One day before president obama gives his state of the Union Address to congress and the nation there is now every indication the president s speech will focus extensively on the date of the middle class. Jobs are being created at the fastest clip in a decade the stock market is booming, up 168 in five years. When you add to all of that the financial boosts Many Americans are feeling thanks to plummeting Energy Prices but there is a public disconnect. A University Poll asked americans how much the upturn benefits their families. 32 said not much. And another 29 said not at all. To understand why the 61 said they feel the Strong Economy is passing them by you have to understand the middle sclasz today. Wages remain flat and household Median Income as fallen by as much as 8 since the recession, so with that in mind white house Officials Say in his state of the union speech president obama will propose tax hikes on the rich and fees to Fund Programs benefiting the middle class, the total b
One day before president obama gives his state of the Union Address to congress and the nation there is now every indication the president s speech will focus extensively on the date of the middle class. Jobs are being created at the fastest clip in a decade, the stock market is booming, up 168 in five years. When you add to all of that, the financial boosts Many Americans are feeling thanks to plummeting energy prices, but there is a public disconnect. A University Poll asked americans how much the upturn benefits their families. 32 said not much. And another 29 said not at all. To understand why the 61 said they feel the Strong Economy is passing them by, you have to understand the middle sclasz today. Wages remain flat, and household Median Income as fallen by as much as 8 since the recession, so with that in mind, white house Officials Say in his state of the union speech president obama will propose tax hikes on the rich, and fees to Fund Programs benefiting the middle class, the
In 2014 unrest swept the nations poor minorities in cities, and most strikingly in suburbs around the country. In ferguson, missouri, things came to the fore when a white Police Officer shot and killed a black young man, michael brown. Deep divide between americas minorities and law enforcement. He needs to address an emerging dynamic, the tale of two americas in its suburbs. Fires raged in ferguson. We will fall to our knees. Dont shoot. Ftc. Fury and violence over the shooting death of an unarmed teen, michael brown, by a cop, that the grand jury chose not to in president obama said its time bring an end to these kind o pub c transpedtas. Nd even political representation. A trend that continues to grow worse. The population in suburbs hasbeen growing faster for some time. The myth of americas white picket fence suburbs has yet to catch up with the reality of just how much the reality of geography has shifted. Suburbs in the nations largest metro areas have seen their population grow
Im ali velshi and this is the special report on the state of the union. Six years since esince taking Office President obama goes before the congress and the nation to give his state of the Union Address. No doubt the states of the economy has improved with the economy shedsing 798,000 jobs, this is back in january of 2009, thats the month that president obama took office. Well the president came into office during the worst recession since the great depression. 4. 3 million jobs were lost during his first year in office. Coming off of president bushs last year in office. Since 2010 monthly jobs have gone up panned, more than yoaf setting l all the jobs lost during the recession. Despite this, there is a disconnect with the public. A new Al Jazeera Americamonmouth University Poll has asked the American Public how much this has upset their lives, they said not much if not at all. Carl williams is a math specialist earns more than 100,000 a year to support their blendfamily of six. I act
Much a final warning for us that its coming here that these types of attacks will come here. And we have to be prepared for them. And i think the benefits in new york city is, weve been there. Weve experienced it in a worse way than anyone in the world, really, as far as terrorist attacks go. Yeah, but this is a whole different ball game because we had 9 11. Everybody understands that, and the word is, thats still on the Planning Board for them to do a mass casualty attack. But this but the attack in paris the attack of the Police Officers here in new york, you cant stay on alert for a long period the human condition. We cant be on alert for more than limited periods of time. Heres the problem youre going to be. You have to be. You have to live now like they live in israel. You have to live now like they live in other places around the globe. Then we lost. They won. Theyre going to win if we dont do what we have to do. We have to fight this abroad or here. At the end of the day, a lot