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Will get cooler across parts of the northeast. still above average, typically new york city should be upper 30s. tomorrow you'll reach a high at 43. 40 in minneapolis. then as we kick off the workweek, it's going to remain relatively warm out there. 43 will be the high in new york city. and 45 in minneapolis. still experiencing that warmth. it will get cooler across parts of the upper midwest as we head into midweek. overall, that's going to bring you back to where you should be at for the month of january. we have had mild temperatures and that means a lack of snow across parts of the northea...

Businesses start to spend money on capital and equipment and that usually is a precursor for jobs. so i think we're seeing slow but steady improvement now. that's good news. >> that is good. let's talk about california, the goldest state which has been anything but golden these last few years. the unemployment rate has dropped below august 2009. the job rate is down to 11.9%. is this, jim, a good indicator as to how well the rest of the country is doing? >> it's good news because california obviously it's one of our biggest economies. they've lost a lot of businesses to other states. to states...

Connection to the companies in question. we have karl rove, deputy chief of staff to former present george bush. good morning to you karl. hope you're enjoying the sunshine in florida. you told me at the commercial break that this is not news to you. why not? >> i wrote about this in the "wall street journal" on my january 6th op.edu when the administration revealed the first round of the so-called mini mad waivers, and so they were at that point just over 200. they've now got 6 times as being waivers and it stinks. there is an appearance of impropriety here. there are 3 million workers covere...

Communicate them too well? >> well, you know, it's always tough, you know, we -- i walked into a budget deficit, you know, we have to make sure we have the right health care safety net. take care of the development and things like that. we have to make sure that we got to have a balanced budget. i don't have the same opportunities to spend money that the federal government has so -- but you know, long term, things are headed in the right direction. unemployment has gone from 11.9 when it came in to 11.1%. people are getting back to work. you can see our economy is getting stronger. if you're a...

There was concern about what happened to two people during another explosion today. let's talk about the radiation levels inside the plant. at this point, from what we know how much trouble are the guys in? what kind of danger could they be facing? >> i don't know what the exact levels. i had in front of me a report from the international atomic of course all the data provided from the japanese nuclear safety energy agency. there was a report earlier yesterday that the rates were about 11.9 milisevers per hour. that's about two and a half times the annual -- the upper dose limit for annual exp...