Trump Delivers State Of The Union, Economic Focus, Aviation Safety Bill

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<p class="readrate">President Trump touted the beginnings of an American revival during his State of the Union address.<font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font>He talked about a “turnaround for the ages,” in a record-length speech filled with exaggeration.<p class="readrate">And a bipartisan aviation safety bill failed to advance in Congress after the Pentagon withdrew its support.<p class="readrate"><em>Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a><em> to the Up First newsletter.</em><p class="readrate">Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Rebekah Metzler, Rafael Nam, Russell Lewis, HJ Mai and Adriana Gallardo.<p class="readrate">It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas.<p class="readrate">Our director is Christopher Thomas.We get engineering support from Neisha Heines. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.<br/><br/>And our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin<em>.</em><br/><br/>(0:00) Introduction<br>(01:54) Trump Delivers State Of The Union<br>(05:34) What Trump Had To Say About The Economy<br>(09:34) Aviation Safety Bill<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>