relieved that his daughter had been rescued. he didn't want to go on camera until he had a chance to speak to his daughter, i asked him when that would be and he said, quote, some day. he said we're happy that the guys were able to do what they did. and i asked him what he would say to the navy s.e.a.l.s and special forces who rescued his daughter, he said i'd say thank you. we're very grateful so, that's pretty much all he had to say. he said he was traveling and couldn't speak to anyone on camera. he didn't really indicate where. i asked him. and he said he wanted to be vague about it, but he's on the way now to reunite with his daughter somewhere. >> brian todd, thanks so much. suzanne, i know you'll talk a lot more about this story as well, can you imagine, he probably can't wait to get his hands on his daughter and give her a big hug and kiss. >> thank god she's okay. >> you bet. i want to get you up to speed for this wednesday, january 25th. an american woman and a danish man are free today after being

kidnapped in somalia. now, u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s they swooped in, killed the people holding them hostage and brought them out safely. jessica buchanan was in somalia helping remove land mines when she and her fellow worker were snatched in october. now, before anybody knew about this top secret special forces mission last night, president obama congratulated his defense secretary in the state of the union crowd. >> leon, good job tonight. good job tonight. >> cnn has now confirmed that the special forces team involved last night was the same -- from the same unit that actually took out osama bin laden last year. the navy's awesome s.e.a.l. team six, we are live from the pentagon with those details. huge anniversary rally is under way now in egypt. what you're looking at cairo's tahrir square, that is thousands people there gathered.

they are marking the one year since the start of the revolution that kicked out longtime president hosni mubarak. the president of the united states. >> all right. applause from both sides of the aisle before president obama kicked off his state of the union speech. now, today the president he's off on a three-day campaign swing to the critical battleground states. last night he laid out his priorities. he challenged the country. he said preserving the american dream is the defining issue of our time. and he stood by his position on taxing the rich. >> we need to change our tax code so that people like me and an awful lot of members of congress pay our fair share of taxes. tax reform should follow the buffett rule. if you make more than a million dollars a year, you should not pay less than 30% in taxes. all right. republicans not wasting any time tearing into the president's state of the union message in

the special gop response, they accused the president of dividing the country into class warfare. just moments ago mitt romney compared the president's -- the presidency to the "titanic." >> what he didn't say last night is that we're spending too much and borrowing too much and that america is on a collision course with debt and that if we don't get off this course, we could sink the american economy and go into calamity. we're if you will a virtual "titanic" and he's saying full speed ahead. two new polls highlight the political slugfest that is playing out between mitt romney and newt gingrich. the latest poll shows gingrich leading romney 31% to 27%. that is in a national matchup. but in another poll just out this morning showing romney leading gingrich by seven percentage points in florida. it was conducted partly after monday night's debate in tampa. on the campaign trail this hour, gingrich holds a latin american policy speech in miami, florida.

and a very emotional day for arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords and her colleagues. it was just very sweet. they gave her several standing ovations on the house floor, this one as she walked in to formally resign from congress. now she casted that one last vote. giffords is giving up her seat to focus on recovering from the brain injuries that she suffered when she was shot last year. her friend, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz fighting back tears, paid tribute just moments ago -- >> i am so proud of my friend, and it will always be one of the great treasures of my life to have met gabby giffords and to have served with her in this body. we have all been through such a tumultuous year. the nation has been through a tumultuous year. no one more tumultuous than gabby and her family and her

constituents in her beloved home city of tucson, arizona. strong winds, hail slamming into central texas overnight, triggering dangerous flash floods. this was a rescue in san antonio. now, firefighters helped a woman to safety after her car stalled in water that was waist deep. apple now holding the title the most valuable company in the world. that is right. apple replaced exxonmobil when the company's shares rose 7% in the first few minutes of trading! apple sold $46 billion, that's right, in iphones, ipads, macs just the last quarter. best quarter in history for a tech company. all right. so, bipartisanship, it's defined cooperation, agreement, compromise between the two major political parties. we hear about it all the time. but we rarely see it out of washington. and do voters even care about

bipartisanship anymore? brings us to today's "talk back" question and carol costello who is in washington. carol, people say they want people to get along. do they mean it? >> i don't know. some people might say that we, as in the voters, are more partisan than the politicians these days, but that's my question this morning. there was one magical moment preceding the state of the union. i say "magical" because it conjures something unattainable today, unity. congresswoman gabrielle give shorts while talking with her constituents has come to symbolize bipartisanship, how it could be again if only we took a cue from our military. >> when you put on that uniform, it doesn't matter if you're black or white, asian, latino, native american, conservative, liberal, rich, poor, gay, straight.

when you're marching into battle, you look out for the person next to you or the mission fails. >> but republicans say mr. obama isn't practicing bipartisanship, not with his executive orders and recess appointments. they say they can do better. >> we could make speeches. we could yell at each other. we could pretend we were barack obama. or we could put the country first. now, i will not compromise. but i will -- i will be willing to coordinate and to get things done. >> if i get to washington, i can assure you, i will meet with the democrat leaders. i will establish a relationship of respect and rapport. i know they will attack me. that's kind of how politics work. they will attack me in public. i will not return fire in the way we've been watching over the last several years in washington. i want to get america right.

>> but let's face it, a spirit of bipartisanship, unity is not exactly topic number one on the campaign trail or in washington these days. the goal now is to get things done! with or without help from the other side. so, the "talk back" question today do voters care if their next president is bipartisan? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. >> you know, carol, it always seems like it's disaster that brings the parties together, you know, some sort of national tragedy like 9/11, i remember really people put down the party and put the politics of all of that. it's interesting to see whether or not it can happen without that, you know? you see with gabby giffords. >> i know. that the ceremony today was a beautiful thing to witness. democrats and republicans joining together in their grief, and their admiration for this woman, and it doesn't really matter what, if she's a democrat or a republican. so, why can't they carry that

through, you know, to the way they govern? >> yeah. >> it's seemingly impossible these days. >> we'll see if there's a breakthrough somehow. thank you, carol. >> sure. here's a rundown of some of the stories that we are covering -- that's eerie new video from the day of the deadly cruise ship disaster. an american and dane kidnapped by somali gangs rescued in a dramatic overnight navy s.e.a.l. raid. we're live from the pentagon. and a mayor lashing out after the fbi arrests four police officers for allegedly targeting hispanics. what are you doing for the latino community today? >> i might have tacos when i go home. i'm not quite sure yet. one. -two. -three. -one. -two. -three. [ male announcer ] with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% back on groceries. and 3% back on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. -it's as easy as...1. -two. -three.

