month in february we added 233,000 private sector jobs. more companies are bringing jobs back and investing in america. and manufacturing is adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s. we just had another good month last month in terms of adding manufacturing jobs. and this facility is part of the evidence of what's going on all across the country. this company is about to hire more than 200 new workers, 140 of them right here in petersburg, virginia. so the economy is getting stronger. and when i come to places like this and i see the work that's being done, it gives me confidence there are better days ahead. i know it because i would bet on american workers and american know-how any day of the week. the key now, our job now, is to keep this economic engine churning. we can't go back to the same policies that got us into this mess. we can't go back to an economy that was weakened by outsourcing and bad debt and phony financial profits. we've got to have an economy that's built to last. and that starts with american manufacturing. it starts with you. for generations of americans, manufacturing has been the ticket into the middle class. every day, millions clocked in at foundries and on assembly lines, making things. and the stuff we made, steel and cars and jet engines, that was the stuff that made america what it is. it was understood around the world. the work was hard but the jobs were good. they paid enough to own a home and raise kids and send them to college. gave you enough to retire on with dignity and respect. they were jobs that told us something more important than how much we were worth, they told us what we were worth. they told us what we were building more than just products. they told us we were building communities and neighborhoods. we were building a country. it gave people pride. about what america was about. and that's why one of the first decisions i made as president was to stand by manufacturing, to stand by the american auto industry when it was on the brink of collapse. the heartbeat of american manufacturing was at stake and so were more than 1 million jobs. and today, the american auto industry is coming back and gm is number one in the world again and ford is investing billions in american plants and factories. and together, over the past 2 1/2 years, the entire auto industry has added more than 200,000 jobs. and here's the thing, they're not just building cars again, they're building better cars. for the first time in three decades, we raised fuel standards in this country, so that by the middle of the next decade, the cars that are built in america will average nearly 55 miles to the gallon. that will save the typical family about $8,000 at the pump over time. that's a real savings. that's real money. and it shows that depending on foreign oil doesn't have to be our future. it shows that when we harness our own ingenuity, our technology, that we can control our future. see, america thrives when we build things better than the rest of the world. i want us to make stuff here and sell it over there. i don't want stuff made over there and selling it over here. and that's exactly what you're doing here. we have the largest rolls-royce facility in the world, that's what you're doing by building the key components of newer, faster, more fuel efficient jet engines. i just took a tour and learned a bit about how a jet engine comes together. don quiz me on it. i'm a little fuzzy on some of the details. i did press some buttons back there. but a few weeks ago i actually got to see the finished product. i went to boeing in washington state and i checked out a new dreamliner. i even got to sit in the cockpit which was pretty sweet. i didn't press any buttons there, though. because if it started going, it would have been a problem. so this plane, the dreamliner is going to keep america at the cutting edge of aerospace technology. american workers are manufacturing various components for it in ohio and oklahoma and south carolina and kansas and right here in petersburg. in fact, the demand for their planes was so high last year, that boeing had to hire 13,000 workers all across america just to keep up. and boeing is gaining more and more share all the time. so think about that. rolls-royce is choicing to invest in america. you're creating jobs here, manufacturing components for jet engines, planes that we're going to send all around the world. that's the kind of business cycle we want to see. not buying stuff that's made some place else and racking up debt but by inventing things and building things and selling them, all around the world, stamped with three proud words, made in america. made in america. think about how important this is. i mean, imagine if the plane of the future was being built some place else. imagine if we had given up on the auto industry. imagine if we had settled for a lesser future. well, we didn't. we're americans. we are inventors. we are builders, we're thomas edison and the wright brothers and we are steven jobs. that's who we are. that's what we do. we invent stuff, we build it and pretty soon, the entire world adapts it. that's who we are. and as long as i'm president, we're going to keep on doing it. we're going to make sure the next generation of life-changing products are invented and manufactured here in the united states of america. so that's why we launched an all hands on deck effort. we brought together the brightest academic minds, the boldest business leaders, the most dedicated public servants from our science and our technology agencies, all with one big goal, a renaissance in american manufacturing. we called it the advanced manufacturing partnership. the advanced manufacturing partnership. and today we're building on it. i'm laying out my plans for a new national network of manufacturing innovation. >> want to bring in ali velshi who is at the cnn grill in austin, texas and mark preston in d.c. let's first go to you. the president's remarks, he clearly is proud of the 227,000 jobs created. he wants to see more progress being made. should he crow? is it time to crow yet or is there a lot more that needs to be done? >> you live by the sort, you die by the sort. that's the problem. it's dangerous for presidents unless they can point to something specific to take credit for job growth unless they want to take blame for the job loss. until now, this has been a refrain that republicans have been using that these many jobs were lost under president obama. if he doesn't want to take credit for that he has to be careful about this. he is taking some credit, however. here's the nuance here. he's talking about manufacturing jobs. there's no shortage of work in accounting, software development, in oil work. there's a shortage of jobs in manufacturing and in construction. we may see the construction jobs start to come back. what are we doing about manufacturing? that's a message you'll hear more and more between now and the campaign. >> and mark, we know that jobs, it all comes down to jobs in the campaign here. we just heard the president talking about it. republican candidates, how are they spinning the new numbers today, 227,000 created? >> well, you know, newt gingrich has come out and has put out a statement that's critical of president obama. the other candidates we haven't heard so much from. it's an interesting quandary they're in. it is good news we've seen 227,000 jobs added and we're seeing an upward trend which is really good for the president as he heads into november. but the fact of the matter is, they have to be