Be it can also find us online. John the conversation join the conversation. The front page of politicos website we will talk about lobbying later on this morning. First, lets look at the five stings it says to watch the president obama address tonight. , do you think state of the Union Addresses matter . Thats our question for you. On facebook we have a poll where you can weigh in. The Washington Post says the impact of annual addresses does not intend to be longlasting. What do you stinkpot . Jim in therapy what do you think . Jim in fairfax station. Caller no, they dont matter. Its an opportunity to look at what is said in a state of the union and move forward a year after it and assess what was promised and what was positioned and hold that person accountable. In so many instances you hear president on both sides talk a very big game. And then they failed to deliver. I am a little disappointed but theres not a greater body of media reporting that says this is what that person said at the state of the union and then 364 days later, this is what it has materialized as it relates to the positions that person took 364 days prior. Host what do you remember about last years state of the union . Caller it does 9. Does not. The media has an opportunity to go back and review and misstatements and the promises, but we really lose that opportunity and part of its on me because ive not gone back. But in the other instances, why have we not seen more in the media and that this is what president obama said he was going to do the first year and this is what he delivered on, based on last years promises. It is not specific to president obama. State of the unions in general, there are a lot of promises made. I think the media gives the president a pass when it comes to reviewing what promises worth 364 days after the fact. Host lets look at some of what happened last year in the president s speech. The Washington Post says josh cribbs up next in indianapolis, a republican. Good morning. Josh is up next. Caller hello. I have a comment about the state of the Union Address as far as a mattering. As it i was not impressed with bill clinton, but the status of the Union Addresses made me warm up to him. It was the way he spoke that changed the way i looked at him as a president. I think its a great opportunity for a president to bring people together if they can say the right things and reach out across the aisle. Host there was a little written about president clinton in the New York Times this morning. This report arnolds in tennessee on our democratic line. Good morning. Caller good morning. I appreciate you taking my phone call. I just wanted to Say Something that got my attention last year during the state of the Union Address was there were some streaks of light that came across the screen that looked i had never seen that happen before in any of the state of the Union Addresses. They looked almost spiritual. Some people accused obama of staging that. D like something from god or something. Would it be ok if i shared a web site that i have . Host is it relevant to our conversation, arnold . Caller yes. I believe it is relevant, because we are living in some very Interesting Times now. On pages 31 and 32 of my free book there is no charge for this you can see something that is either a coincidence or a sign from god that god is trying to speak to us now. We pray to god all the time. They have these prayer breakfasts up in washington and stuff. Anyway, my web site is godislove. Org. Host lets take a look at a couple spiritual stories in the news. We see a lot of newspapers on their front page looking at Pope Benedict becoming the first pontiff to step down in six centuries, citing a gentleness. A papal transition. That the wall street journal. Usa today has it looks at moving into the 21st century. It reminds us of a timeline. A couple other looks at this and how it factors into International Global politics as well as the future of the catholic church. This in the wall street journal looks at the vast constituency, where catholics live, and the history of cardinals. Most of them are european, but the church has been reaching out. The question is who will be the next pope. A look at some other stories in the news this morning. S one piece coming to us which we will talk more about as the day goes on. Who gets to sit at the isle of the state of the human. It is a competitive effort. Lawmakers wait hours for just a few seconds of the president ial showtime. A lawmaker we will have later on this week as a guest, congressman eliot engel. This is from a prior state of the union, he was one of the lawmakers who waited hours to sit on the aisle to greet the president as he walks into the House Chamber. Were asking you whether you think state of the Union Addresses a matter. Lets hear from joe in iowa on our independent line. Caller hi, libya. Libby. The state of the union should been inspirational to all the citizens of this country. When all the corporations keep referring tro americans as consumers, that sounds like something you would call [indiscernible]. The state of the union is a group of people, if we lose our unions in this country, we will lose the middle class. Everybody needs to to do their part. Host in pennsylvania, a republican caller, james. Caller hello. Thank you for cspan. I want to say that i am a registered republican, begrudgingly voting for john mccain and mitt romney. Theres no conservative movement left. I want to say that i am officially done and my two brothers are with their families with republicans. I guess i call myself a man without a party. Marco rubio will give the response in spanish and english. This is just it started with karl rove, the architect, that little