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new dramatic video of plates sliding after that italian ship ran aground off the coast of italy. rescuers have now found a 16th body on board. 16 others are still missing. the cruise line is denying reports that it offered discounts on future cruises to survivors of the shipwreck. just a few minutes ago we confirmed that the u.s. navy's top secret s.e.a.l. team six was part of the joint operation that saved two aid workers from kidnappers in somalia. it is the same s.e.a.l. team that killed osama bin laden last year. want to bring in chris lawrence. he is at the pentagon. also we've got david mckenzie. he's standing by. first of all, chris, what do we know about the mission? who planned it and gave the green light? >> ultimately it was the president's call. they were kidnapped back in october, but officials tell us there was a real heightened

sense of emergency over the past few weeks and part of that was the declining health of jessica buchanan, the american hostage. when the u.s. got specific intelligence where the hostages were being held and who was holding them, president obama gave the green light for the mission on monday. the military had been planning this mission. they executed it on tuesday. the special operations team came into that compound area where they found nine kidnappers with -- armed with weapons and some explosives nearby. all nine of those kidnappers were killed. they found the hostages in an outdoor encampment, hustled them onto the helicopter and got them out safely. >> who are the kidnappers? who are the pirates? are they pirates or are they one of the terror groups active in somalia? >> there's a notorious militant group operating in somalia, al shabaab, but from what we know they were kidnappers, they were looking for money.

ransom was the motive. >> what do you know about the aid workers,buchanan and the dane? >> they were humanitarian aid workers, they were working on a demining process in somalia. the area, the town where they were kidnapped, is sort of an an entry point for a lot of aid workers, we're told they're in good condition being cared for by military doctors. >> chris, real quickly, one of the moments, right before the president delivered his state of the union address, he went to his defense secretary and said good job. was the mission completed at that time? >> not at all. let's look at it again, it was a real important moment that had a lot of people scratching their heads at the time. >> leon, good job tonight. good job tonight. >> you know, we didn't know what to make of that exactly. now we know that secretary panetta had come over to the

white house for some routine meetings and stayed there to monitor this situation as it unfolded. i'm told at the time when president obama said that, they knew that the team had recovered the hostages and the hostages were safe, but the mission was not over. the team had not completely made it out of somalia yet. >> all right, he must have been pretty optimistic that it was going to work out. thank you very much, chris. i want to bring in david here, he's live from jerusalem. we hear about the situation, somali hostage-taking and piracy that happens at sea. but not very frequent on land. why? >> reporter: on land partly because suzanne getting out on sea is more difficult. there's a huge presence from the international navys off the coast of somalia, while the number of attacks are still high, more than 200 last year, the succession of the attacks are going down. so, many speculate that that's why you are seeing an increase in taking people on land effectively just to get money. >> and what are these aid groups

doing to protect themselves in somalia? is there anything they can do? >> reporter: well, i've been to galcayo in central schmoomalia that's in the central part of somalia, i've been reporting there before, suzanne. really what they have is often they travel as a normal car, doesn't have any kind of armor plating. there are generally people in the cars behind them with guns protecting the aid workers. i must be clear here, though, that while piracy is somewhat popular with some somalis off the coast of somalia, people taking aid workers on land is not universally popular with ordinary somalias. these are two people helping people clearing mines, giving education in the sense, so really there was a strong push from the somali elders in that area also to resolve the situation. >> and, david, i understand, there really is no functioning government in somalia. what kind of protection can they actually give foreigners? >> reporter: well, they can't give much protection. ultimately one of the big issues

is whether someone is aware of you traveling in these regions tips off the local gangs to kidnap you. really always pans out that there's some kind of inside information. in terms of overall security, the u.s. has military camp, a navy base, in djibouti, right to the northwest of somalia there, and that has been really set up to improve the security of the entire region. and very useful, we think, in this operation indeed. >> all right. david mckenzie, thank you, david. it is a bittersweet day for arizona congressman gabrielle giffords, she just formally resigned from congress so she can focus on recovering from the brain injury that she suffered when she was shot last year. her farewell just a short time ago, very emotional on the house floor. >> i am so proud of my friend, and it will always be one of the great treasures of my life to have met gabby giffords and to have served with her in this body.

we have all been through such a tumultuous year. the nation has been through a tumultuous year. no one more tumultuous than gabby and her family and her constituents in her beloved home city of tucson, arizona. >> that was giffords' friend and colleague congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz reading her resignation. i want to bring in dana bash who was in the house during the ceremony. it was so touching and so moving. describe for us what it was like to be there. >> reporter: this was unbelievable. i mean, look, you just heard debbie wasserman schultz who i'm privileged to know pretty well, and you know, suzanne, she's one tough lady, the idea of watching her break up like that, become really a puddle of tears, really says it all. and it's not just that. it was also the incredibly moving, poignant remarks from the republicans in the room, the republican leaders, talking

about how -- how strong she is and how special she is. it was something that, you know, really took everybody's breath away. and that's really the only way to describe it. look, we see these members of congress every day going at each other, and this was a truly human moment. bipartisan, really nonpartisan. >> and last night was particularly special as well in the state of the union address. you tweeted out an e-mail an incredible story of every time she tried to stand up and applaud president obama, her republican colleague helped her. describe for us what happened. >> reporter: it was really remarkable. she obviously has trouble getting up and down by herself, even though she's made some tremendous progress. sheaf w she was sitting next to republican jeff blake. you know the way this works, when the president speaks, the democrats stand up, she's a democrat, and she wanted to stand up with her colleagues and so republican jeff blake helped her up over and over, many times

he was the only republican standing. i had a chance to talk to the republican congressman after that. listen to what he says. >> it's the least i can do. it was just an incredible experience to be there with her, particularly after last year having an empty chair where she should have been, and so it was just an overwhelming emotional experience i think for all of us. >> reporter: again, another human moment. i got a lot tweets back when i was telling the story last night, it was classy, chivalry is not dead, but it also really reminds how tragic this is, suzanne, because we now know from sources close to gabby giffords that she was considering running for the senate. she's obviously a democrat. jeff flake is running for the senate as a republican. the two of them would very likely have been opponents in the senate race and last night because of the tragic events they were sitting next to each other and jeff flake was helping her get up and down to applaud for a democrat president. >> is it true he got a little ribbing from his colleagues for standing up?

