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Who live and work around rockefeller center. this year's rockefeller christmas tree arrived this morning. 76 feet tall. it weighs 12 tons. the norway spruce was cut down yesterday in connecticut. twitter burning up wall street with a meteoric launch. mandy drury is here. so just how hot is twitter after its launch? >> well, yesterday in its debut the shares shot up 73%, which really isn't bad for a 7-year-old company and it is now in the history books, chris, as one of the biggest internet ipos on record. however, today we're coming back down to earth a little bit. in fact we're moving to th...

finally, a job's report that beats expectations. sure, expectations were low, under 100,000, but look at this official net gain for july. 163,000. that's the most new jobs since february. the unemployment rate, meanwhile, a separate survey ticked up last month to 8.3%. christine romans watching this all-important gauge of economic vitality, shall we say. would you call the july numbers vital? i would say it's vital to the president's re-election prospects and vital to every single family in america who is trying to figure out if they can keep their job or get a job. yes, this is a re...

florida is a big prize, with 50 delegates up for grabs in a winner-take-all contest. it's time to turn to cnn political reporter peter hamby who's live in plantation, florida, a suburb just west of ft. lauderdale. >> reporter: they are not letting up on newt gingrich. i've got to tell you, every television ad i've seen has been negative and most of them have within negative from romney or his allies against newt gingrich. today they're out with a brutal new ad that's sat rating air waves here. it features tom brokaw talking for 30 seconds in a news clip from 1997 after the house vote...

it's illegal in india. players basically get to beat up men looking for a bride. that's coming up in our "morning passport." and a new york sports club is taking on a paula deen controversy. did it go too far though? i know saturday feels good, doesn't it? especially if you get to sit back and relax for a whiechl i hope that's the case for you today. i want to let you know happening right now republican presidential candidate ron paul is gearing up to a bunch of supporters in maine. he's focusing on the caucuses there while his challengers campaign hard in florida. front-runners mi...

today's reporter roulette. here we go. jojahn, straight to you in miami where newt gingrich is interest to hold a big event there. last night he had a bit of a weaker showing. what is his tacamp saying about that today? >> the first observation i have to make is the candidate looking a little tired here in south florida. a long slug down from jacksonville after the debate. now here? south florida, pu-- now here in florida, pushing for the hispanic vote. he's wishing certain questions had been asked in certain ways. meanwhile, the speaker, as i said, reaching out to the latino voter...