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Congress Approval Rating 11%: Americans Should Stop Complaining, They Put Them In Office (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Rep. Aaron Schock and John Podesta join Soledad O'Brien on Starting Point to discuss President Obama's State of the Union Address and Congress' approval rating of 11%.

Nancy Pelosi Says Newt Will Not Become The President Of The United States (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and Will Cain join Randi Kaye in the CNN Newsroom to discuss a new ARG survey of likely Florida primary voters, plus Nancy Pelosi's recent comments about Newt Gingrich never becoming President of the United States.

ROLAND S. MARTIN: POTUS Should Take His Message To Red States And Ask What Has The GOP Done For Struggling Americans

Roland Martin, Ari Fleischer, Candy Crowley, Paul Begala, David Gergen and Anderson Cooper discuss President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address. Roland Martin explains that President Obama should take the fight to the GOP in states controlled by Republicans and ask if their plans to create jobs and grow the the economy is actually [...]

WATCH: Herman Cain Delivers The Tea Party's SOTU Response

Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain spoke from the National Press Club to deliver the Tea Party response to President Obama's State of the Union address. (Jan. 24) (The Associated Press)

Tea Party Groups In Tennessee Demand Textbooks Overlook U.S. Founder's Slave-Owning History

Source: Trymaine Lee / The Huffington Post A little more than a year after the conservative-led state board of education in Texas approved massive changes to its school textbooks to put slavery in a more positive light, a group of Tea Party activists in Tennessee has renewed its push to whitewash school textbooks. The group [...]

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama Speaks On An America Built To Last

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ROLAND S. MARTIN: Wives Of Congressmen Should Cut Them Off From Sex Until They Support Equal Pay For Women (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Rep. Karen Bass and David Frum join Soledad O'Brien on Starting Point to discuss what they took away from the State Of The Union Address. Roland explained that it is shameful for men not to stand up for equal pay for women.

President Obama Hugs Gabby Giffords (VIDEO)

While walking up to deliver his 2012 State of the Union Speech, President Obama hugs Congressman Gabby Giffords. WATCH:

President Obama's State Of The Union Speech [Transcript]

Source: CNN President Barack Obama: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than a million [...]

LIVE VIDEO: State Of The Union Address

State of the Union Address from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC