the union. i know that scottish independence has been decisively rejected. the job now is to make sure that the evolution strengthens the union. >> still a lot of momentum towards independence. is the u.k., the historical union in the past? >> they have to admit they lost the referendum and lost it decisively. what is now is how we extend the powers of the scottish parliament within the u.k. i support that. it is right that the scottish parliament should have more tax powers so it is accountable for raising the money spent on public services. that is good for democracy. there is an english element to address and to make sure that english mps determined domestic matters. >> speaking to a member of the british parliament there. the head of the european central bank, mario draghi has issued an interesting statement. he has criticized eu leaders for doing not enough to host growth. >> he said bureaucracy, high taxes, and a lack of reform are holding europe back. inflation remains below the target. he said the bank would intervene to prevent the eurozone from slipping into deflation, hinting that the ecb might start got -- eyeing government bonds. provocative comments from the ecb head do not fall on deaf e

parliament in the house of commons and other leaders, and i had the honor of addressing the historic oxford union at the heart of the oldest university in the english-speaking world. we'll have much more on all that later in the show. but we start with tonight's lead. king for a day. just days after president obama laid out a progressive agenda in his state of the union, republicans are heading backwards. treating this guy like a party leader. is iowa congressman steve king. and tomorrow a who's who of gop presidential hopefuls are trekking out to iowa for an event he's hosting. ted cruz will be there, so will supposed moderate chris christie. everyone from sara palin to madonna kicking off campaign season by paying tribute to the man who just this week called an undocumented woman a, quote, deportable. not that it was any surprise considering what he said about dreamer students in the past. >> for every one who is a valedictorian there's another hundred out there that they weigh 130 pounds and they've got cavs the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling pounds of marijuana across the desert.

the new congress. president obama used his state of the union address to issue an historic call to protect everyone regardless of their sexual orientation. >> that's why we defend free speech and advocate for political prisoners and condemn the persecution of women or re-

delegation, the diplomatic dell kbags arrived with us president obama addressed historic changes happening in cuba during his state of the union address. >> what you're doing doesn't work for 50 years, it's time to try something new. [ applause ] and our shift in cuba policy has the potential to end, a legacy

the project sponsor claims only the steuart street facade is historic because the address of the union hall was on steuart street and there was a hall on the second floor. there's also the claim there is no direct link between strike activities and the embarcadero side of the building. well let me show you that direct link. policemen are firing teargas into 110 embarcadero. is there any evidence the police didn't know what they were firing at? if the union didn't occupy the embarcadero side of the building who did? there have been no answers provided to these questions. of course there were walls on the second floor, but there's no evidence that the union facilities did not stretch all the way to the embarcadero facade. like any commercial buildings walls are moved and based on tenant needs. the project sponsor claims the building is only historic if it's associated with persons in the past or represents the work of an important creative individual. they wrote that in their brief and they're right on both counts. the building was harry bridges headquarters when he came to prominence an

the idea was they didn't have family before it and i really took the empowerment of the teachers' unions historically to move away from that. and we see that in states with collective bargaining teachers make an average of about 10% more. so i think there were some positive changes that we needed to do as a country for our teachers, but the teachers' unions did push for it successfully. i think as the teachers' unions gained more power they became less popular. and one of the reasons why was because they seemed so powerful in the process they were sitting with mayors and with governors arguing for their way of looking at goals and often times people ask where are students at the table? is there as strong of a voice for students and i really trace the critique in the late 1960s with the black power community control movement which were a group of african-american parents that started to raise this issue. although it was quite a radical critique in the late 1960s it has become much more mainstream to the point where there's been a bipartisan consensus over the past 20 or 30 years that teachers' unions

