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Economy is showing signs of real strength. >> it's been 21 months since the recession ended. we're still down $7.2 million nonfarm payroll jobs from when it started. >> president obama and republican congressman kevin brady with very different views today of the nation's jobs picture. it's time to bring in our panel. steve hayes from the "weekly standard." kirsten powers of the "new york post." and charles krauthammer. the big number about the economy added net in march of 216,000 jobs and the unemployment ticked down to 8.8%. put up numbers inside numbers. unemployment dropped a full percenta...

Detained in syria for alleged espionage is now free. if you were watching you saw had his mother's desperate plea. >> i want to see my son! i have no idea where he is. >> she now has an answer. 32-year-old mohammed radwan, an egyptian-american was released today to the egyptian embassy in dmoos cuss after being held by authorities for a week. he had been working for an oil company in syria and had taken part in protests in egypt. his family last saw him on state tv this past saturday being interrogated and accused of trying to export egypt's revolution to syria. a cousin says she spoke with ra...

Market is rough, despite the numbers today, a little better than they have been, which is a good sign and people don't have more money and, discretionary funds to pay for the increases. >> hopefully, combined with the 216,000 new jobs reported this morning and maybe -- all of the other things going on, hopefully the quantitative easings, the money the fed continuously pumps into the economy -- >> more money -- >> gives upward pressure on price and hopefully, they'll say enough and ben bernanke, on the last public speech, said if we need to, we'll do more and hopefully they'll stop, enough of p...

Will the good news on the jobs front help democrats in the budget battle against republicans? not fleeing, for the first time rebels in libya hold their ground against gadhafi's forces, and now the rebels offer a cease-fire. former d.c. schools chancellor michelle hree says she agrees with an investigation regarding the district schools where suspicious standardized test results are now under question. rhee joins "news nation" live ahead of hearings to investigate this scandal. should smokers and obese patients on medicaid be forced to pay a fee? that is exactly what jan brewer, the cont...

Seen in the last quarter, as a matter of fact. let's look at the numbers. down to 8.8%. as you reported the net job gains, 216,000 jobs when you take away losses in the public sector. professional business services added 78,000 jobs. health care was up 37,000 jobs. ditto for leisure and hospitality up 37,000. manufacturing jobs up 17,000. the trend is your friend when you're talking about the white house and the economy and the jobless number going down as it has. not only for some 14 million americans who are out of work but politically here at the white house, good news for democrats, a lot ...