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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
Instead of better. President obama did not mention any gop president ial candidates by name. But warned against rhetoric over islam. obama when politicians insult muslims. That doesnt make us safer. Thats not telling us like it is. Its just wrong. It diminishes us in the eyes of the world. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley gave the republican response. Echoing the president s calls to calm the anti muslim rhetoric. gov nikki haley rsc no one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome. The republican governor did give a critical view of president obamas record on the economy haley were feeling a crushing national debt, a Health Care Plan that has made insurance less affordable. standup weijia jiang cbs news washington, d. C. reaction to the state of the union from the campaign trail was swift, with trump taking to twitter calling the president s address here in washington boring, slow texas senator ted cruz, who opted to skip the
This incident occurred in january of 2015. Near tropicana and industrial. Scavone was fired the following september. We are still waiting to learn if and when scavones body cam footage will be released. 8 news now will continue to keep you updated on both of these developing stories. Kirsten Joyce president obama delivered his final state of the Union Address last night. In it, he laid out his agenda for what he hopes will be a busy 8th year in office. Karin caifa has the highlights from capitol hill mr. Speaker, the president of the United States president obamas final state of the Union Address struck an optimistic tone. Combining an ambitious agenda with a sense of hope for the future. president barack obama i dont want to talk just about the next year. I want to focus on te next five years, ten years, and beyond. The president addressed some of the division in congress and democracy grinds to a halt without a willingness to compromise with recent terror attacks on the minds of many
Problem was brandon bostian, and the problem remains his changing story. In a interview with investigators, three days after the crash, bostian says, quote, the last memory i have is approaching and passing the platforms in north philadelphia. But six months later, in a second interview, bostian says a couple of prominent scenes have now come back to him. And remembers accelerating and then realizing a mistake applying the brakes. It was too late. Amtrak train 188 was traveling at more than twice the post dollars speed limit, when it hit a sharp curve at frankford junction, northbound, out of 30th street station. The train left the tracks and landed in a mangled heep killing eight passengers and injuring 200 others. Bob hewett was among those injured. I broke over 20 ribs. I think it was 27 rib fractures in all. Couple of small spinal fractures. Hip fracture, my entire head was split open. When we spoke to hewett back in november he was unaware of bostians second interview and improved