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and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. im ann curry. >> and im matt lauer. its a bad scene in afghanistan. officials there believe that this wave of violence was timed specifically to mar the observance of a holy day in that country. >> thats right, matt. three separate attacks within minutes of each other, the deadliest of them in kabul as hundreds of worshippers gathered at a shiite shrine. lets go straight to atia abawi. >> reporter: good morning, ann. coordinated attacks i...

For mitt romney. if hes back sliding and if poll after poll starts to show that hes back sliding, hes not maintaining. then i think they have to be very concerned. i think its one of the reasons that explains, what you pointed out earlier, its one of the reasons we are seeing mitt romney far more engaged, willing to have this debate and willing to challenge newt gingrich right away. martha: when you look at new hampshire a lot of folks keep looking at jon huntsman. coming from red state from eri...

workforce. the workforce shrank. thats why the unemployment rate came down so sharply to 8.6%. 315,000 people, by the way to put that in some perspective. that is the like the population of pittsburgh walking away from the labor force. this is really a picture of despair right down there on the ground level. we now have the smallest proportion of people of the overall population, the smallest proportion who are actually working or looking for work for generations. were down to 64%. tha...

first start with the big number. >> the big number is 315,000. that is the number of people who simply stopped looking for work. they have dropped out of the workforce. the workforce shrank. thats why the unemployment rate came down so sharply to 8.6%. 315,000 people, by the way to put that in some perspective. that is the like the population of pittsburgh walking away from the labor force. this is really a picture of despair right down there on the ground level. we now have the smalle...

stock index climbed 4.3%. the nasdaq up 4.2, all after the federal reserve and a handful of other central banks announced theyd make it easier for global financial institutions to borrow dollars, which are in high demand as investors are get more skittish about the oar re. cnns richard quest is among the market watch who see it as a pain reliever than a lasting cure. >> richard quest, central banks around the world make clear theyre ready to help, markets love it, all around the world,...

bachmann, who is a member of the house intelligence committee is wrong. the cia still inter gates terror suspects in the field. in fact, president obama created the high value detainee interrogation group which includes the cia of the fbi and defense department. they deploy in teams to question terror suspects here in the united states and overseas. whether that policy is strong enough or not is a matter for debate. but whats clear is that bachmanns comments are not accurate. lets turn...

house intelligence committee is wrong. the cia still interrogates terror suspects in the field. in fact, president obama created the high value detainee interrogation group which includes the cia of the fbi and defense department. they deploy in teams to question terror suspects here in the united states and overseas. whether that policy is strong enough or not is a matter for debate. but whats clear is that bachmanns comments are not accurate. lets turn now to herman cain and border a...

our cia has no ability to have any form of interrogation for terrorists. >> the truth is, congresswoman bachmann, who is a member of the house intelligence committee is wrong. the cia still interrogates terror suspects in the field. in fact, president obama created the high value detainee interrogation group which includes the cia of the fbi and defense department. they deploy in teams to question terror suspects here in the united states and overseas. whether that policy is strong eno...

any form of interrogation for terrorists. >> the truth is, congresswoman bachmann, who is a member of the house intelligence committee is wrong. the cia still inter gates terror suspects in the field. in fact, president obama created the high value detainee interrogation group which includes the cia of the fbi and defense department. they deploy in teams to question terror suspects here in the united states and overseas. whether that policy is strong enough or not is a matter for debat...

Primaries than the romney vote. >> yes. the anti-romney vote is there and it refuses to go away. you know, donald trump, michele bachmann, rick perry, herman cain now as they rise and fall, the fact that his numbers dont move, they dont go up, tells me something. and when you listen to people like eric erickson of red state and you read george will who was -- demanded to know why conservatives would settle for mitt romney, hes got a problem. hes got a problem in the republican party. you would k...