3 bill this afternoon president obama sits down in the living room of an omaha family to chat about the vision he laid out in last nights state of the Union Address. samantha but. Republicans argue that its not much of a vision at all. And they cant wait to share their own. Tracie potts is on capitol hill this morning with the obama team is headed. 3 new this am swoosh sound 3 sot president barack obama no super 00 07 anyone claiming that americas economy is in decline is peddling fiction. Even with millions still struggling, president obama says americas economy is strong. 14 million new jobsa the auto industrys best year. He defended his fight against isis sot president barack obama no super 19 25 if you doubt americas commitmentaaor mineaato see that justice is done, ask osama bin laden. washington d. C. Or capitol hill or the House Chamber 26 32 hes urging congress to approve the transpacific trade deal, lift the embargo against cuba, and act on Climate Change he touted the Iran Nu
Our top story oil prices. Rising for the first time in 8 days. Among reasons the American Institute says u. S. Crude stocks fell last week dropping by 3. 9 million barrels. Oil prices right now, up about 2. 5 for wti, 31. 2. Well have more on that story in a minute along with what the Energy Expert told cnbc this morning about where he sees prices going from here. But first heres the other big stories. China central bank holding the line again on the currency of the yuan for the fourth straight session. They did come out better than expected overnight on exports. Till shares in china couldnt hold on to early gains. They dropped in another late session sell off. But we did see green arrows in the rest of asia. The nikkei posted the first gain of 2016 thanks in part to the weaker yen which were seeing in todays session. The yen surging up 2 so far for the year that was a concern for stocks everywhere. Some relief there in hong kong as well. Perhaps the stability of the currency has been
Than 14 million new jobs; the strongest two years of job growth since the 90s; an Unemployment Rate cut in half. He expressed frustration with the growing political divide and himself, president barack obama i have no doubt a president with the gifts of lincoln or roosevelt might have better bridged the divide. Though he couldnt resist a few notsoveiled swipes at republican frontrunner donald trump, president barack obama all the talk of americas economic decline is hot air. Overall, the president used the state of the union as a call to action. president barack obama i believe in change, because i believe in you the American People and thats why i stand here as confident as ive ever been, that the state of our union is strong. brian loftus south gave the republican response. She disagreed with the president when it came to his record on the economy. nikki haley were feeling a crushing national debt, a Health Care Plan that has made insurance less affordable. And doctors less available
Good afternoon. Glad budget could be with us on this wednesday afternoon. Be parts of universal snowfall, whats in store for the rest of the weekend into the weekend. Show you a lot of luck from the roofcam of downtown cleveland. It looks very nice and calm and thats a good thing. Go outside with a first look with aj colby. To the east, there is still some snowfall but not nearly as bad as earlier this morning when iter was coming out at one 2 inches per hour of stop glass and snow amounts in just a minute but first of all, on stormfox Doppler Radar you can see the snowflakesr out flank, is still snowing lightly from euclid up to painesville, madison and geneva on the lake. According to reports, from the weather service, pierpont, 11 inches of snowfall on the ground, euclid over11 half a foot. Banco 1 foot, and banter, 11 inches. Perry township nine this wicked weather simply makes it tough to drive for many people especially on the side in the snowbelt regione, jessica dill has been h
Know. S the america i thats the country we love. Clear eyed, bighearted, undaunted by challenge, optimistic that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. That is what makes me so hopeful. Bout our future i believe in change because i believe in you, the American People. Here aswhy i stand confident as i have ever been that the state of our union is strong. , god you, god bless you bless the United States of america. [applause] great job, mr. President. Great to meet you. Pres. Obama thank you so much. Thank you. Happy new year. Pres. Obama this one, you should probably send in. It works. I want to make sure that it does work. Thank you. Appreciate you. Pres. Obama hey appreciate it. Really inspiring. Magnificent. Obama he definitely would have been. John lewis, i love you. Lewis i love you, too. Pres. Obama happy new year, everybody. [indiscernible] while just sent this in . Why dont you just said this in . On the christmas pictures, send them and that we will giv