had. the dynasties they had then. i think it s going to be more moderate, but i m hopeful that it will at least be sufficient. hope you notice that healthy greek salad, but it was the last meal on the state of the union budget, so i tried the onion rings, as well. president obama resets his agenda. jobs must be our number one focus in 2010. and he and his party regain the initiative or will republicans thrive in the election year policy battles. two exclusive interviews we ll talk to robert gibbs and we ll go inside the gop strategy with the senate s top republican, mitch mcconnell. he says president obama finally gets it when it comes to making job creation priority number one. influential labor leader richard trumka gets the last word. this is the state of the union report for sunday, january 31st. we spend much of this sunday exploring whether this new talk of bipartisanship from the president and his republican opposition will blossom into true partnership or tu
the dow losing about 300 points in january. which has market pros worried about february and pretty much the rest of the year. here s why. almost eight out of ten times, as january goes, so goes the rest of the year. even as we learned we closed with a bang the final through months of last year, the economy booming near 6%. the president and congress says their spending did that. tonight the congressman who wants to see them do more of that. welcome, everybody. forget about digging in the leftover tarp for jobs. not 30 billion-dollar, $155 billion. whatever is in it spend as much as you canned the guy pushing for it is massachusetts democratic congressman mike capalano. i find that surprising given what happened with scott brown but explain. i think that the top money has been borrowed and it s already there and right now we need most importantly a creation of jobs and i don t see why we should borrow more or tax more. the money is sitting there and we should use it to cr
plan for high-speed railways across the united states. as he put it, massive infrastructure problems are a number of ways to get americans back to work. has to be our number one priority in 2010. [ applause ] the true engines of job creation here in america are america s business. with one in ten americans out of a job and millions struggling to make end meet it s clear folks want results. wendell is traveling with the president in tampa. wendell, hello? administration officials call the $8 billion seed money for a nationwide investment in high-speed rails. it will eventually launch 13 project, including one that will link the bedroom communities in tampa with the theme parks in orlando, also link los angeles and anaheim, chicago and st. louis and improve amtrak s northeast corridor joining washington, new york and boston. it won t produce jobs fast enough for the president s critics or produce a lot of jobs this year. the president has picked up in tampa where he left
not that we know of anyway. president obama on his way to florida. his message is all about the economy which took up much of the state of the union address and he ll announce plans to begin developing a nationwide high speed rail system. $8 billion of your tax money up for grabs in florida, to get a big chunk and florida could get a big chunk of that, that is the beginning as the president fights to keep his ambitious plans on track, our major garrett is live at the white house for us. part of a cabinet-wide push for the president s agenda with marching orders to be delivered tomorrow. at the white house. huh, major? reporter: that s right, jon, the president and vice president will be in florida, to award $1 billion in stimulus funding for a high speed rail track in florida from tampa to orlando. and the president says he ll seek an extra $5 million for high speed rail development in the future, through the annual budget process, all of that in florida, in new hamps
program. tonight, you can forget about the spending freeze. honestly, it s meaningless. when you say what this president has done, it will boggle your mind. in a few hours, the president will spend a lot of time talking about it. you have to be fiscally responsible. you are going to listen to a lot of people going absolutely, yeah! they re applauding. i m going to save you the trouble. you want to freeze something? try this. snickers bar or margarita, as recovering alcoholic. looking at the news i could use a drink. until the administration is ready to take a serious look at the debt, the only thing worth freezing is leftover carville ice cream cake. wait a minute, actually that sounds good right now. really, doesn t it? c mon, let s go! > glenn: hello, america. tonight our commander in chief will stand before you with a completely straight face and kick off a campaign on fiscal disciplindiscipline. [ coughing ] i have to tell you, i had a really hard time buying that