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A shaky start to 2014 for the u. S. Economy. The Labor Department says employers created just 113,000 new jobs in january. That number is well below expectations. Can we bring in ali velshi of real money, ali, good to see you, doctor, whats your assessment of this report. Reporter we had a good strong back end of 2013. We averaged 194,000 jobs created every month for 2013. But december brought that number down because only 75,000 jobs from created. We were looking for a better number in january....

The senate is still on break. Libby casey joins us now from capitol hill with more. Good afternoon, liby 2347 thats right, congress has a lot on its plate including the farm bill. If they dont get a farm bill passed it could cause a for the Food Stamp Program and it could cause a problem for milk. The Defense Authorization act has to get passed, and Unemployment Benefits. Long term Unemployment Benefits expired and they need to be renewed. President obama weighed in on that one. By the way, chri...

President obama is now in east lancing, michigan, in just a few minutes hes expected to sign the new farm bill into law. Mike viqueira is in washington with more on the bill and why the president went all the way to michigan to sign it, mike . Well, there were a couple of reasons for that. Some just plain old poll licks. The chair woman hails from michigan. Michigan State University is where the president is going to be appearing. Its a variety verse agricultural community, many people dont know...

Tries to pull him on to the brink. A train rolled over them two small slips of paper words big bucks. Well tell you where the winning megamillions were sold and how some states used their share of the lottery to boost education. Good morning. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Escalating violence in two nash ouring nations in south sudan there are reports that up to 500 were killed tuesday, with 800 wounded. The government says 10 follow tirns are under arrest for taking part in a f...

Show of defiance. One of americas closest allies in the middle east has suddenly refused a seat at the Security Council. Saudi arabias surprise, directed at the United States. Kristin saloomi at the u. N. Saudi diplomats were all smiles after winning a seat on the Security Council. And the saudi ambassador gave every indication his country was eager to take on the high profile position. We look forward to working with the rest of the International Community to help our syrian brothers achieve th...

San Francisco Bay area transit riders are bracing for a long delay tomorrow morning. It will the fourth day of of strike. The deaths this weekend are raising questions as to whether the strike had anything tooted with the fatalities. The story now from lisa bernard. Reporter the train involved in the accident rolled out of here, and ntsb investigators are trying to figure out what caused it to plow into two workers checking the tracks on saturday killing both of them. The train was running in au...

They was caught saturday in panama city, florida. They were on the run after using forged doupts to get an Early Release from prison. Robert ray joins us from outside the courtroom in panama city. You have a lot of information on what these two were up while they were free, but be sure to tell us what happened in court today. Reporter exactly. Both men 34 years old, convicted killers serving live sentences and had documents forged that said to the state they were going to go free because they se...

At least 15 Syrian Rebels died in the gun fight that followed. Ostas the war continues the humanitarian crisis intensifies. We heard refugees are starving and now ther there is d of a polio out break. Wearly saturday morning at least 5 rebel groups launched a enjoymenjointassault against a t ormorarmy south of dasmascus. One. Main groups in the attack started with the massive suicide car boom at the entrance of the complex. It killed at least 16 army soldiers. Later on there were heavy clashes t...

Prison. They were caught in panama city saturday less than 100 miles from the Franklin Institution where they escaped. Natasha has more on their capture. Their brief taste of freedom ended on saturday in the florida panhandle. They surrounded the room. About 20 task force members, using a pa stem from one of the cars were able to instruct them that they knew where they were and they wanted them to come out. Joseph jeffing ins and Charles Walker were less than a 2hour drive from the franklin corr...

U. S. Was on a brink of default. Today it would prevent default and open government. Wall street welcomed the news with a tripledigit gains one question remains did this accomplish anything . How country came to the brink of disaster but in the end advosears came together and set aside their differences to prevent that disaster. Every senator and every member of the house will have to decide where he or she stands. I have no intention of delaying this vote. Reporter Mike Viqueira is at the white...