Contribute to our culture, they make our country a more attractive place for businesses to locate and bring jobs for everybody. So lets get Immigration Reform one this year. Lets get it done. Its time. The ideas i have outline sod far can speed up growth and create more jobs but in this rapidly changing economy, we have to make sure that every american has the skills to fill those jobs. The good news is, we know how to do it. Two years ago, as the Auto Industry came roaring back, andra rush opened up a Manufacturing Firm in detroit. She knew that ford needed parts for the bestselling truck in america and she knew how to make those parts. She just needed the work force. So she dialed up what we call an american job center, places where folks can walk in to get the help or training they need to find a new job or a better job. She was flooded with new workers. Today, Detroit Manufacturing Systems has more than 700 employees. What andra and her employees experienced is how it should be for
When both parties do come together, though both will not show the same reaction tonight to what is the president s fifth state of the union address. He walks into the Chamber Tonight presiding over a better u. S. Economy than when he took over the job, though with millions struggling, youll hear him talk about income inequality tonight as we watch the first lady enter. He will talk about education and immigration and minimum wage, and hell talk about health care now that there has been a leveling off after a rough launch. This night traditionally one part status report on our nation, one part wish list for the future of our nation. Its that second component that has become so tough with our politics so fractured. And were just seeing the entry, as weve been talking, of the first lady into the box on the second floor of the inside of the House Chamber. She passed by dr. Jill biden. All of the various guests arranged there and by invitation. Chuck todd, the last thing we mentioned, and i
Of the Union Address continues with the republican response. Here again is scott pelley. Pelley now the republicans will give us their view of the state of the union. Speaking for them is representative Kathy Mcmorris rodgers of Washington State. She chairs the house g. O. P. Conference which means she ranks fourth in the house leadership. Shes married to a retired naval officer, they have three young children, including a twomonthold. What an honor it is for me to be with you after the president s state of the union. Tonight we honor america, a nation that has witnessed the greatest rise of freedom and opportunity our world has ever seen. A nation where we are not defined by our limits but by our potential, and a nation where a girl who worked at the mcdonalds drive through to help pay for college can be with you from the United States capitol. But the most important moments right now arent happening here, theyre not in the oval office or in the house chamber, theyre in your homes, ki
Blackwell of policylink and Michael Tanner of the cato institute. Ifill here with us now, as they will be throughout the evening, our own shields and brooks. Syndicated columnist mark shields and New York Times columnist david brooks. 7 so, gentlemen, put on your prognostication hats. What do you expect tonight . It wont be f. D. R. s new deal. Were not looking at the 100 days here. Were looking at modesty, theme of opportunity, discussion of the executive order. Immigration will be bigger, probably a few threats on the debt ceiling somake sure congress doesnt put us in default, but not look at a gigantic agenda. Im most interested in the tone. I think the president a nation that is severely pessimistic, has been now in the wrong direction rather than on the right track for 10 years now. The sense of pesmism is pervasive, and i want to see if the president can connect with people beyond the room tonight. Woodruff is there a defensiveness already setting in with this state of the union
It is day 5 of the open conflict between israel and palestinians in gaza. This afternoon, Israeli Forces destroyed a site where four rockets had been fired toward tel aviv. There has been a flury of diplomatic activity. As it stands, 150 people have been killed in nearly and nearly a thousand have been hurt. The military wing of hamas issued a warning to israel earlier today. Now, the israeli army is warning northern gaza residents to leave their homes for their own safety. Nick schifrin is joining us from gaza. What seems to be the dramatic escalation to the violence in the last hour . What can you tell us . Reporter well, what you hear behind me perhaps is that ambulance, and that is whats happening in the last hour. There have been a large number of very big israeli strikes on the gaza. Some from the sea. Some from the air. Above us, i can hear drones flying ahead. What happened is as you just laid it out, about 8 00 oclock local, the military wing of hamas said they would attack te