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it's available at whitehouse.gov\sotu, for "state of the union." a panel discussion at the same website will follow the speech. passengers who were stuck on the ocean in a carnival cruise ship are heading home. carnival's triumph was adrift in the gulf of mexico sunday and monday following an engine fire. fortunately, no one was hurt. back on shore, traders are closely watching the stock. "a couple of retail players in the option world in carnival have recently put on a bearsish put spread, where they are looking for the stock to move down to the $35, $34 level by april expiration. if the stock cannot break through this resistance area of $39, that probably is the last stop for carnival.' scott bauer of trading advantage also points out carnival stock caught a strong wind from investors over the past year and also rallied in the wake of the ipo by norwegian cruise lines. not a done deal, at least not yet. the boards of both american airlines and its expected merger partner, u.s. airways, pushed back planning meetings with no specific date set to si

head to cnn.com/sotu. for analysis and extras if you missed any part of today's show find us on itunes, search "state of the union." fareed zakaria is next for our viewers here in the united states. >>> this is "gps, the global public square." welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. we have two famous and fascinating guests for you today. first, the world's second wealthiest man, bill gates. despite the weak economy, despite the strife in molly, syria, else where, despite massacres and messed up weather, gates says he is optimistic about the future. he'll tell us why. >>> and the vice president turned businessman/thinker/filmmaker/ environmental activist, al gore, on american politics, gun control, climate change and much more. coming up. >>> also, did you have more money in your bank account this week than a major african nation? probably. i'll explain. >>> but, first, here's my take. the scenes of chaos and strife in egypt that you've been seeing during the se

head to cnn.com/sotu for analysis and extras. and if you missed any part of today's show, find us on itunes. search "state of the union." "fareed zakaria: gps" is next. >>> this is "gps," the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. we have a great show for you today and we begin with american politics. what is really happening? are the republicans on the defensive? will the automatic budget cuts happen? is there any chance of legislative deals? we have a great panel, paul krugman, mort zuckerman, arianna huffington, and ed conard. >>> then something special. an exclusive interview with the richest man in india, the second richest man in all of asia. mukesh ambani. why he's bullish on america. it was the first time television cameras were ever allowed in his extraordinary mansion in the sky. >>> then, everyone is worried about the arab spring. i talked to the leaders of five arab governments to get some answers. and a fascinating internal power struggle in iran and

we're following tweets and looking at the #sotu. howard on the democrats line. caller: my thoughts is like the republicans have always done what they always done. they always try to put us into the whole concept is like, you know, it is the middle class. in this country that we have forgotten there is three different classes of people. they try to make us believe there is the rich, the middle class, and then that was it. but there is still -- it is the middle class then there is the poor. those ones who make below the minimum wage freeway for state to state that -- from state to state. my concept is with them is, any time you can talk to the president -- the president and you have not come to a conclusion with him and agree with him on anything to give him any kind of concept is two things. it is like this. why is it when you become an average citizen to take office -- as you get into an office where a senate or congressman where that next thing we know that you are making more money than you would make barely as a representative. then it's all of a sudden, it c

head to cnn.com/sotu for analysis and extras. if you missed any part of today's show find us on itunes. fareed zakaria "gps" is next for our viewers here in the united states. >>> this is "gps the global public square." welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world, i'm fareed zakaria. on today's show the gun debate and the state of the two biggest economies in the world. first up, on tuesday in the state of the union, president obama challenged congress to vote on proposals to get weapons of war off our streets. but will it happen? can it happen? we'll talk to a world leader who made it happen in his nation. >>> then, larry summers on how to create jobs in america. the former treasury secretary on how the president can achieve the goals he laid out for the economy. >>> then, many worry that the world's second largest economy is headed for a crash. a rare inside look at the inner workings of the chinese economy. what's really happening there? >>> also, what in the world will get north korea to end its nuclear am

#sotu for a chance to see it. >> fashion company reporting a higher company profit boosted by a 70% gain in revenue. the stock is up, as you can see, 25% in three mondays. that is a retail team that knows what it's doing. >> absolutely. they are very hot right now. okay. coming up -- >> speaking of hot. >> supermodel kate upton is going to be here live to talk about being on the cover of "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue for the second year in a row. hasn't happened in 15 years. >>> then from kate upton to jane wells. i love this two-shot. she's in las vegas with another tough assignment. >> you look very similar, jane. >> what does she have that i don't. all right. don't answer that. but as las vegas recovers a lot of that is due to chinese gamblers. a slowdown in china felt here. when "power lunch" returns. >>> the chinese new year is upon us, the year of the snake. las vegas is rolling out red carpet for people from china. snakes decorate casinos. why? overall revenue growth in vegas, slow, baccarat revenue, a type of game, seen as a prospect for ne with a lot more.ly chinese. jane.

