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lets get straight to the news. we have a busy hour ahead. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the government says another 227,000 jobs were added to the u.s. economy in february and the unemployment rate held steady at 8.3%. thats largely due to almost half a million discouraged job seekers returning to the search. is the third straight month of job growth, above 200,000. chief business correspondent ali velshi is taking notice, of course. hes in austin, texas, at the music -- oh, bo...

whats the best part? >> reporter: this is the place to be. this is maxs wine bar, youre watching it transform into the cnn grill. a great space. the sign goes up. everybody can find it. this is the place to be. you can follow us on twitter at cnnsxsw, sboouth by southwest, d brooke, when you get here, im going to give you a princesss welcome. >> we will be doing our show there on monday. i cannot wait. ive never been to austin. more jobs added in the month of february of the i ha. i ...

satellite images and trying to show iran clean up something at the military base believed to have been a test site for explosives used to detonate a nuclear weapon. it is not exactly sure at this point what theyre trying to clear up. this is on the heals of iran allowing u.n. inspectors to visit the base after repeatedly denying access to the same inspectors in the past. the director general of the agency tells matthew chance that he believes iran is hiding something. >> iran is not te...

a fellow at the institute of politics at harvards kennedy school of government. and steve moore is with us for the first time. economics writer for the "wall street journal" editorial page. thank you for being with us. our "starting point" is super tuesday, of course. ten states will go to the polls today. there are 419 delegates up for grabs and potentially 2 presidential campaign on the line. if you look at the map of todays super tuesday, contest, newt gingrich says hes going to win...

on what criteria should parents look for in choosing a school? steve perry has some answers in tonights "perry principles." >> hi, dr. perry. my son is 2 1/2 years old and my wife and i are just starting to look into kindergarten programs. sense of duty to my country to go and serve. >> i went straight to ft. bragg. it was just the thing to do. that was my obligation, that was my duty, as an american. >> i was drafted and i was sent to ft. sill and placed in the 85th missile detachment...

saint makers. what does it take to become a saint? ask this baptist who used to be blind. >> thats why its a miracle. his unlikely role in an indiana nuns path to sainthood. revealing investigations, fascinating characters, stories with impact. this is "cnn presents" with tonights hosts, randi kaye and dr. sanjay gupta. >> good evening. we begin tonight with this unbelievable story of how u.s. soldiers were used as human guinea pigs. during the cold war, the military embarked on this...

By this 117? >> they have bargaining power. what conservatives would like to see is mitt romney go into that convention without a first ballot majority. in which case, he has to bargain with the delegates in that cup. >> right. >> many of them will be hardcore conservatives. theyre going to demand that he put conservative, tea party conservative on the ticket. that the platform read the way people and the religious rite wants it to read. theyre going to extract concessions and that wont be attra...

Their rights. many were brutally assaulted. one good man, a man of god, was killed. there is no cause for pride in what has happened in selma. there is no cause for self-satisfaction in the long denial of equal rights of millions of americans. >> as the struggle for equal rights continues today, i want to highlight an op-ed from this week in the "new york times." richard colinburg of the century foundation and labor lawyer marsha marvet write that to martin luther king no two causes were more cl...

their grown-up children? and whats really driving those gas prices were paying at the pump? were operating fact from fiction. but first, more than 3 million public school teachers head to the country every day in this one. parents usually dont know how their child ranks compared to others until recently. new york citys department of education released ratings for 18,000 of its public school teachers and 217 charter school teachers and 50 special ed teachers. those ratings are based on ...

Legislators to fix these things that are broken. and thats really what were going to be talking about. were going to talk about innovation, were going to talk about choice and flexibility. were going to talk about the importance of setting the highest standards for our kids. you know, i dont quote president bush very often, but when he talked about the soft bigotry of low expectations, he hit it right on the head. these kids can learn. they may be poor. i was poor. i can read and write, and thes...