a potential member country of the european union it would be very hard very evil crain joins the union sooner or later because as long as we doesn't join we have the whole. of the european construction but of course we have to first of all to wait and respect what the ukrainian people who decides and decisions. are not taken by demonstrations in the streets are taken by voting in elections and by. giving the opportunity to the government and the problem in the charter of the representation of the people giving them the possibility to decide what we hope that. the sooner the better the majority of the parliament will be to say the majority of the people makes a clear choice to. join the european union meanwhile the only thing we may expect is that the ukrainians themselves. parties government and opposition find necessary understanding and especially the necessary primate to define. their future also in what respects the connections with the european union well you're saying q craniums should decide for themselves what we see lately a lot of you were paying politicians actually taking p

you now have to pay into a union.uspect they're going to look for a way to be less sweeping in their ruling. >> aside from this case, unions have been taking blows, as you mentioned, just by their membership across the board. also you have the boeing case out in washington. that doesn't seem to bode well for them, as you look at video to essentially s out there and stand with the company. >> capital can move, and in this country, it can move from states that are inhospitable to capital to states that welcome it. usually that means to right to work states, such as south carolina, where if you fly into the airport in south carolina, you'll fly for it seems like a half an hour over a huge boeing plant, which has moved there because it's friendly. >> so as you look at 2014, does the impact of unions diminish? >> i think the impact -- you mean politically? i think it has. they couldn't recall scott walker. that was a big, big fight for the public sector unions. and they failed in a lot of their attempts. and they just don'

well i think this i think it's really hard to talk about unions public sector unions or labor unions at large without it. asking the question of whether they are valid anymore you know they definitely serve a purpose but you know maybe it's time for labor unions to become extinct to give us the forty hour work week to give us the you know have a whole i'm not sure that i'm not i'm not diminishing what they've done in the past but i think that what's going to protect workers from going to argue that it's not really representing workers very well i mean. in our eyes and very many workers i mean that's what i'm saying i mean it is it isn't ok why wouldn't why is it so bad that labor unions go the way the horse like i think in this particular instance it's actually pretty clear that the labor unions have been had a positive effect on these home care workers wages jumped from like seven dollars to thirteen dollars an hour and actually public costs ironically you won't get this coming out of any conservatives mouse but the dropped about six hundred thirty two million dollars a year for the

the president gives to congress the state of the union. the white house has been working on and has gone through a number of drafts, including last-minute edits. there told his remarks before the joint session of congress will last about an hour. the theme is "opportunities for all." he will travel a short 16 blocks to capitol hill. , wescene inside the capital will set the stage as members of congress, the president's cabinet, and justices gather. of course, we want to hear from you as part of our state of the unit coverage with your calls, comments, and tweets. >what issues do want the president and congress to address this year? we have john lovett. he was a former speech writer for president barack obama. thank you for being with us. >> good to be here good as you put together -- good to be here. t> as you put together -- put i in the president's voice. when ie was a meeting was there with the chief staff writer and communications advisers. it is a pretty big and open meeting. it is the job about white house speech writer to turn those

that is what the state of the union address can convey.we are all americans and we are all in this together. >> earlier today he's up for a big assignment ahead. he's going to be the ambassador for china and confirmed by the senate. now to trade. this is a different time. >> talk about congressman engels. >> he's posting up to get to shake the president's hand. since 1989, the congressman snagged the most coveted seats and shaken hands with every president since george h. w. bush. as a freshman congressman someone offered him a seat near the aisle and with a stroke of luck he was brought face to face with the president. >> no one was sitting in the aisle seat, i said no one is sitting there, do you think i could sit there. you better grab it before someone else does. >> 25 years later, congressman is sitting in that very same seat. whoever is in office, republican or democrat, it is not a partisan thing, the president is the president. each year the constituents get a kick of seeing him with the president live on tv. in 1995 he missed the

