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President Barack Obama is set to make his fourth State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, the first of his second term. We’ll carry the speech in full on NBC News beginning at 9 p.m. ET, along with analysis and reaction immediately after. NBCNews.com will also live stream a web-exclusive Special Report that will begin at 8:45 p.m. ET, with coverage anchored by NBC's Brian Williams.
Consider this your official guide to follow, fan like, and participate in our NBC News State of the Union coverage, both on –air and away from the television.
On-air
NBC News will provide complete coverage and analysis of President Obama’s State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 12, starting at 9 p.m. ET, and including the Republican response from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) immediately after. We'll also include some of the best #NBCPolitics tweets on-air.
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NBCNews.com and the NBC Politics app (available on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) will live stream the entire State of the Union, including a web-only exclusive pre-show beginning at 8:45 p.m. ET and anchored by Brian Williams. We’ll also offer slideshows, analysis and a curated view of social media reaction from NBC News political personnel and more at NBCNews.com.
Viewers can be a part of the State of the Union experience on Twitter by following and joining the conversation using the #NBCPolitics hashtag and by following @NBCPolitics.
Be sure to also follow @NBCNews, which will be taken over by an NBC News political correspondent (to be announced) during the speech. Additionally, NBC News will curate a list of some of the best NBC News analysis on the web at NBCPolitics.com.
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NBC is better.
What you see on CBS is BS (See BS = CBS)
I usually watch with both palms out. One for B.S. And one for the materialization of anything beneficial. The B.S. hand always fills up first.
This is the State of the Union speech for tonight but next week it will be a whole new set of words that mean nothing so why bother waste your time and listen at all?
This guy Obama is nothing but a snake oil salesman and one of the best at it. A total and complete empty suit. He gives new meaning to the word. He never had a job where he had to pay for his own mistakes with his own money so what experience does he have that relates to the American People that WORK FOR A LIVING? He sure knows how to piss away other peoples money though.
ford man :
are you from the future ? whats TUESDAY NIGHTS lotto numbers !
TUESDAY is the state of the union !
I'd rather watch cartoons, than hear more of Barry's false promises!
How to watch? And when it's over you can tell me how to think too.
Ah well Pig, we consider the source (you).
Brian Williams??? Gosh, I can't wait. He's the biggest supporter that Obama has. I'm sure he won't be partisan.
Wouldn't it be great if the news agencies reported the news, like they used to?
Good thing about it is, folks are wising up to the liberal news media and their days of pushing their agenda on others are numbered.
The sequester will not be easy, nobody said it would be easy. It will be devestating to have to actually pay for the things we buy for a change. And, this sequestration is only the start. Another sequestration should be implemented each year until there is a surplus, not a deficit.
The country may not be able to afford Obama's agenda? It's laughable you think that is news. The country could not afford the $5 Trillion of new debt Obama has racked up in 4 years. That's why it is called debt. It hasn't been paid for.
OK so the bailouts didn't achieve anything. You live and learn. So, let's take time out from spending and pay off Obama's $5 Trillion in new debt first, then perhaps borrow a little more later. But I hope not.
But if both Democrats and Republicans alike quit on even the sequester because it might be a little tough for awhile, then they are wasting their time in Congress, and the American people are in big trouble.
Dear all
First turn on TV
Next, NBC commentators will explain everything you need to know by interpreting it for you, so there is no reason for the viewer to analyze anything. Isn't NBC talking heads the ones that advertise "...we understand the news and explain it to you with everything you need to know...."
Then again, NBC is not alone (ABC, CBS, FOX) as all other commercial TV News does the same.
They all make it seem that America cannot think for itself!
@Fordman4life...I see how u got your name. Your afraid of change, or anything different, so your comment is about as dumb as you are. Get out in the world and see what's out there instead of hiding behind your own lil fears. Btw....are you even old enough to post on here??
jackfromJax.....try watching AlJazeera.com/English. It's not all propaganda like the US channels are, because they aren't bought and paid for by big industry, big lobbies, and big money, left or right wing. Try it out.
Who is going to bother watching another boring, apotheosis event with a bunch of self-serving shills for the lobbying industry that features a guy who reads whatever is put on a teleprompter to serve up empty b*lls*it to the public on a silver platter? Not me!
Makes sense. Mentally challenged individuals that count on NBC for their news would also need directions on how to watch TV.
Here is how to watch the State of the Union...........don't.
It is more fiction and useless than one of the movies in your DVD collection.
Plug in Tommy Boy, grab a bucket of popcorn and a soda, and watch a movie. You will be better entertained and the movie will actually make more sense when it is over than what this useless and pathetic president has to say (AGAIN!!).
Better coverage of the SOTU will be provided by FOX NEWS.
How to watch the SOTU: With an open wallet sitting in front of you- throw money out of it every time you hear the President talk about "needs". With an open bottle- take a drink every time you hear the President tell us about what's wrong with the US. With an open barf bag in front of you- for every time the President uses a member of the audience as his propaganda pawn to further his agenda. With a copy of the Constitution and a match- light up a bit of it and then put it out every time the President talks about needed "changes" and "common sense changes".
Can't wait for more lies!!! Bring on the State of the Union!
I agree,it will be fun to watch republicons go nuts,knowing they have over three years and ten months left of Obama.
And then they have to look forward to losing the house in 2014 and the white house to. Hillary in 2016.
And the abandonment of the Tea Baggers.
Just how much legislation will they pass without the House? Please tell.
And YOU should look forward to losing the Senate. People will attach the deficit to Obama and thereby his party. And if you knew anything about anything you'd know the ruling party generally loses seats in the second term And correct me if I am wrong but you have a bunch people up for re-election and Rockefeller retired. Are you really that stupid? Obviously.
