Here's why a lot of women are wearing white to tonight's State of the Union ...

The House Democratic Women's Working Group is inviting female members of both parties to wear white to the State of the Union address as a symbol of solidarity.

"Wearing suffragette white is a respectful message of solidarity with women across the country, and a declaration that we will not go back on our hard-earned rights," Rep. Lois Frankel of Florida, the chair of the working group, told CNN.

Frankel pointed out there have never been as many Democratic women serving in Congress as there are today.

This won't be the first time: In 2017, the same group coordinated Democratic women wearing white to Trump's joint address to Congress. At the time, the women said they were wearing white not only in memory of the women's suffrage movement but also to show Trump their support for a number of issues affecting women, including affordable health care, reproductive rights and equal pay.

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Tuesday she has accepted an invitation to give the Democratic response to the State of the Union address.

Abrams has been talked about as a rising star in the Democratic Party. She gained a national following during her unsuccessful bid to become governor of Georgia last fall.

Abrams said last week that she is "honored" to give the Democratic response. Her spokesperson said Abrams would be the first black woman to give the Democratic response to the State of the Union.

An undocumented worker fired from President Trump's New Jersey golf club will be in attendance at the State of the Union address tonight.

Victorina Morales, a Guatemalan native, worked for years at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, before describing herself as an undocumented worker to The New York Times in December. She was ultimately terminated from her job and currently faces deportation.

Morales was invited to Trump's State of the Union address by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, a Democrat from New Jersey, which the congresswoman's office and Morales' attorney confirmed separately to CNN.

The Washington Post first reported the news of the invitation.

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President Trump attended a meeting with surrogates ahead of tonight's State of the Union address.

One of Trump's advisers, who also attended the meeting, said the President was so passionate about his desire for a barrier at the southern border, he even discussed the idea of painting the stretch of fencing where it meets the Pacific Ocean in San Diego. 

Trump, according to the adviser, said he doesn't like the way it looks, noting there is some graffiti on that section of the border fencing. Trump complained that a general informed him that painting that portion of the wall may not be possible as it could cause environmental harm. 

The source had said Trump didn't like the graffiti that was showing up on that section of the wall. 

Trump and his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, met with contractors at the White House to discuss building the border wall late last week, two sources with knowledge of the meeting told CNN. He also met with contractors on Monday, a day ahead of his State of the Union address, according to two people familiar with the meetings.

Some context: We're not sure if Trump's proposed border wall will come up during his speech tonight, but it was the key sticking point in the government shutdown that ultimately postponed this address.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disinvited Trump from giving his speech on Jan. 29 because of the partial government shutdown, which went into effect when Trump and Democrats couldn't agree on funding for a barrier on the border. While the shutdown ended on Jan. 25, the State of the Union was rescheduled for today.

The State of the Union address was postponed after President Trump and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spent a week writing letters back and forth. Pelosi's request to postpone the speech — and her eventual decision to disinvite Trump — came during the longest government shutdown in US history.

Here's a brief recap of how it all went down: