Airing live on television is President-elect Barack Obama's speech on the economy from George Mason University in Washington, D.C.

President-elect Obama announced that an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan will jumpstart job creation and long-term growth by:

• Doubling the production of alternative energy in the next three years.
• Modernizing more than 75% of federal buildings and improve the energy efficiency of two million American homes, saving consumers and taxpayers billions on our energy bills.
• Making the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years, all of America's medical records are computerized.
• Equipping tens of thousands of schools, community colleges, and public universities with 21st century classrooms, labs, and libraries.
• Expanding broadband across America, so that a small business in a rural town can connect and compete with their counterparts anywhere in the world.
• Investing in the science, research, and technology that will lead to new medical breakthroughs, new discoveries, and entire new industries.

Full remarks below.

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing for the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Watch here.

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President-elect Barack Obama met with Presidents Jimmy Carter (1977-1981), George H.W. Bush (1989-1993), Bill Clinton (1993-2001), and George W. Bush (2001-2009) at the White House this afternoon. Check out the photos from the event.

We are less than two weeks away from the Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama on January 20. For more information on the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, check out www.pic2009.org.

Congratulations to Senator-elect Al Franken!

In Minnesota, the state canvassing board certified Democrat Al Franken as the winner of the Senate recount against former Senator Norm Coleman.

The Minnesota State Canvassing Board confirmed on Monday that Al Franken has won his Senate election, ending a weeks-long recount process that started with the Democratic challenger facing a roughly 215-vote deficit.

The final tally left Franken with 1,212,431 votes to Sen. Norm Coleman's 1,212,206 votes, a 0.0077 percent margin of victory.

With the results finalized, the Franken for Senate campaign issued a statement on their victory:

This victory is incredibly humbling – not just because it was so narrow, but because of the tremendous responsibility it gives me on behalf of the people of Minnesota.

While the recount process played out, the challenges facing our state and our nation have only grown. With tensions in the Middle East reaching the boiling point, our economy facing its worst crisis since the 1930s, and Minnesota’s middle class families being squeezed harder than ever, it’s clear that we have a lot of important work to do.

I want you all to know that I’m ready to go to Washington and get to work just as soon as possible. And I look forward to joining President-Elect Obama and Senator Klobuchar in getting our country moving in the right direction again.

Read the full statement here.

We are just hours away from ringing in the New Year, and getting ready to usher in a new era of change in three weeks.

What are your New Year's Resolutions for 2009?

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