union employees in the workplace union dues even though those unions are acting on their behalf it's lawyers say that charging nonunion workers union dues violates the first amendment it's just nonsense by law public unions cannot use the fair share money they get from nonunion workers for any political purpose whatsoever it's got nothing to do with first amendment you know union same things or for that matter the workers same things the money they get from nonunion workers only goes to recoup the costs of collective bargaining collective bargaining the does directly benefit those nonunion workers in the form of wage raises and other benefits preventing public sector unions from charging nonunion workers so-called fair share dues we've got those unions of any real power and in some cases would cause a death spiral as unions would have to charge union members higher dues to make up for the lost revenue that really would reduce their power so much as it would just wipe out their revenue this would in turn discourage new workers from joining the union but killing union finances isn't ev

and don't wish to associate with the union don't wish to support the union even though the union has brought them a wage increase and they represent them if they have a grievance so the notion is that it's a form of forced association now over forty years ago the supreme court said that's a form of force association which is justified by the way the system of collective bargaining works if you have one representative it works better when you have one representative it works better when that representative has a duty to represent everybody and that's not going to work if you allow people to essentially be free riders so there is an argument about free association and forced association but it is one that the supreme court has spoken to some four decades ago. and the case. as you mentioned it's about the state of illinois would this have been the cations on you means nationwide the more narrow but very significant implication is that the organization of this type of work or at least home care workers is probably one of the biggest organizing successes of the last twenty five years by u

>> in the november 13th vote the union rejected the contract by 2-1 margin.etween november 231st and the january 3rd vote there was so much community pressure and so much fear that boeing was not bluffing, that you had a reversal of that vote with the 51-49 approval. but for boeing to make that dividend and shareholder buy back announcement immediately before that november 13th vote was tone deaf in the extreme. >> quickly before we go, what lesson if any should other unionized workers in manufacturing draw from this? >> well, i think that--i agree with what was just said. it was truly tone deaf to increase dividends and do a $10 billion stock buyout on the eve of a ratification vote. what is key for boeing's future is they have one of the most skilled workers in the world in the puget sound area. they have high experience, high skill, high productivity and strong innovativeness on the job. that's the core of boeing's competitiveness going forward. it was penny-wise and pound foolish to press down hard on wages and benefits in the hope of increasing perhaps t

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we see that unionizing can change an industry where there are no unions. status quo fights back so hard. >> i think that is right. you can look at the history of industry after industry of americans and see the dramatic change that came with organization. the northwestern case is pretty unique. it is yet another example of workers or players in this case agitating for some collective representation that we have seen among fast food workers, wal-mart workers, restaurant workers throughout the country. that is something relatively new. i would say the ncaa is not wal-mart but like wal-mart i hazard to guess ncaa wants nothing to do with it. >> do you think we are seeing a new rise in organized labor whether through traditional labor unions or other organizations? >> i think it is a bit too early to tell. there is no magic bullett for organized labor out there. the more supporters can draw the issues of inequality and stagnating wages and poverty together with the plight of organized labor the better off i think it will be for labors fortu fortunes. by bringi

. >>> union votes, some amazon workers vote on whether to unionize. but could this small group have big repercussions for the company? and ceo of the year, morningstar's pick for the top chief executive is a turn-around expert whose stock has more than double over the past two years. and tyler will introduce you to him. we have all that and more tonight on nightly business report for wednesday, january 15th. >>> good evening, tyler will be along later. well, stocks are on a roll. another triple-digit gain today for the dow blue chips and the s&p 500 and the dow transportation index all rose to fresh all-time highs. and the nasdaq closed at its highest level in more than 13 years. it looks like stocks have shaken off the stumbling start to the new year. they got a big lift this morning, from bank of america earnings. the bank's profits shot up eight-fold from a year ago. also helping? a big surprise boost in manufacturing and a world bank forecast calling for a stronger growth outlook not only for the u.s., but the global economy as well. on wall stree

