MARY SNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT Wolf, mixing politics and money is never an easy sell. CNN's Mary Snow joining us live from New York with more - Mary. By emphasizing Social Security tonight, the president hopes to build momentum for his overall plan. start time for the president's news conference - 8:00 pm Eastern. President Bush addressing both of those issues tonight hoping that he will convince the American people that he is on the right track when it comes to his domestic agenda - Wolf. The crown prince saying, in a long term plan, yes, he would, over the next ten years. And then it was just Monday when he asked the Saudi crown prince if he would boost his oil production. It was just yesterday he announced a new initiative to try to actually create oil refineries in some of these closed military bases. The president's plan, his energy plan has languished over the last four years in Congress. The president basically wants to show the American people that, yes, he cares about these soaring gas prices even if there is very little that he can do about it. Now of course, the other top issue that he's going to focus on is the energy policy policy. Not only polls showing that there's not much approval to that, but also his overall job approval rating, the latest polls showing from the Washington Post/ABC poll that overall job approval sinking - 47 percent approving of the job he's doing, 50 percent now disapproving. But it has been a very tough sell, Wolf, for this president. Now, this is supposed to really mark the end of the first phase going to the second phase, talking more about solutions, possible solutions to that. ![]() As you had mentioned, of course before, the president wraps up a 60-day, 60-stop tour trying to sell his Social Security reform plan across the country to actually create some of those private accounts for younger retirees. The two things he's going to focus on: Social Security reform as well as his energy plan. It really underscores the importance of President Bush's message. This is only the fourth time this has happened. It is a very rare incident that you have a press conference in primetime in the East Room. Obviously, the White House wants as many people as possible to watch and hear what the president has to say. Just moments ago we learned that that press conference was moved from 8:30 to 8:00 due to complications of network programming. SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT Well Wolf, very interesting. She's over at the White House with a preview of the president's primetime appeal - Suzanne. Chris Huntington - he'll look at the energy debate. She'll have a closer look at Social Security. Standing by in New York to tell us why, Mary Snow. But it's been a tough sell so far, especially when it comes to Social Security. In just three hours, President Bush holds a news conference to make one more pitch for his policies. And he's been expending a lot of energy promoting his energy ideas. He's wrapping up a cross country marathon to educate Americans about his Social Security reforms. (END VIDEOTAPE) BLITZER: Thanks for joining us. ANNOUNCER: This is WOLF BLITZER REPORTS for Thursday, April 28, 2005. Woodpecker wonder: It's like finding a dodo. Can he sell his Social Security plan to an increasingly skeptical public? Big day in Baghdad: Iraq gets its first democratic government in half a century, but the insurgents aren't impressed. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BLITZER (voice-over): Primetime president Q&A just hours away. ![]() Stand by for hard news on WOLF BLITZER REPORTS. We'll tell you why President Bush is about to take a very unusual step tonight. ![]() WOLF BLITZER: Happening now, you're looking live at the White House. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. ![]() Zimbabwe on UN Human Rights Commission President Bush Continues to Push Social Security Reform Senators Biden and Coleman Debate Judicial Nominations
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