i thought it was the state of the union address. this is sort of the historical trajectory of the state of the union has gone from being a piece of paper that thomas jefferson would hand into congress all the way over to this. i guess the people who warned about the cheapening of the event that would begin when the president actually delivered it in person has been rendered prophetic. >> but here is a more serious point which is the president has been going around basically telling everyone what will be in the speech, material housing aid, free community college. and then front page in the "new york times" and "washington post" this morning, big tax increase on the wealthiest to finance a middle class tax break. so isn't that stealing the news value of the speech? >> it's part of the dance that we see every year over the state of the union message, which is incredibly increasingly irrelevant. so the president puts out these proposals. nothing ever happens with most before 89% of them i would venture to guess. >> you don't think they would go for a tax on big fina

the night before i addressed the historic oxford union. >> when we look at america today, yes, thereuality. yes, there are still elements of racism and sexism and homophobia but that is all in transition because there are people that are fighting every day in different ways to change that. the challenges today on how do you deal with making more fair the criminal justice system? how do you make law enforcement accountable to where they're not above the law? that does not make you antipolice. we are not antipolice because we challenge a chokehold case in staten island new york. we have in fact pro-police. we work with police. >>> i continued that naeem on sunday at a church in london talking about how we need to work with police how we need to find a positive agenda forward together, because the work we do must come from a place of compassion and faith. >> i know what you should support. you should support those who feed the hungry those that clothe the naked, those that give jobs to the unemployed those that will stand for justice. you've got to decide who that is but what that is is

things that the president and republicans have said that they want to do as a point of agreement is free trade, more free trade agreements. you are from michigan where historically the unionsthese free trade agreement. will you back the president on this? >> okay i want to say three things very quickly. one, i wish we could get republicans to say stop repealing obamacare. there are thinlgz that need to be improved and little things in the health care plan is working. and there is a coalition of business in unions and a whole vast number of people on immigration that are screaming for immigration reform just the way that you're saying on some of these other things. on trade, we've got some serious trade problems. the fact of the matter is that there was bipartisan agreement in a letter of last year in both the house and senate on currency and we've got a serious problem. the mother of all trade barriers is those that manipulate currency. the fact of the matter is japan has got the most closed market in the world, less than 6% of their entire market goes to europeans, koreans or the domestic auto industry. this domestic auto industry can compete with any automobile in the co

. >> but the police union points out historically many recruits reject the offer, drop out, or graduate and then quit san jose to join other departments because of recent cuts to pensions, cut, and pay. >> they're troubling. far below what the chief told council he expected for the academy, and this could yield the lowest amount of recruits ever. >> the department says the city and police union have to work out the pension and benefit issues to help recruitment. a dwindling number of recruits could lead to a revamping of the academy. >> we're hoping that the trend will improve, but obviously, looking forward, if the numbers stay consistent we may have to start thinking about different models to make it more efficient. >> robert honda, nbc bay area news. >> it happened again, a side show on 880 caught on camera. stopped traffic on interstate 880 in oakland on sunday afternoon. now this witness video is playing a big role in tracking down the people behind it. jodi hernandez is in oakland with more on the side show stunts and the video meant to be bragging rights that is now helping inves

the first of two red states he's visiting this week. where he's selling his vision of a stronger more progressive america. after historic state of the union address aimed at shifting the political debate to focus on issues of fairness and equality. >> number one, it means helping working families feel more secure in a constantly changing economy. it means helping folks avoid college and we don't want to make sure that everybody shares in america's success, we actually think that everybody can contribute to america's success. and when everybody is participating and giving it a shot there's nothing that we cannot do. >> it was the same tone the nation heard from the president in his state of the union address where he laid out a progressive agenda for the next two years and beyond. promoting middle class economics, building from the middle out, not the top down. telling republicans who are attacking his policies on immigration and health care lee veto it. and on foreign policy saying that the u.s. must combine military power with strong diplomacy. and his confidence was palpable. dashing any republican hopes that he would roll over as a lam