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it could decrease the number of people who join unions and further erode the power that unions have ate in the union a right to work state. right now, there are 24 right to work states in the u.s. in those states, the average worker earns $1500 less a year and people will say that's because they're not unionized. >> i think they could be quite significant. i don't think they're exaggerating those. the public sector employee group of workers is the most promising for unions. as you know union numbers have been dropping. there's 1.8 million of those home care workers. you have to consider 36 years we're going to have about 89 million people in this country over 65 years. so this is a fast-growing area. for unions, it represents a significant number of employees. if the court goes and carries through the threat that we saw in knox in 2012, it would create essentially a public employee right to work sector. i would have a devastating impact on many of these unions. i've got to say from this oral argument, it does not look good for the unions. the question is how bad is it going to be. one

african union has to work itself on the structure. the cross country you've got african troops deployed in un peacekeeping operation paid by un to call on you when there will happen the african union will have the tool and neat organized itself the ambassador sorrow and are preparing for the show we saw a lot of the criticism was. you no longer have the likes of mark duffy who used to bankroll the african union to a large extent that a lot of money and also perhaps the leadership in africa isn't what it used to be. one analyst describing how these two have for instance his hand in glove relationship between nigeria's president obasanjo and south africa's present time when becky which you don't see as much anymore i cleaned up we can use it to the beach with the idea of it all up returning them. is it the zoo. is it can also in all african on the ship and we know not only the cool mom woke me up so many famous in all of it he does that add to all our mind or speech. i think he sees an unknown musician would have been in the movement of

the state of the union is blah, may god continue to bless bluh.nd the republicans can always give their awkward response speech via vine. >> good evening. [ laughter ] >> good evening. [ laughter ] >> it's such a more efficient way of introducinining us to al these people who will never be president. of course -- >> do it by slapping. >> snapchat's the best way to go with those responses. lewis -- >> i couldn't agree more. >> thank you, sir. >>> still ahead on "way too early," your best and most creative captions for that picture, vladimir putin on "the new yorker." "morning joe" moments away. [ female announcer ] skin looking tired? research shows that as you age, skin cells lose energy, making skin look tired. wake it up with olay regenerist. formulated with a skin energizing complex, it penetrates 10 layers of the skin's surface, revving up surface cell regeneration and bringing out younger looking skin. ♪ because energized skin is younger looking skin. the latest, from olay regenerist. ♪ is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oa

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state of the union is?ways strong. >> i'll just go with strong. >> i like jerry ford, better, but not good enough yet. >> i think the state of the union is getting incrementally stronger, and i would not suggest stating it that way in the speech. i think that's where we are. >> incrementally is not -- >> in the 90s we were big on that. >> jeff, we talk about the tinkering, presidents changing and editing. nobody did it more than bill clinton. >> a lot of rewriting. with the president on the big speeches, it was very collaborative. but by the time you're in the family theater, you shouldn't be messing with the substance of the speech. didn't always work out that way. >> president clinton making changes on the way to the capital. overstated? >> that is not overstated. >> what is it that makes a great speech writer? >> listening to your boss as much as possible. >> focus on the matter at hand. don't overwrite. >> you rarely get paragraphs crossed out. people say, no, no, no, that doesn't sound like me. if your

of unions.on workers are the countervailing force to unchecked capitalism. i would like to hear your comments. guest: thanks for the question. i agree, the decline in unionization has affected inequality. a lot of people don't realize it's a long-term decline that started in 1954 and things have been going south since then. it's important to note that the period where unionization was very high was a different period in the u.s. we have an idea of a male breadwinner, a single worker should be able to support their family by themselves. was a pretty good deal compared to today for people who don't have a college degree, for men who don't have a college degree. it was not a very good deal for women, who were confined to the home and not expected to work. what we have seen over time is were women realized it was not such a great deal for them. if you have two workers in the family, it does not make sense to pay a family wage to each of them grade we have had this -- them. ofhave had this period tra

