months of private sector job growth and how the democrats have stayed the course to do the stimulus package, to see it through and what we can do the rest of the year. there will be some big plans, big vision about what we need to do as a country over the next five and ten years, but a lot of house members want this president to get down to the devil in the detail how heavy a lift this has been, and how bad they want this next stimulus package, meaning an infrastructure package, to go through and how that will create jobs. and i think, also, you re going to see something very interesting develop tonight. a story that we did the ed show about the chester school district in pennsylvania has caught the attention of the white house. the very teacher that we interviewed, sara ferguson will be sitting with the first lady tonight, right near her. she was invited to this state of the union speech tonight. and i don t know exactly how the president is going to present this, but i do know that
public school teachers in this country work for nothing certainly gets on the priority list of how we have to fund our infrastructure and make sure our priority list is correct in this country. so those are a couple of things we can look forward to tonight. ed schultz when i saw the guest list and saw sara ferguson would be there, i googled her, the first thing i found was what i thought i remembered, was her on your show. you did more than anybody to bring that story to national prominence. that will be fascinating to see how that fits in the speech tonight, ed. congratulations. thank you. we ll hear from ed later tonight an will be hosting a special live edition of the ed show at 11:00 tonight. here is lawrence o donnell, also a former staff director of the senate finance committee. when we talk taxes, you have to listen to him. reverendal sharpton, a former
even with his young children at his feet. and good evening, from the nation s capital. the president preparing, at this moment, for his crucial state of the union address. and a giant audience will be watching, as he lays out his plans in this election year. he has been huddled with his team, writing and rewriting. and some of the topics sure to be front and center are jobs, taxes and questions of fairness. as, on this day, republican mitt romney made headlines of his own, with his tax returns, finally made public. we ve had a chance to go over them. and abc s david muir spent the day with the romney campaign, reporting in from orlando, florida, tonight. david? reporter: diane, good evening. for the first time in a month, in the daily gallup tracking poll, newt gingrich is now inching ahead of mitt romney. and from mitt romney tonight, something we haven t seen before. not in his race for senate. not in his race for governor. as you mentioned, diane, we re now seeing his
[ applause ] state of the union night. on this night with this speech, presidencies can be defined for generations to come. the great society asked not how much but how good. not only how fast we are going, but where we are headed. from this platform presidents take aim at critics, in times of national upheaval. i believe the time has come to bring that investigation and the other investigations of this matter to an end. one year of watergate is enough. it s here on this night that presidents try to inspire the nation. we do big things. from the earliest days of our founding, america has been the story of ordinary people who dare to dream. that s how we win the future. we do big things. over the last half century, this speech, the state of the union, has been used by presidents to state their piece on war, viet nam in 1965. what is at stake is the cause of freedom. and in that cause, america will never be found wanting. [ applause ] gulf war 1 in 1991. sad
but where we are headed. from this platform presidents take aim at critics, in times of national upheaval. i believe the time has come to bring that investigation and the other investigations of this matter to an end. one year of watergate is enough. it s here on this night that presidents try to inspire the nation. we do big things. from the earliest days of our founding, america has been the story of ordinary people who dare to dream. that s how we win the future. we do big things. over the last half century, this speech, the state of the union, has been used by presidents to state their piece on war, viet nam in 1965. what is at stake is the cause of freedom. and in that cause, america will never be found wanting. [ applause ] gulf war 1 in 1991. saddam hussein s unprovoked invasion, his ruthless systematic rape of a peaceful neighbor violated everything the community of nations holds dear. it s here at the state of the union the seeds of future conflict