To sidestep those who get in the way. That was part of his state of the union speech. We have highlights with ken pritchett. If there was a threat running through tonights state of the union, it was the president vowing to go on his own if he cannot get cooperation. Speaker, the president of the United States. Reporter president obama began on an upbeat note, siting an improving economy. A rebounding housing market, a Manufacturing Sector thats adding jobs for the First Time Since the 1990s. But he gave credit to the American People not congress. And said he will go it alone if partisan stalemate continues to dominate washington. America does not standstill and neither will i. So whenever and wherever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more americans families thats what im going to do. Reporter the president did not lay out a bold new agenda for congress but asked them to take care of unfinished business. Lets get Immigration Reform done this year. Lets get
Running through tonights state of the union, it was the president vowing to go on his own if he cannot get cooperation. Speaker, the president of the United States. Reporter president obama began on an upbeat note, siting an improving economy. A rebounding housing market, a Manufacturing Sector thats adding jobs for the First Time Since the 1990s. But he gave credit to the American People not congress. And said he will go it alone if partisan stalemate continues to dominate washington. America does not standstill and neither will i. So whenever and wherever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more americans families thats what im going to do. Reporter the president did not lay out a bold new agenda for congress but asked them to take care of unfinished business. Lets get Immigration Reform done this year. Lets get it done. Its time. Reporter the president challenged republicans opposed to the new Health Care Law to come up with a better idea. But lets not hav
Dman bash and dan balz. Im candy crawley and this is the state of the union. Al qaeda is on the path to defeat and Osama Bin Laden is dead. Up against criticism the president s approach has been too hard on friends and too conciliatory to enemy sfwls the president s policies throughout the middle east began with an apology tour. Tomorrows debate the last before the election will focus solely on Foreign Policy. Its certain to include the specific, including the who knew what when questions surrounding the murders of four americans in benghazi to the big picture debate over americas role in the village. Joining me to the debate is Bill Richardson and newt gingrich. I want to get to that. But first i want to get just your remembrances of senator George Mcgovern who died today at the age of 90. In some ways he played a pivotal role in the democratic candidate in 72 in the midst of a war. He was a great statesman. I knew him quite well and im very saddened. I think he will be remembered obv
Bay area where he picks up tyler every afternoon. The family does live in fremont but tyler goes to school in belmont because they used to live here. Now, things to know when looking for him, his parents say that the teenager is autistic, has the mental capacity of an 8yearold and is somewhat antisocial. He was last seen wearing a gray zipup sweater, black jeans, black beanie and white shoes. Police are actively searching for him and friends and family searching for places where he is most likely to be. Its ongoing. Cate caugiran, kpix 5. San Francisco Police are looking for a missing San Francisco state student. 32yearold Bradley Bennett hasnt been in contact with his family in kentucky for more than three weeks. He was last seen in bear valley in the sierra on january 13 wearing a gray sweatshirt and jeans and police say he may look homeless with dirty clothes. Our director brought up a good point. Since that great karnow spot started rolling it hasnt rained an inch. Why do you have
Speech. Sure, its a thankless task. You end up trying to do something for your political party, and at the same time youll never be able to compete with the symbolism and stature and grandeur that goes into the state of union, and what you say usually gets lost because much of it is written before the president s transcript comes out and in addition you end up with a more memorable moment. Senator rubio, it was his water bottle. It has begun to snow outside in washington b. C. Oh, my. Yes, its coming down hard. You were keeping a time on the speech. How long was it . An hour and six minutes. It was a long one. We are figuring it was less that an hour. It took over an hour. We are about to hear the republican response from Cathy Mcmorris rogers. Lets listen. What an honour it is for me to be with you after the president s state of union. Foont tonight we honour america, a nation that has seen the gratest opportunities we have seen. A nation where we are not defined by our limits, but ou