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>> some quick headlines. princess cruise line officials say there are now 499 reported cases of norovirus on the two ships that returned over the weekend. this as 200 passengers on a royal caribbean cruise ship are said to have become sick. and troops resume their assault today. residents remain trapped there as the area is pounded with rockets and artillery. at least 17 people have been killed adding to over 230 people killed over the weekend. gretch? >> thank you, eric. in entrance polls, the ...

>> im fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. we have a number of stories developing on this busy morning but we begin with your pocketbook. just minutes ago we learned the jobless rate has fallen to 8.3%. thats a pretty billing surprise seeing some economists expected it to tick up. lets get perspective from christine romans. what have you learned about how this number has gone down slightly? >> you know, the economy grew in january, and it grew jobs. it grew more jobs than anyone r...

he visited a l pos precinct near orlando on the eve of the primary. he pledged to stay in the race. >> well beat a big lie campaign with a big truth campaign, beat money power with people power. we are going to go all the way to the convention and we are going to win in tampa, and we are going to be the nominee with your help of the republican party soinchts but if the polls are right mitt romney is likely to be the big winner, his healthy lead hasnt topped him from taking a few final ...

concordia." today, divers blew a hole in the capsized cruise ship to make the search easier. soon afterwards, they found five bodies, bringing the total of known deaths to 11. now back on land, the ships captain still in jail, likely facing a host of criminal charges, up to and including manslaughter. not only did he not go down with his ship, an exasperated coast guard official had to order him, more than one, to go back and help rescue passengers. heres a portion of an extraordinary ...

and for now at this point, kyra, ive reached out to some republicans here on the hill. theyre reserving judgement at this point. as you know, they frequently talk about wanting smaller government, so on its face this seems like something that they could go along with but, of course, theyre waiting right now to see what president obama says. theyre waiting to see if there are any catches. you see president obama here doing a couple of things. hes trying to make good on some promises abo...

so lets get to it. as you heard here, about 90 minutes ago on cnn, the president said that the federal government has gotten too big and complicated. thats not a revelation but he says he can fix it by streamlining, consolidating, simplifying. he said a leaner government would create a leaner and better national security. >> congress didnt consolidate on its side so now the department of homeland security reports to over 100 different congressional panels. thats a lot of paperwork. tha...

Anti-christian bigotry today than there is on the other side. >> i am for a constitutional amendment that says marriage is between a man and a woman at the federal level. this administrations war on religion is what bothers me greatly. when we see an administration that will not defend the defense of marriage act, that gives their justice department clear instructions to go take the ministerial exception away from the churches where thats never happened before, when we see this administration no...

there. in about 100 soldiers are on lockdown at a military base in washington state. that means no one in, no one out. commanders at joint base lewis mccord are looking for anyone who may have possession of some sensitive military equipment that didnt turn up during an inventory last month. and crowds of people packed public spaces across syria again today demanding the ouster of president bashar al assad. officials from the arab league are talking today about whether to increase t...

On that. >> shes agreeing, roland! >> that means shes wrong a whole lot. >> it is a good thing roland only has two hands because i dont know who else he would have been swatting out there. >> you know how we do it in texas. >> crystal wright, roland martin, thank you both very much. that is fair game today. woo! keep it right here next tuesday as new hampshire voters head to the polls. join wolf blitzer, anderson cooper, erin burnett and john king for live coverage of the new hampshire primary...

barack obama. i think it will be very hard for him to win the general election because i think it just blurs everything. i think a real conservative who stands for solid values, essentially for new hampshire values -- >> the former massachusetts governor holds what looks like an insurmountable lead in new hampshire so he is moving on to south carolina. that states primary is january 21st. it has been a deadly day in iraq. at least 60 people were killed in attacks in baghdad and other...