>> reporter: not ribbing. he said he saw tweets people saying kind of jest. you support that, you support that tax break? you support, you know, things that are clearly democratic agenda items? but he said it was in jest, he said he knew why people were doing. >> that's interesting. i understand gabby giffords will be back, who knows, maybe she'll run for the senate seat, dana, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. four police officers are arrested after the fbi says they racially profiled hispanics. then the up totown's mayor make bizarre remark about tacos. "travel and leisure" has readers ranks 35 major cities in a variety of categories taking a look at the rudest cities in america. washington, d.c., came in third, two spots under, or i guess ruder, than last year, miami came in second. all right, which is the rudest city? we got that answer up next. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i'll be right back.

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all right. we named some of the rudest cities in america according to "travel and leisure" magazine readers, claiming the top spot, new york. yeah. new york, big apple. the last time it held that title was back in 2009. however, it was also voted the best city for theater and performance art. that's not surprising. and atlanta here placed seventh on the list, but we're looking at live pictures of atlanta, too, i think we're pretty hospitable here. i like the southern hospitality, so i'd take atlanta. well, this story, bull lives with badges. that is what an fbi official calls this police sergeant and three other officers now under arrest for allegedly racially profiling hispanic residents.

the fbi says that the officers from east haven, connecticut, essentially made false arrests, threatened and assaulted people, performed illegal traffic stops and searches. and this went on for years. a local clergy member made this video of the officers arresting hispanics. east haven's mayor says he stands by his officers. he says they are innocent until proven guilty. and then he says this -- >> with such tension in the latino community, with a force of 50 officers still no police officer a latino ancestry. >> and your point being? >> what are you doing for the latino community today? >> i might have tacos when i go home. i'm not quite sure yet. >> tacos. all right, so cnn spoke with an investigative reporter of the "hartford courant" about the mayor's taco comment. he says he thinks the mayor made this statement after a long day of reporter interviews.

>> clearly, it was a foolish thing to say. i believe what he said basically was, like, the 13th interview of the day that he had done, and he was trying to -- he made a flippant remark that he obviously shouldn't have made. >> so, the mayor's office released this statement saying the town has been proactive in responding to the concerns raised by the department of justice in its civil findings letter that was released in december. well, most recently the mayor formed a committee to make recommendations to the board of police commissioners. maybe he's getting something done. president obama says it's time for everybody in the country to get a fair chance. and do their fair share. >> no bailouts, no hand-outs, and no cop-outs. an america built to last insists on responsibility from everybody. >> more on the president's challenge to the nation and to republicans in congress in his state of the union speech.

here's a rundown for some of the stories we're working on. next, key moments from president obama's state of the union address. then new rules for school lunches. you need to know what your kids are going to be fed. and later top tips on how to have your dream home right where you live. president obama takes his message from the state of the union speech on the road. he's headed to iowa, arizona, and nevada today. in his speech last night, the president said he's preserving the american dream and that is the defining issue of our times. he focused on the economy, but also education, immigration, national security. >> mr. speaker, the president of

the united states. >> thank you so much. for the first time in nine ye s years, there are no americans fighting in iraq. for the first time in two decades, osama bin laden is not a threat to this country. anyone who tells you that america is in decline or that our influence has waned doesn't know what they're talking about. in the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs. as long as i'm president, i will work with anyone in this chamber to build on this momentum. but i intend to fight obstruction with action. it is time to stop rewarding businesses that shift jobs overseas and start rewarding companies that create jobs right here in america. send me these tax reforms, and i

will sign them right away. our workers are the most productive on earth, and if the playing field is level, i promise you, america will always win. you see, an economy built to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in this country. that means women should earn equal pay for equal work. grant schools flexibility to teach with creativity and passion. stop teaching to the tests. and to replace teachers who just aren't helping kids learn. that's a bargain worth making. the opponents of action are out of excuses. we should be working on comprehensive immigration reform right now. this country needs an all-out, all-of-th all-of-the-above strategy that gets at every form of energy.

let's do nation building right here at home. if you make under $250,000 a year, like 98% of american families, your taxes shouldn't go up. you're the ones struggling with rising costs and stagnant wages. you're the ones who need relief. now, you can call this class warfare all you want. most americans would call that common sense. it's time to apply the same rules from top to bottom. no bailouts, no hand-outs, and no cop-outs. as long as we maintain our common resolve, our journey moves forward, and our future is hopeful. and the state of our union will always be strong. thank you. god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. >> all right. so, how well did the president do in outlining his message for his re-election campaign? i want to bring in john avalon, he's a cnn contributor and a

columnist for "newsweek" and the daily beast. john, thank you. >> thank you. >> what struck me and other folks is how republican obama sounded last night with the no bailouts, no hand-outs, no cop-outs, doing for people who can't but no more? is he going after republicans on the recent line of attack that he's some sort of food stamp, hand-out president do you think? >> well, i tell you, suzanne, republicans certainly aren't seeing it that way, but i agree with you there were a lot of substantive points in this speech that were consciously designed to reach out to republicans. republicans idea on education reform, merit pay, and expanding offshore oil and gas drilling and then reaching for things that would deal with some of the dysfunction we've seen in congress, fill buster reform, up-or-down votes on appointees, ending insider trading in congress. but i think at the end of the day this is a president very confident as commander in speech, and it had a political element to it designed to fire up his base to make people feel that he was willing to take the fight in terms of defending the

middle-class ande answering som of the republican criticisms. but even if the american people have cynicism about the congress willing to work with this president, it gave them some opportunity for hope if they can focus on the policy and not just the politics going. >> let's talk about that when you talk about the commander in chief role and his foreign defense policy. i want you to listen to what he said -- >> from the coalitions we've built to secure nuclear materials to the miggs we'ssion led against hunger and disease to the blows we've dealt our enemies to the enduring example of our moral imperative, america is back. >> john, which republican do you think he's directing this to? >> i think a lot of republicans in that sort of red-meat rhetoric of this campaign season have been talking a lot about american decline. so, this was a defiant rebuke to that idea. saying that, look, in every objective measure, yes, we've got challenges, no we're not out of the woods but things are

