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Americans are struggling, really struggling. there are almost no full-time jobs. you cant raise a family on a part-time job. probably cant even support yourself on a part-time job. employers are faming the poor economy and the obamacare decreasing the ability to hire full-time employees. james, you are a lawyer and cant get a job, a full-time job? >> correct. >> why not? >> its a really sluggish economy right now. law firms arent hiring full-time employees. >> how much have you tried? >> ive tri...

Nuclear secrets to his chinese girlfriend. cnns brian todd is here with this story. this is fascinating. >> it is, brianna. this also could be very damaging to u.s. national security. this man had access to some of americas most sensitive military secrets. hes accused of falling for what experts say is called a "honey trap." an army reservist who had top-secret clearance doing contract work for the pacific command in hawaii. benjamin bishop now stands accused of leaking military secrets, includi...

Out. lets have vera gibbons. >> whats in and whats out when it comes to money? >> plastic are in. people are charging up a storm. late payments are up delinquencies are up balance is up. this is expect to do continue. look at the forecasting from transunion credit reporting agency. credit is being extended to people who dont have that great of credit. they are getting the cards extending those offers with riskyer borrowers. whats out is cash. people dont have cash. they are relying on plastic fo...

good evening, im ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett "outfront" tonight. newt sinking and santorum surging a brand-new poll out of iowa and it has stunning, new numbers. the former front-runner, newt gingrich, plunging from his top slot, down to fourth place. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum doing the opposite, he surged from single digits into third place. mitt romney now leads the pack with 25%, and theres another new poll out of new hampshire where the nations second con...

"outfront" tonight. newt sinking and santorum surging a brand-new poll out of iowa and it has stunning, new numbers. the former front-runner, newt gingrich, plunging from his top slot, down to fourth place. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum doing the opposite, he surged from single digits into third place. mitt romney now leads the pack with 25%, and theres another new poll out of new hampshire where the nations second contest in the race for the gop nominee will be held one we...

gingrich is down. lets go outfront. good evening, im ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett "outfront" tonight. newt sinking and santorum rising. newt gingrich plunging from his top spot down to fourth place. former governor rick santorum doing just the open sits. he surged from single digits into third place. mitt romney now leads the pack with 25% and theres another new poll out of new hampshire where the nations second contest in the race for the gop nominee will be held one week la...

>> all right. first, though, big news today. the trial of the accused underwear bomber begins this morning with earnest with opens statements at the federal courthouse in droit. umar farouk abdulmutallab is charged with trying to blow up a flight on christmas day 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underwear. >> the defendant is acting as his own attorney. cnns deb feyerick in live in detroit, where you were the night this all developed and christmas day 2009. deb, what is the situation? >>...

Economy, this would be it. >> at least we can talk about it and the try to do something about it. somebody who its too late for talking is the ceo of hewlett-packard. this place has had three ceos. one was wiretapping. now this guy busted. mark hurd, who was a darling on wall street, who took over when the previous ceo for being accused of illegal wiretapping in the boardroom. this guy here stands accused of sexual harassment. the sexual harassment charges were set to the side. heres how it was ...

Especially if its just two months to have them pay it back. >> i agree. it sounds very nice and she sounds like theres somebody that i would be in with, need to help my employee. you cant do that. i like what lani said, make it easy for them in case they have spent the money. >> my first feeling was, well, if this person doesnt make that much money -- in this case i know they dont -- theyre living hand to mouth, theyre not going of the money stored up. i like your idea of installments. this is a...

States hitting highs in four of those states including florida, nevada, georgia, north carolina. so its still a very challenging market out there. layoffs have been, obviously osimmering down. claims have been going down but big picture is very difficult to get work and people who are getting work are getting part-time freelance contract work, thats now 26% of the workforce. >> the other thing we have to remember is when we look at unemployment rates its not only those unemployment, contract wor...