From New York Times, I'm Michael Babarro.

This is the Daily.

In his first address to Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump took a highly partisan victory

lap as Democratic lawmakers openly protested against him.

Today, my colleague, Maggie Haberman, walks us through the speech and the reactions to it in the room.

The It's Wednesday.

It's Wednesday.

March 5th.

So, Maggie, are you ready to begin?

I am, Michael.

Okay.

Well, thank you for joining us at 1140 p.m.

1141, and thank you for having me.

Thank you for correcting my time stamping. It only feels appropriate.

So, Maggie, describe the scene for us on the House floor as all of this gets underway on Tuesday night.

Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States.

So, Michael, about 15 minutes after 9 p.m., the announcement goes out that the President of the United

States is going to be walking in. Already, this is a different setting than we are used to

for this kind of a speech, because normally there is an escort committee. It's a bipartisan

escort committee. Right. And Democrats help walk in the Republican president. Republican members

help walk in a Democratic president. This year, Democrats decided not to be part of that committee.

So right away, this was a new moment. And newly partisan. And newly partisan. And

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