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To worry about. also, he talked about a spending freeze. thats been around there for a while. the infrastructure bank, that is something thats been widely panned and he suggested thatt r earlier. even when he talked about the sputnik moment, thats a speech he gave back in november. >> when you say sputnik, it doesnt get my imagination flying. >> i think its ironic hes talking about our sputnik moment, you know, that started the space race where we wanted to beat the russians and yet, this presid...

Future" and this morning one thing, as i went on my rounds to look at the different web sites, some people asked what does it mean? win against what? what do we get when we get to the end of it? i know what the white house is trying to do, capture the spirit of american ingenuity and have the sputnik moment. i think that it falls flat and would bet in five weeks from now nobody is using the phrase would winning the future." martha: well find out what happens, dana, thanks -- >> i sound like im a...

Think of all the good jobs from manufacturing to retail that have come from those breakthroughs. 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 there yet. nasa didnt exist. after investing in better research and education, we didnt just surpass the soviets. we unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs. this is our generations sputnik...

Smart spending, things like education, r&d, infrastructure, i love all that stuff, because i think it does spell economic development. hes also going to cut some stuff to do what he thinks has to be done. with that sell with your party left? >> weve got to live within our means, but what really matters is how you privatize within those means. one of the things i think we should all be excited about in this speech is the presidents going to redefine this as a sit nick movement. in 1957, the sovie...

Expect. our white house correspondent wendell goler with details of what the president will likely say on the wars in iraq and afghanistan. first, lets get right to the white house, mike emanuel, mike, if you would, set the stage. >> shep, the president is going to talk a lot about the way forward for this nation, leading the country into the future. to do that, the president is going to call on some history soviet era history from 50 years ago. here is an excerpt. quote: after investing in bett...

Computer chips and gps. think of all the good jobs from manufacturing to retail that have come from those breakthroughs. 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 there yet. nasa didnt exist. after investing in better research and education, we didnt just surpass the soviets. we unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs. this is...

Gun control youd have people line kevin criticizing his position on gun control. he didnt avoid hot bun issues. he talked about immigration, said muslims are part of america, he did not avoid hut button controversial issues. he didnt play it safe in the speech last night. martha: lets talk about this. i want to get your thoughts on this, kevin. a lot of folks have said this morning, he talked about the sputnik moment, referring to the space race between russia in the 1960s and said this is our m...

Internet and helped make possible computer chip and gps. just think of all the good jobs from manufacturing to retail that have come from these break throughs. 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 the soviets, we unleashed a wave of innovations that unleas...

May not be as resident to a new generation of people. >> i would argue older voters are who he is the most trouble with and they know the sputnik moment. the president acknowledged the federal government has hard fiscal choices ahead and announced a five-year freeze on spending, but we didnt hear specifics on what programs should be cut to make room for new investments. >> also in this speech, defense of the ledge is laift accompl h accomplishments of the last two years and the president acknowl...

Syndicated radio talk show host michael smerconish. okay. before we have a few seconds to talk about the speech, whos your couple of the night? whos the hottest political couple? >> no doubt about it, wiener and king. two passionate guys, two feisty new yorkers. chris, we all remember that smackdown that they had over the 9/11 responders bill. and for them to go from that moment on the floor to last nights moment, although i must say, as richard pointed out, they didnt look too happy to be toget...