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Hour that the first big political speech of the year from the president will come tomorrow night in the state of the union. should we look for mr. obamas answer to some of the criticisms that have been thrown this way from the republicans? >> reporter: sure, this will take on a much more political tone than it has in the past. traditionally state of the union addresses often become laundry lists of ideas, but this will have some other notes to it, and tones of the election, and the re-election e...

Some state of the union addresses sound a lot like laundry lists. will president obama get into a lot of policy nitty-gritty tomorrow night? well tell what you to expect and why. and youre about to find out why the vice president of the united states, that would be joe biden, was in court today. ♪ [ male announcer ] its morning... and quaker loves morning. ♪ because when you start your day with the power of oatmeal its good for your heart. it gives you energy. and it can turn an ordinary day...

Up inside of a larger package of what he accomplished last night. >> surveying the response this morning. you know, the new american moment is what he proclaimed. an appeal to unity and bipartisanship. the "wall street journal" saying this, the president was playing a different role last night, playing the role of optimist. do you think this helps him in any of his poll numbers? i mean, i know that our polling right after showed the people who watched the speech, 48%, said that it was very posit...

His. like immigration reform. trustworthiness has taken a big hit. because of not just you know the broken promises from 2008. but more recent if you like your plan you can keep your plan, period put that sprangs at the end. it didnt turn out to be true. that has wounded him and demand a whole new game plan from him in january and beyond if he has any chance of salvaging this. >> you make a good point. what you see in the declining poll numbers for president obama is a similarly close in terms o...

His. like immigration reform. trustworthiness has taken a big hit. because of not just you know the broken promises from 2008. but more recent if you like your plan you can keep your plan, period put that sprangs at the end. it didnt turn out to be true. that has wounded him and demand a whole new game plan from him in january and beyond if he has any chance of salvaging this. >> you make a good point. what you see in the declining poll numbers for president obama is a similarly close in terms o...

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Know. i want to be clear a person that can crunch numbers that went through apple spreadsheets, you dont think that we have a spending problem in this country? >> i think we do have a spending problem. i think the president directed as much as he addressed it. >> neil: that would be like me saying on pluto im smoke and right now on earth im not. i think we have to realize, you this journalist which is best with the numbers i know can look at the numbers and say things are okay. >> the state of t...

I want to be on welcome and-- >> welcome back, neil. >> thank you, sir. >> neil: who can crunch numbers and who went through the apple spread sheets over many years, better than anyone i know. you dont think we have a spending problem in this country? >> i think we do have a spending problem. i think the president addressed it the other night as much as he addressed some of the other-- >> you dont address the spending problem by spending more. and like he me saying on pluto im svelte, and on ear...