: --long--
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: The burden RICHARD NIXON: --heavy--
JOHN F. KENNEDY: --and the pace--
- Urgent. GEORGE H.W. BUSH: This is not--
GEORGE W. BUSH: --going to-- BILL CLINTON: --be easy.
GERALD FORD: We have-- JOHN F. KENNEDY: --only begun.
- Let us have-- GEORGE W. BUSH: --the will--
HARRY TRUMAN: --and the patience RICHARD NIXON: --to do--
GERALD FORD: --this job-- BARACK OBAMA: -- together.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: We need many different kinds
of strength-- BARACK OBAMA: Military--
RONALD REAGAN: Economic-- GEORGE W. BUSH: Political--
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: --and moral.
RONALD REAGAN: Nothing-- GEORGE W. BUSH: --is impossible.
RONALD REAGAN: No-- BILL CLINTON: --Victory--
RONALD REAGAN: --is beyond our reach.
No-- GEORGE H.W. BUSH: --glory--
RONALD REAGAN: --will ever be too great.
GEORGE H.W. BUSH: : We--
GERALD FORD: --are Americans. GEORGE H.W. BUSH: : Part of--
BARACK OBAMA: --Something GEORGE W. BUSH: --larger--
GEORGE H.W. BUSH: : --than ourselves.
BARACK OBAMA: God bless RONALD REAGAN: --you and--
RICHARD NIXON: God-- GEORGE W. BUSH: --bless--
GEORGE H.W. BUSH: --the United States--
GERALD FORD: --of America.
BARACK OBAMA: Thank you.
God bless you.
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COY WIRE: Just like presidents before him,
many of those themes were discussed last night
when US President Joe Biden gave his annual State of the Union
address to Congress.
I'm Coy Wire.
This is CNN 10 reporting from Phoenix,
Arizona for you all week long.
The US Constitution does not require a president
to give this speech.
In fact, Article 2 Section 3 only says, quote,
"He shall from time to time give to the Congress information
of the State of the Union, and recommend
to their consideration such measures as he shall
judge necessary and expedient."
So, the fact that this speech happens every year,
that it's done in person, that it's televised,
and the fact that it's followed up by a response
from the opposing political party,
well, those are all traditions associated
with the State of the Union, not requirements
by the Constitution itself.
Still, the event is an opportunity for the US
President to tout what he sees as successes
by his administration.
And it's an opportunity for the opposing
party to lay out a different vision for the country.
This was President Biden's second official State
of the Union address, but it was his first given to a divided
Congress, after Republicans took control
of the House of Representatives following
last year's midterm elections.
Have a listen to some of the highlights of what
the president had to say.
JOE BIDEN: Folks, the story of America
is a story of progress and resilience,
of always moving forward, of never, ever giving up.
It's a story unique among all nations.
We're the only country that has emerged
from every crisis we've ever entered
stronger than we got into it.
Look folks, that's what we're doing again.
Two years ago, the economy is reeling.
I stand here tonight after we've created it
with the help of many people in this room 12 million new jobs--
more jobs created in two years than any president
has created in four years because of you all.
Because of the American people.
[CLAPPING AND CHEERING]
Two years ago--
[CLAPPING AND CHEERING]
In two years ago, COVID had shut down our businesses
were closed, our schools were robbed of so much,
and today, COVID no longer control our lives.
And two years ago, democracy faces greater threats
in Civil War and today, though bruised,
our democracy remains unbowed and unbroken.
[CLAPPING AND CHEERING]
As we gather here tonight, we're writing the next chapter
in the great American story-- a story
of progress and resilience.
When world leaders asked me to define America,
they do, believe it or not, I said I can define it
in one word, and I mean this.
Possibilities.
We don't think anything is beyond our capacity.
Everything is a possibility.
You know, we're often told that Democrats and Republicans
can't work together.
But over the past two years, we proved
the cynics and naysayers wrong.
Yes, we disagreed plenty, and yes, there were times
when Democrats went alone.
But time and again, Democrats and Republicans came together.
Came together to defend a stronger and safer Europe.
You came together to pass one-in-a-generation--
once-in-a-generation infrastructure law,
building bridges, connecting our nation, and our people.
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And in fact, I signed over 300 bipartisan pieces
of legislation since becoming president.
From reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act,
the Electoral Count Reform Act, the Respect for Marriage
Act that protects the right to marry the person you love,
and to my Republican friends, if we could work together
the last Congress, there's no reason
we can't work together and find consensus on important things
in this Congress as well.
[CLAPPING AND CHEERING]
I think--
Well folks, so let's look at the results.
We're not finished yet by any stretch of the imagination.
But unemployment rate is at 3.4%, a 50-year low.
[CLAPPING AND CHEERING]
Near-record, near-record unemployment.
[CLAPPING AND CHEERING]
Near-record unemployment for Black and Hispanic workers.
We've already created, your help, 800,000
good paying manufacturing jobs.
The fastest growth in 40 years.
So I've come to fulfill my constitutional obligation
to report in a State of the Union and here's my report.
Because the soul of this nation is strong,
because the backbone of this nation
is strong, because the people of this nation are strong,
the State of the Union is strong.
[CLAPPING AND CHEERING]
COY WIRE: Now, as for the tradition
of the opposing political party's response to the State
of the Union address, it started in the 1960s
and it's a speech given by Republicans when there's
a Democratic president, and by Democrats when
there's a Republican president.
Last night, the rebuttal came from Republican Governor, Sarah
Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas.
Sanders became Arkansas's first female governor after she
was elected in November.
SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS: From out-of-control inflation
and violent crime, to the dangerous border crisis
and threat from China, Biden and the Democrats have failed you.
They know it, and you know it.
And it's time for a change.
Tonight, let us reaffirm our commitment
to a timeless American idea that government
exists not to rule the people but to serve the people.
Democrats want to rule us with more government control.
But that's not who we are.
America is the greatest country the world has ever
known, because we're the freest country
the world has ever known, with a people
who are strong and resilient.
President Biden inherited the fastest economic recovery
on record, the most secure border
in history, cheap, abundant, homegrown energy, fast rising
wages, a rebuilt military, and a world that was stable
and at peace.
But over the last two years, Democrats destroyed it all.
A new generation of Republican leaders are stepping up,
not to be caretakers of the status quo,
but to be change makers for the American people.
We know not what the future holds,
but we know who holds the future in his hands.
And with God as our witness, we will show the world
that America is still the place where freedom reigns,
and liberty will never die.
Thank you.
God bless you, and God bless America.
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COY WIRE: Ten second trivia which of these painters
was known for his drip technique,
splashing paint onto a surface--
Salvador Dali, Jackson Pollock, Claude Monet, or Pablo Picasso?
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Modern American painter Jackson Pollock became famous for his,
look out, I'm about to splatter some paint
technique in the mid 1950s.
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And today's story getting a 10 out
of 10, an accidental art installation
on a highway in Australia.
Take a look at this.
A cargo truck on the highway lost control and spilled
more than 260 gallons of paint.
That's enough paint for hundreds of canvases
and aren't the results just so perfectly imperfect?
It turned the coastal area into a scene
that would certainly catch the attention of Jackson Pollock.
Hang this one in The Louvre, people.
All right.
I want to give a special shout out to Hyatts Middle School
in Powell, Ohio for the work of art
you've created in the comment section
of our CNN 10 YouTube channel, and
my @CoyWire social accounts.
Thanks for the love and go Eagles.
All right, my perfectly imperfect people out there.
Remember, of the nearly 8 billion people on this planet,
there is no one in the world like you.
I'm Coy Wire, and we are CNN 10.
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