Trump Could Declare National Emergency in First National Address

President said he will focus on 'humanitarian and national security crisis' at the southwest border, plans to visit border on Thursday

President Donald Trump (C) is shown border wall prototypes in San Diego, California on March 13, 2018. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump will address the nation in a broadcast at 9 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 8, according to a post on Twitter. It will be Trump’s first such address from the Oval Office.

Trump has hinted at the possibility of using emergency powers to get funding for the border wall if the deadlock with Congress isn’t broken.