added nine to finish at 2,032. >> ifill: still to come on the newshour: how the state of the union plays on main street. historic with cuba. the supreme court weighs fair housing laws. can expressions of faith discriminate? an update on the fight to contain ebola. and, did the new england patriots cheat by using under- inflated footballs? >> woodruff: a day after the president's state of the union address, both republicans and democrats predict most of his proposals won't go very far. the gridlock in washington has left the heavy lifting of government to more local levels the cities and towns across the country. we wanted to find out what local leaders think about the issues raised last night what the economy and infrastructure look like to those managing it. for perspective on that, we are joined by two mayors. they are democrat stephen benjamin is the mayor of columbia, south carolina. he's had the job since 2010. and richard berry is mayor of albuquerque, new mexico. he has been at his city's helm since 2009 and was the city's first republican mayor in three decades. we welcome you both to the program. >> goo

jenna lee, this is the big night in washington and hours from now the president will deliver his state of the union address and after a historic defeat with the democrats, the president will spend money on education. and he pushes for on the domestic front. and the big news today. ed henry is live with more on the white house lawn. the white house feels that the president can go on the offense tonight, why? >> reporter: they see a recovering economy and i am told that they tried to select january 20th because it is the anniversary of the president's very first inaugural and he's going to try to make the case that he was handed a tough deck and he's turned this around and that hand. and basically now seeing an economy that is coming back, it has been slow and making progress and that's why we are seeing him double down on the talk of income inquality and redistributing wealth and tax increases on the wealthy and that's what joshernest said this morning on fox news listen. >> our economy is demonstrating resilience and that createses an opportunity to focus on policies that benefit the middle-class. the president thinks by doing

the first of two red states he's visiting this week. where he's selling his vision of a stronger more progressive america. after historic state of the unionfting the political debate to focus on issues of fairness and equality. >> number one, it means helping working f

the weekend. we are moments away from this ecb decision on this historic day for the european union and. out for is the press conference in half and hour. the ecb leaves the benchmark interest rate unchanged. no change here. it is a press conference at acorn 30 a.m. that we will be looking to for more reaction. -- at 8:30 a.m. >> the fact that there was not a rate decision change, no big surprise there. we are waiting for the news of quantitative easing. we know the plan proposed to the governing council last night. it $1.1 trillion plan. you put it over two years through the end of 2016, you get potentially -- where is the money going to go? potentially 90 billion for the first year coming out of germany. a remarkable number. it is here. further measures will be announced later. a very good indication that there is going to be quantitative easing. we will get the details and 45 minutes. tom, i toss it to you for reaction in davos. >> the set of headlines, most of them applicable. -- unpredictable. a bit of a risk on trade. qe in america is a process. it takes months to evolve. a lot of

other presidents in their last two years of the presidency and the second term of office what have they historically used this state of the union address to accomplish? >> to try to gather a few last shreds of power because it usually is not a great story. to go back to a seventh year president who had control of both houses of congress you have to go back to harry truman in 1961 and what he was able to pass in the last two years even though it was a democratic congress was very little. and it was 50 years ago that lyndon johnson was inaugurated for a full term 1955. he had the biggest congress except for fdr and passed voting rights medicare aid to education and the things we think of as a great society but they were only passed the first five or six months because even though johnson had that enormous control of congress he knew and it did come to pass after about six months members of congress, seven swing states would rebel against him. so there is a myth that someone with both houses of congress can get whatever he wants. >> and we see second term presidents try to burnish their legacy and talk about what has worked in the

in the terms of rhetoric historically, has a state of the union addresses at times been part about oratory or something else? >> they are not soaring oratory at all. when you take them altogether they form a nice fabric where they have the american creed. they talk about american values in one way or another. they will also talk about policy. you go back and look at all of them and you see changing policy, but you only see the internal values of american pride. there is usually optimism in all the speeches. there are nuts and bolts of speeches to a large extent and designed in modern times to be good on -- read on teleprompters with short, punchy lines and not elaborate paragraphs. that written period, sometimes they were 25,000, 30,000 words. >> they were like small books. jefferson did not want royal gold -- one troilus connections but it seems like the queen's a speech the parliament where she lays out program she would like to a cop was. this is the president laying out program to was to a cop was from. >> in the queen's case, she reads what the prime minister wants her to read. >> are

