The speech was on live TV. Too bad you missed it, I didn't!
Was it in the evening or during the day?
It was on live around 10:30am ET or so. GWB has always given these fabulous speeches during weekdays - in the middle of the day - when most people are at work or at school. I think only news/political junkies like us see them IF we happen to be around a television during the day.
I've been complaining for the last six years that GWB needs to do speeches like this during prime time. I think his poll ratings and - more importantly - the country's attitude toward him and the War on Terrorism would dramatically improve if he "sold" his ideas on a regular basis to the American people the way Clintoon did...