maybe it is a former co-work they re has some contacts and you need to reach out and ask, it might feel, you know, a little bit co-uncomfortable, tough bring yourself to be able to reach out and ask others for help. you say use your strengths? that s right. you do kind of sometimes when there are defeat, want to beat yourself up, not doing this right, but instead, you say you need to accentuate the positive, they say. it s very easy to focus on everything do you wrong, at some point, tough say what am i good sat in what are my strengths? how can i tap into those to help me move forward in the future? valerie burton, i don t know if folks got a chance to see your shoes, they are popping off the screen, popping in front of me here, they are very cute, and that s one way to thank you. spring into 2011, right? that s right. helps you bounce back when you like the shoes. exactly. all right, valerie burnt, thanks so much. thanks. president barack obama dropping some
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with careless driving. president obama delivers his his state of the union address tuesday night, but we re looking at a preview in a video message to democratic supporters. the president laid out his top priority. so, my principal focus, my number one focus is going to be making sure that we are competitive, that we are growing and we are creating jobs not just now, but well into the future. let s bring in nbc news white house correspondent mike viqueira. good tuesday morning. good morning, alex. what s the message here? i think there s two or three things going on here. first of all, it s no secret that the economy is job number one for the second two years of the president s first term. the unemployment rate in december still 9.4%, unacceptably high for the 15 million people who are out of work and politically for the president and democrats. the message that you saw there, the president speaking directly to the camera, an internet message to an organization called organ
a speech next month to that very same organization. he s brought in bill daley. he, seven years on wall street, the former commerce secretary. making overtures to business. a lot of people look at this cynically and say the president had a lot of big business and wall street donors in his 2008 campaign. of course, he s got to mend fences. and others say business is unsure of the climate right now. there is a hostile climate of the government towards business. the president recognizing that the economy has got to pick up is trying to improve that to give wall street a signal, to give business a signal that they can come forward now with all these billions of dollars that they have on the sidelines, start investing them into the economy, producing results, producing bigger growth, producing lower unemployment, and not incidentally, improving the president s political process. alex, a lot of people would argue that s the way it s supposed to work. well, we ll see what he says on tuesday
now. president barack obama will deliver his state of the union address tuesday night. he s giving supporters a preview. in a videotaped message, the president says his main focus will be the economy and jobs. congresswoman michelle bachman is sounding more and more like a presidential candidate. after a visiting a key state of iowa she said she s encouraged by the support she s found. in a gop residential straw boll this weekend in new hampshire, bachman came in fifth place, mitt romney won. and former new york mayor, rudy giuliani, says he is more likely to seek the republican nomination for president if former alaska governor, sarah palin is also in the race. in an interview on cnn s piers morgan tonight giuliani said running against palin would show him as a moderate republican. and you can catch the whole interview tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. eastern with rudy giuliani