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Mid of Deputy Sergeant of Arms Kerri Hanley introducing the President, saying: (English) \"The president of the United States\", zoom in to US President Barack Obama entering and shaking hands2. Mid of Obama shaking hands as he walks...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Mid of Deputy Sergeant of Arms Kerri Hanley introducing the President, saying: (English) \"The president of the United States\", zoom in to US President Barack Obama entering and shaking hands\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of Obama shaking hands as he walks into House\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide pan of Obama shaking hands with Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House John Boehner\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of Obama standing in front of Biden and Boehner, the Speaker saying: (English) \"I have the high privilege and distinct honour of presenting the President of the United States.\" UPSOUND: cheering  \u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of audience clapping as Obama shakes hands with Biden and Boehner\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"As we mark this occasion, we are also mindful of the empty chair in this Chamber, we pray for the health of our colleague - and our friend - Gabby Giffords.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Cutaway of empty Giffords' seat ++SOUNDBITE FINISHING ON SHOT 8++\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide rear view of audience standing up and clapping\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"There's a reason the tragedy in Tucson gave us pause. Amid all the noise and passion and rancor of our public debate, Tucson reminded us that no matter who we are or where we come from, each of us is a part of something greater - something more consequential than party or political preference.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Cutaway of Congresswoman Giffords' intern Daniel Hernandez who helped her after the shooting\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"New laws will only pass with support from Democrats and Republicans. We will move forward together, or not at all - for the challenges we face are bigger than party, and bigger than politics. At stake right now is not who wins the next election - after all, we just had an election. At stake is whether new jobs and industries take root in this country, or somewhere else. It's whether the hard work and industry of our people is rewarded. It's whether we sustain the leadership that has made America not just a place on a map, but a light to the world.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid of Republican Senator John McCain\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is our generation's Sputnik moment. Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven't seen since the height of the Space Race. In a few weeks, I will be sending a budget to Congress that helps us meet that goal. We'll invest in biomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Cutaway of audience\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We need to get behind this innovation. And to help pay for it, I'm asking Congress to eliminate the (b) billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies. (UPSOUND: applause). I don't know if you've noticed, but they're doing just fine on their own. So instead of subsidising yesterday's energy, let's invest in tomorrow's.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of Obama talking\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Now, I strongly believe that we should take on, once and for all, the issue of illegal immigration. I am prepared to work with Republicans and Democrats to protect our borders, enforce our laws and address the millions of undocumented workers who are now living in the shadows.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Extreme wide of the chamber\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I've heard rumours that a few of you still have some concerns about the new health care law. (UPSOUND: laughs) So let me be the first to say that anything can be improved. If you have ideas about how to improve this law by making care better or more affordable, I am eager to work with you. We can start right now by correcting a flaw in the legislation that has placed an unnecessary bookkeeping burden on small businesses.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Extreme wide pan of Chamber\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So now is the time to act. Now is the time for both sides and both houses of Congress - Democrats and Republicans - to forge a principled compromise that gets the job done. If we make the hard choices now to rein in our deficits, we can make the investments we need to win the future. Let me take this one step further. We shouldn't just give our people a government that's more affordable. We should give them a government that's more competent and efficient. We cannot win the future with a government of the past.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. Cutaway of audience standing and clapping\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We do big things. The idea of America endures. Our destiny remains our choice. And tonight, more than two centuries later, it is because of our people that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward, and the state of our union is strong.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e24. Various of Obama shaking hands with Biden and Boehner and waving at end of speech\u003cbr/\u003ePleading for unity in a newly divided government, US President Barack Obama implored Democratic and Republican lawmakers to rally behind his vision of economic revival for an anxious nation, declaring in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night: \"We will move forward together or not at all.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe president unveiled an agenda of carefully balanced political goals: a burst of spending on education, research, technology and transportation to make the nation more competitive, alongside pledges, in the strongest terms of his presidency, to cut the deficit and smack down spending deemed wasteful to America. \u003cbr/\u003eYet he never explained how he'd pull that off or what specifically would be cut.\u003cbr/\u003eObama spoke to a television audience in the (m) millions and a Congress sobered by the assassination attempt against one if its own members, Representative Gabrielle Giffords. \u003cbr/\u003eHer seat sat empty, and many lawmakers of competing parties sat together in a show of support and civility. \u003cbr/\u003eYet differences were still evident, as when Democrats stood to applaud his comments on health care and tax cuts while Republicans next to them sat mute.\u003cbr/\u003eIn his best chance of the year to connect with the country, Obama devoted most of his hour-long prime-time address to the economy, the issue that dominates concern in a nation still reeling from a monster recession - and the one that will shape his own political fortunes in the 2012 election.\u003cbr/\u003eEager to show some budget toughness, Obama pledged to veto any bill with earmarks, the term used for lawmakers' pet projects. \u003cbr/\u003eHouse Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans applauded. \u003cbr/\u003eObama's proposals on Tuesday night ranged across the scope of government: cutting the corporate tax, providing wireless services for almost the whole nation, consolidating government agencies and freezing most discretionary federal spending for the next five years.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the overarching theme of his speech, the president told the lawmakers: \"The future is ours to win.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIn essence, Obama reset his agenda as he heads toward a re-election bid with less clout and limited time before the campaign consumes more attention.\u003cbr/\u003eObama entered the House chamber to prolonged applause and to the unusual sight of Republicans and Democrats seated next to one another rather than on different sides of the centre aisle.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd he began with a political grace note, taking a moment to congratulate Boehner, the new Republican speaker of the House.\u003cbr/\u003eOn a night typically known for its political theatre, the lawmakers sometimes seemed subdued, as if still in the shadow of the Arizona shootings.\u003cbr/\u003eMany in both parties wore black-and-white lapel ribbons, signifying the deaths in Tucson and the hopes of the survivors.  \u003cbr/\u003eGiffords' husband was watching the speech from her bedside, as he held her hand.             \u003cbr/\u003eHalfway through his term, Obama stepped into this moment on the upswing, with a series of recent legislative wins in his pocket and praise from all corners for the way he responded to the shooting rampage in Arizona. \u003cbr/\u003eBut he confronts the political reality is that he must to lead a divided government for the first time, with more than half of all Americans disapproving of the way he is handling the economy.\u003cbr/\u003eOver his shoulder a reminder of the shift in power on Capitol Hill: Boehner, in the seat that had been held by Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi.\u003cbr/\u003eObama conceded that everything he asked for would prompt more partisan disputes but reminded the members of Congress that \"no matter who we are or where we come from, each of us is a part of something greater - something more consequential than party or political preference.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe president cast the challenges facing the United States as bigger than either party. \u003cbr/\u003eHe said the nation was facing a new \"Sputnik\" moment, and he urged efforts to create a wave of innovation to create jobs and a vibrant economic future, just as the nation vigorously responded to the Soviets beating the U.S. into space a half century ago.  \u003cbr/\u003eThere was less of the see-saw applause typical of State of the Union speeches in years past, where Democrats stood to applaud certain lines and Republicans embraced others. \u003cbr/\u003eMembers of the two parties found plenty of lines worthy of bipartisan applause.\u003cbr/\u003eThe president reiterated his call for a comprehensive immigration bill, although there appears little appetite for it Congress. \u003cbr/\u003eAnother big Obama priority that stalled and died in the last Congress, a broad effort to address global climate change, did not get a mention in the 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