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From The New York Times, it's The Headlines. I'm Tracey Mumford. Today's Wednesday, March 5th. Here's what we're covering.
To my fellow citizens, America is back.
Last night, President Trump delivered a forceful primetime address to Congress. It was the longest speech of its kind in modern presidential history. Over the course of an hour and 40 minutes, Trump went on a kind of defiant victory lap, celebrating the blitz of drastic changes he's made to domestic and foreign policy. My colleague Jonathan Swan was covering the speech.
It was contentious from the very beginning.
We won the popular vote by big numbers and won counties in our country.
Early in the speech, Democratic Representative Al Green of Texas stood up and started heckling Trump. He was waving his cane in the air.
Mr. Green, take your seat. Take your seat, sir.
And after multiple warnings from the speaker to be quiet, to respect the quorum, he just refused to sit down. He continued yelling.
Remove this gentleman from the chamber.
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