better than three years ago and done run down america just to try to get the top job. and that's a response to some of the rhetoric. you know, mitch daniels in his republican response hit the tone better than many of the candidate, he said, yes, we respect the president but here are the areas where we disagree. the tone's been lost on the republican campaign trail. >> a lot of americans are looking for solutions, economic solutions, times are tough for a lot of folks but what was interesting he really bookmarked this speech starting with this foreign policy, starting with there are no americans in iraq, we've got bin laden. he ended congratulating his -- the defense chief as well as secretary clinton. how important do you think national security is, the strength that he has going into the election as opposed to the economy? >> it is a long-standing surprising source of strength for president obama in the polls. national security, foreign policy is the area where his administration has done the best. especially with independent voters and centrists. but here's the thing, that frame

on this speech was crucially important. yes, it was eloquent, but we've come to expect that from this president. but what was significant was the challenge it posted to congress, our military men and women fighting abroad who took out bin laden they are united above all by a sense of mission. they don't agree on everything. we have differences as americans. but the common sense of mission that they have in the field should inspire us here at home to take action on behalf of the american people. that's a powerful message, it's a powerful example and i think he used it to great effect last night. >> all right, john, good to see you. republicans call president obama's state of the union address divisive, indiana governor mitch daniels also accused the president of trying to use government to solve all the country's problems. he said that approach is hurting, not helping the middle-class. >> the president's grand experiment in trickle-down government has held down rather than sped economic recovery. he seems to sincerely believe we

can build a middle-class out of government jobs paid for with borrowed dollars. in fact, it works the other way. a government as big and bossy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class and those who hope to join it. >> and daniels says the president is trying to score points with some americans by taking shots at others. now, this is kind of an outrageous story, pizza still considered a vegetable on the school lunch menu. but there are some new rules now that have been put out today that the stuff on this tray is going to be better for you, almost 32 million kids who are going to eat school lunches. we'll show you why. yoo-hoo. hello. it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall.

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right now first lady michelle obama's eating lunch, not at the white house but at a washington-area elementary school. that is -- she's there to roll out a new federal makeover of the lunchtime foods like pizza

and tater tots. elizabeth cohen is here with lunch, it's lunchtime, to talk about the new rules when it comes to school lunches. what are we seeing? >> the first time they overhauled school lunches in 15 years. it's about time it's happening. what is the biggest public health threat in our country? childhood obesity and we've let the school lunches -- >> absolutely. >> there was no maximum calorie limit. the sky was the limit, you could serve as many calories as you wanted and bright people said, gee, we need to stop that. >> i bet they had no idea how many calories they were serving. >> i bet that's true. this is a meal you can find at a school today, because the rules haven't gone into effect. you've got your pizza and tater tots, both count as vegetable because there is tomato sauce, pizza, tater tots and pineapple and ketchup and that would be your meal, it's over 800 cool y calories, and now no more than 650 calories for lunch. you couldn't serve it today.

let's look at the new meal. >> what do we have? >> this is the 650-calorie limit. we've got a turkey and cheese sandwich, refried beans, jicama, and it's a vegetable and cantaloupe and green pepper and ranch dipping sauce. you've got orange on that plate, you've got green on that plate, and you've got some whole wheat on that plate and the milk has to be skim or 1%. that's a huge difference. no more. when i was a skid, i was drinking whole milk at school. >> absolutely. >> now it's skim or 1%. >> are there any holdouts, any things that still survived this that are still on the menu that just aren't good for you? >> yes. a lot of people, including the obama administration, are upset that pizza and tater tots can still be considered a vegetable. they can still be a vegetable. >> how so? >> so can french fries. because two tablespoons of tomato paste that makes it a vegetable. i'm just saying, right? heim n

i'm not advocating. >> there's no veggies. >> tomatoes are whatever they are. and french fries, the tater tots, esauthorize poe taa lot o but they are still considered vegetables. >> we are making progress. >> there's progress. you're going to see more color. you're going to see whole wheat and fewer calories. >> let's hope the kids eat this, right? >> exactly. they could. that could happen. >> all right, elizabeth, thank you. >> thanks. television chef rachael ray, she is serving up school lunch with the first lady. i'm going to talk to her live next hour about the new lunch guidelines and her personal efforts to cut down on childhood obesity and healthy eating. they want a big hat...e as ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or big hair... i think we have our answer.

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act upon bipartisanship, take a look at history. in fact, we should just get rid of the two-party system period. this from donald, bipartisanship? nope, don't care, not even a little. i want my democratic representative to go to war against these ridiculous conservatives trying to take our country back into the good old days. and this from steve, of course, we care, but the problem is watching so-called adults fight like children in a sandbox. the current politicians need a clue as to how to play nice together instead of nancy stole my gavel, eh! i hope i did that justice. keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll be back with you in about 15, 20 minutes. >> you know, carol, most people you sit down family reunions, whatever, thanksgiving, you don't get along with everybody, but people compromise, they make choices, decisions, right? >> they do. maybe more traveling. >> we try. >> i have the most partisan family on earth. we never come to any agreement. i know how lawmakers feel in

congress. >> at least -- >> sitting arounddinner table. >> at least you sit at the same table, you are still there at the table. that's what people want, i think, yes? >> if you say so. >> we'll see. well, there is some disappointing news for the housing market. last year home prices were at their lowest level in nine years. so, a lot of folks deciding to stay put, renovate their houses instead of buying new ones. felicia taylor is live on creating the dream home. so, felicia, how do you create your dream home? this sounds pretty good. >> well, suzanne, spending on home renovations is projected to rise about 5.7% this year according to the commerce department and ihs global insight. spending on home improvements has exceeded spending on new home construction since 2009. probably not a surprise. in other words, rather than moving to a new place, people are just opting to spruce up their homes. but renovating your home won't just make it look better, it will also increase its value and

that's what's really interesting. "remodeling" magazine cost versus value report breaks down the cost of popular projects and how much of that you can expect to get back when you do sell your home. so, like, replacing a garage door, adding a wooden deck or swapping out your windows with vinyl ones, that will all return about 70% of the original investment. you can expect to make back about 73% of the cost on a new steel front door. now, as for interiors like, say, you do a minor kitchen remodelling under $20,000, you should net back $14,000 on resale. if you are selling and opening up your home to potential buyers, don't underestimate the value of a good cleaning and a new coat of paint. so, there's a couple of tichs. >> you know, when i was selling my house in maryland, that's exactly what i did. i was advised just paint the house, paint it all white and you'll sell it. it worked like a charm. it was fantastic. >> really? >> a coat of paint. >> wow. >> did the job. and new carpeting, so we'll see. but i know you can't just have

