Middle class, the middle class starts to enjoy the fruits of this economic recovery. Senior White House Correspondent jim acosta has the details. Reporter john and christine, this was not a speech from a president who sees himself as a lame duck. In his state of the Union Address, president obama came out and declared the nations economy as on the rise but he also offered up his prescription for lifting up the middle class raising taxes and fees on the wealthy and big banks in exchange for new tax breaks for middleincome earners. Now, as part of the president s middle class economics theme, the president also talked about his plan for Free Community college, but he also covered other subjects. He asked lawmakers to give him a vote to authorize force on isis. He called on congress to lift the embargo on cuba slammed the Keystone Pipeline vowed to Iran Legislation and vowed to turn politics away from 9 11 and the financial crisis and toward the future. Heres what the president had to say