america, that our government has to invest in innovation. shepard: he joked that he was not in wisconsin because he lost a bet. you may recall the president in a speech called a bears fan and the packers bean the bears on sunday. and now, our reporter is with the president on the road in wisconsin. why wisconsin, wendell? reporter: the president came hour to showcase his state of the union push to grow the economy by innovating and outbuilding the rest of the world and visited three factories here in wisconsin, one that makes high efficiency lighting and solar panels and another makes wind turbines and a third that opened last year that makes aluminum when not many businesses were opening last year. all three factories are growing. all three factories are hiring. and to answer republican criticism of the address that focused more on spending than cutting the deficit, the