Obama takes center stage at 9:00 EST. You can read more about what you can expect at NPR…..we’ve also included an extra stream from PBS NewsHour which will include additional commentary on the speech, including a response from the Republican party.
As President Obama prepares to deliver his State of the Union speech Tuesday evening, he does it against a backdrop of some of the lowest voter-approval ratings of his presidency, with a divided Congress that has largely stalled his second-term agenda and with Washington’s collective focus starting to shift toward the midterm elections and beyond.