because it is all unionize. >> that is what people hate about unions.at's where unions get themselves in trouble. words, it cuts both ways, right? note, these guys are machinists, so they fix machines that are there. >> they will always have a job. >> they will be fixing the automated robots at the service center. >> we will see what happens tonight. in the meantime, we are also watching "the new york times," who cited some leaked documents that say the nsa can monitor leaked documents on computers even if the computers are not connected to the internet. a little scary. there are 100,000 computers around the world that allow the u.s. to conduct surveillance and effectively connect a superhighway to conduct cyber attacks. i do not need to get into the intricacies of all this technology. i think that the bottom line takeaway for all of us is if you were worried about the nsa before, maybe tapping into your internet connection, now you have to worry about them tapping into your computer without the internet. >> they say they are not doing it domestically,

>> as we gather here tonight, the state of our union is strong. >> the state of the union is strong. our economy is the healthiest it's been in three decades. >> tonight the state of our union is strong and together we will make it stronger. >> together we have cleared away the rubble of crisis. we can say with renewed confidence the state of our union is stronger. >> host of barney & company. stew, is the state of our union strong and will president obama start off the speech tonight? >> in my view, the economy, financial position of america is not strong. it is a position of weakness. number one, we've not recovered all of the jobs we lost in the great recession. we're behind where we were in 2007. debt, we've added $7 trillion. that's not strength, that's weakness. the middle class being squeezed. they are losing buying power. standard of living is down. that's weakness, not strength. overall economy the worst since any recession in world war ii. weakness, not strength. >> the president is not going to get out there tonight and say the state of the union is weak. >> no, he's not.

caller: i would like to say i joined unions in the 1950's. a goodder myself to be union member. the unions became a branch of the democratic party ever years. -- over the years. i think they were wrong in supporting universal health care. one of the main reasons people join unions was to get benefits. if unions were the first ones to -- thatfits for workers is why the unions last membership over the years. the other thing, union leadership has gotten to the point where they are more interested and reps and the democratic party than their more interested in representing the democratic party than their membership. host: let's get a response, thea lee? guest: you talked about unions supporting universal health care rather than bargaining. we need to do both. forns are spokespeople working people generally. in our country, we have so many people without health care, it causes an inefficient system overall and to cause a strain on the system. that is what we were seeing, the system was so broken that we needed to figure out a different way of doing that. in terms of the democrats and

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a special state of the union rundown. and show us what you think the state of our union is. share your message on social media with #sotuis. >>> can you know that apps on your phone are used to track your location? it's part of the newest nsa spying revolutions. the documents were released by edward snowden. data can be fed to the nsa and with personal data like your location. the msa kbets routine access to app data. the nsa insists they are not interested in data from people who aren't considered a target. 60% value the security. that's up 2% from a poll in august. >>> this morning the music world is mourning the loss of pete seeger. ♪ >> that was him singing his song "turn, turn, turn." seeger often said the key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known. his grandson says he died monday night of natural causes after being hospitalized for six days. pete seeger was 94. >>> now let's kbet the latest in sports. >> let's start with richard sherman. he became a household name and the center of controversy after his rant in his inter

because the european union in fact rammed through its a genda. suggested a number of compromises he said just a trial a trial negotiations between russia ukraine and the european union the you said no it's only between you and us suggested changing their cessation agreement they you said no it's going to be the way we wrote it so. the e.u. is not accepting compromises and their so-called opposition is not accepting compromises in this situation i'm not sure russia will be able to disburse the economic aid that it promised to ukraine because you know this economic aid consists in buy in ukraine's government boards why should russia by the government wants all the government that will all busily be controlled by and to russian people the u.s. doesn't buy iranian government bonds and the rhetoric which mr yatsenyuk and mystically each core and mr bork used towards russia is very much unlike the rhetoric that the rainy and move us use against the united states about almost a big set and for them tony where would you suggest they go because again. it