careful, the republicans now, not to give him too much credit. they've been very critical of how his administration has handled the economy up to this point. they specifically point to regulations, they say that businesses are overregulated and they are also very critical of the president's tax policy, saying that the tax policy in place is detrimental to job 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[ female announcer ] only flood insurance covers floods. visit floodsmart.gov/risk to learn your risk. video clip on the internet is spreading like global wildfire. if just a few days it's made a little known name famous. i want you to watch the clip and i'll tell you why. >> for 26 years, kony has been kidnapping children into his rebel group, the l.r.a. turning the girls into sex slaves. and the boys into child soldiers. he makes them mutilate people's faces. kony is still out there. he's recently changed his tactics, making it even more difficult to capture him. an international support could be removed at any time. >> this is the man they are talking about. in the clip, joseph kony, he's notorious african warlord with a reputation of unbelievable cruelty. we're talking about murder, mutilation, child slavery and rape. he is tried to overthrow the ugandan government since the 1980s. he's on the run somewhere. why is the hunt for this guy capturing the world's attention now? you saw the clip. it's part of an online doc that has been viewed by more than 70 million people worldwide. international pressure to find joseph kony is suddenly massive. >> let's be honest, if this happened in any other country, it would make world news. it's taken 26 years and 9 years of our work to say, this is important, these children's lives matter. and we need to get that. we need to understand that and we are. we're waking up to that. it's changing the world. >> supporters of the effort to find, capture or kill kony say one group is mannly responsible for this unprecedented awareness. those who use social media, we're talking about twitter, facebook, youtube and that means young people. it's gotten the attention of a-listers as well. >> i don't think i know anybody that doesn't hate joseph kony and anybody who works in the international field has been aware. he's an extraordinarily horrible human being who, his time has come. and it's lovely to see the young people raising up as well. >> one of those young people that angelina jolie is talking about is julia kessler. you first found out about the group invisible children. thank you very much for joining us here. >> thanks for having me. >> you were just 14 years old when you found out about that group. >> i was in ninth grade. i saw the video at my high school in riverwood international charter school in the sandy springs area. people came and showed the rough cut documentary, invisible children's first movie about kony and about the crisis. and i just haven't turned back since. and social media and everything has just spread this like wildfire. >> tell us about your group. because you actually have a group in your school and you've been paying attention to this for years now. >> yes. >> where so many other people really didn't have any idea about it. >> they only saw it on monday. >> yes. >> but yes, we've done a lot of stuff, actually at our school with -- for the organization. we actually just finished a book drive that we raised 90 boxes of books. with the organization better world books, we'll sell those and the money will go to invisible children and all of their different scholarship programs. and we've also done things like have rallies and just fund-raising, like bake sales and we sold roses for valentine's day which was just fun. and it's just about getting people involved. >> and there's a photo we want to show our viewers as well. you're holding up a sign. what is this about here? you're thanking the president. >> oh, that sign is when obama decided to send the troops in, the advisers into uganda to help the military there, invisible children asked all the members, all of their followers, to make a sign that says thank you president obama for supporting invisible children and we support you. and there's thousands of pictures like that all over facebook and twitter. it was one -- >> why are you and so many young people driving this movement to hunt down this guy? >> i, for me, when i first saw the movie coming from south africa, i just resonated with the faces and the people and just this injustice towards human kind. and i thought a lot about the holocaust and being jewish and somebody like this going and brutally murdering and killing people. people are ignoring it. and if people denied it, to me it's like denying the holocaust. it resonated with me on a personal level. and so, after i saw that, i think a lot of people feel through the videos that they've seen and invisible children makes it very personal, and it's hard not to feel sensitive towards it. >> and it really quickly here, there has been some criticism about the money, that you have to contribute a certain amount of money, raise money. some people are giving their money back because they're finding out, well, just 30% of it is going to help those on the ground. does that concern you at all? does it bother you at all? >> they've released an official statement that it's online, 80% of their funds last year went towards costs towards their different programs. they have tons of different programs. and 16% was only administrative costs. but all of that can be found on their website and through the official -- >> you're not worried about that? >> no, because i think one thing they want to do, i'm not an official spokesperson or anything. >> sure, sure. >> but what i've seen over the internet and with my experience is they really try and keep their goals focused and their goal is to get kony out of power and remove him as this horrible guerrilla leader in central africa. i think staying focused on what the true cause is and what their true goals are is important an not get caught up in the politics of the money and stuff. >> all right. julia, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> you and so many other people are making a huge difference. really appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. 70 million and counting. that's what we're talking about, following the manhunt for this notorious killer and warlord joseph kony. celebrities are weighing in as well. up next, actress and activist mm mimiia farrah will join us next. t and tailors it across all the right points, automating all the right actions... [ beeping ] ...to bring all the right results. it's the at&t network -- doing more with data to help business do more for customers. ♪ we're talking today about the hunt for a cruel african warlord. we're not alone in the span of just the last couple of days we're talking about 48 hours, more than 70 million people have watched an online documentary that sheds light on the atrocities allegedly committed by joseph kony. we're talking about rape, murder, child abuse, enslavement. on the phone with me now is unicef goodwill ambassador mia farrow. thank you for joining us. you have been in this fight for years in the act of joseph kony, bringing it to the world's attention. earlier you tweeted, said i want kony captured or killed. i've met many of his victims but we need the facts. you go on to say this is informative. tell us if you believe that this documentary does in fact have an accurate portrayal of what has taken place there. >> well, i think we nead to