President Joe Biden has delivered his first speech to Congress as the 46th President of the United States.
The speech on Wednesday (April 28) comes half a decade after the president, 78, first entered congress as a senator and was the first time in American history where two women have sat behind the president as he gave his speech.
These are the five most important moments from the historic address.
1. Harris and Pelosi's positionsPresident Biden was flanked by the House speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, and Vice-President Kamala Harris, who was a California senator before running for her current position.
The president introduced the two women as "Madam Vice-President, Madam Speaker" and said: "No president has ever said those words from this podium - no president has ever said those words, and it's about time!"
He then began his speech by subtly referencing his predecessor, Donald Trump, explaining that he "inherited a nation in crisis".
"Now, after just 100 days, I can report to the nation: America is on the move again," he said.
"America is rising anew. Choosing hope over fear. Truth over lies. Light over darkness. After 100 days of rescue and renewal, America is ready for take off. We are working again. Dreaming again. Discovering again. Leading the world again."
The president then addressed the death of George Floyd at the hand of a police officer in his speech, saying: "We have all seen the knee of injustice on the neck of Black America."
"We won't ignore what our own intelligence agencies have determined - the most lethal terrorist threat to the homeland today is from white supremacist terrorism."
However, while the president addressed the increased racial tensions in the US, he also made a point of praising the police saying that "most men and women in uniform wear their badge and serve their communities honorably".
But he added that efforts will be made "to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the people they serve, to root out systemic racism in our criminal justice system".
Biden's speech gave particular focus to the plans he has for overhauling infrastructure and social programs in the US, which he plans to fund by taxing the super wealthy.
"It's time for corporate America and the wealthiest 1% of Americans to pay their fair share. Just pay their fair share," he said.
He said that the new plans would "reward work, not wealth" and affect "three-tenths of 1% of all Americans".
The president also vowed to crack down on millionaires and billionaires who engage in tax evasion.
"Look, I'm not out to punish anyone - but I will not add to the tax burden of the middle class of this country," Biden said. "What I've proposed is fair."
Biden concluded his speech to congress by stating that the US must prove that democracy still works, bringing up the events of January 6 when Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol Building to protest the result of the 2020 election.
"Can our democracy deliver on the most pressing needs of our people? Can our democracy overcome the lies, anger, hate and fears that have pulled us apart? America's adversaries - the autocrats of the world - are betting it can't," Biden said.
"They believe we are too full of anger and division and rage. They look at the images of the mob that assaulted this Capitol as proof that the sun is setting on American democracy.
"They are wrong. And we have to prove them wrong. We have to prove democracy still works."
