republican presidential date right here on msnbc, but now the president will unveil the jobs plan on the first night of the nfl season. here is jay carney today. our intent was for the president to address a joint session of congress as soon as they recessed. this is not a political back and forth. the president is wanting to speak to congress and to the people about the need to do things to create jobs to get the economy going. kristen welker is live from the white house this today, and we heard from dan pheifer saying that the president s speech will not interfere with the packers and giants kickoff. well, it is not their intention to get into the middle or any way push back that speech, so they are being mindful of that, but the details are being worked out. but as you say, it was a dust-up, and the white house ready to pivot away from the dust-up saying they want to focus on the major speech that the president is going to give next week. we of course don t know spe