focus on, as julie said, there are a couple points i would like to make. >> sure. >> commend the group for bringing an unprecedented focus to this horrific situation, the lra and joseph kony. you're correct, i mean, i visited south sudan in an area where joseph kony was raiding while i was there. i met children, one little boy who had killed -- been forced to kill his father with a log. another child would was absolutely silent. it had been, you know, come back from captivity rescued. and the fun who was taking care of them. another child by the way was absolutely free and saying he had killed 85 people. but the fun who was taking care of him said, do you think these children will ever be the same? she said i'm appealing to you, put an end to this lra group which destroys mind, heart, body, everything. i spoke to young mothers who said we don know if in the morning we will wake up. and another group of people said it was common practice in that area of south sudan, lra would raid, take small babies and to terrorize the rest of the community would pound -- they described a mortar and pestle, smashing of the baby in a kind of bowl with a mortar. now, these atrocities are known by some that i've spoken to, actual victims, is, of course, unforgettable. i just recently returned from democratic republic of congo where the most recent attacks are occurring, including one as recently as february 22nd. so there in congo, you know, while it's true that kony, an original agenda was to take over the ugandan government and he had a religious agenda, based on the ten commandments, now it appears survivalists and killing. to replenish his army he takes the children as you pointed out, as soldiers, as sex slaves. with i don't know how many hundreds of thousands of people displaced but in congo alone since 2008 there's something like 290,000 people displaced. >> do you think the -- >> the only difference i would say now since they've done this remarkable thing, we say what do we do about it? >> right. what do you think we should do about it? >> the group there is isaying, our advisers are there now, 100 of them, but the armys, the local armys, the regional armys are not yielding, stepping forward in the way they need to do. so pressure on the president of congo, the president of central african republic where this group moves back and forth between south sudan, congo and central african republic. >> mia, you also tweeted today -- >> in these remote villages so people can sound the alarm. >> mia, if i can interrupt for a moment, please. we had actually read an earlier tweet as well. we're talking about this particular group and how they've captured the attention of the world, invisible children. this is the group that produced the video and the way it spends its money. you wrote that kony film is informative but just 31% of the money the organization makes goes to charity work. the rest goes to promotion and travel. do you think they should change the way they are actually doing business in helping those on the ground? >> well, the way i see it now, is they've done a phenomenal thing. i'm moving on to say to young people now, support the red cross. unicef works with groups on the ground that are some italian groups, mercy corps, these groups are dealing with the victims of the lra in ways that i don't think invisible children is able to. so i would now shift -- now that we have the focus, keep the pressure on our government to keep those advisory troops there. and you know, encourage the participation of a regional military and also to support the aid groups, unicef and those partners i mention. red cross. they're the ones doing the day-to-day work on the grounded. >> we have to leave it there. mia farrow, thank you so much for your time and obviously years of dedication and work to this cause. thank you once again. i want to go to a developing story here. athena jones covering a situation that took place on american airlines flight. a flight attendant got on the intercom and alarmed quite a number of passengers with an announcement she made. what can you tell us. >> that's right. suzanne. there was an american airline, flight 2232 was taxiing for a takeoff from dallas to chicago when a female flight attendant came over the intercom and said the plane would likely crash if it took off, made references to the september 11th terrorist attacks and then complained about union issues. we understand that passengers on the plane along with crew members were able to restrain this female flight attendant and they went back to the gate. that woman was taken to the hospital for evaluation. so was another flight attendant who may have been injured while trying to restrain the first flight attendant. that entire cabin crew was replaced and about an hour and 15 minutes later that flight did take off from dallas on its way to chicago. we understand from american airlines they are still investigating the details and the circumstances of the incident. but they've said that they apologize for the inconvenience. they commend their crew for their assistance in quickly getting the aircraft back to the gate. they stress that the customers, the passengers on the plane at that moment in time were not in any danger. but, of course, if you were a passenger on that plane you wouldn't have known what was going on. we're looking into what went on and that sort of thing. >> athena, i would imagine that would be upsetting as a passenger. do now know how the passengers reacted. >> we haven't been able to talk to the passengers yet. a couple tweets were sent out describing it pretty much as it happened. saying that this flight attend and the had come over intercom and begun to say these alarming things. we expect to hear more, of course, from passengers when we have a chance to speak with them, suzanne. >> athena, thank you. appreciate it. republicans say the job numbers are not good enough. we talk with the labor secretary to get her take on the numbers and the economy. is this what we're doing now? 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we want to bring in our labor secretary hilda solis. she's joining us. madam secretary, thank you for joining us. what is the bottom line when we look at the jobs report today? >> i think we're on a good path to recovery. obviously, the number overall, 8.3%, remained the same. it also tells us there are people who are looking and they're back in the job market looking and they're incentivized and there's more consumer confidence. four areas that did continue to grow was health care, education, business and professions and also in the leisure and hospitality. we also saw manufacturing starting to pick up more. those are good, strong sectors. those are good middle-class jobs. we hope so see more. the president talked about making more investments and insourcing of jobs and providing insentives for manufacturers to start to build out and really be able to get the innovation and the high technology going so we could produce products and sell them all over the world. >> respond to some of the critics, the chairman of the national republican committee said today's job report is another reminder that far too many americans are out of work. the situation is clearly not improving. millions of families continue to feel the pain of a sluggish obama economy and the rising cost of gas, groceries and health care. >> suzanne, you have to remember, when the president took office we lost about 8 million jobs. already we put back 3.5 million jobs. i think the congress has to work with us. we need bipartisan