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lets get straight to the news. we have a busy hour ahead. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the government says another 227,000 jobs were added to the u.s. economy in february and the unemployment rate held steady at 8.3%. thats largely due to almost half a million discouraged job seekers returning to the search. is the third straight month of job growth, above 200,000. chief business correspondent ali velshi is taking notice, of course. hes in austin, texas, at the music -- oh, bo...

killing its people, and that 52 individuals died today, including 16 in the besieged city of homs. cnns ivan watson has more on the crisis in syria from neighboring turkey. lets first hear ivan talk about aleppo and why this is significant. so many analysts over the last few months, ivan, said once bloodshed hits the city of damascus, that means things have changed. have they? >> reporter: we have not seen violence this that town which is not the stronghold of the opposition. most of t...

forgiveness is a beautiful thing. were going to steak suggestions for our free for all friday music so you can tweet me at soledad, underscore, obrien and well get that on the air. i guess i could introduce the panel. will cain is back with us and maria cardona is back as well and the congressman joins us here. polls are just opening in the state of florida. florida you remember is a 50-delegate winner take allstate. 600,000 ballots have already been cast in the two candidates at the v...

alison, everyone is noting that this is just a part of the trend. >> right. well, first of all, don, it is an encouraging report, especially when you look at the trend here. when you look at the trend, 1.6 million jobs have been added in the last year. the unemployment rate is at 8.5%. so, yes, things are getting better. the dow is down and nasdaq is mixed. not so overly impressed. as things improve, the expectation is rising and the fact is these numbers just didnt blow away expectati...

support him. hes followed by ron paul at 22%. rick santorum is now third with 16%. newt gingrich is at 14%. michele bachmann is on the campaign trail in des moines right now, a day after one of her high profile advisers defected. bachmann is likely to face questions about the decision by state senator ken sorenson to jump ship and throw his support behind ron paul. were keying an eye on bachmanns media event and well take you there live for some of the q and a session. he may be th...

shot rick santorum leap frogs into fourth. his support has tripled since the beginning of the month and closing in on mitt romney and ron paul who are locked in the statistical ties within the margin of error. joe johns is in des moines to break it down. of course, the question is, did the gingrich camp see this coming? >> yeah, i think to some degree they saw this coming. hammering ron paul, for example. also, mitt romney. its pretty clear that gingrich saw he had some problems becaus...

way. in the end house speaker john boehner, he caved in and he gave in to political pressure but still he defends the stand that he took. >> we have fought the fight, the good fight, but i talked to enough members over the last 24 hours who believe that, hey, listen, we dont like this two-month extension. we dont like this reporting problem in the senate bill and if you can get this fixed, why not do the right thing for the american people even though its not exactly what we want. >> i...

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the great their economy. what does this mean? britain is staying on the sidelines keeping some anxiety in those markets. well have full details in a minute. we also have details about yesterdays virginia tech shootings. now police say the apparent gunman and victim did not know each other. university spokesman says the suspected shooter was not a student there and ballistics tests confirm that the same gun was used to kill the suspect and a campus police officer. the suspect apparent...

atlanta. you can see a lot of folks lining up there. expectation is herman cain will be emerging at some point as t.j. is trying to leave the room, but were having a conversation here, arent we? >> im sorry. were still talking. >> he may make an announcement. we know an announcement will be made. were not clear what announcement is. well continue in for this race to the white house, whether im dropping out, suspending. >> no way. fredricka, there is no way have you a grand opening and ...