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About it. when you listen to the things stevie said in his interview and the things ramel said, there are many similarities. >> john zarrella, thank you so, so much. on the one-year anniversary of the stimulus act being signed into law, president obama about to give us his thoughts live and we'll take you there. plus we crunch the numbers, thee let kael versus the reality when it comes to the american recovery and reinvestment act.

Without the recovery act. they'll be doing the work that america needs done to stay competitive in the global economy. no area is this more important than in energy. because of the recovery act, we have finally jump started the clean energy industry in america and made possible 200,000 jobs in the clean energy and construction sectors. just take one example. consider the investment that we have made in the kind of batteries used in hybrid and electric cars. you've heard about these. before the recovery act was signed, 98% of the world's advanced battery production was done in asian countries. ...

And the first time home buyer credit our family was able to by our first home. even though the economy has been tough on many, it has actually helped us. we are very lucky. to my twitter page, this is more what we're seeing. we're seeing a lot more complaints. even bush's checks helped me more than this. let's show how you can weigh in. you've got the blogs, cnn.com/josh or kyra, also facebook and twitter, josh levs cnn. i will tell you on balance, a lot more people are saying they don't feel in their own lives that stimulus has made their lives better. then again, a lot of it is yet to be spe...

Infrastructure. that kind of economy requires us to consume less and produce more. import less and export more. instead of sending jobs over seas, we need to send more products overseas that are made by american workers and american business. we need to train our workers for those jobs with new skills and a world class education. other countries already realize this. they're putting more emphasis on math and science, they're building high-speed railroads and expanding broadband. they're making serious investments in clean energy because they want those jobs. and america cannot stand still in t...

A plant that will have thousands of construction jobs and 800 permanent jobs in days to come. there's the manufacture in philadelphia who makes energy-efficient windows. he used to be skeptical about the recovery act until he had to add two more shifts just to keep up with the new business it's created. and blake, his business is based in boulder, colorado. one year ago blake gave us a tour of one of his company's solar installations on top of a museum in denver right before i signed the recovery act into law. and at the time blake was pretty sure that the recession would force him to layoff a...