support to pass the transportation infrastructure bill so we could put construction workers back to, would. we also need to make sure we continue our efforts to give tax breaks to working class families just like we did a month ago and also providing, you know, the payroll tax reduction and the ui extension. every dollar of ui money that goes back into the community helps to generate another $2 that's being spent with businesses and local communities. >> and address this concern here, because we see these numbers, month-to-month rise, the unemployment rate among blacks and hispanic, rising to 14.1% for blacks in february, 10.7% for hispanics. what can be done to change that trend? >> well, you know, you saw a little peek because more people are looking for jobs. it isn't necessarily overall negative because we have dropped down quite considerably in those two categories for african-american and latinos. as i mentioned earlier, the sectors that are growing, that's where we have a tendency to have more african-american and latinos. i will say with one exception, though, in the public sector, we did lose a lot of african-americans in those jobs. because teachers were highly represented in that job loss. there tend to be a lot of african-americans in that sector. once the economy starts to come back and we see states gaining that revenue, i believe that those states will do the right thing and will bring back the teachers and public servants. it's going to take time. we're not out of the woods by any means, suzanne. we still have 12.8 million people out of work. but that's why we have to continue down this path that the president has carved out for us and republicans, to be honest, aren't providing incentives to change anything that would take us out of what they had put forward back eight years ago. remember, bush only created about on an average 11,000 jobs per month when he was in office. >> we know it's beginning to be a political issue, obviously in the campaign. it already is. you know the bottom line here, honestly, how much can the white house do when it comes to creating jobs and how much of it is really the global economy that's moving this? >> you're absolutely right, suzanne. a lot of it has to do with other factors and the private sector. the private sector, individuals have to feel incentivized and confident that they can spend money and there's a deman for their product. we're doing that in so many different ways. we have to work together and have good leadership in the congress and the senate to help move us along. as you know, we're at gridlock. i wish it wasn't that way. we have to put pressure on them and ask for the public to make sure they let our voices be heard to the elected officials. >> secretary solis, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you, suzanne. an oscar-winning filmmaker takes on a deep sea challenge. we'll go inside a tiny one-man sub that will take james cameron below the sea. and a woman who was irritated by her underwear. she's now a billionaire. we'll tell you how she did it. because the network finds it and tailors it across all the right points, automating all the right actions... 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>> i always said the thong came out and put the underwear exactly where we had been trying to get it out of. >> wow, that's true. is there spanx for men. a lot don't know men are in the market, too. >> there is spanx for men. the reason we went into it is because the men's undershirt is the same as it has been for 100 years. it's boxy, bulky, doesn't look great under suits. we tapered it in at the waist and gave a little lycra yarn in it so it hugs in at the tummy area and gives men low back support and much cleaner look for them under their suits. >> we will have to let some of the guys on our team to know about this. you're the youngest person to get on this forbes billionaire list. you're only 41 years old and started 12 years ago. what advice would you give young entrepreneurs looking at your example? >> the advice is trust your gut. you have to differentiate yourself. everyday i wake up and ask myself and the team why are we different and does the customer understand why we're different and how do we differentiate ourself to the customer. important to explain it in 30 seconds or less and be your own focus group. you don't have to go out and seek a ton of different people's opinions. i didn't tell anybody my idea for validation in the beginning. i kept it a secret from friends and family. that is a really important part of my journey for spanx. >> we all wish weed a that idea. we'd be rolling in the dough. >> you're a hometown girl from atlanta, how did you celebrate becoming a billionaire? >> i took my family out for dinner and my little brother ordered the lobster and caviar and he didn't even like caviar. >> where did you go? i heard it wasn't an expensive place. >> i'm in manhattan now and went to the ocean grill. >> ocean grill. you guys aren't big spenders? >> you know, it's a moment in time to get this recognition, unbelievable honor but i think i've just been absorbing the information myself. when i see myself on the cover, it looks like something i went into a mall photobooth and said, i want me on that cover. it doesn't feel real. >> it is real. congratulations again. yeah, we will see how many people show up at our team meeting next week. men included. we'll report back to you and let you know if any of the guys buy a pair. >> exactly. the spanx tend to make the men blush but once they try it, they're hooked. >> have a good weekend. >> you, too. a sheriff is attacked and three men come to the rescue and vei cameras are rolling. coffee doesn't have fiber. unless you want it to. splenda® essentials™ are the first and only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber, or antioxidants, or b vitamins in every packet. mmm. same great taste with an added "way to go, me" feeling. splenda® essentials™. get more out of what you put in. fight both fast with new tums freshers! concentrated relief that goes to work in seconds and freshens breath. new tums freshers. ♪ tum...tum...tum...tum... tums! ♪ [ male announcer ] fast relief, fresh breath, all in a pocket sized pack. not quite knowing what the next phase was going to be, you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with my wife and my kids. it's my world. that's my world. ♪ chocolate lemonade ? 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[ noises ]. >> we're also probably not going anywhere. >> all right. you're looking there. people look concerned. looks like there's some commotion up at the front of the plane. you can't hear very much. they did land safely. there was quite a bit of confusion and chaos on that plane when she made that announcement. on to another story, never thought we would see the day where lawmakers would actually use lyrics from rapper jay-z to make their point on a house floor. two state representatives from florida, they did, over a controver controversial bill and fighting over lyrics by jay-z. >> think jay-z said it best. i will quote for you. i know my rights so you're going to need a warrant for that. they even went further to say, aren't you sharp as a tack. you're a lawyer or something? >> i respectfully disagree with the correction. in that song, it was the officer who said aren't you sharp as a tack. you should try for lawyer summons. i got you on that. >> all right. apparently statehouse representative alan williams got it right. >> my gov compartment is locked, so is the trunk in the back, i know my rights. you will need a warrant for that. >> maybe you can fix it. >> you did much better than i would have. thank you. have a great weekend. for all of you, tgif, i'm brook baldwin. let's go. news at the top of the hour. we begin with rapid fire an the economy. 