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>> lets talk about this and more with our senior political analyst why do you think hes talking so much about "sputnik"? it doesnt seem to be resonating with people. >> it resonates with me. it led eisenhower to propose all sorts of things. such as creating a highway system. it was the grounding for president wendys daring call to go to the moon. nobody thought we could do it. he said lets do it in ten years. and people didnt think america had the capacity. we were down on ourselves at that time...

Congresswoman gabrielle giffords, who is still in the icu but could leave it to head to rehab sometime today. and the mood was a little different in that chamber and the theatrics a little different as well. you had some strange seat fellows last night. democrats and republicans deciding to sit together rather than sit on separate sides of the aisle as they traditionally do. the president calling on the group to seize this sputnik moment. >> the future is hours to win. but to get there, we can...

What drives innovation. but because its not always profitable for companies to invest in basic research, throughout our history, our government has provided cutting edge scientists and inventors with the support they need. thats what planted the seeds for the internet. thats what helped make possible things like computer chips and gps. just think of all the good jobs from manufacturing to retail that have come from these breakthroughs. half a century ago when the soviets beat us into space with ...

Thats what planted the seeds for the internet. thats what helped make possible things like computer chips and gps. just think of all the good jobs from manufacturing to retail that have come from these breakthroughs. a half a century ago when the soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called sputnik, we had no idea how we would beat them to the moon. the science wasnt even there yet. nasa didnt exist. but after investing in better research and education, we didnt just surpass ...

He gets the message from the election, but also maybe a little bit of challenge to the republicans. they share the responsibility to govern. now one other quick note about another president he has been relying on is ronald reagan. now why is that? aides say that over the holidays, the president was reading a biography of ronald reagan by lou cannon, in part because of that optimism we saw in ronald reagans state of the union addresses and throughout his presidency. and were going to hear a lot a...

Democrat, we have ed henry live at the white house this morning. for those of us or those out there who may not have been born during the space race, when he talks about the sputnik moment, explain it. >> reporter: certainly. the soviets got ahead of the u.s. and his point was it forced america to innovate, figure out how to get ahead of the soviets and it paid dividends many times over. so i think he was also stealing some pages from ronald reagan, first of all, who also in a different era took...

That im going to be listening for myself tonight. and its not sputnik. i know everybody is around the sputnik moment. im done with that already. cliche, done. he used a word that is kind of tricky for president obama, which is exceptional. he called america exceptional. i think a lot of people out there in the heartland remember this speech. we love to pars it. we parse to an inch of its life. to folks out there, the speech is not about words. its not about sputnik. its about an impression. and ...

>> keep government out of the way. >> but i want to disagree with the notion that republicans cant embrace his competitiveness agenda. five years ago the national economies of science and engineering came up with a big report proposed a competitiveness agenda for the united states. george w. bush embraced it and proposed it and a republican congress voted for it overwhelmingly. it is not true that republicans will not support this. >> well, keep in mind the same republicans opposed the budget co...

Not really doing too much. see what the day brings, though. back to you. president obama takes his state of the union speech to the people. specifically the people in wisconsin. ed henry is at the white house and talking what is in manatouk what is bringing him there the day after congress. >> clean energy companies the president talked about last night. he is also trying to reach out to small businesses. he is going to visit several of them there in wisconsin. oh, by the way, its interesting ...

Ive had several e-mails tonight that say paul ryan voted for t.a.r.p. and capping ceo pay and michele bachmann didnt. are the republicans really committed to this new cutting spending and deficits and will the president work with them? they dont really care according to conservative activists, they dont care what ultimately they come to as long as both sides get together and start gutting spending. >> gloria, you look back at state of the union addresses over the last several presidents, its har...