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In sunday's afc title game were underinflated. the nfl isn't commenting on the report and indicating the investigation of the case should be over within the next few days. those are some of the top stories on this wednesday, january 21st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." we say hello to you. we begin this half hour with the president's state of the union message. mr. obama issuing a challenge to congress to improve the lives of the poor and middle class. >> he also warned he will veto efforts to unravel health care and financial reforms. abc's karen travers is on capitol...

>> the shadow of crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong. the growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, booming energy production. >> reporter: americans are growing more confident in the state of the economy, and the president took credit saying his policies made that happen. >> middle-class economics works. expanding opportunity works. these policies will continue to work as long as politics don't get in the way. >> reporter: freshman senator joni ernst delivered the republican response and painted a different picture. >> fan many families feel they're wo...

And that growth path is matched by increase in the job market -- >> that's where the rubber begins to meet the road. >> so a stronger growth leads to more employment. the unemployment rate is beginning to come down. the job market rate is going to have to get even tighter if we want the benefits of this growth to be more broadly distributed. >> and we got to deal with wages. >> exactly. it's showing up in gdp, showing up in the stock market, still not quite there in the paychecks. >> not there in the wages. president obama said that america's going through a resurgence. listen. >> the six year...

After more than 13 years our combat mission in afghanistan is over. today more of our troops are home for the holidays than any time in over a decade. still, they should know the country is united in support of you, and grateful not only to you, but also to your families. we have more jobs, more people insured, a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, booming energy.

Producer of oil, the number one producer of natural gas. we're saving drivers about 70 cents a gallon at the pump over last christmas. thanks to the affordable care act about ten million americans have gained health care thisr just this past year. we have every right to be proud of what we've accomplished. we're jobs, more people insured, a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, booming energy. pick any metric that you want and america's resurgence is real. we are better off. >> we are better off. and the president made it clear to republicans, he'll continue to use executive ...