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good evening. im john avalon in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, new jobs number and the predictable partisan spin cycle. the economy added only 120,000 new jobs in march. thats 100,000 less than last month. the good news, the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%. thats the lowest since february 2009, one month after president obama took office. and not surprisingly, republicans wasted no time in attacking the white house. mitt romney called it a weak and troubling jobs report and said,...

Wrong bailout here. align with wall street while president obama is winning detroit and middle america. bad strategy. the core problem in our economy right now is the shrinking middle. can a super wealthy private equity guy deal with that. >> it makes it hard for him to campaign against president obama. because of course it is a bush paulson obama geithner continuous recovery from near apocalypse. he can say oh, obama doesnt deserve all the credit but he cant say its a different policy. >> its t...

That could be helpful. and i think the criticism that they are making really draws from one a sort of realization that president obama wasnt behind many of the sanctions that have been passed in the past few months. it was really congress and the eu. then this fact that despite all the sanctions and everything we have done, irans nuclear program is expandsing. it hasnt stopped. this is a game of grades of pass or fail. thats a core problem. >> the white house doesnt think theres any way they wou...

Spokesman did call on tea party members and conservatives to unify to stop romney. weve said this for weeks now. he really is having trouble getting very conservative voters to rally around him. thats a core problem for him. and super tuesday, a lot of you conservative voters head to the polls. ohio, oklahoma, georgia, and tennessee. conservative. thats the south. thats gingrich territory in a way. >> its really interesting because will this give romney the momentum he needs going into the next ...

You do going forward. i love your -- the things youre saying, youre already am ambassador for the no-labels message we have out there. trying to get no budget, no pay through, other things -- >> and mark, no tie, as well. >> thats right. hes also negative on ties. i want to know your favorite spinner song, but also, what do you think about the culture discussion thats been going on in the republican party over the last couple of weeks in. >> i think its a total waste of time. i think it is takin...

That he allegedly pushed his hand up a womans security and ended up forcing her head toward his groin. so you have one guy who knows nothing about geography, another who knows nothing about cure at the -- courtesy. >> here is what rand paul had to say. >> to be fair the president doesnt hate all rich people, just those who dont contribute to his campaign. i have another question. another question for the president. do you hate poor people? or do you just hate people with jobs? >> does anybody be...

Herman cain comes out and blames gutter politics for the fact that he allegedly pushed his hand up a womans security and ended up forcing her head toward his groin. so you have one guy who knows nothing about geography, another who knows nothing about cure at the s-- courtesy. >> here is what rand paul had to say. >> to be fair the president doesnt hate all rich people, just those who dont contribute to his campaign. i have another question. another question for the president. do you hate poor p...

Another question for the president. do you hate poor people? or do you just hate people with jobs? >> does anybody believe this stuff? >> this is the problem. this is no way to broaden and build a party. the republican party has a core problem and its this. barack obama won the white house in 2008 having lost the white vote by 11.6 million voters. the reason he won anyway was because he won non-white voters by 24 million voters. if john mccain had the same electorate that bill clinton had in 199...

arkansas. and tornado watches still up in a number of places. cnn meteorologist rob marciano, i heard you back there. cant keep up with the board and everything else going on. whats the latest? >> whats eerie about this situation is that theres a path of the tornado took is a similar path to the one that hit them in april. north of tuscaloosa and northern birmingham. not similar results but still two fatalities. and i want to show you the latest on where this is all going. the most dam...

listen to the roar of the tornado. this is in arkansas. severe weather is now tearing across the southeast today. at least two people have already been killed near birmingham, alabama. dozens of homes are destroyed. another 100 people now injured. >> we made it just in the nick of time. the good lord just blessed us and were just glad were here. weve lost our house but at least we have -- im sorry. we got our family, and thats all that matters right now. >> wow. that is tragic. chad my...