good morning, everyone. and no doubt, it was a sleepless night, george, for many in hollywood, hoping to hear their name being called later this morning. but not the actor and the host for the oscars, james franco. he says he s going to be at class in yale, when the nominations are going to be coming out. mr. cool, james franco. probably a sleepless night for the president and others on his staff, as they prepare for the state of union. that s why we re here in washington today. so many americans are going to look to washington to see what the president says about jobs and the economy. he s riding a wave of good economic news. the dow almost hit 12,000 yesterday, its highest level in 3 years. even though about 1 million jobs have been created over the last year, america is still stuck with quite high unemployment. just a bit lower than it was when the president took the podium last year. and there s going to be a lot more republicans in the room this year than last. a