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Anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. . >> greta: hang on to your seat. the numbers are in and it is nothing short of dismal. weekly jobless claims are up. the number of new jobless claims rose last week to its highest level in almost six months. so now what? steve moore is here. this is grim. >> it is grim. >> greta: now what? >> first of all, we should certainly be in a period where normally in this phase of an economic recovery, would you see big expansions and jobs many we are not getting them. this is after almost all of the 860 billion dollar

Republican critics saying, hey, they're saying we don't like business and look at the electric car manufacturers that we've invested in. look at all of these solar companies that we've funded. >> paul: we have no idea whether they might work. >> maybe they will. >> paul: i donwho knows. >> we've not run from the experiment and seen the job creation of 860 billion dollars washing picking out sectors, that didn't work, just like it didn't in the '70s. they've got to understand there's a real economy where people make voluntary decisions and they've got to let it happen. big financial reform bill...

Republican critics saying, hey, they're saying we don't like business and look at the electric car manufacturers that we've invested in. look at all of these solar companies that we've funded. >> paul: we have no idea whether they might work. >> maybe they will. >> paul: i donwho knows. >> we've not run from the experiment and seen the job creation of 860 billion dollars washing picking out sectors, that didn't work, just like it didn't in the '70s. they've got to understand there's a real economy where people make voluntary decisions and they've got to let it happen. big financial reform bill...

It is pretty much where it ends. most polls indicate americans are divided on how president is dealing with the economy. the stimulus is something that both sides are battling over. you just heard the president and saxby shambles from georgia, has the stimulus helped or not help snd. >> it indicates about 6 out of 10 say it hasn't helped the economy. republicans agree. they say that stimulus, that $860 billion program, has not worked. polls also indicate that americans think that democrats have slightly better solutions than the republicans. it is kind of a mixed message here. >> they think th...

[gunfire] >> palestinians and israeli soldiers clashing over israel's decision to add the shrine in heb bron to its les of national heritage sites. both jews and muslims consider the place holy. palestinian prime minister praying at that site today. he is accusing israel of annexing the place. israel says it only wants to preserve the site. bangladesh: a fire destroying a sweater factory near the country's capital. police say the blaze killed 21 people, most of them women. labor groups say many of the nation's textile factories have unsafe working conditions. antarctica. scientists say a massi...