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With a fine tooth comb to find things you didnt like. >> debbie, ill tell you what i did like, when he said to children, if you want to make a difference, become a teacher. i thought that was worth a five-minute applause. i thought that was a great line. >> mika, lets follow up on this. because the president did talk about this sputnik moment. i will, i guess, sound like my republican brethren here. when you bring up sputnik, i talked about it for years and transforming the economy through green...

This is our generations sputnik moment. >> mike viqueira, obviously, the reviews are mixed. many of them praising the presidents tone and balance. but the question at the end of the day is, how do you see government involvement in this innovation, in this investment to move forward to that sputnik moment? >> i think what youre seeing, the president appealed to americans sense of americas exceptionalism very high minded rhetoric. if theres any criticism its that there isnt a lot of flesh on the b...

To it, no question about it. but on that sputnik moment, which was supposed to be pivotal in the speech, he didnt build the case. he didnt say heres where were falling behind india and china on innovation and jobs. i did agree with him on the education. thats music to your ears, talking about race to the top and so forth. however -- >> he was channeling jeffrey canada. thats a pretty great guy to channel. >> youve had specials where you go to the schools themselves. were all together on educatio...

Huge defense issue from 50 years ago and how it inspired american innovation. >> and 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 innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs. this is our generations sputnik m...

Victory he doesnt have to get tonight. he knows where the public is on that. i think he can get something done when he separates it out. back to the budget, sputnik moment. what does that mean? we have 60% of schools in this country that are over 50 years old. do you need a sputnik moment to invest in schools? i come from a state where a bridge fell and killed 13 people. we have infrastructure that is crumbling and the republicans dont want to spend a dime on any of this. >> house chamber is fil...

Make sure we put out science and math teachers and make sure were on the cutting edge of technology and make sure our kids are graduating, period and that theyre graduating ready to compete with the other students across the world. >> why do we spend more per capita than any other country but luxembourg, 1% are proficient in science, why are the schools failing? why are the test scores going down? >> i think the president has agreed with conservatives over the past two years that we have a horri...

Thats how well win the future of the 21st century. so i came here to manitowoc to -- it wasnt until i came here that i found out that a chunk of metal came crashing down to the earth right here. i promise you, we did not plan this originally. press wont believe me. it turns out that it was part of a satellite called sputnik that landed right here. and that set the space race into motion. so i want to say to you today that it is here. more than 50 years later, that the race for the 21st century w...

Would beat them to the moon. the science wasnt even there yet. nasa didnt exist. but after investing in 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 moment. >> the president tonight in his state of the union address trying to rally the nation behind the idea of investment in technology particularly in energy the president evoking a new sputnik moment, a moment whe...

To order. >> the joint session will come to order. >> the president faced a house chamber with one empty seat. >> we are mindful of the empty chair in this chamber. we pray for the health of our colleague and friend gabby giffords. >> control of congress is split but dozens of republicans and democrats cross the aisle to sit together. >> many of them choosing to forego the traditional segreg e segregated seating by party. >> what comes of this moment is up to us. >> but the real mission for the ...

The moon. the science was not even there yet. nasa didnt exist. after investing research and education, we didnt just surpass the soviets. we unleashed a wave that created new industries and millions of new jobs. this is our generations sputnik moment. >> the president talking not just about the need to reduce unemployment and the need for more jobs, but the president talking in great, great detail about his vision of where jobs come from. i think its true that the speech was a prayer to the fre...