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white house photographer pete souza tweeted this photograph over the weekend, showing the president with his director of speechwriting. the white house says mr. obama will lay out his strategy for strengthening the economy, focusing on what he calls middle-class economics. and among those who will have an up-close view tomorrow night is alan gross, the u.s. aid worker who returned to the united states last month after he was wrongfully imprisoned in cuba for five years. as they do every year be warned all streets around the u.s. capitol are going to be closed off to traffic. tomorrow evening starting at 7:00. and they will remain shut down president's speech. >>> investigators continue the search for the person who opened fire outside the delaware home of vice president joe biden. the secret service increased security at the home after saturday night's incident. the service says the shots were fired from a speeding vehicle on a public road outside the wilmington home security perimeter. biden and his wife jill were out for the evening at the time of that shooting. >>> drug overdose death

. >>> this new picture from the white house photographer pete souz souza, how does the president's speechhillary clinton campaign for democrats in 2016? joining me now to discuss nbc news senior analyst david axe el elrod elrod. if you were laying out the issues for the state of the union, anything you would tweak? or do you think they are looking at the polls, looking where they want to be laying it out? >> i have to be honest with you, i think that there's no doubt that this focus on middle class economics is very very important, popular, res nant and been an element of his message as long as i've known him, since he was? the state senate and ran for senate and ran for president. i think we have to separate issues. there's no doubt this is where democrats should go in 2016. it also happens to be what he believes, other things he's championed climate change immigration reform closing guantanamo that fall out the list of things that people call priorities. and yet he's pursuing them because he thinks that it's right. this issue of middle class security and what's happening to the vast num

official white house photographer pete souza posted this photo on instagram this afternoon. nbc news coverage of the state of the union begins at 9:00 tonight. >>> the state of the union comes as the white house deals with two overseas crisis. in yemen a top military commander says a coup is unfolding after heavy fighting a nine-hour truce collapsed and shiite rebels swept into the presidential palace. the yemeni president is said to be unharmed. he is an important u.s. ally in the battle against al qaeda. the pentagon tells nbc news that they're in constant contact with u.s. personnel in the embassy but there are no evacuation plans. >>> today isis terrorists released a video showing two japanese hostages accompanied by a giant ransom demand $200 million. that's the same amount of money that japan's president recently pledged to support countries fighting isis. he called today's threat unacceptable and demanded the immediate release of the hostages. >>> two-pointing in northeast d.c., three teenagers recovering from gunshot wounds after police found them in an alley near 15