way too welcome the striving, hopeful immigranan who still see america as a land of opportunity,y, uil bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expeld from our countryry. our joury is not complete until all our children, from the streets of detro to the hills of appalachia, to the quiet lanes of newtown, know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm. >> there you have it. immigration and can control. at his comments abo climate change andnd income inequality, and the need to reserve mecare medicaid, and social security, and you have a pretty good picture of where he wants to take the country. nina how would you grade the president's speech? >> i'd thought it was a lot better than his first speech. the crowd had a blast. it was a speech that does represent his overall views of goveverning. >> colby, a to f? >> strong b not so much on eloquence, but strong in tms of his agenda and what he wants to accomplish. plus, it is historic in a way as well. he was the first president to use the word "gay" in an inaugural addre, and it is

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once they're aware of what this deal is, how many votes can john boehner get on the republican sde uil you get to 218 through any combination of republican and democratic votes at this point. >> woodruff: not much celebrating tonight in the capitol. or at the capitol itself. todd zwillich, thank you very much. >> always a pleasure, judy. >> still to come on the newshour >> suarez: still to come on the newshour, causes and treatments for blood clots; a look back at the presidential race; building jobs skills while in high school; the emancipation proclamation; and 2012 in the history books. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holman: walstreet rallied on the final trading day of the year, hoping for a fiscal cliff deal. the dow jones industrial average gained 166 points to close at 13,104, up 7% for the year. the nasdaq rose 59 points to close at 3019, up nearly 16% this year. nearly two dozen people died in a string of attacks across iraq today. most of the violence targeted shiite communities and police. one of the blasts rocked baghdad's karrada neighborhood