"The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this nation," Obama declared. "Tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before." To deal with the current crisis, deepening each day, Obama said more money will be needed to rescue troubled banks beyond the $700 billion already committed last year. He said he knows that bank bailouts are unpopular, but insisted that was the only way to get credit moving again to households and businesses, the lifeblood of the American economy. - MAINICHI WEEKLY 3/7/2009