ages that the union is strong. congress skill squab blink over the healthcare law, unemployment high, mushrooming deficits as well, where does our union really stand at this moment in time. white house correspondent mike emanuel is live with more. what have we heard about the president s speech specifically. reporter: we expect two different types of speeches, one term what he s going to do about jobs. and longer term what he thinks america needs to do about competitiveness. the stakes are high, a lot of americans are wondering where thaeurb next job is going to come from. i spoke with political expert larry sabado and he laid out the stakes in the speech. he has to reconcile his democratic philosophy with the fact that song is now controlled in the house by republicans, and there is a big wide gap there and it won t be easy to do. he s flying to split the baby.