brian seltzer is here with us and samuel. what is netflix doing right?out "orange is the new black" and "house of cards." hulu is coming along and amazon is coming along. they don't have the series that everybody is talking about. >> potential cable killer or no? it is not moving in on the hbo. >> it is the rising tide. netflix is distributing the shows. netflix is acting more and more like a cable channel. over time, a small number of people will say i only need netflix. it is additive. >> you have $80 for the cable box. >> who will choose $90 over $8 in the long run? >> the whole country is choosing both. >> not in the long run. >> the vast majority of people are addicted to cable television. that is good for cnn. i'm glad netflix is adding more options. what is remarkable of the quarterly earnings, this is a quarter with no big shows. they introduced a kids show in the last quarter. >> my big surprise is the dvd by mail service is still growing. people keep the technology they adopt and comfortable with. >> you know why? so many with the zombie accoun

seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! >>> good morning, everybody, i'm brian shactman. we finish the first month of 2014, president obama will attempt to answer that in less than 48 hours, while simultaneously trying to avoid two words, lame duck. for the president, his speeches have often been game changers, but in this one he'll try to outrun history, and the odds not particularly in his favor. here's the first problem, congress hasn't been in much of a mood to help him, so we're expecting him to tell congress, work with me or i will go around you. >> the president sees this as a year of action to work with congress where he can and to bypass congress where necessary to let folks who want to come up into the middle class. >> here's problem number two, dropping approval ratings. new numbers from "washington post" and abc show him under water. >> they are all showing something that if i'm the white house, i'm really nervous about, is to me, it's american public that's not going to tune in tomorrow. >> after the speech, the president will take to the road to tout his pla

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