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Emphasis and supporters all over the place from the gop nominating race to the general election and going up against president obama. romney will be in pennsylvania and scranton later this afternoon where he will make a speech about energy policy. you can bet the singular focus of his criticism will be the president. jenna. jenna: we are taking a look at romney serving up food. ive seen so many shots of him doing that. it seems every meal hes already done that. a long way to go. carl, take care ...

>> so were still looking at 8.3% unemployment rate for january. the dow jones through the roof back to where it was before bush screwed things up. lets look at a reminder that obama inherited a troubled economy. take a look at this chart. from the bureau of labor statistics. it shows steep job losses under president george w. bush right there in the red. and shown here in the red. once barack obama became president, the chart turns blue. look at it. see it begins to show reverse and eventually j...

>> so were still looking at 8.3% unemployment rate for january. the dow jones through the roof back to where it was before bush screwed things up. lets look at a reminder that obama inherited a troubled economy. take a look at this chart. from the bureau of labor statist statistics. it shows steep job losses under president george w. bush right there in the red. and shown here in the red. once barack obama became president, the chart turns blue. look at it. see it begins to show reverse and even...

Squarely on the shoulders of republicans. doug mckelway is up there in the box over our shoulders and live at the white house. good morning, doug. what happened last night? >> reporter: this is very, very interesting. the failure of these two votes to extend the payroll tax increase will feed into emerging theme for the president in this campaign season, that he is campaigning against a do nothing congress. the democratic version of the bill had majority of votes 51-49 but fell short of 60 votes...

Establishment, and said the charges are all part of a democratic strategy to make newt gingrich the nominee. wow. plus, mitt romneys feeling the heat as newt gingrich does rise in the polls. he got a tad testy in an interview with fox. >> climate change, abortion, immigration, gay rights, how can voters trust what they hear from you today is what you will believe if you win the white house? >> well, bret, your list is just not accurate so, one, were going to have to be better informed on my view...

>> part of a prediction i retracted. >> i was angry this weekend. >> but i think its going to be romney. >> in just 35 days the first votes will be cast in iowa, and republicans will begin choosing their 2012 presidential nominee. today the obama re-election campaign released the first television ads with the president asking not what you can do for your country but what you can do for his campaign. >> i need you to do me a favor. it will only take a minute. the 2012 campaign is under way, and t...

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Stepped in to stop it. >> hey there. the "news nation" is following developing news this hour. weve got a live look from scranton, pennsylvania where president obama will speak there later within our hour. the presidents focus is to get the republicans on board and vote to extend the pay roll tax cut democrats say would save working families around $1,500. and while that is the major fight brewing in congress, we know the fight to stay in the white house is not far from the mind of this presiden...

Plus, mitt romneys feeling the heat as newt gingrich does rise in the polls. he got a tad testy in an interview with fox. >> climate change, abortion, immigration, gay rights, how can voters trust what they hear from you today is what you will believe if you win the white house? >> well, bret, your list is just not accurate so, one, were going to have to be better informed on my views about issues. >> romney figured hed get an easier ride from the folks at fox. thats just it. after five years of...