President Obama delivered his State of the Union Wednesday evening addressing jobs, the economy, health care and more. For help analyzing his speech, we talk with former Clinton speechwriter Ted Widmer and our Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich.

• MONEY TAKEOUT: New York Times finance reporter Louise Story explains how smart phones and other mobile devices are clogging wireless networks across the U.S.
• SPORTS TAKEOUT: New York Times sports reporter Joe Drape gives us the latest on the Australian Open tennis tournament. Who will match Roger Federer and what are the chances of Serena Williams getting into the next round?
• LISTENER TAKEOUT: Listeners react to yesterday's conversation with a lucky survivor of the Haiti earthquake, who used his U.N. credentials to leave the country.

At a conference in London today, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is expected to address ways of reintegrating some Taliban members back into the Afghan political process. It's something we put to Gen.  David Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command, which oversees forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

An international conference is taking place in London today aimed at charting a stable and secure future for Afghanistan. The focus will be on helping Afghanistan set milestones in improving its security forces, tackling corruption and building better cooperation with its regional neighbors.

In last night's State of the Union address, President Obama proposed the ambitious goal of bringing high speed rail to America. He wants to devote eight billion dollars to be doled out to 31 states to overhaul their mass transit systems.

President Obama delivered his first State of the Union address last night, covering a broad range of issues from our wars abroad, to the devastation in Haiti and the stalemate on healthcare reform at home. We talk with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, to review what the President addressed in his speech.

• CONGRESS TAKEOUT: Takeaway Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich joins us from Capitol Hill with more reaction to President Obama's State of the Union address.
• AUTO TAKEOUT: Because of faulty accelerators, Toyota decided this week to stop building and selling eight of it's most popular models, including the Camry and Corolla. Paul Eisenstein, publisher of The Detroit Bureau, joins tells us about the recall.
• BUSINESS TAKEOUT: The Federal Reserve decided this week to keep short-term interest rates near zero. New York Times finance reporter Louise Story joins us to discuss the Fed's move, and how it may help support economic recovery.

President Obama delivered his State of the Union Wednesday night in the midst of his job approval rating being the most polarized of any first-year president. According to a recent Gallup Poll, there is a 65 percentage point gab between Democrats and Republicans. We turn to House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) for a Republican's take on President Obama's speech.

After weeks of speculation and hype the Apple iPad was unveiled yesterday. What does it look like? What does it do? And will you want to buy one?

Singer Wyclef Jean has raised some two million dollars since the Haiti earthquake struck two weeks ago through his charity, Yele Haiti. We ask him what the country needs most right now.

More than two weeks after the earthquake struck in Haiti, destroying homes and tearing apart families, Haitians are scrambling to find new places to live. It is expected that many may seek refuge in Miami, a city which already has a large Haitian immigrant population.

President Obama's State of the Union Address last night prompted a wide range of comments on style and policy.  But maybe the most surprising came from MSNBC Chris Matthews, who said he "forgot that he was black tonight for an hour." We ask Morehouse College professor David Wall Rice.

Author and historian Howard Zinn died yesterday of a heart attack at 87. He was professor emeritus in the Political Science Department at Boston University and an author of more than 20 books, including the million-plus bestseller, "A People's History of the United States." Two weeks ago, he joined veteran journalist Callie Crossley on her show. We ask her about the legacy Zinn leaves behind him.

Following President Obama's State of the Union address last night, we get analysis from pundits in opposing political arenas. Democratic political strategist, Donna Brazile and Fred Barnes, executive editor of the Weekly Standard, discuss what the president achieved and what he missed in his speech.

Noam Chomsky, a linguistics professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose own political activisim has intersected with that of historian Howard Zinn, speaks to us on Zinn's final critique of President Obama. 

The last few weeks have been busy for U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. Besides dealing with international and domestic security concerns following the foiled bomb plot on Christmas Day, Napolitano is also addressing the devastation in Haiti and how to best help those who made need to seek refuge in the United States.

Earlier this week Caitlin Hebert and Cody Salvas wrote in to give us their six-words on the State of the Union, writing, "Bad economy no one is acting" and "What the hell is going on?!" We check in with the tenth graders to see if President Obama's address changed their minds.