Obama: US President Obama attempts to rally the nation for the road ahead as he address a joint session of congress

US President Barack Obama has announced plans for a sweeping budget reform aimed at accelerating America's recovery from the economic crisis. In his first address to a joint sesssion of Congress, Obama said he plans to invest heavily in renewable energy and education and do everything in his power to help small businesses. In a critique of excess spending and misguided corporate policies, Obama told American lawmakers that the day of reckoning had come.