nerd if i see him one more time on tv is the architect of the destruction of the gop. He gave us obama. The idea of reaching out and becoming democrats. What democrats arent are people who believe in a Group Identity and hyphenated americanism. We conservatives believe in assimilation. Thats why hes not going to give a response in german or italian. We will hear all the lofty platitudes and trite things from obama about a nation of immigrants. It was a somewhat perverse people being melted down by the fires of assimilation and being made similar it was a people meltedrdiverse down by the fires of assimilation. Nobody would know marco rubio. He looks like the beaver. I will not follow him because he is a trendy minority. Having to reach out to people, that is racial extortion. Host have you looked at when he believes in and 20 plans to talk about tonight . Caller i know all about his immigration platform. The fact that we have to have some trendy minority to speak for us because we as white americans no longer have a right to speak for ourselves representt he does not you as a republican . Caller when he bows to the concept of groupthink and hyphenated americanism, hes no longer a conservative. Host lets look at what senator rubio plans to do tonight. Is the headline in the wall street journal cspan will be broadcasting senator rubios address after the state of the Union Tonight. Lets hear from jacob in richmond, virginia, republican. Caller i am a kid and a conservative. State of the Union Addresses dont matter because we already know what the president campaigned on. We dont need to restate. He has said bunches of times about he wants to ban assault weapons and to raise taxes on 250,000 a year. If we dont need to hear that again. Host will you be watching for senator rubios response . Caller i hope to. I may not. Host we will also hear from senator rand paul of kentucky cal, who will give another republican response how about that . Caller maybe. It depends. At other things to do because im a kid. Host how old are you . Caller i will be 13 in a couple months. We need to get kids into politics. Thats why they are all turning into especially college kids are turning into democrats, because it seems to be the cool thing to do. My cousin voted for obama because it is the cool thing to. Host jacob, we will have all the features on our website if you dont get a chance to watch them tonight with your busy schedule. Cspan. Org. We will start coverage this evening at 8 00. We will cover the state of the union live and we will to be broadcast for west coast audiences this evening. Lets look at some historical facts of the state of the Union Address. It was first broadcast by radio by president coolidge in 1923. The first televised broadcasts was by president harry truman in 1947. The first web broadcast was george w. Bush in 2002. It also have this feature our Facebook Page. We have a poll going on asking whether using state of the Union Addresses matter. As well we have a state of the unit and share button or you can put this on your Facebook Page. Status of the union share button. E have a few more nos than yeses on the question of whether the state of the Union Matters. Matalin says and on twitter montee john is our next caller in pennsylvania, a democrat. Good morning. Caller good morning. I would like to comment on the previous caller on whether its school or not to vote for certain party. I believe is cool just to vote. Either way, it is important. I also believe that the state of the union is very important. It gives the president the opportunity to proclaim what he plans to do in the coming years as well as give some insight information. Host davis is a democrat from albuquerque. Caller hi. The state of the union is important. The president steps to address congress and the American People and say this is where we have been and this is where we are and what is going on. I believe karl rove and Rush Limbaugh are doing a great job of destroying the Republican Party. We need the Republican Party. We need the opposition. For the 12yearold who called, he should go back and play marbles. When you are 18, you will get old enough quick enough. Lets have grownups to run this country. Host if you would like to join the conversation, call we are asking whether you think the state of the Union Address matters . This one in particular or addresses historically . The Washington Times looking at a sidebar story, immigration in president ial speeches. Tom in kansas, independent. Do you think these speeches matter . Caller no. Theyre all lies, because theres nothing that he has followed through on. Host president obama in particular . Or do the speech is not matter . Caller its just one lie on top of another and it does not matter. Its just a lie to keep people going and keep pretenses going. As far as immigration, on rubio and obama, they should make it mandatory all illegals in the u. S. 46 and under should get of three year to fiveyear stay in the military and then they could get their green card. Do jobs overseas, and overseas. And we have Border Security in the United States and we have plenty of military use for illegals to become legal in the long run. Host cindy on twitter republican david, falls church, virginia. Caller hi. I agree with the last caller mentioned that the state of the Union Address is important. I am republican and i agree its very important to watch as well. It is also important to come together in this country. The other caller who was condescending towards the 12 yearold, thats out of place. We dont need to act like that. This is a country for all of us. I really want to highlight the point that republicans should be strong and not apologize for what they believe