UPDATE 1/23/19 @ 4:48 p.m.

President Donald Trump says he is planning to deliver his State of the Union address next week in front of a joint session of Congress - despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's request that he delay.

Trump issued a letter to Pelosi on Wednesday. In it he dismisses her suggestion the speech should be postponed or delivered in writing due to security issues related to the partial government shutdown. Declaring there are "no security concerns," Trump says he will fulfill his "Constitutional duty."

Trump adds that it would be "so very sad" for the country if the address is not given as planned on Jan. 29.

Pelosi last week cited the impact of the ongoing shutdown on the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Secret Service. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said the agencies were prepared to support the speech.

ORIGINAL STORY 1/23/19

The governor of West Virginia is extending an invitation to President Donald Trump. Gov. Jim Justice says he is offering to host the president's State of the Union address.

Justice's office sent out a press release Wednesday that says the governor called the president on Tuesday, inviting Trump to give the address in Charleston, West Virginia.

“I called the President yesterday to convey our invitation for him to come to West Virginia to give the State of the Union Address in our State Capitol," stated Justice. "Giving the speech in a state full of people who love their country would truly reflect his focus on the forgotten men and women of America."

Justice says he consulted West Virginia Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw (R-Clay, 33) before reaching out to President Trump. He says Hanshaw "expressed full support."

“No matter where he chooses to have the speech, I want the President to know that he is always welcome in the Great State of West Virginia.”