delegation, the diplomatic dell kbags arrived with us president obama addressed historic changes happening in cuba during his state of the unionddress. >> what you're doing doesn't work for 50 years, it's time to try something new. [ applause ] and our shift in cuba policy has the potential to end, a legacy of mistrust in our hemisphere and removes a phony excuse for restrictions in cuba stands up for democratic values and extends the hand of friendship to the cuban people. this year congress should begin the work of ending the embargo. >> joining me now is a former cuban diplomat a professor at the center for hemispheric and u.s. studies at the university of havana. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we've been talking about all of this change and how quickly it can come. how resistant will some parts of the cuban government be to opening the doors to american investment, american ideas, global ideas, the internet? >> well ideas, we're more aware of ideas than you would think. we have not been closed completely closed. but i think we have in general the problem of the mentality, we have been under siege, that maybe under s

the first televised state of the union address by harry truman in 1947. we're going to show you other historicdelivering his first state of the union in 1982. >> president washington began this tradition in 1790 after reminding the nation that the destiny of self government and the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty is finally staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the american people. for our friends in the press who place a high premium on accuracy, let me say i did not actually hear george washington say that. but when i started having back pain my sister had to come help. i don't like asking for help. i took tylenol but i had to take six pills to get through the day. so my daughter brought over some aleve. it's just two pills, all day! and now, i'm back! aleve. two pills. all day strong, all day long. and now introducing aleve pm for a better am. okay buddy what's your favorite kind of cheerios? honey nut. but... chocolate is my other favorite... but apple cinnamon is my favorite too... and fruity... oh yeah, and frosted! okay, but...what's you're most favorite of all?

union. it's the day of the vote, and we're going to meet chris gradone, the team's senior punter. >> you ready for today? historic. >> in january, nearly every player on the team signed the petition to call a union vote. but by april, their coach had chipped away at that support. >> did you know where you stood? >> no, i didn't. >> you were a swing vote. >> he was personally offended that this whole thing was going on at his school. that's not what he wanted. that was actually a decent motivation for me to not want the union. >> the fact that you wouldn't want to disappoint your coach? >> yeah i feel like he's gotten me so much. got me in this school and got me this scholarship. i owe the guy a lot. >> gary kohlman is the players' lawyer. he cross examined coach fitzgerald at a labor board hearing this winter. >> he allowed me to walk through, not day-by-day, but hour-by-hour almost the life of a college football player. and then, at the end of it, i asked him, "isn't it true that being a college football player is a full time job? it was the first time he pushed back and he said 'no.' i said 'that's interesting,

the maryland historical society right now has a remarkable exhibit called maryland divided. it shows artifacts and personal stories of individuals both north and south, because maryland sent its sons into the union and confederate army. and they have a remarkable exhibit. it is on the civil war as it affect maryland. maryland historical society in baltimore. about a mile up from the inner harbor. this particular exhibit will be running for some time. i highly encourage you to see it. as much as you heard today the personal story, the historical society has personal stories of both marylanders confederate and marylanders who were union soldiers. i encourage you to go to this wonderful exhibit. also, there is also a remarkable exhibit on the war of 1812, same location. with that, i will turn it over to see if there any questions that people might have. yes? >> i have a question. first of all, i would like to say thank you for sharing your talent to bring these letters, sharing the letters and helping us really understand the context of the times. really is a talent. so my question is, if i were going to the national archives , it sounds like most of these letters were found in pension files? is th

