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Photo via CBS News. President Trump is delivering the State of the Union address Tuesday, Feb. 5, a week after the speech was initially scheduled Jan. 29. Mr. Trump agreed to postpone the speech at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s request, until after the partial government shutdown was over. The 35-day shutdown ended Jan. 25. How to watch the State of the Union What: President Trump’s State of the Union address Date: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 Time: 9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT Coverage starts: CBSN streams live at 5 p.m. ET Location: United States Capitol, chamber of the House of Representatives TV: Your local CBS station Live stream: Online on CBSN, the free news streaming service from CBS News FuboTV: Stream live TV with fuboTV and get a free one-week trial The annual State of the Union address by the president is considered a Washington institution. The president has appeared before a joint session of Congress every year since 1913, providing a constitutionally-mandated debrief on the country’s current political and economic status. Article II of the Constitution requires the president to “give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” Has the State of the Union been postponed before? Mr. Trump’s address will be only the second State of the Union speech to be postponed. President Ronald Reagan postponed the speech in 1986 by a week after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. What is the State of the Union? Article II of the Constitution requires the president to “give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” The language of the State of the Union clause is unspecific, saying only that the president must give the address “from time to time,” but historically, presidents have delivered the speech at the beginning of the year. Although Presidents George Washington and John Adams delivered their addresses to Congress in person, President Thomas Jefferson chose to write the address in a letter to Congress. He suggested he was doing Congress a favor by sending it to them in writing, showing “principal regard” because it was more convenient for lawmakers, saved time, and spared them “the embarrassment of immediate answers on subjects not fully before them.” Who is giving the State of the Union rebuttal for the Democrats? Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams will be giving the Democratic rebuttal to Mr. Trump’s address. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will give the Democratic response in Spanish. More 2019 State of the Union coverage What to know about the 2019 State of the Union address Trump signals he could declare national emergency for wall during State of the Union White House says Trump’s State of the Union address will be “traditional”