police shot and killed him at his middle school after he failed to drop a realistic looking pellet gun. the father of missing maine toddler ayla reynolds speaking out about how she broke her arm before her disappearance. he says he accidentally dropped her while he was carrying groceries. he reported her missing on december 17, saying she vanished from her crib. and police in georgia say 59-year-old james benson killed his wife and mother-in-law in a crowded hospital waiting room. they quoted him saying, they d be sorry before he opened fire. he turned himself in to police after the shooting. arthel: new signs of improvement in the job market. the layest report showing the national unemployment rate dropped to 8.5% last month. that puts a nice bow on 2011, a year that saw steady growth across several sectors of the economy. but will it last?
jamie gonzalez. police shot and killed him at his middle school after he failed to drop a realistic looking pellet gun. the father of missing maine toddler ayla reynolds speaking out about how she broke her arm before her disappearance. he says he accidentally dropped her while he was carrying groceries. he reported her missing on december 17, saying she vanished from her crib. and police in georgia say 59-year-old james benson killed his wife and mother-in-law in a crowded hospital waiting room. they quoted him saying, they d be sorry before he opened fire. he turned himself in to police after the shooting. arthel: new signs of improvement in the job market. the layest report showing the national unemployment rate dropped to 8.5% last month. that puts a nice bow on 2011, a year that saw steady growth across several sectors of the economy. but will it last?
there on christmas day. the white house condemning these blasts. nigeria s president calling an end to the sectarian violence voug to catch those responsible. churches also bombed in nigeria last christmas season. more arab league observers are on their way to sir yeah here s why. an opposition group says security forces killed more than 20 people in the city of homs today. the observer planned to go there. u.n. says more than 5,000 people have died since syria s crackdown on protests began in march. a suicide car bomber in iraq got through six security check points before setting off an explosive device at the interior ministry. at least five people killed there, 39 wounded. this happened after iraq s prime minister was meeting with the senior security officials to talk about how to keep the country safe. a series of explosions killed almost 70 people in baghdad just last week. mexico says it s captured the chief of security for one of the most wanted alleged drug king
senator pat toomey, thank you. thanks for having me. special coverage of today s presidential news conference begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern with chris matthews. you don t want to miss that. stick around. now to libya, progovernment protesters have attacked the embassy. richard, what s the layest from? we just spoke to witnesses in damasc damascus. they said something several supporters of the president attacked the u.s. embassy in damascus. they threw stones, they threw eggs and tomatoes, they broke a few windows, apparently. there were two attacks, one on the u.s. embassy in damascus. the other on the french embassy in damascus. the protesters managed to write gra fee tee on the u.s. embassy wall webs calling the american ambassador a dog. the attacks on the french and
public schools in the city of philadelphia are operating on a two-hour delay. so the best advice is to just allow for some extra time because slowly but surely, those temperatures will continue to rise and we ll just see a plain out rain and also melting will occur around philadelphia. that is the layest for now. back to you. won t that be a relief, scott. thank you. and they re still seeing strong winds and snow in the windy city. mike bettis has been fighting the cold for us in chicago. hey, mike. this latest winter blast has dealt a blow to cities like chicago where over 17 inches of snow has fallen. it s coming down lightly at this point. it will rank at least at a top five chicago snowstorm in history. it s almost knee deep. it s tough to get around. but walking may be the best way to get around. the reason booel being, a lot of the roadways are tough to get by today, including lakeshore drive