. >>> a maryland man at the center of the historic changes in the relationship between the u.s. and cuba will attend state of the union address. alan gross, a federal contractor arrested back in 2009. he spent five years in a cuban prison. he was released last month as part of the announcement the u.s. would restore diplomatic relations with cuba after five decades. he's one of 2 special guests invited to tomorrow's speech. >>> the president's state of the union address is tomorrow night at 9:00. you can watch it right here on nbc 10 or on our nbc 10 news app. it's time to start thinking super bowl. we now know the two teams that will face off 13 days from now. the new england patriots destroyed the indianapolis colts 45-7 in the afc championship game last night. tom brady threw only three touchdown passes. he will go for his fourth super bowl title in 13 years. the patriots the face the defending champs the seattle seahawks who overcame a lot of turnovers yesterday to beat the green bay packers 28-22 in overtime. the new england patriots are runs again at the center of a controversy this morning. the nfl say it's inv

the ila union hall during the strikes and afterwards. he is not associated with the buildings. the ceqa guidelines that has the building be historic based on this, clearly says there is an association between this building and the person. that states that a person that lived and worked in the building for a long time. there is no evidence that mr. bridges was in there all the time and the more issue that the strike events were the historically remarkable issue that really determines this building historic resource designation. it is as we noted on papers and you have in the document we submitted, mr. bridges, the artifact building has a commemorative plaque that says harry was in this office building. he wasn't even in. it doesn't matter. that's where he was. we don't believe this building should be an historic resource just because mr. harry has a relationship with it. we think based on the fact in the record, based on substantial evidence, not argument not speculation, not guesswork. the bases for this building to be historic resource in the events which were localized for you that are lawyers connect to the strike events of the

as much as you heard today the personal story, the historical society has personal stories of both marylanders confederate and marylanders who were union soldiers. i encourage you to go to this exhibit. and there is also a remarkable exhibit on the war of 1812, same location caret with that, i will turn it over to see if there any questions that people might have. yes? >> i have a question. first i would like to say thank you for sharing your talent to bring these letters, sharing the letters and helping us really understand the context of the times. really is a talent. so my question is, if i were going to the national archives it sounds like most of these letters were found in -- detenti on files? >> the reason why it services in the pension files, there are times where a soldier is writing a letter and he is saying, i'm sending you money home. if he dies, especially if he dies in battle, the family -- pensions were not given on service alone. they were based on financial need. if a family tried to indicate they needed the pension because their son had sent money home and that's what really helped them, and if he is dead, then they a

the republican-controlled congress during his state of the union. more of his big proposals and the unforgettable moments. >>> historic day.e u.s. and cuba. foreign policy from havana following the president's address. >>> difficult search. the huge obstacles investigators are facing in the search for missing family members after a mansion went up in flames. >>> demanding forgiveness. veteran movie star jane fonda apologizes again for something she did more than 40 years ago but will the controversy ever go away? that's in "the skinny" on this wednesday, january 21st. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." >> good genes or good doctors with jane fonda. >> she does look amazing. >> she looks amazing. we say good morning to you, everybody. i'm kendis gibson in for t.j. >> i'm reena ninan. good to see you. >> a lot of news. we begin with the state of the union. a lot of confident president obama delivering the estate of the union. so confident there was a moment where he went off script. the most memorable line of the evening. >> twice. the hashtag one both, trending on twitter overnight. abc's political direct

the union. it is like the masters. it is like the u.s. open. it is like the super bowl. it is the biggest platform of the year for the president. michael, give us some historicalof what president obama is going into tonight. he is going into the state of the union speech. he has a good economy behind his back, some accomplishments and he's facing a legislative body that is majority against him. >> it is not good for a president going into his seventh year harry truman even had both houses of congress. couldn't get much done because a lot of this is exhaustion. even lyndon johnson who was inaugurated 30 years ago today came in with the second most democratic congress yet. most of even johnson did not have an easy time. this is exhibition baseball tonight. >> where's the opportunity with the president? >> this is what the democratic party should stand for, especially in 2016. truman said i know i'm not going to get universal health care and things to help the federal government provide aide and education, but i'm going to state this program and hope that a later democratic president will do this. a lot of what jfk and lbj did built on exactly what harry truman h