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all right. more now on renovating your house. if you're not that kind of do-it-yourself type of person, you're going to need a contractor. felicia, i'm not one of those do-it-yourself kind of person. >> me either. i don't know about you, but i've heard plenty of stories of bad contractors. if someone offers you a special one-time offer, turn it down.

take the time, do your homework instead. the national association of the remodeling industry list on their cite nia.org. if there's no company or logo, walk away. ask for proof of insurance. make sure your contractor is licensed. reach out for references and call them up and ask how the work has held up over time. also, what was he like to work with? and, finally, work out a payment plan. never pay in full up front. i made this mistake and the guy left halfway through the job. never paid in full upfront. not until the work is done. >> it takes just once before you say, i'm never doing that again. >> yeah. exactly. >> thank you, felicia. it's a big state and the two front-runners are spending big bucks for the flight in florida. we're going to take a look at how money is affecting the polls

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for florida. paul steinhauser live from jacksonville with the very latest. paul, this is turning into a brutal back and forth between mitt romney and newt gingrich. neither candidate pulling any punches now. where do we stand in the showdown? >> reporter: six days until the crucial primary. we have two new polls out this morning. quinn any pack university came out this morning. look for the surge of gingrich. the numbers on the left, those are people likely to vote thursday through saturday before gingrich's big win in the south carolina primary. look what happened on sunday and monday, romney is behind gingrich. another poll out today conducted on monday and tuesday, suzanne, look at this breakdown. romney on top just about four points but after the debate in

tampa monday night, there's a larger lead there according to this survey by american research group. we'll have our own poll coming out later today. >> paul, we're not going to forget the other guys. rick santorum, ron paul, do they stand a chance in florida? how are they doing? >> reporter: exactly. let's do all four candidates and you can see at the bottom, both santorum and paul are in single digits. suzanne, it's a win or take all stake here. ron paul just here for the two debates. suzanne, we've got the bus behind us. we're ready for thursday night's big debate, cnn debate right here at the university of north florida in jacksonville. >> you've got to have the bus to make it happen. >> reporter: got to happen. >> i'm following new numbers here, following the money here, do we have any idea what these

guys are spending? >> reporter: oh, yeah. the super pacs, suzanne, winning our future, that's the super pac backing newt gingrich, guess what, $6 million between today and next tuesday. but, wait, there's more. the super pac restoring romney, they say they are going to put in around five million and have already spent three million. they are spending so much money here, suzanne. >> paul, i love your energy. thanks, paul. we'll be following it very closely. for the latest political news, you know where to go, cnnpolitics.com. top of the hour, i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed. the u.s. military says the elite navy s.e.a.l. team 6 rescued two aide workers from kidnappers in

somalia. they parachuted in and one of the americans was jessica buchanan and her father says she is doing well under the circumstances. so we are looking at a huge anniversary rally. it's under way in egypt. they are looking at the revolution that swept out hosni mubarak. you are now looking at live pictures here at cairo's tahrir square. gathering at the birth place revolution. a very emotional day on capitol hill as gab brgabrielle giffords formally resigns from

congress. debbie wasserman schultz read her statement. >> i've clung to hope that our government can represent the best of the nation, not the worst. faith that america is, woulding together in our communities, in our congress, can succeed without qualification. hope and faith that even as we are set back by tragedy or profound disagreement. in the end, we come together as americans to set a course toward greatness. >> president obama takes his message from the state of the union speech on the road. he's off on a three-day visit to five states considered to be crucial in the november election. president stops in cedar rapids, iowa. that is later this hour. that's where we are going to take you live. later today he travels to phoenix and las vegas. he's going to be building on the ideas that he outlined last night, including personal responsibility and fair play. >> it's time to apply the same rules from top to bottom.

no bailouts, no hand outs, and no cop outs. america built to last insists on responsibility from everybody. >> and republicans not wasting any time tearing into president obama's state of the union message. their official gop response, anti-government mitch daniels accuses the president of and blasts the economic policies as well. >> in three short years, an explosion of spending, with borrowed money has added trillions to an already unaffordable national debt and yet the president has put us on a course to make it radically worse than the years ahead. >> i want to go back to egypt. it's exactly one year since the start of the revolution. now this was the scene in care cairo's tahrir square.

the square is packed to mark the one-year anniversary. our ben wedeman was there then and he's there now. tell us where you are today. >> reporter: suzanne, several hundreds and thousands of people have packed into the square and certainly the mood seems to be quite upbeat, quite festive if you compare it to a year ago when just a few hours into the protests there were tear gas being fired, people being arrest ared and beaten. that was the beginning of an 18-day uprising. now people are here, some of them to celebrate the revolution. many others in tahrir square this evening to demand that the revolution continue, that the military council that runs the country step down immediately and hand power over to the

civilian leadership beyond tahrir square. and that's also very important. millions of egyptians feel that the time for protests and demonstrations is over, that it's time to get the country working again, getting the economy working again, the economy is in shambles but many people still believe that what is most important is to go out and demonstrate the change. >> ben, i know it's a little loud where you are, but one of the things that marked this revolution was really the violence, the number of people who were killed protesting this government. are people afraid to be on the street? do they feel secure? or is there a sense of anxiety and fear that they might be attacked again? >> reporter: well, many people were in fact nervous in the last few days that this large demonstration would result in violence and i must stress today is not over.

