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The history of this country. >> people need to look at the facts and we need to come together as americans and look at implementing long-term solutions. have you to count the right number, 15.2%. we need a new fot help us long term. >> good panel. up next, g.o.p. hopefuls lead to new hampshire. mitt romney leads by a significant amount. significant amount. that's coming up next. pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee!

Economy. transportation and warehousing increased by 50,000 jobs. retailers hired 28,000. manufacturing increased 23,000. and the construction sector added workers for the first time in december since 2006. in total, the u.s. economy added more than 1 1/2 million jobs last year. still, the economy needs to add even more jobs than this, over years, to fully recover from such a deep recession and one analyst says that scenario is far from guaranteed. >> i'm hopeful that we'll continue to get good solid job numbers but there are things to be nervous about. european debt crisis continues to rage t...

The unemployment rate at 15.2%. also, more than 5 1/2 million americans have been out of work for 27 weeks or longer. jenna. jenna: a better trend, but still a little bit of a long road to go. rich, thank you. jon new information just in on a somewhat unpleasant topic. the fbi is revising the definition of rape. so it will better reflect state criminal codes and victim experiences. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington with more on that. why redefine rape, catherine? >> reporter: thanks a lot jon and good morning. for the first time, as you mentioned, the fb...

Had some growth in employment with the exception, perhaps, of construction which was flat. so it was pretty much across the board. i use the word that it's good, but you have to remember that we've not yet had any robust recovery of jobs in the neighborhood of five, six, of seven hundred thousand which is what you've seen from prior recessions. it wasn't too impress i have. jenna: mark, should we even expect a number like that, a half million jobs created in one month? >> well, the economy's a chaotic system. it is possible sometime in the future to see something like this, but this is really ...

Mitt romney that could affect the election. >> eric: let me ask you. weigh in on this here. 15.2% is the unemployment number if you include people who took jobs just to put food on the table. not just the unemployed. >> brian: counting underemployed? >> eric: 20 million still underemployed or out of work. >> dana: i wouldn't say that the number was bad news. any increase is a good thing for americans and the country. but one of the numbers that i think is key is how many people decided to leave the workforce. discouraged workers who are deciding at this point right now, i'm just going to take ...