President Donald Trump steps to the podium to begin his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018. Behind Trump are Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

Live Blog: State of the Union

January 30, 2018 5:16 PM update January 30, 2018 11:23 PM

President Donald Trump is delivering his first State of the Union address. His address is highlighting a strong economy and call for bipartisan action on immigration. The televised speech before a joint session of Congress comes a year after Trump took office and about a week after a three-day government shutdown spawned by a fight over the federal government budget and how to deal with hundreds of thousands of immigrants who years ago came to the country illegally as children.

President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol to a joint session of Congress, Jan. 30, 2018 in Washington.

Trump ends his address with: "As long as we have confidence in our values, faith in our citizens, and trust in our God, we will not fail. Our families will thrive. Our people will prosper. And our Nation will forever be safe and strong and proud and mighty and free. Thank you, and God bless America."

Congressman Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts delivered the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union. He spoke from Fall River, Massachusetts, saying, the town is "a proud American city, built by immigrants. From textiles to robots, this is a place that knows how to make great things."

In a wrap-up of the State of the Union address, what were Donald Trump’s foreign policy priorities? Here’s a look, as viewed by the number of sentences he dedicated to each country:

Afghanistan: two sentences

Iran: three sentences

China/Russia: one shared sentence

Israel: one sentence

North Korea: 32 sentences

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Live Blog: State of the Union