Hillary? Maybe we should ask Vince Foster's widow what she thinks of that since Hillary was sleeping with her husband.
Tea Baggers? I'm not going anywhere BOY.
the bags have been unpacked we are here to stay
Sad!
im gonna watch on xbox . rumor is obama gonna have the time for kids to kill thier parents speech there
Interesting Tom, but I don't get along well enough with any of my ex's to try that.
Wrong! Tonight is "snitch on your parents night" just like the old days in Mother Russia. I think the Dems. already had one or two of them already but if I had kids in the 8-12 age group I would be very careful of making sure I applauded after every sentence loud and clear in full view of the kids and then comment on how smart Obama is.
Obama isn't going to be happy till he has complete control of your daily life.
If you need to read an article to know how to watch the speech then maybe you shouldn't be watching or voting. This is what's wrong with this country. Too many people dependent on the government, and by extension, the liberal media to show them what to do and and how to do it. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!
Not watching the State of the Union on any News Network... I am watching it on CSPAN which carries no commentary and they do not censure or cut away for commercials...
Thank goodness for the DVR...i will be watching a Dateline on ID recording.
Since this is NBC let's try this "OH MY OBAMA...YOU are soooooooo SMART!!!", "why if we only tax the 1% more we can pay for the 99% off of them...I get it now thanks OBAMA!" , "GOOSEBUMPS UP MY LEGS!!!" and "why don't we just make OBAMA king! He's sooooooo SMART!"
I'll stop by later to add a few more helpful hints.
He's working on getting to be Der Fuhrer.
yes, Watch the state of the Union on MSNBC, or CNN, or FOX News so you can be told how to think. God forbid that you watch it on CSPAN, where you would have to come to your own conclusions, or be required to think for yourself.
And after the show n' tell, the "experts" of the media will explain to us ignorant PHD's, MD's, Colonels and other naive people what they would like for us to believe Obama said.
Mother nature must be pretty smart. Had a storm Saturday night and my Direct TV dish got knocked out of alignment. So no TV to watch Obama.
That may be a big plus. You won't have to endure the dumba$$ "explanations" afterward.
"How to watch the State of the Union with NBC News":
1. Pick up your remote control gizmo.
2. Press the "power off" button.
How to watch the SOTU? By turning on my TV and adjusting the sound. I don't want to see tweets and messages and whatever flashing on the bottom of the screen. I don't want to hear what the analysis is until at least tomorrow. I want to listen to what the President has to say and then decide what I like and what I don't like. I never listen to the opposition response anymore whether republican or democrat. No matter how hard they try, they sound like idiots after the Presidential SOTU - especially the Tea Party.
Let's see....
1. Put on Liberal Blinders
2. Mix up a keg of Kool-aid
3. Cash my week 200 check for unemployment
3. Run a google search on "How do I qualify...."
4. Blame Bush for everything in the 5th year of your term.
Yep, that about sums it up.
Are we to imply from this headline that liberals are too stupid to watch the SOTU without your help MSDNC?
Stupid jerk.
Hey, Hoover was blamed for the Great Depression right up until WWII started and the economy began to recover. That's nine years after he left office! Sometimes really stupid mistakes have a lingering effect long after the person is gone.
And I'll be watching hockey anyway. At least I won't hear the crap coming out of Obama's mouth. I'll know what he said when in a couple of month's my taxes go up again.
I can save you all about an hours worth of time. The state of the union is strong. Pay no attention to China, Russia, the Middle East, buy Gold commercials, importing labor, closing businesses, Rising costs and dwindling pay, chipping away at every liberty and right, but the state of the union will be strong right up to the point it collapses.
Isn't there a replay of a golf match on at the same time?
I've recently written a book entitled, "How to Watch Cartoon Network and Ignore the SOTU."
I'll be watching the SOTU address while I'm cleaning my guns.
@DoctorJim59. VP BS Biden says he will not take No for an answer on guns. Well, the vice president will take No for an answer, and he will like it.
How to watch the President's State of the Union address on any network, NBC, FOX, CBS, ABC, CNN, etc....
1.) Ignore the the babbling heads before the President arrives for his speech.
2.) Listen carefully to the President.
3.) When he is done once again ignore the babbling heads the best method is to turn the television off.
4.) And for God's sake do not give any consideration to listening to the opposing view, that is all that is and offers nothing to the conversation.
I can't stand listening to him, so I'll wait until Wednesday morning and read the text.
Then I'll decide for myself what to make of it.
i wouldn't watch on NBC CBS or ABC their news is Obama all the way they prob be on stage kissing his a$$ FOX NEWS all the way
Wow NBC still on the air to brodcast this? Last time I heard that had less views than many internet shows. I guess thats what happens when all your news people wear their butts for a hats.
Sorry, I will be watching the real dogs at the dog show !
He's having the mother of the 15 year old girl killed in Chicago by a criminal with a gun - Why? No reason for having this mother at his Speech of the Union other than to further his gun grab speech. He is grabbing at anyone he can to get sympathy for his goal to take all of our guns. These people are all just his puppets - like Gabriel Gifford - he's reaching out to them to get our guns and the little puppets are falling all over him to kiss up to him. It's sickening - he's exploliting this 15 year old girl and Gifford and all the others that the Media is bringing out for their king, Obama. I hyope no one even listens to his speech that it has been said is going to cost taxpayers $542.00 a minute or a word - can't remember which was noted.
Meeche... yea because every other President's SOTU was "free" All President's have guests at the SOTU that represent their "causes". Grow up and learn to listen to all views. If you think it is hard to listen to President Obama, you obviously never heard President Bush (43) speak.
You need mental help