President Barack Obama will address the nation tonight at 9:00 P.M. eastern.

The White House has provided us with this excerpt from his planned remarks:

But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, 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.

The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this nation. The answers to our problems don’t lie beyond our reach. They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our factories; in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs and the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth. Those qualities that have made America the greatest force of progress and prosperity in human history we still possess in ample measure. What is required now is for this country to pull together, confront boldly the challenges we face, and take responsibility for our future once more.

And the guest list from the First Lady’s box: Dr. Jill Biden; Leonard Abess, Jr., CEO of City National Bank of Florida; Ty’Sheoma Bethea, Student; Elizabeth Carballo, Student; Richard G. DeCoatsworth, Police Officer; Earl Devaney, Chair, Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board; Mayor Bob Dixson; Governor Jim Douglas; Mary Henley; SPC Jonathan N. James, U.S. Army; Varlie B. Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison; Blake Jones, Co-Founder and President, Namaste Solar; Shannon Kendall; Victoria Kirby, Student; Geneva Lawson, Safe-Deposit Custodian, City National Bank of Florida; Lilly Ledbetter; General Alfonso E. Lenhardt, US Army; Roxanna Garcia Marcus, Development Manager, Year Up; Abbey Meacham, Firefighter; Akrem Muzemil, Student; Sergeant John E. Rice, USMC; Juan Francisco Rodriguez, Student, Bell Multicultural High School; Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; Alvaro Simmons, Chief Operating Officer, Mary’s Center; Governor Ted Strickland.

Tune in and let us know what you think.