Playing for one night only at The Orpheum in Sioux City, IA ...

Watching @BarackObama from senate balcony. #cnn covering the president's speech live now.

Houma Coast Guard incident commander Cpt. Laferriere pointing out fresh oil near the Deepwater Horizon site. More at 7pmET on @johnkingusa. #oil spill #cnn #fb

Houma Coast Guard incident commander Cpt. Laferriere pointing out fresh oil near the Deepwater Horizon site. More at 7pmET on @johnkingusa. #oil spill #cnn #fb

Interviewing Vicki Kennedy.

Clue: Mementos from my desk. All part of my new set-a homage to the 50 piece puzzle of American politics. #CNN

Record crowd: 108,713.

Timeout. S Nash to right w/towel laughing at Coach Karl's energetic appeal

Usher before player intros. Part game, part giant theater

Crisp winter night

Miller makes 2. But wiz miserable 4th and Boston up as clock winds down.

@RussertXM_NBC & my Noah trash talking

Wiz by 4. 4 mins left 3rd

Wiz by 3. Early 2nd. Make it 5

Rondo directs traffic. Celts up 3 late 1st.

Circling back to a Michigan diner we visited in the early weeks of the Obama presidency. Blue collar Lansing.

Lansing. Nice chat w/Governor Granholm about jobs challenge, POTUS SOU speech and tough political climate for Dems.

Inside the Capitol dome.

President Ford portrait, outside Governor's office.

Here to see Governor Granholm and then head out for peek at post SOU / / early midterm political climate here.