in. Host the speech from senator rubio tonight and we will also hear from senator rand paul of kentucky. Do you plan to Pay Attention to that one . Caller i do. Both will be important. Host this will be a tea party rebuttal. Do you to think theres room for both of these speeches or do they compete with each other . Caller i dont think they shouldnt. Should. Were seeing an effort in the Republican Party to find a sense of itself right now. Why dont they are contradictory. I think the tea party is standing on republican principles. This divergence might be artificially manufactured, some say, but i think that they complement each other. Host heres a story from last week cspan will bring you coverage onrand pauls speech later tonight, but it will also be on our website, cspan. Org. Paul is a democrat in western virginia. Caller good morning. I would like to state that the real live in a rapidly changing world, even though i do support the second amendment, sometimes we do have to make some concessions. That is just one relevant fact of our role today. World. Ur we had unconfirmed Nuclear Tests in north korea yesterday. We have had chinese incursions into japanese air space. We have iran and all sorts of a realities that need to be addressed. No matter how young an american citizen is, i dont see any point in discouraging them from taking an active interest in politics. Host that exchange hit home for you, the 12yearold scholar and the response of the next caller s . Caller jacob, i encourage him to keep looking, keep exploring, keep looking back to history to see what different ideas worked and where they worked and to keep staying involved. That is the key. That is the whole premise of popular sovereignty, to stay involved. Host you mentioned issues that face the nation internationally and domestically. We will be going to the Senate Armed ServicesCommittee Later on today a, which will have its vote on the nomination of former senator chuck hagel to be secretary of defense. We will see that at 2 30 this afternoon live on cspan3. You can also find that on our website, cspan. Org. Were asking you whether stated the Union Addresses matter. Our next caller is in des moines on our independent lineh independenti, doug. Caller good morning. I agree with some of the previous callers stating that we are going to hear a lot of what we have already heard from the president. One of the things i would like to hear is something maybe the republicans can address, is we give all these Illegal Immigrants citizenship, when happens . Does that not just incur more costs . If theyre not able to find a job, then theyre on a social program. Along the same lines, what type of jobs are they going to have that will start generating more revenue for the government . I feel like it will just cause more problems for the economy and more spending to take care of more citizens. Host mary in mississippi, republican. Caller hi. I would just like to commend the 12yearold boy that called. Its wonderful that he has an interest in politics and that he really is informed and trying to find out what is really going on in the country. I feel that is, as a republican, that is one of the problems with the democrats, they dont listen and they dont find out what is really going on. I think they voted because they thought it was cool to vote for obama. I would like to say to marco rubio that night when hes giving his rebuttal in spanish, that he encourages all the illegal aliens and even illegal aliens not to learn the english language. Host we saw a news story talking about how the senator plans to stop about other issues like education. Are you looking forward to hear what else he has to say, as a republican . Caller yes, i am. I really think highly of him. I really liked him and what he stands for. Host lets look at some other stories in the news. We mentioned senator chuck hagels confirmation before the Senate Armed Services committee today, rather a vote. Today they will vote. We will see what happens. Also, looking at the obama cabinet and the team. Stepping down after four years as chief of the sba, karen mills. We see that gop senators plan to grill jacob lew on his time at citigroup. A couple other stories in the news. North korea has said that it exploded a Nuclear Device on tuesday. Its the third experimental destination in a long effort to build weapons of mass destruction that the u. S. And other countries considered a serious threat. A statement from north koreas state News Agency Says a Third Nuclear test has been successfully staged. It was published three hours afterwards. South korea, the u. S. , and japan, have detected an artificial earthquake in the country, they thought. Another event we are covering today on cspan, the impact of sequestration. This is before the Senate Armed Services committee. That is on cspan3 at 9 30 this morning. We will be following that to hear more about sequestration. Our question for you this morning is about state of the Union Speeches. Do you think they matter . Our next call in texas on our independent line, pete. Caller hi, libby. Host go ahead. Caller the state of the union is more hazardous and contains more pitfalls for a president than the reward canby. We just need to look back at president bush with his initiative to Social Security and that kind of backfired on him. I would like to address this illegal immigration. This path to leadership and to everybody who serves in the military. There are a lot of american young people that cannot join the military. Actually, the military is the best thing going for and for people who have medical problems. Along the same path of illegal immigration. It is governmentsponsored human trafficking, working the lines, we shouldlom