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something from them about what's driving their businesses. >> what they say in the valley is they want federal money for technological innovation and he is saying the government ought to provide that money. is that not a solid opinion? >> it seems like the companies that are growing, facebook is leasing the biggest office in 20 years. you know, they are -- google announced 6,000 jobs. they are hiring internationally. so they are growing without the incentives it seems that some people actually are asking for. >> what is president obama actually proposing in terms of high-tech develop...

something from them about what's driving their businesses. >> what they say in the valley is they want federal money for technological innovation and he is saying the government ought to provide that money. is that not a solid opinion? >> it seems like the companies that are growing, facebook is leasing the biggest office in 20 years. you know, they are -- google announced 6,000 jobs. they are hiring internationally. so they are growing without the incentives it seems that some people actually are asking for. >> what is president obama actually proposing in terms of high-tech develop...

♪ ♪ good evening. i'm spencer michels sitting in for belva davis. welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me tonight on our news manual are rachel gordon, city hall reporter with the "san francisco chronicle" and a baseball fan. paul rogers, environment writer with the "san jose mercury news." and ryan flinn, reporter with bloomberg news. so ryan, president obama comes to silicon valley and then he goes up to oregon. a lot of to do, though not a lot of press coverage. why did he really come here? >> officially it was for a talk about innovation and jobs. other pe...