reporter: that s right, mary. the president is going to have to be clear, direct, and give a detailed plan for job growth, and convince americans he s in touch with their concerns. reporter: president obama will stand before a divided congress and an unhappy nation tonight for his state of the union address. his goal will be to convince those watching that he is focused on fixing the economy. to do that, he ll have to lay out new plans to jump start job growth. and he ll announce new tax cuts and credits for businesses. let s help them create an environment where they can hire more workers again and get millions of people that are looking for work in this country back to work. the president will also announce a salary freeze for top government executives. and he ll get more details on his plan to cut back domestic spending over the next three years. it s a move aimed at slashing billions from the federal deficit. but republicans say it s not enough. but it s 17% of