Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's David Axelrod, Gloria Borger, lobbyist David Urban, Van Jones, John King about President Trump at the State of the Union. [AXELROD, BORGER, URBAN, JONES, KING - offer views on Trump's approach to the speech at a time of tension with the Congress & with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, how it is an opportunity to tout his accomplishments, how he will ask are you better off, how the economy is up but the society is coming apart, how the speech is about the base & moving the margins to keep key states.]

(Studio: Anderson Cooper; White House: Dana Bash) A 7:33:40, the senators coming down to the hall; scenes shown of them going by together.

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion continued with CNN's David Axelrod, Gloria Borger, lobbyist David Urban, Van Jones, John King, Rick Santorum, Nia-Malika Henderson, Jennifer Granholm about President Trump at the State of the Union; inset scenes shown from the House floor. [SANTORUM, HENDERSON, GRANHOLM, AXELROD, BORGER, URBAN, JONES, KING - offer views on how Trump will stick to the script, what the Democrats will do in interaction, how he will appeal to new voters--maybe; on the question of can we do it {Trump} four more years, on Trump's form & tone of populism, other issues to be raised, his argument for re-election, how he will be seen as reasonable in this setting: another side of him, what he has done that makes people feel "unsafe",on the health care argument, how the new governor of Michigan will give the Democratic response, on whether he can pick up votes among suburban women, on his economic appeal.] Note: 7:35: the Trumps leave the White House; later, the House floor scene.