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Construction sector which fell by 16,000 jobs in december. other sectors losing jobs including the performing arts, down 12,000. government cut 13,000 jobs, mainly in local education. sectors hiring last month include retail. up 55,000 jobs for the holiday shopping season. ten agencies added 40,000 workers and manufacturers added nine thousand jobs. >> and how is this all playing out in washington? >> well, its political football opposite again. the white house says its looking at job creation f...

Economically but also politically from the president. but nobody here at the white house is going to be popping those champagne corks. they are careful not to declare victory. theyve been through this before. its come back to bite them when they talked about green shoots in the economy or predicting the number of jobs created by any particular policy. this presidency has suffered from the anemic economic growth and skyrocketing unemployment, which is dropping right now, the 8.6% in november. let...

Thats not a good sign. usually when people are confident, think they can find a job, they come into the labor force. so the 9% to 8.6%, you know, that is a really good number. ill take it. its not as good as it looks. >> lets dig in deeper here. some of the up numbers, retail 50,000. was that business services 33,000, health care up, construction, though, down 12,000. i want to focus on two -- retail -- a lot of people asking already this morning how much is this uptick simply seasonal? >> the b...

together. tonight, a shocking ad campaign insulting american jews paid for by the government of israel. >> christmas. >> but up first tone the dramatic reshuffling of the race for president and a rare inside look at the focus groups used to help with the strategy decisions. suppose youre herman cain, trying to decide whether your candidacy can survive, or newt gingrich testing whether your rise in the polls can sustain tough scrutiny now of your record. >> who is newt gingrich? >> gr...