227,000 jobs gained in the month of february. look, some economists say the job market has turned a corner and most are at least cautiously optimistic. the unemployment rate held steady on the 8.3% mark and president obama seized on the good information at a rolls royce aircraft plant in virginia. >> here's the good news. over the past two years, our businesses have added nearly 4 million new jobs. >> also today in syria, the u.n.'s humanitarian chief says she is, and i quote, horrified by what she saw there. there are reports at least 62 more civilians have been killed there today. and valerie amos just wrapped up her two day visit to the region including war torn homes where she says hardly a soul can be found. today, she is asking the syrian government for unhindered access to the wounded, something that has been denied thus far. we are awaiting for mississippi's attorney general to speak, could be any minute. this is jim hood. he is suspected to discuss the mississippi supreme court decision yesterday we brought to ow breaking news around this time basically letting stand the more than 200 convict pardons granted by the state's former governor, governor haley barbour and that decision not sitting well with one victim calling it more politics than justice. >> the supreme court weighed in on the wrong side of the issue. i think they did what was politically easy for them rather than what was right for the people of mississippi. >> a bizarre accident in florida. here's what happened. an elderly woman, she was run over by her own car. this happened when she got out to pick up her mail. police say she simply forgot to put the car in park and a fire chief tried to help her but the car knocked him down, too. neighbors rushed over to try to pull this woman to safety and a sheriff's deputy rammed the car to stop it from spinning. no word on that woman's condition. from dallas, brand new video, i want to get right to you, from one of our ireporters. this is american airlines. after a flight attendant started rambling over the intercom about the bankruptcy and talking about 9/11 and the fact it would crash if it took off. all this as they were taxiing over the runway. passengers and cabin crew were able to take this woman down. the flight attendant and another woman were taken to the hospital and the in-flight crew replaced and the plane finally left for chicago. on france, lawmakers being urged to ban child beauty pageants and ban adult clothes like high heels, padded bras for girls under the age of 16, a new report of what they call the end to hyper sexualization of 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that is good news. >> that is definitely good news. underemployment is sitting at 14.9%. what the heck is underemployment. similar to the unemployment rate but includes a lot more. some actually consider this number as a more realistic representation of the unemployment picture. it counts people who have part-time jobs but want full time jobs and people who have completely given up looking for work and college grads who decided to forget it and go back to school instead. during the depths of the recession, the underemployment number was at 17% and now at 14.9%. it's still high but making its way lower surely but surely. >> how did this happen? what exactly drove the growth that we saw last month? >> it's coming from the private sector. the private sector has been driving job growth since 2010. you look at the report that came out today, 233,000 jobs created were in the private sector. you look how the government's doing, it's been cutting jobs because of big budget issues. it is the private sector that we really want to see the job growth and shows companies are more confident about the economy, about where we're headed, shows companies are willing to take on a commitment, the added cost of now workers. then ow look at the little details in this report today, bro brooke, you find out about half of those jobs created were in food and support services area. the problem with those jobs, these are low wage jobs. it's not really going to incentivize people to buy big ticket items or buy a house. it won't move the economy forward any faster. when ow look at this jobs report today, true, it is a solid report but wall street wants to see more momentum. brooke. >> met's talk a little more about that momentum. thank you. i want to bring in my next guest, keith newman, chief correspondent of the world report. when you look at these numbers, are we doing something right? >> we're doing fewer things wrong might be the better way to put it. this is the sort of report in a normal recovery, we would have seen this, let's say, two years ago and we'd be a lot further along. in addition to a huge recession, we had a housing bust and near meltdown. it's take an long time for those things to heal. what we see is the baby steps as the regular economy, not stimulus so much, not tax breaks from washington, the normal economy, the private sector economy getting back on its feet. >> to a alison's point, she was talking about recovery in jobs is spotty, we need consistency. how do we get the consistency? >> i think we need 20 or 30 or 50 reports like this. another thing that would help that a lot of businesses and ceos are waiting for, what is washington going to do about big decisions looming at the end of the year, tax cuts due to expire at the end of 2012. some other decisions to make about government spending and things like that. there is still a chance what economists call s call a policy mistake, which could really send things in the wrong direction, if there is abrupt changes in taxes for example or things like that. i think the main thing is trying to get past all these potential shocks to the economy and sort of one at a time, they may be receding into the past, such as the greek problem. we seem to be taking small steps toward getting past that. there are still many things that could go wrong. the question is, really, will any of them go wrong. >> there are -- i think the precise number is 12.8 million, basically 13 million americans out of work, almost half of that looking for six months or longer. what is your advice for someone sitting at home, sending resumes and still has nothing? >> one of the things that seems to be going on, people getting unemployment insurance and feel like the job market is terrible are very reluctant to jeopardize that unemployment insurance by doing anything that might make them look as if they are employed in some fashion. one thing you hope happens is that people become a lot more optimistic they will actually find a good job and a good job that pays pretty well so that will encourage more people to go out and look. i actually think we're still a fair way away from that at the moment. i think in many sectors of the economy and the country, the job market still stinks. there's a lot more we have to do to make this a consistent recovery to make more people feel like it's a recovery and not a recession. >> it does still stink. i know that's not eleloquent, thank you, rick newman. to track down an african warlord accused of killing and for forcing innocent children to become soldiers. this is the online that has gone viral this week. progresso. it fits! fantastic! 