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>> 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...

The concordia has been taken perilously close to this particular point. this is the second time n. august 2011, we had the track from loads of london, i'm not sure if it was captain schettino at the helm at that time last summer, but it missed that rock by 100-meters, more or less, in august 2011. so this is the second time. what does that mean? that means that this company, carnival cruise line, had to know, because we know that that vessel veered off course and in an unauthorized fashion, came perilously close to that rock. second point, i have sailed those exact waters. i have the charts. w...

more than 20 people still unaccounted for. rescuers are blowing holes in the side of the ship to get where they think people might be located. they found five bodies yesterday nap matt c . confirm death toll is 11. the man at the controls that might is now under house arrest today. prosecutors say they are speechless that he's even out of jail. they want to charge him with manslaughter and abandoning his post. we also learned today that it might not be the first time that that same ship was dangerously close to that's land. more in a couple of minutes. but first listen to this passen...

>> translator: i hope that this deal with help to achieve peace between the palestinian and israeli sides. and this would support the corporation between the two sides. >> you are looking at live pictures from that reid's hometown in israel. there's a crowd gathering there to welcome him home after five years in captivity. secretary of state hillary clinton is the first cabinet official from the united states to visit the new libya. clinton sat down with the new political leadership called the national transitional council. she made a stop in tripoli. now she brought ideas on the t...

>> greta: so we're going to see numbers soon? >> we're going to get numbers. if you look at recent ones, where the economy showed no job growth in august the unemployment rate didn't rise. when you see that the rate should rise about 100,000 jobs per month just to keep pace with growth in the population of the country. >> greta: one of the latest reports lists highest metropolitan area rates in august 2011 in el centro california yuma california 29.4%. merced 17.5%. yuba city 17% stockton 16.1%. why is california just leading the pack in terms of unemployment? >> well, some of the things are a...