With John Seigenthaler in washington. Good evening, tonight congress, the country, and the world await president obamas state of the Union Address, the tradition comes from article 2 section 3 of the u. S. Constitution. Youre looking live at the white house where the president and his visors have been revising his address that hell give in two hours now. It comes during a troubled second term. President obamas approval rate something down and concerns about the economy are rising. The challenges facing the president and america. The issues are the same as he confronted last year, jobs, military, Immigration Reform and gay rights. Joining me is joie chen and ray suarez and mike viqueira. In new york tony harris, ali velshi, Richelle Carey, david shuster, and on capitol hill libby casey. We have coverage and reaction from cities across the country and from our reporters in the nation and around the world. But to get it started joie chen is standing by to take a look at some of the issues