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wikileaks. bradley manning is charged with handing over thousands of classified military documents. it's considered the biggest intelligence leak in american history. the army will put manning on trial for aiding the enemy and transmitting defense information. he could get life in prison. friends and colleagues of don cornelius are paying tribute to the founder of the ground breaking television show "soul train." they are making that tribute unfold today in harlem. cornelius was the legendary deep voice, host and founder of that show. al sharpton, aretha franklin and others paid tr...

>> i'm fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. we have a number of stories developing on this busy morning but we begin with your pocketbook. just minutes ago we learned the jobless rate has fallen to 8.3%. that's a pretty billing surprise seeing some economists expected it to tick up. let's get perspective from christine romans. what have you learned about how this number has gone down slightly? >> you know, the economy grew in january, and it grew jobs. it grew more jobs than anyone really thought. 243,000 jobs were created in january. the jobs growth, fredricka, was pretty wides...

their ground. we're going to take you live to washington in just a few minutes. in northern florida, it looks like the aftermath of a bombing. look at these pictures. but these vehicles were actually incinerated by fire after a string of crashes on interstate 75. ten people lost their lives in the wreck. drivers say they could barely see anything because of smoke from a nearby fire. >> there was absolutely no warning whatsoever. it went from being just, i mean literally i don't know how far, whatever you could see as far as you could on the interstate to just nothing. rolled my win...

There because car sales have also started recovering. back in the worst of it they were down in the 9.3 million range, and now they have been climbing steadily and just hit 13.6 -- >> there's a huge spike in july of '09. explain what happened in july of '09? >> cash for clunkers. >> i was going to say, this is evidence for those that say that government cannot move the economy. a lot of people hated for cash for clunkers and i know i'm going to get killed for saying it. i loved it. instead of having the federal government saying we're going to buy you a car and give it to you, no, we're going ...

Always look at auto sales and you're part of it. >> he is a car czar. >> i know he is a car czar. i'm my dad's son. when ford and gm are doing well, i'm feeling a little bit better about america. when detroit is doing well, i think there is hope. how are we doing on that front? >> we can make you feel a little bit better there. car sales also started recovering. back in the worst of it they were down in the 9.3 million range and now they have been climbing steadily up -- just hit 13.6. >> there is a huge spike in july of '09. explain what happened in july of '09. >> cash for clunkers. >> i was...