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joining us from london, is annika with human rights watch. this filmmaker has millions of kids talking about this warlord in africa, kids' parents maybe never heard of and i know he has worked for years to bring joseph kony into public awareness. when you hear about this campaign, are you just shocked? >> shocked, yes, absolutely. but in a good way. we have absolutely been raising the crimes joseph kony has committed which are absolutely horrendous, trying to bring it to the attention of policymakers and politicians. this has been a tough sell. this is a warlord across the shown, a long ways away and hard to get them to focus on it. 50 million clicks on this video, that hopefully will make them stand up and take notice and i hope take action, which is the crucial thing about this. this film is to raise awareness. awareness is part of the problem. what i'm most interested in is ending the crimes of this warlord and making sure he's brought to justice. >> let me ask you about the action you brought up and the power of political activism when it comes to social media. we saw it manifest itself covering tcairo a year ago. how do you take this online momentum to enact change? how does that happen? >> one of the things i have learned over my time of raising issues over this remote part of africa is policymakers pay attention when it's in the media, on the front pages of their newspapers, they're turning on the television and seeing people are talking about an issue. far too often, these problems far away and in central africa have not made it on to their agenda and radar screens. i do see a direct connection often between the press and media and these issues. the media has found it difficult to report on the crimes of the lra, happening in remotes parts of africa and often don't want to again and again put the voices of the victims on the television screens. this is innovative. this is striking. this, i hope, will mean when i knock on tou on doors to say do something, it's stunning perhaps they will act. >> stunning theis will impact te human rights watch. there could be flaws or fact or nuance within this half hour documentary. we will get into it in just a moment. from your point of view, anneke, are the flaws eclipsed by the impact this film is currently having? >> for me, the thing most important about this film is it is raising the issue of joseph kony and getting people to ask questions. who is he? what has he done? we documented that in extensive detail. my myself have been to the remote parts of central africa, talking to the victims, documenting the crimes of joseph kony. i've been to the massacre sites, interviewed the victims and the kids. is the some of the worst stuff i have ever come across. what i most want to see indeed is joseph kony is apprehend and people in this region are protected and the kids are rescued. he still remain, has in his ranks hundreds of children. that's what i'm most interested in. it's important to get the facts right, of course it is. i think what we now move on to is what do we do about this? what do we do about the interest of so many young people in this issue? i really hope policymakers are paying attention. >> an interesting question you raise. we appreciate you. thank you. we will talk about where he may be in just a moment. as we pointed out, "cokony 2012 comes up a little short. and we spoke with actress mia farrow who made multiple trips to this region where joseph kony operates and tried to bring attention to his reign of terror. listen to mia farrow. >> i spoke to young mothers who said we don't know if in the morning we will wake up and another group of people said it was common practice in that area of south sudan, they would raid, take small babies and terrorize the rest of the community with what they described as mortar and smashing of the baby in a kind of a bowl with a mortar. these -- these atrocities are known by some i've spoken to, actual victims, is, of course, unforgettable. >> it's horrendous to hear of these accounts. we want to help fill in the picture surrounding this man, joseph kony and we turn to nairobi to our correspondent. we mentioned this film. it suggests that joseph kony is in uganda but we just heard mia farrow say he was operating in sudan, also heard democratic republic of congo. where is he? >> reporter: it's a good question. it's the 50 million viewer question at this point, where is joseph kony? well, he's in the bush of central african republic, which is a remote part of africa, one of the least developed countries in africa. actually, i've traveled with mia farrow through central african republic some years ago. there is a sense, yes, there are some inaccuracies to this video, "kony 2012" campaign. he has left uganda and isn't causing any trouble there and hasn't since 2006, brooke. is there some confusion by some people who might be looking at this for the first time. the lra were pushed out by the uganda military and pushed across the border by the sudan and democratic republic of congo. we can't get mired too much in the detail. the fact is joseph kony and the lra have wreaked havoc more than 20 years in this region and many people, millions now, it seems want him to be brought to justice. >> i do want to ask you about this detail. this documentary suggests kony has an army of children numbering in the tens of thousands. tern tens of thousands. is that the case? >> no. he doesn't have an army of tens of thousands. as a human rights watch spokesperson said, he might have several hundred children at this point somewhere in the central african republic. over the years, it's estimated he has kidnapped or his group kidnapped several tens of thousands of children, first in uganda and other countries i described. that 30,000 number can be a bit misleading. he doesn't have an army number of children now but over the 20-year period he has really kidnapped these children and really brutalized them. i met young girls in northern uganda two years ago, who were for two years or so in the power of the lra, either working as sex slaves or carrying arms and ammunition to the front line and these are children and one i met only escaped because she was shot in a firefight with the eugen and military and managed to crawl away to friendlier forces. again, is the some years ago. there is a little bit of confusion of those who watch this. joseph kony, while depleted is still out there and could be a force to be reckoned with. >> whether it is tens of thousands or hundreds. it is still too many. thank you. live in nairobi. we are now hearing from the soccer mom who allegedly ran a brothel and police are trying to get her to spill the names of her high profile clients. as shipping it though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships, anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i've heard all day! i'm soooo amped! i mean not amped. excited. well, sort of amped. really kind of in between. have you ever thought about decaf? 