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Speech writing for president clinton he handled two states of the union. jeff let's start with you. what is going on at the white house right now at least in the speech writing department? >> well maybe less than you might think. i think this white house has the speech pretty well locked down by this point. they are probably fine-tuning words and presentation. really they know what they are going to say tonight and they are really just focusing on the performance itself at this time. jon: jeff your boss was famous for making changes up to the last minute wasn't he? >> he was, by this point we ...

Future of hope and stunt. apparently president obama his theme is going to be winning the future. the future seems to be the theme the presidents turn to to wrap all this into a bow. jon: jeff, you just heard mark talking about that moment when president bush introduced madame speaker. i want to play that clip for our viewviewers and then ask you a question related to that. >> tonight i have the high privilege and distinct honor of my own as the first president to begin the state of the union message with these words. madame speaker. [applause] jon: what about it, jeff, should president obama ...

Has to give in the state of the union is the first time he enters the house of representatives and faces a house that's controlled by the opposition party for the first time, and that's the role president bush had in 2007. he did something, matthew scully came up with the line. he did something very gracious and creative. we kept it out of the written text so that no one would know about it. when the speaker announced the president she says it's my distinct honor to introduce the president of the united states, and president bush turned back and said, it is my honor to be the first to be able ...

Marriage. prosecutors say it was a so-called honor killing. wait until you hear what the accused father is saying. a 23-year-old gets drunk and gets behind the wheel. what happened next landed him in prison for 50 years. 50 . more than many premeditated murderers get. we explain in a powerful "kelly's court." see you at the top of the hour. # jon: about eight hours or so away from the state of the union. president obama will be reaching out to the nation when he delivers that address before congress. a lot of work goes into that speech, so how does the team develop the message. our next guests...