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Foods is terrible for us, then every day we smoke a pack of cigarettes, eat kentucky fried chicken, no offense to kentucky fried chicken, sitting here like oh, my goodness, we dont know what to do. no, no, we know what to do, we just have no intention of changing our behavior. phil, they dont even know what you want to say. why dont we stop pretending, my goodness me, oh, my lord, when we have the information, we just dont want to change our behavior because it will disrupt the flow of capital b...

The republican candidates for not supporting the auto bailout. speeding up security, the tsa checks out a program that will help some passengers fly through security. the government unveils its first major campaign to urge smokers to kick the habit. some say the ads are disturbing and go too far. we begin this half hour with the scathing resignation letter hitting gold man sachs where it hurt, the wallet. the firm lost more than $2 billion yesterday after a former employee published one le...

>> and it wasnt even eliot spitzer either. >> but here is the thing. if you believe what she says in the latest interview she said they tried to break me down and brought in prosecutors and investigators one after another to find out whether or not these ten power brokers whether or not i knew them and had serviced them or arranged for services. >> talking about bankers, wall street execs, new york big wigs, what? >> big wigs, politicians. the supreme court justices said we investigate crimes no...

But that didnt stop them from handing out bonuses to top execs. why are these guys and maybe gals still getting paid to fail? stu varney, i think, is going to tackle that one for us.

There, there were soldiers walking around with automatic weapons so once we got off the ship, we got right back on. >> wow. carnival cruise lines, the sponsor of that trip has suspended the tour indefinitely and is working to reimburse the passengers for what they lost. >> meanwhile, an electric car battery company praised by president obama as a stimulus success has now laid off 125 workers since getting $390 million in government subsidies. but that hasnt stopped executives at a, 123 in michig...

500. if they win tonight, they are even. tv ratings have soared even though many viewers in new york havent been able to watch it because another one of those disputes between the cable network and the cable company. the good times may be over since lin just made the cover of "sports illustrated" magazine. notoriously curse ridden honor. but for now he is lin-sane. the makers of tropicana orange juice are trying a new strategy to boost profits. execs say they have to do ised a water. is that all...

Terms of opportunity and compensation. >> harris: whats the logic behind putting this in place. >> it will keep employees from becoming complacent. and giving them a chance to move up the corporate ladder and despite bringing 5,000 jobs to the community. some are saying that the execs are taking advantage of the tough economy. >> and jobs are so hard to find right now in atlantic city, but in my opinion its like grabbing a life vest with a slit in it. youre there, af got a job and at a blink of ...

children off for a supervised visit. powell had lost custody of the boys, and he was a suspect in his wifes disappearance. he sent an e-mail saying only "im sorry, good-bye." a neighbor describes what he saw. >> i just knew that if there was anyone in there, they didnt survive. you could tell that instantly from what we saw. i cant imagine anyone killing their children. i just -- thats beyond anything i can imagine someone doing. the state department shut down the embassy in syria ho...

>> 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...

The lead. congratulations to you. >> given sherrods grade and employing the logics of the grade, how do you think he will do tomorrow? >> the bell curve will be skewed by his performance tomorrow. >> so it will do terribly? >> no, you seem to be misunderstanding how the mean is calculated. >> the mean generally means you return to your normal performance. >> well, no, the mean you split the difference between the cosine and the algorithm and you end up with a mean give or take a margin of error....