watching and the american people need to make sure we press for answers and for jobs and its past partisan politics. i said last night, ms. jarrett. this is not even about president obama. it is about our mama and about our country. it is really what s at stake. thank you so much. we will be talking. we will be talking next with democratic congresswoman jan she could you ski. she proposed a jobs plan that seems to have inspired some lmtsz of the president s plan tonight. as we just heard from valarie jarrett mention some 6 those elements. congresswoman, shekowski, thank you for being here. you heard valarie jarrett. are you satisfied? are you leaning towards satisfaction or are you still waiting to see? i think this is a bill that at a proposal that progress ifs can support. that american people need to support. you said what are we going to do with the nay say sners we are going to need to mobilize around this country.
government. the president approval rating has dropped to 44% and just 13% approve of the work in congress. later in the show, chris, lawrence, rachel and ed will join me to preview the big speech tonight and what it means for the president and the country. joining me now, is valley jarrett, assistant to president obama and senior white house advisor. good evening, ms. jarrett. good evening, reverend sharpton. how are you doing this evening? i m great. like the rest of our nation, waiting to hear from our president. let me say, we understand if the preliminary reports are correct, that part of what the president is going to propose are these key items, he is going to talk about extending payroll taxes, extending unemployment benefits, hiring tax credit, public works projects, are these among the things we can expect and how do we feel that that will help to deal with the 9.1 unemployment rate? reverend sharpton, you re exactly right. those are the many programs he will a
welcome to politicsnation. i m al sharpton. this hour, president obama will head to capitol hill for one of the most highly anticipated speeches of his presidency. and address to a joint session of congress focused on jobs. president obama s address comes just one night after the republican candidates offered up their solutions. and time and again offered more deregulation and more tax cuts as the answer. but we start with the president s speech. the backdrop of this speech is stark. he is trying to turn around an economy amid public, that seems to be losing faith in government. the president approval rating has dropped to 44% and just 13% approve of the work in congress. later in the show, chris, lawrence, rachel and ed will join me to preview the big speech tonight and what it means for the president and the country. joining me now, is valley jarrett, assistant to president obama and senior white house advisor. good evening, ms. jarrett. good evening, reverend sharpton.
of gadhafi s rule a victory for the libyan people and for the broader cause of freedom in the middle east and throughout the world. we also got a statement just a little bit earlier this evening from the president. kristen welker has been in martha s vineyard where he has been vacationing and obviously in contact with his national security team. would we expect to hear anything else from the white house tonight, kristen? no, we re not going to hear anything else from the white house this evening, chris. president obama finished for the evening, having dinner at valarie jarrett s house with the first lady. after that they went back to where they are staying here on martha s vineyard. as of tonight we won t hear anything more. he did issue a statement earlier this evening in which he said this was the tipping point for the gadhafi regime. he also said that the united states recognizes the transitional national council as the ruling government right now in libya, really a critical point
of gadhafi s rule a victory for the libyan people and for the broader cause of freedom in the middle east and throughout the world. we also got a statement just a little bit earlier this evening from the president, kristen werker is in martha s vineyard where we has been vacationing, and obviously in contact with his national security team. would we expect to hear anything else from the white house tonight, kristen? no, we re not going to hear anything else from the white house this evening, chris. president obama finished for the evening, having dinner at valarie jarrett s house with the first lady app after that they went back to where they are staying here on martha s vineyard. as of tonight we won t hear anything more. he did issue a statement earlier this evening in which he said this was the tipping point for the gadhafi regime. he also said, that the united states recognizes the transitional national council as the ruling government right now in libya, really a critical point