there are many atm machines that have been emptied of cash because people were afraid that the barvegs would shut down. some people have stocked up on food in anticipation of violence. so there is a good deal of nervousness but so far the day has been relatively violence-free and the hope is that the night will be the same. >> ben wedeman, as always, we thank you for your reporting a year ago, for the rorning today and what is taking place on the ground. tremendous change has taken place. thank you, ben. in a couple of minutes i'm going to be joined by an egyptian journalist and she's been a witness to the uprising and she's also been directly impacted. bipartisanship, agreement, compromise between two political

parties. we hear it all the time out of washington. do we ever see it? rarely. do people even want bipartisanship anymore? we are joined in washington with carol costello. >> magical moment? it conjured up something unattainable today, unity. congresswoman gabriel giffords has come to symbolize bipartisanship, and we get teary-eyed when we think about how it used to be, how it could be if only we took a cue from our military. >> when you put on that uniform, it doesn't matter if you're black or white, asian latino, native american, conservative, liberal, rich, poor, gay,

straight, when you're marching in a battle, you look out for the person next to you or the mission fails. >> but republicans say mr. obama is not practicing bipartisanship, not with the executive orders and recess appointments. they say they can do better. >> we can make speeches, we could yell at each other, we could pretend that we're barack obama. or we could put the country first. now, i will not compromise but i will be willing to coordinate and to get things done. >> if i get to washington, i can assure you i will meet with the democrat leaders. i want a relationship of respect and rapport. i know they will attack me. that's part of how it works. i will not return fire in the way we have been watching over the last several years in

washington. i want to get america right. >> let's face it, a spirited bipartisanship is not exactly topic number one on the campaign trail or in washington. the goal now is to get things done with or without help from the other side. so the talk back question today, do voters care if their next president is bipartisan? facebook.com/carolcnn. >> it seems like there's always some kind of disaster that gets the parties together. with gabrielle giffords, you wonder why they can't do this without some sort of major upset. you know what i mean? >> i don't know. that's the question. even voters seem to be partisan and aren't willing to compromise with one another. maybe it's just a cultural thing right now. we're just not in the mood.

>> let's change the mood, carol. let's change the mood. >> all right. thank you. here's a rundown of some of the stories we're covering in the next hour. two aide workers kidnapped in somalia are rescued by two u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. and japan's evacuation zone a year after the nuclear disaster. >> we're in the center of town here and to give you an idea of how evacuated this is, how people had to leave everything behind. take a look at this convenience store and you can see everything is as it was almost a year ago. >> then i'm going to talk to chef rachel ray about her push to get kids and their parents eating healthier meals. it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall. [ male announcer ] great tasting tap water can come from any faucet anywhere. the brita bottle with the filter inside.

it's now confirmed, the navy s.e.a.l. team 6 was part of an operation that saved two aide workers from kidnappers in somalia. that's the same unit that killed osama bin laden last year. i want to get chris lawrence from the pentagon. so, chris, first of all, talk about the details of the raid shall what we have learned so far, how far it was planned, if they knew it was going to be a s.e.a.l. mission. >> well, suzanne, the military had been planning this mission but they needed to go ahead. these moss stages were kidnapped back in late october but there was a real heightened sense of urgency that set in over the last few weeks. part of what contributed to that was the deteriorating medical condition of jessica buchanan, one of the hostages. when the military got some intelligence specifically where the hostages were and who had

them, that's when president obama gave the go ahead to go with the rescue on monday and executed it on tuesday and the special operations team got in there, they found nine kidnappers with weapons, with guns and explosives nearby, all nine of those kidnappers were killed. they got the hostages at an outdoor encamment and got them out of somalia. >> i know that the president gave a shout out to leon panetta. before the union dress, what did he tell him? >> yes, suzanne, this was a moment that had many of us scratching our heads. let's take a look. because this was a really strange and interesting moment last night before the state of the union. >> good job tonight. good job tonight. >> yeah, good job tonight. we didn't know what that meant, to what exactly he was referring to. >> right.

>> it turns out that secretary panetta was at the white house for routine meetings, had been monitoring the situation all along. at the point where president obama said, good job, good job, they knew that the hostages were safe with the special operations team but the mission wasn't over. the team wasn't completely out of somalia and back to the safe base yet. >> they seemed pretty optimistic there. >> yeah. >> do we know anything about these kidnappers, who they are, why they did this? >> well, there's no indication from sources we've spoken with that they are part of al shabob. more than likely they seem to be interested in kidnapping, in ransom and money. >> chris, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> yep. checking out stories across the country, the father of a 16-year-old killed in the tornado that struck alabama this week says they found her 40 feet from their home still lying on her bed mattress.

the tornado struck early monday morning when most people were sleeping. >> ever since she was a little girl, you remember, every day we'd get ready to send her off to school and i always told her, just study hard and we love you. and i don't get to do that for her anymore. >> that's so sad. amazing pictures we have here. a boat rescue off the coast of north carolina. a coast guard helicopter hoisted the boaters to safety after they ran aground. boaters were plucked from the water one by one. talk about girl power, check out this 13-year-old from colorado. she just set eight new records for power lifting. that's right. in her weight class. she can now dead lift 176 pounds. that's almost twice her body weight and she's only in the sixth grade. good for her. a year ago, egypt changed forever. we're taking a look back at the enormous changes that are still to come. came to louisiana...

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so today is like the july 4th for egypt. one year ago today the country erupted. for americans, it's even hard to wrap our heads around. for almost 30 years, hosni mubarak ruled a country of 80 million unchallenged, like a modern day farrow.

in days another dictator was brought down in tunisia. when egyptians took to the streets riding high on their momentum, tens and thousands poured into tahrir square, stood their ground, demanding regime change. >> leave egypt. we've reached the down fall of egypt. we've hit rock bottom. so honestly, leave. >> reporter: in a country where the average citizen is just 24, egypt's young people were organizing online, relying heavily on social media, like twitter and facebook to communicate. it was a digital flash mob of historic proportions. but mubarak struck back hard. security forces were let loose on their own people. >> that's what you do. we are dying for our freedom.

>> reporter: the violence was hard to watch but in less than three weeks the protesters brought down three decades of tyranny. >> so the trial of hosni mubarak is still playing out in egypt right now. the former president is charged in the deaths of 840 protesters, the revolution far from over. joining me live from tahrir square is mona eltahawy, an egyptian journalist who has been watching this since the very beginning. first of all, there's a sense that when mu gar rack stepped down and a new egypt was beginning, what is the state of your country now? >> well, we wanted to get mubarak and we did, suzanne, but what was happening is we were replaced by 19 hosni mubarak, which is the field forces and we

came out today to march at various points across cairo and egypt to say down, down the military rule because we're serious about regime change and we're here to say that the revolution continues and as you can hear from behind me, it took us hours to march to get here. the revolution continues, i'm very glad to report. >> mona, the last time you were there in the square, you got attacked by egyptian forces. we're glad that you've healed. can you tell us what has come of that? has anyone reached out to you to bring justice in your case? >> reporter: yeah, as you can see, suzanne, one of the things that i will be doing while i'm here in cairo is discussing my case with human rights lawyers who will sue the military council for me and i'm joining a class action case against the

ruler, essentially, along with dozens of other women because along with having my arm broke, i was sexually assaulted by the security. i am fighting back. there are many things that we can do to fight back. it's important to understand that today is not about celebrating because the revolution isn't over yet. the revolution continues. all the way as we march, it took me three hours to march with thousands upon thousands of people to march here. there were pictures of marchers everywhere, and i used to play with this man's little children, including a young man who in 2010, a student and another young student called nina daniel. so we were honoring christians and muslims, young and old, who have given their life for this kind of gathering.