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[ speaking foreign language ] >> opposition forces say more than 60 people have been killed today alone. they are also accusing syrian government forces of chasing down and killing military defectors. but the government says weapons from israel, weapons from turkey are being smuggled into the country to arm what the assad regime has labeled as terrorists. given the dangerous situation in syria, it's hard to imagine why anyone would want to put themselves on the front lines. arwa damon and her cnn crew did precisely that. just last month she was in homs. at one point she was in the same neighborhood where the american journalist and french photographer were kindle the shelling. here's part of what arwa saw. >> reporter: it hit us. it hit our house. there is something burning, the voice on the tape cries out. the house in baba allad has been hit. cut off the live camera someone shouts. they have discovered our position. but nothing they swear will shut them down. >> there was one time they were typing on the computer and a rocket hit the house and the lights went out and, you know, the place shook, they just carried on type like nothing had happened. >> reporter: we survey the damag damage. >> to get to the upper floors, you really have to hug the wall because there's the one window that's exposed. this is where you really see the full impact of the damage that was caused by the incoming rounds. i mean, this right here just speaks for itself. one of the neighbors was in, there with her father, this 9-year-old girl, the rounds were impacting pretty closely, guys all on their computers. she was kind of in a corner. at one point i called her over to sit on the couch. she sat frozen. i tried to hug her but she was so frozen she couldn't move, she just sat there like this, then tears streaming down her face. this floor has obviously been completely trashed and the activists were telling us the bombardment, you keep hearing it over and over again, the sounds of artillery falling, nothing compared to what they've been through before. this was once an ordinary home, ordinary family lived here. we don't know what their story was. there's just bits and pieces of their lives that have been left behind, including this children's toy. what happened to that family? what exactly was it that made them flee? are they alive? there's so much still we don't know and so much that still needs to be told. >> and now arwa damon in beirut. we should point out, parts of these were interviews, part of this documentary that's rolling out this weekend with you and your crew. obviously, i can't say it enough, so much courage on all of your parts for going inside syria. gosh, what exactly did it take, now that you're safe and sound outside, what did it take to get in there? get in the homes? >> reporter: it took a lot of planning. there were a number of occasions. we had actually been trying to work on this trip for four months, where the plug would be pulled at the last minute. it took most certainly a heightened sense of awareness and respect for the danger one is coming up against. at the end of the day, it all boils down to the planning, trying to map out the most secure route possible. we relied heavily on the activists. in fact, we relied entirely on the activists to move us around. they very much were protecting us. it takes a certain amount of desire to want to go in there and get to the heart of what's going on. at the end of the day, you can't do justice to what people are suffering unless, albeit briefly, you are trying to experience it and trying to understand it alongside them. a lot of credit has to go to the activist, because they really took on a great risk getting us into that particular neighborhood. >> i know you have been in many, many parts of the world, we have talked, me sitting here, you being in libya or iraq or afghanistan, wherever there is conflict, we seem to find you. i'm curious how this compares to past places you have covered and i also understand you wrote a letter before going into syria, you wrote a letter to your family. >> reporter: i did, yeah, i wrote a letter for the first time to my family, just in case. going into syria, there were a lot more unknowns than there normally are going into that type of environment. it was starkly different than any other war zone i had been to first and foremost there was no safe place. in a lot of these other areas, when you're on the front line, there is usually a place relatively safe you can fall back to. in syria, the fighting is quite simply everywhere. that obviously was playing heavily on a lot of our minds. it's important to note here we got in, we got out. those civilians we met and activists we spent time with, they're still there. while on the one hand, we have this luxury of being able to go out, we still have to always remember, for them, it's not over and won't be over any time soon. >> am sure there is not a day that goes by you don't think about them right next to you in syria, all this people you met. arwa damon, my thanks to you and your crew for all your impeccable coverage. i want to encourage our viewers to watch this special and learn what it's like to be trapped in terror for 72 hours truly in terror. sunday night 8:00 p.m. eastern. set your dvr, watch it. it sounds like something out of nazi, germany, but happened right here in the united states. thousands of people considered undesirable or unfit, were forced to be sterilized. one of the victims speaking out, wanting an apology. oh sure. ooh! 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[ female announcer ] and try aleve for relief from tough headaches. thames of thousands forced to be sterilized as teenagers. this happened in the united states part of the yougenics trend in the 1930s trying to eliminate certain traits like you saw in nazi, germany. california sterilized so many, the nazi party took advice from the state. now, victims want compensation. states say no. elizabeth collins talked to a california man forced into a vasectomy at just the age of 14. >> reporter: 1945, california's sonoma state home. charlie, a 14-year-old ward, is singing in a field, when he's ordered inside. >> they shot me with some kind of medicine, supposed to dim a nerve and the next thing i heard was snip snip. and that was it. >> reporter: did they tell you what they were doing to you? >> no. >> reporter: they didn't have to tell him. he knew, a sterilization by force. >> reporter: how did you know what it was? >> well, because there's been others in there that had it before me. >> reporter: the other boys at the home had warned him how much it would hurt. >> when they done this side here, seemed like they were pulling the whole insides out. >> reporter: the 1930s through the 1950s were the heyday of the eugenics movement of the united states. the goal to rid the country of the feeble minded, defectives. it wasn't some fringe or secretive program, it was well-known and paid for by the states where it was practiced. entire families labelled shiftless, degenerates, 60,000 men and women, boys and girls sterilized. some living at home, others like fillet, in state institutions. his parents were alcoholics and couldn't care for him and his sister. >> i want to bring in our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen. at 14. >> 14. >> unreal. >> that was not unusual at these state homes and other places, too, they would start at that age. >> how many people like charlie were sterilized all together? >> in california, there were 20,000 people who were forcibly sterilized. to put that in some kind of perspective, the next highest state was virginia, 8,000. more than twice as many as the next highest state and 20,000 is a full third of the national total. a third of the people ster lined the u.s. were sterilized in california. >> how many of them are still around, still alive? >> part of the problem is that california hasn't really made and effort to keep track of these people. they haven't tried to count them up or reach out to them. we don't know. one scholar estimates it is about -- a