the state of the union is a little over two hours from now. we'll be sampling reaction from around the country and around the world. there are a number of issues that the president will be talking about tonight. coming up we'll discuss income inequality. ali velshi will take a deeper dive into that. we'll have a conversation with treasure secretary larry summers, and we'll talk to people who have helped previous presidents get ready for their state of the union addresses. all that coming up at 7:00 eastern time, and we'll be here after the speech as well until midnight eastern. tony, we'll see you a little later. >> thank you. it's been four years since the obama administration announced plans to shift foreign policy focus from the middle east to asia. we asked melissa chan if that pivot really has happened. >> the uss george washington out on the pacific ocean, part of president obama's pivot to asia. by 2020 the plan is to shift a majority 60% of the country's warship to the region along with maintaining six aircraft carri carriers. this is

just 3% say the state of the union is strong.ng to wager those are not the words the president will be using tonight but you may hear in one of the four, count them, four republican responses. i want to bring in the power panel with us now, keeren finney and robert tranum and "washington post" political columnist dana milbank. this is a power panel. president obama undoubtedly in a tough spot, talking tonight to a nation in a distinctly bad mood if you want to believe the poll numbers after five years in office, how does mr. obama reset? how does he hit refresh and get that hope and optimism going again? >> well, i think that's part of why you have in the runup to the state of the union, you've heard the administration officials talking about the president is going to be optimistic and positive and i think part of this idea of the phone and the pen is to denote

tonight the state of your union.n a few hours president obama will give the annual state of the union address talking about his many initiatives including his efforts to bolster the economy but there are certain numbers the president almost certainly will not mention, but i will. starting with job growth. since president obama took office five years ago, he rate of job growth has been anemic nowhere near enough to make up for the 8.7 million jobs lost in the great recession. and even if the economy suddenly booms, it still could take years to get the u.s. back to prerecession leaflets when the job less rate was below 5%. while obama is likely to tout the unemployment rate falling from 6.7% from a high of 10 in 2009. the reason for the drop won't make the speech. millions of americas are dropping out of labor force. if they were countered are the jobless rate would be at least 13%. >>> for those lucky enough to have a job wages are falling. app typical full-time worker made $8 30 a week. that's down, less since presid

there are no modern european union. there are no such thing as drum up being the european union because the european union is a club gulf states. it starts with five of them now twenty eight pm. all the citizens of these countries are european citizens of these is what has been described by the treaties. and i are on school aid in states of the european union are not the problem in many the on many issues actually on many subjects. we provide are other solutions. but we're not least and two. in two thousand i'd worked in the new network and learn from our mentor for many activists. the european little proposing a frame or the frames that youth were among the people in european union which and started my dd idea that we are citizens of our countries our respective countries. and as such we are also citizens of the european union and the reason absolutely no part in color the risk it all for the groom's been benefiting from social welfare services ol' whatever. there is that there is absolutely no such article the risk. n

of the european union that is to say to the benefit of the technocrats. who are not elected and who determine the policy of the european countries it is an absolute denial of democracy it is a real scandal that nobody talks about you need to know that people like her also and others are not elected they are appointed it is tragic if it happened in any other country in the world they would cry out dictatorship we leave today in a dictatorship in europe and thus this dictatorship has an international vision since it defends international projects i believe that international zionism is well known it is to defend the expansion of israel in the middle did so but you often use an ism men's and mystic ideas when you speak so why exactly would israel out of all countries benefit from an unstable middle east. because it is them who have everything to gain obviously we can very well see that israel is allowed everything today israel is one of the countries which has been the most condemned who can see literally at the level of the human rights organizations and it