head to cnn.com/sotu for analysis and the extras. if you missed any part of today's show, find us on itunes. just search state of the union. fareed zakaria "gps" is next for our viewers here in the united states. >>> this is "gps the global public square." welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world, i'm fareed zakaria. >>> it's oscar time. the annual academy awards. many of the nominated films have raised crucial issues about american foreign policy, from the war against al qaeda to the efficacy of torture to our policy against iran. we will talk about these issues confronting us in real life with a panel including the former director of the cia michael hayden. also, iran might be moving toward a nuclear weapon but it seems to be coming apart internally with political infighting that makes washington look positively civilized by comparison. we'll ask two experts to explain what's going on. # >>> why are we being bombarded by meteors and asteroids and what's the difference anyway? i'll talk to our favorite astroph

and if you plan on watching and tweeting, be sure to tweet at cnbc politics using #sotu for state of the union. we'll run some on the ticker, which we call twicker. >>> you're familiar with the motto, everything is fine. our next guess, five reasons you're right, everything is fine. managing director of further lane securities. we just talked about debt and deficits and all the money that our kidd's kids kidd's kids kids are going to owe. let's go through the list. five reasons everything is okay. number one is interesting. s&p finally getting theirs? >> yeah, i think, brian, remember, speaking for years about this issue. in 2008, going through the depths of this crisis looking at the complicit nature of why we got to where we got to. it's safe to bring rating agencies into the discussion an that's what's happened. that will move along and s&p is saying what they need to say in the process. it's good it's coming out now. it's a real end game. >> number two is kind of related. going after the people who took from t.a.r.p. what do you mean by that? >> well, the thing is, you know, i th

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you can watch it at white house.gov/sotu.sident is speaking, they'll be able to put up graphics and data and other statistics that sort of back up what he is saying as he speaks. so they'll have the speech there. you can watch it as he's saying it on your computer. as he says it, they'll be helping you out with the graphics along the way. >> bill: because the president won't be holding up any charts. >> he won't be holding up any charts this evening. no. >> bill: you can do it like the anchors do when they're talking about something and all of the graphics come up. >> bill: no visual aids. >> white house.gov/sotu, you'll have everything you need there. >> bill: so here's another story that caught my attention this morning. which i just find fascinating. i hope you find interesting too. headline on the front page of "the new york times" and i'm a frequent flier. i fly a lot for business, for pleasure, right. this headline caught my attention. airline industry at its safest since the dawn of the jet age. do you realize that glo

a total of 1.1 million tweets sent out using #sotu for state of the union. from the moment the president entered the house chamber, far more than the 645,000 tweets that happened the same time last year, the most tweeted moment was 9:52 p.m. eastern time when the president talked about middle class opportunity and raising the minimum wage. it generated 24,000 tweets per minute. his call for gun control was a close second with 23,700 tweets per minute. ahead this morning in our next hour, we'll have more on the state of the union address and analysis from republican congressman tim huelskamp. and then at 6:30, we'll be joined by don baer. p. >>> other news going on right now, pope benedict making his first appearance today since announcing his resignation, all eyes and ears on the pontiff as he gives his weekly address. we'll have details in a live report from rome. all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for cap

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that's at c-span.org/sotu. and join in our facebook discussion prior to tonight's state of the union. our question, do these events matter? let us know what you think. >> i think we hold up brown as this amazing feat that we accomplished this, that we rolled back segregation and then we look at what happened afterwards and we see how incredibly difficult it was. devicive in some ways but also that you had this very incremental progress after that, that was very frustrating i think to people. and so it's seen as a great victory but i think also it's important, you know, doing this research to really look back and see what we didn't accomplish yet. and so when i was looking at these seg -- at desegregation and how it was finally implemented, 20 years later after brown actually was handed down, 20 years later, the way these programs are set up still maintains white privilege. >> sara garland chronicles the only federal lawsuit brought up by african-american parents to challenge school desegregation in "divided we