couple hundred people. that's what they estimate it to be. >> it's amazing, you were able to get him to talk to you, charlie, right? >> yes. he has been pretty outspoken about. the others, they don't want to talk about it, not a fun thing to talk about what someone did to you. >> what does charlie like to see happen? >> charlie would like compensation. >> the governor of north carolina, purdue, said we ought to compensate our victims to the tune of $50,000 apiece. in california, that hasn't happened. in 2003, the governor of california issued this statement. it was a sad and regrettable chapter in the state's history and one that should never be repeated again. i will tell you when i went to sacramento to talk to politicians about, gee, what do you think should happen with people like charlie, they wouldn't talk to me. we get the feeling it is something people wish would go away. >> feel like it happened so long ago. >> when you have several hundred likely still alive, these people, they remember it. >> that is stunning. elizabeth, thank you. >> thanks. >> we do have answers from state leaders. you can see that and the rest of elizabeth's reporting tonight, ac "360," 8:00 eastern. new developments today in that case. we told you about this not too long ago. remember the 11 kids living in the home of a sex offender? we are now talking to an investigative reporter on the story. we have an update on the kids, where they stand now. 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>> reporter: that's right. >> how are they? >> reporter: this is actually really good news. when i did speak with the texas department of child safety, they told me all of them have been placed in foster care, they're all thriving, they're all doing very well. the school-age children that were not enrolled in school before are now enrolled in school, and they're moving forward. this is very good for all of those children. >> that's a good thing, but again, i go back to the numbers. it was found 22 people found living in this home. they mentioned 11 kids. most of these kids were cousins. do we know how many parents were in this house? >> six parents. all the children belonged to those parents. they were all related somehow. all grandchildren of the woman who owned the house who back in the '80s had children taken from her back then in michigan, six children total. so she has an extensive history with child protective services dating back to the '80s, also with her own children. there was also an investigation into that sex offender. what investigators are trying to figure out is that if he was, in fact, maybe molested by the grandmother. so there is just so many layers and so many dynamics and so many things going on, but i can tell you, when investigators went into that house in january and they found a large majority of those children in a very small 10x10 room without electricity, boards on the windows. some of them had not had food or water or anything. it was just deplorable conditions. one of the other children suffered a black eye, had a tooth knocked out, had bruises all over them. so there is just -- and there were also two other teenagers who had run away from another home and had come there because they heard it was a "house of fun." >> not at all a house of fun, it sounds like, by your description. >> reporter: no. >> nguydo we know how long they lived like this? who is facing charges? >> i just got off the phone with the d.a. it's gone to the grand jury to figure out facts and who, if anyone, will be indicted. the second thing today is this is the last emergency hearing of the custody case involving the last child, child number 11. what happens after this is on march 30, all of the cases go together, all of the children and the attorneys go together -- not the children but the attorneys will go together in the courtroom and collectively they'll have an updated hearing. based on that point, every six months there will be a status hearing. as of right now, all of these children are in foster care, as i mentioned. there does not seem to be at any point in the near future where they will be placed back with their parents, but relatives can go in on a study if they would like to take the children in, and there will be a pretty extensive study done on any relative that says, i would like to take these children into my house. that will be an option explored on march 30 for a more stable position for these children. >> we'll check back in and see how they are. at least the d.a. says they're thriving. thank you, michelle. >> you got it. have a good day. ali velshi, cowboy hat and all, in austin, texas, for one of the coolest festivals south by southwest featuring the h hippest music, really gets tech nerds excited. but first, march madness is almost here. two days away. you can check your bracket skills. here's what you need to know. go to cnn.com/brackets. let me give it to you again. cnn.com/brackets. join the cnn group. you know i'm playing and you may know who i'm picking to go all the way. see if you can beat me. we'll see. taking a break. be right back. 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[ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ tech extravaganza under way. chief correspondent ali velshi -- oh, you took your cowboy hat off. where did it go? >> i need to show you something and i need you paying attention to what i'm showing you rather than me with that silly cowboy hat, which i enjoy quite a bit. here's what someone gave me yesterday when i got off the cnn express. it's called swivel. here's what you need to know. you put an iphone into it, and this is what you need to do. i got lori from money.com. you've probably seen lori before. lori has something around her neck which is connected to this ipod through radio frequency and through bluetooth. watch what happens here as lori moves. let's say she's chatting with somebody by video. she can move around the room and this will follow her around the room. you can put it on a table, so let's say you're having a facetime chat with somebody. >> it swivels with you. >> it's a little creepy. it follows everything you're doing. >> lori looks a little afraid. >> reporter: i told her that. i said, lori, look like you're having fun. she definitely looks frightened. she definitely looks a little bit frightened, but lori is here finding the best apps in the place, so the two of us conjured this one up. >> let's back up, because i'm assuming you guys are standing in the cnn grille, and explain to people who don't know, what is south by southwest? >> reporter: south by southwest started as a live music festival, then they added a film component, so it's kind of a place where films are unveiled, then they added this interactive digital component. some years ago when twitter was a few months old but not used that much, they became really big from using south by southwest. it's people with really neat ideas meeting up with people who might finance or market those ideas, big companies looking for the next big thing. so the next big thing we may use in the course of the next few years might be being shown at south by southwest for the first time. maybe they're just looking for publicity, maybe they're looking for something to invest in their company, but probably the best minds in digital technology are here in austin. >> you got less than 60 seconds. tell me about the coolest thing you've seen or the coolest person you've met thus far. >> well, first of all, the guy who when i got off the bus showed me that swivel is the first thing i saw when i g