depression hits everybody, not just coal, she invited the united mine workers of america to organize coal miners in her company and negotiated an historic union contract that was hailed by the labor press as labor's magna carta. one of many labor magna cartas. but here's another. she had brought organized labor back to the coalfields of colorado for the first time since the coal strike in 1913. because of her commitment to running the company in the interest of workers and consumers as well as stockholders, roche was hailed by the labor press and reformers as a progressive industrialist who was pioneering a way to make capitalism just. she was also a feminist heroine who was doing something no other woman had done in america, which was assuming the position of coal magnate. women were not industrialists in the 1920's. the political celebrity that roche enjoyed in the 1930's began with her coups at rocky mountain fuel, a coup unimaginable has she had an -- had she had an older brother to inherit her father's property, had she not had the political mentorship of the men in denver, and had she missed the coal strike in 1913. what's more, her exp

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. >> the ties were cut off in 1961 when castro seized power and it is an historic move that president obama highlighted during his "state of the union" address. >> what we know of the mysterious spy sip there are -- ship there are 200 sailors on board and the russians say the ship arrived by pure coincidence. >> police in missouri have released new veto of the looting that took place when a grand jury decided not to file charges in the police shooting death of michael brown. nearly 200 people break into the market grabbing whatever they can, and carrying it out or run out. the justice department will recommend that no civil rights charges be filed against officer wilson. lawyers are working on a legal memo outlining the reasoning for the decision. >> two american companies are announcing major layoffs. here is the america's money report. >>> good morning everyone topping mc's money major job cuts. american express is planning to ax more than 4,000 jobs and ebay will eliminate 7 percent because of weak holiday sales. >> there is a racy new super bowl ads with a model at a farmer's market naked and then revealing herself in a bikini t

the new congress. president obama used his state of the union address to issue an historic call to protect everyone regardlesssoners and condemn the persecution of women or re- - religious minorities or people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. [ cheers ] >> president obama is the first president to use the words lesbian, bisexual and transgender in the state of the union address. the republican party tapped a brand-new member of congress to deliver the gop response. joni ernst says things are about to change. >> that's why the new republican majority you elected starting by reforming congress to make it function again. and now we're working hard to pass the kind of serious job creation ideas you deserve. >> now, senator ernst says republicans will focus on ideas how to cut wasteful spending and bamance the budget but not with higher taxes on the wealthy like president obama has proposed. on our website, ktvu.com, we've posted more clips of the president's address. you will find the full text of his prepared speech. >>> say cheese. yes, it's big block of cheese day at the white house. the presiden

the senate. historically, legislation proposed in the state of the union addresses during a divided government hasust over a 40% success level. many of these proposals are already opposed by many republicans. how does the white house expect them to get passed? >> well, alex this is going to be a test of the new majority republican major in the senate and the expanded republican majority in the house. this is going to be about, who you are you for? why are you in washington? if you're going to protect and defend trust fund loopholes and protect and defend more tax cuts for the wealthiest who have done very well during this recovery and turn your back on middle class, i think people are going to remember that. you remember alex in 1992, jaim carville famously said it's the economy, stupid. in 2014 2015 it's my paycheck stupid. and the dividing line in congress is going to be, are you for bigger paychecks for the middle class, or for more subsidies and tax cuts for the subsidies and very rich. >> all right. we're going to be quoting steve israel in 2015 with it's my paycheck stupid. "the new york tim

have engaged with the soviet union and communist china, both of which pose potentially severe threats to our country. cuba poses no such threat. i applaud the president for his historic first step to normalize relations between the united states and cuba, and we must stop a senseless policy and act to end this embargo. i thank the gentlelady for the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. lee: thank you mr. speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor -- the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. in the morning for the morning hour debate. guest: republicans say this was encouraging them not to offer coverage. they're saying that the 30-hour threshold hurts employees more than it would if it was a 40-hour threshold. host: the white house now issuing a veto threat against this legislation with their statement of administration policy coming up. what in particular does the white house say th

