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and sharp and sudden turnaround by the obama administration. the white house now says its tweaking the health care reform provision that sparked a sudden confrontation between church and state as well as republicans and democrats. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is here in "the situation room" watching all of this unfold. it was pretty dramatic what happened. >> it was, and all of this caught the white house off-guard. theres no sign that the uproar is dying down. th...

where are those jobs? let me show you how it breaks down. of the 243,000 jobs that were created, 257,000 jobs were created in the private sector. thats where everybody wants them created. you subtract the jobs that were lost by the government, 14,000, and you end up with that number, 243,000. lets talk about this with diane swonk, a chief economist, and with will cain and my good friend richard quest. what a treat to have all three of you with me in the studio. diane, these numbers are...

it is the number one hurdle in this economic recovery and everyone knows it. this country has got to get people back to work. welcome to "your money." im ali velshi. the latest jobs report is excellent, period. heres the breakdown. in the month of january, we created 243,000 jobs. take a look at this. from january of last year all the way, we had great job creation for the first few months of last year. then it cratered in the summer. still not a lot of jobs but it cratered and weve be...

wealthiest americans at thfrt point in time looking at the economy as it is should pay more in taxes. he is of the same mind on that front at george soros who we spoke with here in davos as well who also believes the wealthy should pay more in taxes. two of the many headlines today. weve got a lot more coverage on c nnnmoney.co cnnmoney.com. brooke. >> thank you very much? a snowy switzerland for us today. for more details and all kinds of other money stories, cnnmoney.com. and we co...

many untrue things as fast as you can to get them all into one or two quick statements. so i thought it was kind of wild. >> heres a snapshot of romneys tax details. for 2010, he and his wife reported income topping $21 million, mostly from investments on which they paid less than 14% in federal tax. the gingriches and the obamas earned far less and paid, percentage wise, far more. tax rates are sure to come up in president obamas third state of the union speech. heres one tip-off. wer...

syria. the captain of that wrecked cruise ship in italy says his employer is also responsible for the disaster. the reuters news agencies quotes italian media as saying the captain said costa cruises instructed him to take the ship close to the island in a maneuver meant to attract publicity. the iranian lawmakers says the country will stop oil shipments through the straits of hormuz. it will ban oil imports beginning in july. the e.u. and the u.s. are putting crippling pressure on the...

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Now available on your phone. get a free quote today. heres something interesting. nancy pelosi is tweaking republican front runner mitt romney. listen to what the former speaker said about why conservatives are resisting romney. >> if the far right thought that romney could win, they might be more enthusiastic about him. but they dont share -- they question what he stands for.

there are two dozen people still missing. that number includes an american couple from minnesota. today a prayer vigil will be held with that couple. the captain is under house arrest. prosecutors are going to appeal that decision that let the captain out of jail. plus, very more tapes between the captain and port authority that are emerging and remember how stunned we were just reading the transcripts yesterday of the audiotapes i think are even worse. it appears to show the captain s...

Dentisry in new jersey. thank you for joining us. >> happy holidays. heather: to you too. its a group of drugs, correct? >> its a group of drugs. these are derivatives of morphine. i think our viewing audience all knows from morphine is. these are called pecosets, percosets, vicodin, a tweaking of the molecule makes them more potent, terribly potent and they are drugs of abuse. and people take them. first of all i should say they are wonderful for controlling pain in patients who have had surger...