director s voice: cut it! .what.what did i say? gecko? i said gecko? aw. for over 75 year.(laughs. but still trying to keep it contained) director s voice: keep it together. i m good. i m good. for over 75.(uncontrollable lahtuger). what are you doing there? stop making me laugh. vo: geico. saving people money for over seventy-five years. gecko: don t look at me. don t look at me. in traditional fashion, the president delivered his state of the union address at the capitol last night and today took to the road. he visited an auto parts manufacturer in north carolina. where he spoke about investing in the business of engineering and eliminating tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas. the president has since returned to the white house which is where we find kristen welker. kristen, good afternoon. the president laid out several proposals last night from raising the minimum wage to providing preschool education for every child in this country.
bottom and but i think what s most important and voters want to hear is what you going to do as president going forward and i think the president will be anxious to talk about bringing manufacturing jobs back from overseas and putting americans back to work, improving our educational system, recruiting and training math and science teachers to get our children prepared for those important jobs. those are goals. those are goals and mitt romney has goals. but when are no, no andrea specific. it is not a goal to end tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas and incentivize them to come back and create a million jobs in manufacturingp. we ve seen the greatest increase in manufacturing jobs in more than 20 years under this president. so we have a sense of what has to happen in order to bring those businesses back and create those jobs. those aren t goals. you know, reducing our dependence on foreign oil by increasing our domestic production incentivizing clean
fact that the president has been a failure when it comes to reigniting america s economy. the romney pushback with senior adviser ed gillespie, then obama campaign senior adviser david axelrod. and the states brace for federal cuts. the view from the governor s office with virginia republican bob mcdonnell and massachusetts democrat deval patrick. plus, floods, fires, and drought. what it means for farmers and your grocery bill with agriculture secretary tom vilsack. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. in an election about the economy, the obama campaign has made it a mission to discredit mitt romney s business k credentia credentials. recently it zeroed in on filings to the s.e.c. from bain company tal listing romney head of bain three years after he said he left bain. it s important because camp obama is using some of the bain investments during the disputed time against romney. i think most americans figure if you re the chairman, ceo, and presid
federal cuts. the view from the governor s office with virginia republican bob mcdonnell and massachusetts democrat deval patrick. plus, floods, fires, and drought. what it means for farmers and your grocery bill with agriculture secretary tom vilsack. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. in an election about the economy, the obama campaign has made it a mission to discredit mitt romney s business credentials. recently it zeroed in on filings to the s.e.c. from bain capital listing romney as head of bain, up to three years after romney says he left bain. it s important because camp obama is using some of the bain investments during the disputed time against romney. i think most americans figure if you re the chairman, ceo, and president of a company, that you are responsible for what that company does. obama s deputy campaign manager upped the ante considerably this week telling reporters the s.e.c. documents show essentially romney as either a liar or
now it s back at 13,000 it s a psychological lift that hopefully will be the first in a string of good things to come. perception. it s huge. and so many reasons. good to see that. the president s plan to overhaul the corporate tax code should be released sometime later today. the top corporate tax rate is about 35%. it s actually the second highest rate in the world behind only japan. few companies pay that rate, though, due to federal tax breaks. the obama administration wants to cut tax breaks to companies that move jobs overseas while lowering the overall tax rate for corporations. again, that plan released later today. on to the other story we re following this morning. the supreme court has decided to take a new look at the contentious issue of affirmative action. the question is should race continue to be a factor in college admissions? here s abc s terry moran. reporter: in 2008 abigail fisher, like thousands of young americans, applied to college. specifically the univ