so over the past year the supreme council and its security forces have shot and killed and broken the arms of thousands of people and yet we're still here to say that the revolution continues. >> and mona, just very quickly here, because you are on the ground there. do you feel safe? are you being protected there? does that provide some sense of safety for you because your case was such a high-profile case because of the kind of abuse that you suffered? >> you know, what i'm trying to do, suzanne, because i have access to the media, i'm speaking to you, people know who i am. all throughout the march people spoke to me to find out how i am doing and they know what happened to me. i'm trying to use my case to highlight the fact that there are thousands of egyptians who have suffered and suffered even

more than me. this is a way of showing that you cannot continue to think that you're going to get away with this because the revolution started out with brutality and we have to continue the revolution until we're free. >> mona eltahawy, thank you very much. certainly there's a lot of work that needs to be done in that country. president obama takes his state of the union message on the road. well, how is it going to play with the voters? how did it play out last night? we're going to ask a democratic and republican strategists. ok u. why are you looking up? ♪ get outta the car. get outta the car. ♪ are you ok? the... get in the car. get in the car! [ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. from spending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life,

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here's a run tlz down of some of the stories that we are following. the president says that the country is getting stronger and then a clinic that they say is curing homosexuality. a woman went through their so-called therapy. talking healthy school lunches with rachel ray.

she's going to join us live. president obama is expected to arrive in iowa on a campaign stop within the hour. in the speech last night, the president provided a preview of his re-election message. he says that preserving the american dream is the defining issue of our times. joining us to talk about this is former press sect for the bush-cheney campaign and donna brazil. you guys are my favorite. it's going to have you here on the show. >> thank you. >> thank you, suzanne. great to see you. >> all right. so now that i've got you here, i want you both to listen to how this played out last night and today. >> anyone that tells you that america is in a decline doesn't know what they are talking about. yes, the world is changing. no, we can't control every event. but american remains the one indispensable nation in world affairs and as long as i'm

president, i intend to keep it that way. >> the attachment between reality and what he says is so extraordinary i was just shaking my head as i was watching the tv last night. i think we need someone who says what he means and means what he says. >> guys, this doesn't make sense to a lot of folks. how is it that these two can have two die met clee opposed views of the state of the union. donna, i'll start with you. >> let me say that i thought the president's speech was on point. he laid out the predicate that this election is about whether or not we continue to fight for the enduring american values, give everybody a fair shot. if you want to live the american dream, you have to work hard for it. the president didn't spend all this time as he's done in the last two years talking about the things that he inherited from the previous administration. he talked about the road ahead

and how we can get the american people back on their feet, down the road to prosperity for all americans. not just the top 1% but what mitt romney and republicans are talking about is what got us into this deep hole, the financial problems that the country is facing, two wars, tax cuts for the wealthy, i think that's why the what the president laid out last night was a good example of what we should be talking about the rest of the year. >> terry, jump in here. >> it was a campaign speech and now he's on the campaign trail. this president is expected to be a statesman at the state of the union speech but what we got was partisanship. let's face it, barack obama's numbers have not been as good as it could have been and unemployment at 8.5%, i wonder he has been living in the white

house for only a few years but he's lost touch with the american people -- with the overtaxation, the overregulation, the attack on small business that his administration has leveled on this country are responsible for the mess we are in and you cannot acknowledge that in this speech last night. he turned on the campaign politics and i expected him to do that. >> let's talk about what he said about his vision for the world government. listen to this. >> i'm a democrat. but i believe what republican abraham lincoln believed. the american public can only do and not do no more. >> donna, this sounds very much in line with what some of the appeal to the moderate and independents that he needs to bring on board now? >> well, if you look at the washington post poll, clearly listening to the president like democrats and some republicans, 50% of the american people

believe that the republicans intentionally stall the economy. they are not helping the president jump-start the economy. the republican said, we want to roll and set the table. mitch mcconnell said, guess what, we're not going to do anything other than focus on -- >> talk about leaders and partisan president who used -- >> we've got a president who cares about all americans, not just the top 1%. it's time we focus on policies that transform us. >> terry, you've got to get in there. >> what the president said last night is that he -- >> respond if you will. >> i yield to the nice gentleman. >> i think the american people want to like this president. the problem is that they don't particularly support his policies. you know what was striking last night, suzanne, is is the benchmark of his administration was health care, reforming health care. getting government in control of

health care. he barely mentioned it rat at all. it's astonishing. and the people may like the president but they don't like his policies and may reject him in november because of it. >> i've got to let you guys go and i want to let you off. thank you, terry, donna. the official response calling president obama's state of the union speech dismissive and mitch daniels accused the president of trying to misuse government to solve all of the country's problems. he says that approach is hurting, not helping the middle class. >> the president's grand he can experiment in trickle down government has seemed to sincerely believe we can built a middle class out of government jobs paid for by borrowed dollars. instead it works the other way. it's maintained on the backs of the middle class and those who

hope to join them. >> daniels says the president is trying to score points with some americans by taking shots at others. well, a young woman says she was beaten, held against her will by people who say they are curing her of her homosexuality. well, now she's out, she's speaking up, and taking a risky stance against her own government.

