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President Obama prepares to address the nation

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    Molly Henneberg reports from Washington, D.C.

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To America's jobless new polls show most voters have lost hope unfortunately.

Molly Henneberg live at the white house with more a preview of the state of the union -- might you might.

Good morning -- Stephen -- the White House says the president tonight will lay out his plan to create jobs and grow the middle class.

And we're likely to hear him make the case to congress that more tax increases and fewer spending cuts will help generate those jobs.

-- new fox poll suggests americans' top issue right now is the economy but they aren't too thrilled with the president's handling of -- so far let's take a look at that first -- The policy did last week over 1000 registered voters and the issue they say they are most concerned about the economy 89% -- they were extremely or very concerned about the economy now look down that list a little bit tied for fourth on the list at 84%.

Government spending and the job market.

In the next -- if you look at the president's job approval numbers on specific issues.

Job creation 43% approve 52% disapprove and on the economy 42% approve 55%.

Disapprove.

The president expected to call tonight for more money or investment.

In infrastructure building projects and clean energy technology and the manufacturing sector.

The president's director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling -- contends it will help the economy.

I don't think that laying the foundation for future growth.

Which is what we've done by investing in basic research in what.

President Eisenhower did -- invest in our national.

Federal highway system.

Is anything to.

You know discount in any way what you need to do is be Smart you need to reduce spending you need to reduce entitlement spending but it doesn't mean.

You pull back on everything.

Republicans are not buying it they don't want any more tax increases and the vice chair of the House Republican Caucus.

Says the president is not seeing the whole economic picture.

President Obama hasn't recognized that we had a spending problem neither he.

You think back to his first inaugural address and he said he was gonna cut the deficit in half.

By the end of his first term and we've seen record deficits record -- -- Trillion dollar plus deficits for as long as President Obama -- been in office.

And the senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the president's gotten all the tax increases that he's going to get.

-- you know in -- I'm Molly Henneberg live for us at the White House today thanks -- she obviously.

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