the word transgendered. u.s. president barack obama's state of the union address includes historic words. the human rights campaign on their blog also talking about the issue of gay rights and gay marriage. they noted that two newlyweds from florida will attend -- attended last night's state of the union as guests of congresswoman. todd and jack dell may. a with a were the second same-sex couple to legally marry in florida. some reaction from traditional marriage advocates as well on the president's statements and comments last night. here is tony perkins from the family of research council. state of the union feels the family. he took to twitter to say, we must pray and ask for a spiritual, moral, and cultural renewal in our nation. he went on to say that may not be the message the president wants to bring to the american people, but it is the message that our country needs to hear. one more tweet two point out this concerns the case that is going before the supreme court talking about gay marriage. john diaz, the editorial page director for the san francisco chronicle noted, the supreme

the african union is focusing on it. >> and what do you think the nigerians themselves are going to make of it? historically they've always had a certain ambivalence of having foreigners involved in their security matters and of course we're just a week or so away from elections. >> i think that if i might say so that is a great question. i think yes in general they're quickly saying we don't need help. we give help. we're the big guys. but against boko haram the army has struggled. i think the elections make a big difference. president jonathan, one thing he has been criticized for the most especially here in washington, corruption may be a second, but they have been crashing them. he claims he can do a better job. he feels he can do a better job. my expectation even though the general in nigeria does not like for people to come in to offer security this is the exception because of the size of the problem, and because of the election. whoever wins is actually going to make a bigger effort and give bigger support both from the africans and international community, i'm picking this up in washington. washingt

the union. he's going to travel to selma in march to honor the 50th anniversary of the historic mafs that led froma to montgomery. they were organized to combat the disenfranchisement of black voters. marches were portrayed in the movie "selma" up for academy award for best picture. president obama hosted a screening of that film last week at the bhous along with oprah winfrey and director ava do you have nay. >>> there is new information on the air that -- excuse me. there's new information on the airasia flight that crashed into the java sea last month. officials say the plane pushed well beyond its limits before going down. radar data is showing it climbed above 6,000 feet per minute behaving more like a fighter jet than a passenger plane. it's unclear why the aircraft ascended so quickly. officials say more analysis is needed because bad weather at that time could have produced an inaccurate reading. >>> now we have this new twist in the baltimore murder case that has gotten the attention of millions all over the world thanks to the hid podcast "serial." if you follow it you know adnan syed wa

the tip! >>> we're minutes away from president obama's state of the union. we have a historicalident obama stacks up against his predecessors at this point in his presidency. >> there is exactly two years left from today in the obama presidency presidency. he has a 46% approval rating. there are other polls out there that show him doing slightly better. let's take a look back. how did the last two years playout. what did it mean for the battle for their successors. this is ronald reagan january 1987. the key here you can see he is not doing too well in terms how we think of ronald reagan. this was the height of the iran scandal that brought ronald reagan's a numbers way down. they stays down through most of 1987 then ward the end of his presidency, there was a popular reassessment. the key here is that in the fall of 1988 when that campaign for his successor was going on his vice president, george bush senior said i'm the most loyal vice president in history. essentially what people say is he won reagan's third term. reagan recovered and that is something that he would like to m

the union address, he unveiled a health care program that went nowhere and was largely ignored just because democrats had just taken over congress. so i think that there's -- that's an indication that historicallys not much you can do. >> i understand your point in the historical nature but there's a lot going on in the world. people want to know what the u.s. intelligence agencies are planning for possible cyberattacks. there's a lot happening, with just terror in general. we had fred fleitz on earlier and he's saying our administration and intelligence leaders have to coalesce and specifically he was saying the administration, in particular the president, needs to define what it is that we are fighting here. >> i don't disagree with that. but if you look at the ratings over time of the state of the union addresses they have declined and that's been true throughout the obama presidency and a big reason for that is that americans know that this is a speech where presidents typically lay out a laundry list of items that most likely aren't going to go anywhere. >> all right. we will watch it of course here on fox news channel. philip, hope you watch our coverage. talk to you soon. >> all right, t