advertising addiction centers quietly claim to cure gay men and women of what they call social disorders. a woman who went through one clinic says she experienced nothing short of torture. cnn's rafael romo has that story. >> reporter: the ecuadorian woman says they didn't feel the same way. her family contacted us a center

that of her homosexuality. and that's when the nightmare started. >> translator: on december 8th, 2006, they stormed into my house, overpowered me, took me to a van and took me to a so-called therapeutic center. by the time i got there, i was already handcuffed and beat up. >> reporter: it was called bridge to life. cnn was granted limited contact with the clinic. she said she endure d beatings for the 18 months she was there. >> she would hand cough me in a bathroom to a toilet bowl used by 60 people at the center. >> while we were there, one of the clinic's directors declined to speak about the allegations but he did deny that the goal is to change the sexual orientation of the patients. >> our goal is to modify

inadequate behaviors that for individuals taking inadequate attitudes. >> reporter: they offer homosexuality cures in a clendescent way. bridge to life started last year but could only get and they say they've found products and the government has an ulterior motive. >> found in the women's area of the clinic, they closed that section. >> translator: but that's not really the most serious violation. what concerns us is we have reports about their methods to change a person's sexual orientation and human rights violations. >> since we visited bridge to life, the ecuadorian government says that after we were there, three raids with over 40 people

freed. our efforts to reach the coordinator for a comment has been unsuccessful. today paola is a spokesperson for the movement against clinics that claim to cure homosexuality. the health official says new regulations for addiction clinics were implemented last year and most are on probation for some type of violations. and they are monitoring clinics that hopefully claim to cure homosexuality because ecuador does not look at it as a disease. >> are they shutting down these clinics by carrying out raids or what is going on? >> they have conducted a number of raids in the last few months. in fact, they have shut down 31 clinics all operating in the same way. they advertise as treatment addiction centers but in reality they were offering homosexuality cures. >> what happened to this young

woman that you featured in this piece? is she okay? >> she's doing okay. the problem is that there's a lot of discrimination still in ecuador. she has been targeted twice. she was beaten up on the street twice. she faces still a lot of the same problems that many gays in he can kwa door face on a daily basis. >> very courageous woman. thank you, rafael. remember japan's fukushima disaster? radiation levels have fallen dramatically in some areas. we're going to take you there.

it's been more than ten months now since the earthquake triggered the nuclear disaster zone in fukushima. >> reporter: we're a couple miles now into the exclusion zone and i'm carrying a couple radiation meters with me. this reads radiation on surfaces and this one will keep track of how much radiation once we pass the exclusion zone. >> so we're in the center of town here and just to give you an idea of how evacuated this area is, how people had to leave everything behind, take a look inside this convenience store and you can see everything is as it was almost a year ago. this is all earthquake damage but no one's been able to come in to clean any of this up. it is as if time has stopped and

stood still ever since the march 11th earthquake. so this is a neighborhood and if you look over my shoulder, you can see there are all these houses but there are no people. you can't really even hear any dogs. it's very erie. it's very quiet. >> we checked for radiation on the ground. much higher than that in the air. it's not harmful to the amount of time that we're here but it's the cumulative effect of the radiation on the people in this community. around the corner, the first signs of cleaning up the biggest nuclear disaster. >> it's begun in the no-go zone. this what you are seeing is rare

initially profiled hispanics. the town's mayor makes a bizarre remark about tacos. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500 million dollar fund so independent scientists can study the gulf's wildlife and environment for ten years. thousands of environmental samples from across the gulf have been analyzed by independent labs under the direction of the us coast guard. i'm glad to report all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy. and the economy is showing progress with many areas on the gulf coast having their best tourism seasons in years. i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp. we're committed to the gulf for everyone who loves it, and everyone who calls it home.

we are listening to newt gingrich in coral springs, florida, talking to voters there. let's take a listen. how many of you -- how many of you agree that america is largely on the wrong track. how many agree getting on the right track requires more than

just defeating obama because it requires changing bureaucracies, judges, laws, and regulations? [ applause ] and how many of you agree that the noisy left will oppose us every single step of the way, even after we win the election? you have now -- you have now explained why callista and i made the decision to run. i believe that this is the most important election in modern times. i believe that four more years of barack obama will be a disaster for this country. i believe after this level of unemployment, this level of debt, this level of failed policies, this level of investments like solyndra, if he were to get re-elected, you can't tell how radical he would be in a second term. and so i think it's very important that we nominate

someone and so the reason we are running is because we believe -- thank you. i agree. now, let me just say, we're not going to let her disrupt us from having a rational conversation. and as an obama supporter, they can't have a rational conversation. >> you're watching a hackler

that interrupted the newt gingrich speech and the crowd shout back and then she was escorted out from there. i want to go to president obama who is speaking in cedar rapids, iowa. >> unrealistic, ambitions they do believe that if they work hard they should be able to achieve that american dream. that's what you deserve. that's what we've talked about during the campaign. and today, three years after the economic storm in three generations we are making progress and our businesses have created more than three million jobs over the last 22 months. if you look at a job chart, if you look at a chart and in terms of what has happened in america, we lost four million jobs before i took office, another four million in a few months right after i took office before our economic policies had a chance

to take effect and we've been growing and increasing jobs ever since. three million over the last 22 months. last year we have built the most jobs since 2005 and today manufacturers like this one are hiring again, creating jobs for the first time since the 19990s. and that's good news. our economy is getting stronger. and we've come way too far to turn back now after everything that's happened there are people in washington who seem to have collective amnesia. they seem to have forgotten how we got into this mess. they want to go back to the very same policies that got us into

it. the same policies that have stacked the deck against middle-class americans for years. and the philosophy, what there is of it, is pretty simple. we're better off when everybody is left to fend for themselves and everybody can play by their own rules and i'm here to say they are wrong. we are not going to go back to outsourcing, bad debt, and phony profits. that's not how america was built. we're not going to go back to it. so last night in the state of the union i laid out my vision for how we move forward. i laid out a blueprint for an

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first lady michelle oem and celebrity chef rachel ray are highlighting new rules for healthier school lunches. we're going to talk to rachel ray later for you. we're running out of time here but we promise we will get that to you tomorrow. you've been sounding off on the "talk back" question. carol costello has some of your responses. >> rachel ray must be enjoying the food. >> i promise she will be here tomorrow. >> she's a cool lady. our "talk back" question today, do voters care if congress is bipartisan? and congress brought the supreme court broken and the executive dysfunctional. it's brought us to the brink of uncivil unrest, now part of every day, the new america.

enjoy, enjoy. this is from reginald, the gop will stay the course with the hope that the economy will not continue to improve. they are content to remain partisan and blame the president for all of the nation's ills. this from jamie, i wish someone could explain to me the difference between a liberal conservative, moderate, libertarian, radical, whatever else label was out there. that's why there won't be any bipartisanship. this is from jeremy. we should not be demanding that our politicians in congress and the white house are bipartisan. we should be demanding that they are nonpartisan. asking the parties to work together is useless. they are committed to opposition and instead we should abandon partisanship and work towards pragmatic, not ideological ends. and this h