our state of the union coverage continues with cnn's jake tapper. >>> welcome to cnn's state of the union postgame. i'm jake tapper, if you did not see the president's speech, we'll get you up to speed over the next 30 minutes. if you did see it, we've got in-depth reaction. ted cruz, you won't want to miss that, and president obama, his first following the state of the union address and and then you can see our conversation friday morning right here on cnn, beginning on "new day" at 6:00 a.m. watch the full interview on my show "the lead ""friday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. tonight began with the house sergeant at arms introducing president obama, the room holding nearly every powerful figure in our government. >> good to see you. >> let's make this a year of action. that's what most americans want, for all of us in this chamber to focus on their lives, their hopes, their aspirations. >> so that's the easy way, bipartisan cooperation. then there's the other way, the hard way, as far as congress is concerned. the president looked out at many who kept the goals of last state of the union from ha

our base is -- >> these unions complained with submitting requests to fix these problems. for three years they were ignored and denied. >> what has the president said? he's said time and time again that as this law gets implemented we'll work with everyone to -- >> they don't feel like that's true. >> that's voted over 40 times to di kill it. if you want to talk about bleeding from the base, four different republicans -- >> you're not going to answer my question. >> i have answered your question. >> you haven't answered my question. this isn't a political problem for you that a million labor workers have decided that they haven't been heard on fixing obama care? >> what you've got are folks that want to work with this white house to continually strengthen -- >> that's not the tone i'm setting. >> i've read the letter, s.e., and time and time again we've seen that the base is appreciative of the fact that we now have more people who have affordable health care than we did before the bill. and they sure as heck don't want to see us repeal it. >> we've got to take a break. de

to the halls of congress to address the nation in his fifth actually it's his fourth state of the union address his fifth address to a joint session of congress what should he tell the american people and what can he realistically get done with a sharply divided congress that and more tonight's politics panel also even though he says he wants to reduce income inequality president obama continues to support the transpacific partnership a trade deal that some people call nafta on steroids why is he doing this and what does this say about the relationship between democratic presidents and american trade policy and a group of footballers from northwestern university in illinois i want to start a labor union if they're successful there is will be the first players union of any kind in all of college sports that this be the start of the end c.w.a. labor movement. you know this tonight barack obama will go before congress to deliver his fourth state of the union address his fifth big part is. it's this is actually the fist. time that is addressed congress in what is the constitutionally define

that helps the unions. unions always want to get better. simple question. football play ares join the union? >> they have the right to. and will the school have to rige with anybody they want. will the school have to recognize the union? that's what nlrb will have. >> what do you think they will say? >> no. it's such a radical change president obama's appointees will say we're just not ready for this. >> play ball. thank you, judge. >> stay warm with that super bowl. >> i indeed will. >> speaking of warmth, there is a deep freeze down south stranding thousands of drivers. many had to seek shelter in their cars or at churches or stores. we're going to hear from some of the folks on the ground and what they had to do to survive. to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ]

watch the state of the union unfiltered. going to be adding our color commentary, reading twitter, taking texts from our friends who work in politics as you mentioned joined by tommy and tim, two of the sharpest guys i know in washington who have a lot of experience in twitter despite the fact that we all look 17 years old here. yeah, you know, if you want to tune in to cnn.com, get kind of informed take on what's happening as it's unfolding, you should definitely tune in. it's another option that we are adding and experimenting with tonight, wolf. >> give us a thought, tommy, what you hope to achieve by this. >> you know, i had i that these speeches are best remembered by sort of a moment so i think if the president can show that he cares about creating jobs, if there can be a moment that's emotional that makes people remember this state of the union and makes it stand out, it's a laundry list of ideas. >> what about you, tim? >> every time the president knocks down a straw man we're going to make tommy drink. i don't think

now a state of the union flashback.> in 1974, as the watergate crisis was reaching its crescendo, president nixon went before congress in a state of the union. >> the time has come to bring that investigation and the other investigations of this matter to an end. one year of watergate is enough. >> less about the state of the union than about the state of the president. i mean, here he is facing down the very people who are beginning to think about his impeachment. and he has to stand before them in that assembly. >> i have no intention whatever of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do for the people of the united states. ♪ oh-oh, oh, oh, la, la-la, la-la, la-la ♪ ♪ na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na some things just go together, like auto and home insurance. bundle them together at progressive, and you save big on both. ♪ oh, oh-oh, oh, oh hey, it's me! [ whistles ] and there's my dog! [gasps] there's my steps! i should stop talking. perfectly paired savings. now, that's progressive. getting the right n

