Presidential: A somewhat subdued President Trump spoke to a joint session of Congress last night, laying out his plans for bulking up national defense, building a border wall, rebuilding the national infrastructure, and replacing Obamacare. He appeared to have finally left the campaign trail and turned to the work of governing, although he didn’t explain how he plans to pay for everything he wants.

Trump called for national unity and an end to petty partisan politics, although his is one of the most ideologically divisive administrations in recent history. He promised, “Dying industries will come roaring back to life. Heroic veterans will get the care they so desperately need. Our military will be given the resources its brave warriors so richly deserve.”

He promised a “massive” tax cut for the middle class.

  In a moment that was both highly emotional and political, Trump recognized Carryn Owens, the widow of Ryan Owens, the Navy SEAL killed during a commando raid that the president authorized in Yemen. Ms. Owens sobbed as Trump said, “Ryan’s legacy is etched into eternity.”

The President said he had been assured that the controversial raid was a “highly successful raid that generated large amounts of vital intelligence.”

The applause for Ms. Owens went on for several minutes.

Obama’s Fault: Presidents like to blame former presidents for their troubles, but President Trump said on Fox News yesterday that he actually thinks former President Obama is behind the leaks coming out of the government under Trump. “No, I think that President Obama is behind it because his people are certainly behind it,” Trump said.

The president also said yesterday that a recent spate of anti-Semitic incidents around the country could be “false flag” attacks engineered by his political opponents to make him look bad. Of course, it could also be that the president has loosed an atmosphere of racial and religious hatred upon the country.

And somewhat buried in yesterday’s news, Trump said at a meeting with network news anchors that he was considering establishment of a legal status for illegal immigrants that would not lead to citizenship.

He Went to Jared: Stock in Sterling Jewelry, which owns the Kay, Zales, and Jared jewelry chains, took a dive yesterday after a Washington Post report about systematic sexual harassment of women who work for the company. The Post reports that, “About 250 former employees allege in sworn statements that women were routinely groped, demeaned and urged to sexually cater to their bosses to remain employed.”

The complaints have grown into a class action lawsuit representing 69,000 current and former employees.

Heavy Weather: Three people died yesterday as a strung of tornadoes hit several Midwestern states. One man was killed south of Perryville, Missouri, when tornado spun 20 vehicles from a junkyard onto the Interstate. Another man in Ottawa, Ill. Was killed by a falling tree.

Exploding Career: The acting head of the Samsung electronics giant, Lee Jae-yong, has been charged with bribery and embezzlement in connection with the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea’s president. The company was found to have given $36 million to a close associate of former President Park Geun-hye in expectation of favorable treatment for a corporate merger.

The Obit Page: Joseph A. Wapner, the original reality television judge, died over the weekend at age 97. Wapner presided over “The People’s Court” from 1981 to 1993.

Wapner had been a Los Angeles Municipal Court and a Superior Court judge before he retired and was tapped for television.

One Star: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has apologized for getting into a heated  argument with an Uber driver who was complaining about Uber lowering pay for drivers.

Kalanick told the driver Fawzi Kamel that he should take responsibility for his own problems. Kalanick used obscenity in the exchange that was caught on video. Kamel gave Kalanick a one star rating as a customer.

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