To sidestep those who get in the way. That was part of his state of the union speech. We have highlights with ken pritchett. If there was a threat running through tonights state of the union, it was the president vowing to go on his own if he cannot get cooperation. Speaker, the president of the United States. Reporter president obama began on an upbeat note, siting an improving economy. A rebounding housing market, a Manufacturing Sector thats adding jobs for the First Time Since the 1990s. But he gave credit to the American People not congress. And said he will go it alone if partisan stalemate continues to dominate washington. America does not standstill and neither will i. So whenever and wherever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more americans families thats what im going to do. Reporter the president did not lay out a bold new agenda for congress but asked them to take care of unfinished business. Lets get Immigration Reform done this year. Lets get
Worst thing to ever happen in Human History and nothing, nothing can possibly be compared to it ever. Well, as i am sure you have heard tom perkin who is the proud owner of the biggest yacht on planet earth and a venture capitalist managed to do it to be absolutely specific in a letter published in the wall street journal, perkins compared the up rest over hightech riches in San Francisco, the attacks on google buses and whatnot to kristallnacht, the night of broken glass. He later said he regretted the reference. Now, normally onings this kind of imbusiness cilic behavior but even his own company could not. Kleiner perkins, of which he is the perkins part wrote tom perkins not been involved in the company in years. We were shocked by his views expressed today in the wall street journal and do not agree. Washington post columnist vivic west spreads the blame, not perkins alone, he writes, but ceos and venture capitalist and even regular employees who have lost touch. With us this morni
Running through tonights state of the union, it was the president vowing to go on his own if he cannot get cooperation. Speaker, the president of the United States. Reporter president obama began on an upbeat note, siting an improving economy. A rebounding housing market, a Manufacturing Sector thats adding jobs for the First Time Since the 1990s. But he gave credit to the American People not congress. And said he will go it alone if partisan stalemate continues to dominate washington. America does not standstill and neither will i. So whenever and wherever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more americans families thats what im going to do. Reporter the president did not lay out a bold new agenda for congress but asked them to take care of unfinished business. Lets get Immigration Reform done this year. Lets get it done. Its time. Reporter the president challenged republicans opposed to the new Health Care Law to come up with a better idea. But lets not hav
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Soviet army from afghanistan. Im in iraq looking at how afghans remember that occupation. Welcome to Al Jazeera America, im Morgan Radford live from new york city. Autoworkers in tennessee say no to unionizing dealing a blow to organised labour. It was two years in the making and pro and antiUnion Leaders tried to persuade workers. 712 voted against allowing the united organizers to organise the plant. 626 voted for it. Its a stinging plough to the union and organised labour. After three days of secret balloting, employees at volkswagens chattanooga plant voted no. We are thankful it turned out the way it did. Volkswagen invested a million in the plant, which started building the distance. The company was lured by 777 million. Some viewed it as a set back that would benefit the uaw. Its a problem that the uaw has a need for our money. They dont care about the guys, they dont. The campaign was seen as organised labours best chance to expand in the south. The idea brought more reaction f