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international journalists. russians foreign minister is in syria trying to keep it from being the latest arab government to fall. many world leaders say moscow is ignoring the slaughter of civilians. ivan watson is in istanbul, turkey, covering this for us. is there any optimism that russia can rein in this violence? >> reporter: thats a big question. the russian foreign minister definitely got a heros welcome as he arrived in damascus. he seemed to be one of the biggest allies and fri...

the story is a bit different and the president fares a bit better. he now has a six-point edge over mitt romney, topping the 50% mark for the time in that survey. in an interview with nbc he talked about his accomplish ams in the face of republican opposition. >> even with a bunch of obstruction over -- on capitol hill, weve been able to save an auto industry. weve been able to take 750,000 jobs being lost a month and move it so its 250,000 jobs being created this month. weve been ab...

before this. but actually, the decision by secretary clinton was to allow them to shutter the embassy and the rest of the staff got out were told in a convoy over land to jordan. now, the reason the u.s. is doing this, they say, is that the government has refused -- the syrian government has refused to address its security concerns. and what were they? well, the embassy in damascus is located right off on a very busy street. and the u.s. says there was concern after some car bombs last...

You have to have boots on the ground, precinct captains, you have to be organized to get your candidate in front of voters. here in the three, four days, there have been few events, so i think theyre playing catch-up. then you throw in the fact theyre not on some ballots. >> ron, thank you. well join you again soon. the oxygen that gingrich desperately needs is provided from the live audiences. so if theres only one in the course of the next month, how can he lastant super tuesday.

wide-ranging better view. and growing likelihood israel could attack irans nuclear sites anytime in the next few months. that chilling prospect is only the latest stunning statement by leon panetta. why is she speaking so freely? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." its been a long time since economists have sounded so giddy about jobs, but theyre cheering, showing nearly a quarter of a million jobs, 243,000 were added in january, far more than expect ed the dow jones in...

economic message. >> he said he was the candidate of change, but you still have 25 million people out of work. you still have almost 10% unemployment here in florida. you still have home values down and continuing to go down. you still have record number of foreclosures in florida. you still have median incomes suffering, middle income families suffering. >> florida is an epicenter of the housing crisis that put us into the great recession of 2008 and 2009. cnn senior political analyst...

We hope they can work with mayor bloomberg to recognize them. >> there have been city counselors advocating for it. its funny in new york. you have a three-term mayor, very famous. his popularity swings but always stays high. everybody is waiting on bloomberg to make the decision. >> we can push his hand. the gulf war parade costs $5 million. he can fund it himself. we can make it happen. we have done it for the gulf war, other times. new york will lead the way or follow others. i hope they will...

He could fund that himself. we can make this happen. we have done it for the gulf war and so many other times. new york will lead the way or follow others. i hope they will be in front. >> i know you were nancy pelosis guest at the state of the union this week. are you feeling like congress is moving forward on veterans issues in a way that is where they ought to be right now or do you feel like there are big challenges ahead? >> were still playing catch-up. the state of the union was a great me...

you still have almost 10% unemployment here in florida. you still have home values down and continuing to go down. you still have record number of foreclosures in florida. you still have median incomes suffering, middle income families suffering. >> florida is an epicenter of the housing crisis that put us into the great recession of 2008 and 2009. cnn senior political analyst david gergen joins us from jacksonville. david, mitt romney is not only focused on president obama, hes got ne...

its illegal in india. players basically get to beat up men looking for a bride. thats coming up in our "morning passport." and a new york sports club is taking on a paula deen controversy. did it go too far though? i know saturday feels good, doesnt it? especially if you get to sit back and relax for a whiechl i hope thats the case for you today. i want to let you know happening right now republican presidential candidate ron paul is gearing up to a bunch of supporters in maine. hes ...