you doing okay? yeah, i m better now. thank you. joining us to explain why and tell us what else was trending is yahoo s web life editor, heather cabot. good morning to you, heather. good morning, guys. this week the web focused on washington and what s shaping up to be an exciting political season. as republican white house contenders duke it out in the sunshine state, president obama took center stage, both on the hill and online as millions tuned in to watch the state of the union address. searches for the annual speech to congress surged more than 6,600%. and with all eyes on the chamber in primetime we saw lots of questions about who was there and of course what they wore. people wanted to know who designed the first lady s sapphire colored dress and vice president biden s iridescent tie. they looked up senator john kerry and noted he was sporting bruises and a broken nose after an accident playing hockey. they did care about the substance of the night, though, and they fact c
kelly cobiella, abc news, at sigonella naval base, sicily. happy for that family. and we now know that daring rescue took place in the hours before president obama gave his state of the union address tuesday night. he revealed nothing about it, though, in his speech. but when he arrived in the house chamber, of course, as we ve seen this week, he greeted secretary of defense leon panetta with a wink telling him good job tonight. diane sawyer asked the president about that exchange. he does a good job generally. but we were very specifically referring to the operation in somalia because at that time we knew that she had already been recovered, along with the danish hostage. and they weren t yet back to djibouti, the american base, but we knew at that point that they were safe and that everybody had successfully achieved the mission. president obama called jessica s father right after the big speech, when she was safely at an american base in africa. only then did he go public with
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he is cutting short the visit in davos, switzerland. tuesday he visited some of the 116 people treated in hospital. the new prime minister tries to calm fears over the appointment but says he s prepared to form a government. thousands of supporters protested on tuesday burning tires, throwing rocks and accusaccuse ed hezbollah of trying to seize power. reaction to u.s. president obama s state of the union address tuesday night. as usual, the opposing party prepared a response but a third group weighed in. the tea party is a political movement in the u.s. that wants lower taxes and reduced government spending gaining traction in 2009 after mr. obama was elected president. it doesn t have a central