rick: hello, everybody. well tom a brand-new hour inside america s news headquarters. i m rick folbaum. arthel: i m arthel neville. brand-new numbers out this week showing the nation s unemployment rate dropping to a three-year low in what some analysts are calling a, quote, virtual cycle of hiring and spending. will this welcome trend last? we ll ask a top financial expert. rick: the bizarre case of an american teen-ager mistakenly deported for being an illegal immigrant. how this happened and where the girl is now. we ve got a live report. arthel: and penn state unveils its new coach today. can he fill the shoes of joe paterno, fired in the wake of one of the biggest scandals in college sports history? rick: first, it s game time in the granite state as gop hopefuls gear up for their biggest contest yet. the new hampshire primary is the country s first and only a few days away. with mitt romney ahead by a wide margin, the battle for the live free or die state may
from each other to go after the president. this administration is crushing the business community. this president has engaged and he s engaging in crony capitalism. shep: tonight shifting strategies as new hampshire looms. plus, rescued at sea. tonight, two boys, two dads and a cooler floating in the middle of the ocean. but first from fox this thursday night with just days to go until the first in the nation primary, conservatives are focusing on the economy. presidential hopeful rick santorum nearly won iowa s caucuses with a message of fiscal conservatism. but today some critics are calling him a massive overspender during his 16 years in congress. senator john mccain is a mitt romney supporter. today he cited santorum s use of $500,000 for a polar bear exhibit at the pittsburgh zoo as one example of his wasteful spending. and if rick santorum is hoping to catch up to mitt romney again, he s got an uphill battle. mitt romney has truck loads more money and lots more o
crushing the business community. this president has engaged and he s engaging in crony capitalism. shep: tonight shifting strategies as new hampshire looms. plus, rescued at sea. tonight, two boys, two dads and a cooler floating in the middle of the ocean. but first from fox this thursday night with just days to go until the first in the nation primary, conservatives are focusing on the economy. presidential hopeful rick santorum nearly won iowa s caucuses with a message of fiscal conservatism. but today some critics are calling him a massive overspender during his 16 years in congress. senator john mccain is a mitt romney supporter. today he cited santorum s use of $500,000 for a polar bear exhibit at the pittsburgh zoo as one example of his wasteful spending. and if rick santorum is hoping to catch up to mitt romney again, he s got an uphill battle. mitt romney has truck loads more money and lots more organization on the ground. he also used to govern the neighboring st
statement tonight saying in part, tomorrow morning i will plead guilty to committing two federal crimes. i made some very serious mistakes and exhibit i understand adequate and flawed judgment. i take full responsibility for my actions. i am truly sorry. fox 5 s bob barnard has been working this story all night. it s the first we ve heard harry thomas admit to committing a crime, that he stole money, lots of, it some $350,000 meant to help disadvantaged children. as of about 90 minutes ago, he resigned from the city council and now may end up going to prison. reporter: harry thomas says he will plead guilty in the morning to two federal crimes, embezzling $350,000 in federal grant moneys from the city and failing to report roughly $350,000 in income on his tax returns in 2007, 08 and 09. now we face this scenario of him leaving the council, possibly going to jail, devastating his community, the people he represents, embarrassing the district and leaving us and his fam
since july. we ll show it to you today, since july. we ll show it to you today, thursday, january 5th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m ann curry i m carl quintanilla. matt is on assignment. six officers in utah were taking part in a drug strike force operation serving a search warrant when someone opened fire. as we ve said, a suspect was also shot but his injuries are not life threatening. we ll have the very latest straight ahead this morning. also a funeral service is being held today for the three young sisters who died in the christmas morning fire in stanford, connecticut. this is after family and friends attended an emotional private wake on wednesday. we will have details on that tragic story. that s right. also we ll get more on the recovery of the young model who was battling injury after she walked into a plane s propeller. we ll show you what she did for the very first time since