melissa: what do you think of role of unions now. this union is offering finally its members and getting them to really put jobs on the line in order to hang together. look at place like north carolina trying to woo these jobs away where they are not unionized. is that future? >> competition is the future. it is global. it is within theountry. you're seeing that. many respects the private sector union movement had its problem photographer a long period of time. you're seeing real concerns in the among public sector unions. in are concerns about public service unions and how to deal with that. melissa: absolutely. let me turn to ben bernanke. he gave maybe what is his last speech. what kind of report card for what he has done. a lot of people give him glowing remarks. i don't know if you feel the same way? >> i think he gets good reports, good remarks for the period during the panic in 2008. mainly, september, october, november, where the fed provided lender of last resort loans at that point which is appropriate classic central banki

, as the last state of the union proved.he intrigue isn't over what he's going to say because it has direct implication over what's going to happen. people tune in, especially i would imagine, democrats running in 2014, tune in to see what they're going to have to own and disown of the president. especially in election year. but honestly, i mean, unless queen latifaha marries people tonight, it's not going to have the same kind of effect as some of the other, you know, big tune-in night television shows have. >> that would be certainly, i think, something to see. what do you think, stephanie? how much can the president really accomplish here? >> well, i think that, you know, i've worked on more than a half dozen of these speeches. and we're forgetting one very important point. that he's not speaking to the people in the room, he's not speaking to people like us. he's speaking to people who are watching his speech on living rooms -- in living rooms, couches across the country. it's an unfiltered way for the president to get h

let's start with the union case, marcia. are home health care workers normally covered by unions? >> well, there are a number of states that have recognized unions to represent those types of workers. the state of illinois did in this particular case not only recognize the union but really supported it because it found once it had a union it dramatically reduced turnover in these jobs, it raised wages and offered benefits that made the job more attractive to workers. so the union is supporting -- i'm sorry the state is supporting the union in this case before the supreme court. >> how could supreme court ruling in this case affect public sector unions in general? >> well, if the court were to rule for the three challengers who are home health care workers, who are not members of the union, it could really as justice pointed out today radically alter the workplace around the country where there are unions like this. these three home health care workers who are nonunion members are saying that because this is a public employee union, even bargaining for wages is a way of petitioning

the state of our union is getting stronger.come too far to turn back now. >> we can say with renewed confidence that the state of our union is stronger. >> well, we want to hear from you about what you think the state of the union is. you've heard from our poll. the word "strong" is not a word that many people pitch. #sotuis or sotuis.msnbc.com. except it's 2 percent every year. go to e*trade and find out how much our advice and guidance costs. spoiler alert. it's low. it's guidance on your terms not ours. e*trade. less for us, more for you. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> each year it seems we get more responses to the state of the union. we'll hear the official republican response from kathy mcmorris rodgers, tea party response from senator lee and the rand paul response from senator rand paul. i'm not making that up. iliana latham will give the spanish republican response. >> great

he will not let us join the european union. >> moscow wants to force us back to the soviet union, back to the stone age, but we are a modern people. we want to be part of europe. >> the next morning at 6:00 a.m., we are in a bus with the ukrainian tour group. first, the prayer. the group hopes to go to poland for a few hours to honor the composer of ukraine asked national anthem. he is buried in a little village in present-day poland, less than 100 kilometers away. the problem is the border. it can take up to seven hours before everyone on the bus has got through the controls. these people have been through this before. it's frustrating, but no one dares complain. but then, a small miracle occurs -- the presence of our camera team seems to have motivated the border guards, and we are through in a mere two and half hours. the ukrainian passengers have never experienced anything like it. >> your camera was a big help. we have never got through so fast. the border guards were never this friendly before. you can accompany us any time you want and show your viewers what goes on here. maybe

