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And thats why the futures indicate its sharply higher. right now looks like were going to open at about 90 points higher. you saw the dow closing as a record level every day this week. >> and becky, could this be the high water mark before the sequester really kicks in? could this be the last jobs number before the sequester? >> maybe yes, maybe not. what really came in here, the private sector alone added 246,000. it was the government that brought it down to 236,000. people who are furloughed ...

Consequences if the sequester goes through. 750,000 jobs nationwide if the sequester is allowed to go through. >> mark takano from california, thanks for joining us. youre looking at live pictures of the vatican, and 115 cardinal electors are expected to vote this afternoon. according to a vatican spokesman, the conclave is expected to begin monday, tuesday, or wednesday. watch out for the cardinal from d.c. up next, whatsth big deal? congresswoman marsha blackman joins us. is a capital compromi...

Balanced approach. house republicans -- harry reid interested in a budget for the first time in four years? come on. give me a break. >> look, the american people want republicans to come to the table. they support a balanced approach. they support compromise and people working together and right now theyre trusting the president more than they trust congress. so if republicans want to improve their deficit in terms of popularity, they need to come to the table. >> were not buying who struck joh...

Though that was a good jobs report. there were some findings in the jobs report that pointed in another direction in terms of the long-term unemployment. picked up a little bit in the length of long-term unemployment was longer. generally this is a good jobs report. i dont think we can say we are in the midst of a robust recovery. we are still growing at perhaps .1%. that may be revised. but there is no sign, not enough signs that the economy is really taking off in the way it did say under rona...

Term agenda like immigration reform. boehner, though, calls the sudden outreach a 180 and suggests it may have little impact. >> im hopeful that something will come out of it, but if the president continues to insist on tax hikes i dont think we are going to get very far. >> reporter: administration officials think republicans are celebrating too early on sequester, because its having a big impact in states that have not yet been felt here in washington. asf a big budget deal, the presidents pla...

Minutes. senator rand paul, of course, with the filibuster that everyone continues to talk about, now says that he is, quote, satisfied after receiving a letter of attorney general eric holder. let me bring in nbcs kelly odonnell, our capitol hill correspondent. watching this celebratory moment with the president there but the other hot news of the day continues to be the filibuster. what can you tell me about the letter and the latest exchange? >> reporter: people who say why did rand paul go t...

Come to a specific plan to deal with the budget or entitlements, but just a chance to begin a little discussion. you see senator john mccain there with a thumbs up as he came out last night. some senators at the dinner expressed hope for a grand bargain to prevent the continuing budget crisis. to prevent it, i should say. its still a long way off. last night the house easily passed a $982 billion short-term bill to gund the fovt through september. most of the no votes coming from democrats who c...

Unemployment numbers look backward. there are a lot of reasons other than the government stepping in to trip the economy -- >> even though all these problems in washington with the sequester. >> despite the problems in washington, this continues to happen. it is factored in. isha is here with a 360 news bulletin. >> ron paul, eric holder stopped short of absolutely ruling out a drone strike against an american citizen on u.s. soil. he also said it had never been done and the obama administrati...

To trip the economy -- >> even though all these problems in washington with the sequester. >> despite the problems in washington, this continues to happen. it is factored in. isha is here with a 360 news bulletin. >> rand paul, eric holder stopped short of absolutely ruling out a drone strike against an american citizen on u.s. soil. he also said it had never been done and the obama administration had no plans of ordering such a strike. the issue came up during the senates consideration on joh...

Each side, of course, looking for political advantage. wear the uniform division of the secret service is covered by the sequester and officials say they are canceling tour starting next week, so they have enough people to cover other security tools around the area, not just the tourists, without incurring overtime. they canceled it today because of the snow we are expecting. they claim to be continuing some tours despite the sequester, how speaker john boehner said that is because they planned ...