oversees these unions, is there anything. >> this is a local union contract.as a parent, as a father, as a taxpayer, i'm going to just -- it rips your heart out and makes your stomach turn. and we're working with the local authorities to make sure that, you know, anything they need, we're going to help them. and, as i say, if the arbitrator makes a wrong decision, we're going to fight it and this is about misplaced priorities. you know. quite frankly, this is imincorrect when someone rape as young kid and wants to collect more money. i have a whole unit that works to get assets from a convicted criminals. and so we're going to make sure that we take care of restitution and help the victims first. >> the money that he would be getting is from the dues of the teachers, the good teachers. all right. actually paying for this child rapist. imagine if you were a teacher and you were appalled and outraged by one of your own raping a student and then you are forced to pate 10 grand because it's your dues money that goes in? now, when you say there is are arbitration,

. >>> state of the union. we're here in washington with a preview. the president will say it strong. but our new nbc news poll finds a far different view among many americans. >>> money troubles in of all places the house of windsor as the life of a queen ends up costing a lot more than anyone anticipated. >>> and all over this land people today were remembering the life and times and the powerful voice of pete seeger. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. and here we are on capitol hill in washington to cover the president's state of the union address later this evening, while at this hour the real urgency is being felt across a huge stretch of our country in the deep south. a rare and unusual snow and ice event. some bad winter weather in cities and towns not equipped to handle it, from east texas on up through louisiana, including new orleans, through mississippi and alabama, where the national guard's been called out. and georgia, including atlanta right on up into the carolinas. put another way, 140 million americans are living under some

i pay more than union. state -- war union were union state.m private and i have worked -- they work three hours out of an eight hour day. clinton, that is a total waste. host: let's get a response. guest: i am trying to remember where it began with the economy and job loss. >> giving california as an example. i do not know what to say. if the movement is here advocating for basic fairness, you talk about the government being too big in terms of the overall government budget. as an economist, when i look and see you have a long. of slow and economic growth. to step the government in and do things that need to be doing. they cannot find this on their own. can do that and it is exactly the time when the government should because it creates jobs and build our countries future and we have a $3.3 trillion infrastructure deficit because we have not invested enough in our infrastructure. maybe republicans and democrats can agree the government plays a unique role and the same is true for education. we need a solid education system. want to just provid

he played at union meetings and political rallies. sii, his groupr were blacklisted as communist sympathizers and kept out of falls. he went so low. anshall overcome became anthem of the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s. >> ♪ if i had a hammer, i'd hammer in the morning ♪ >> that was not his only song to become a protest movement standard. cleaning up my dirty street ♪ >> in later years, he channeled his protest to environmental causes, particularly the hudson river, beside which he built his home. >> normally, i am against big sayings. i think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. too many things can go wrong when they get big. father figure to social activists, a man who saw music is more than just entertainment. seeger, who may have liked small things, but became himself a very big folk star. he died today at the age of 94. that brings our broadcast to a close. we will be back in a few hours with full coverage of president unions state of the address. thanks for watching. tune in tomorrow. >> ma

just compare this state of the union to the one president obama delivered in 2013. then he had just won a second term. he had ambitious ideas. he called for passing legislation on immigration and gun control and taxes and entitlements. none got done. we're seeing a downsized dream this year, smaller proposals and a focus on the things he can do as president without counting on congress. >> so, he doesn't want to count on the congress. what will lawmakers have to say about that once the speech has been given? we're going to have a conversation at 6:15 live right here at the capital. the russell building with susan davis who has ideas about what we can expect to hear from the president and what congress members may say about what he has to say. in the meantime, i'm going to throw it back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. just reminding everybody that they can watch the state of the union right here on wusa9. with derek and jan. >>> it's been part of the blight as you enter the district from the east. you can't miss the abandoned hexed apartment store wareh