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the story is a bit different and the president fares a bit better. he now has a six-point edge over mitt romney, topping the 50% mark for the time in that survey. in an interview with nbc he talked about his accomplish ams in the face of republican opposition. >> even with a bunch of obstruction over -- on capitol hill, we've been able to save an auto industry. we've been able to take 750,000 jobs being lost a month and move it so it's 250,000 jobs being created this month. we've been able to make sure that we ended the war in iraq on schedule. we've been able to make sure that we ...

>> 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...

Companies in the world. the workers assembling labor is harsh conditions. what is apple saying? i know they have an audit system in place. there were rash of suicides once before. how they they defending themselves. >> they say if you don't comply with violations, if you don't comply with fixing your violati violation, they will drop you within 90 days. >> four people killed, 16 injured at a plant that made ipads. december 2011, blast eed a factory, is the season not working? >> those two explosions came

Applications. from students who might have been lured into finance years ago. >> this is here to stay. >> reporter: demand should remain robust for years. >> it's not just about coding. coding can be outsourced. it's more the thrill of inconvenient thing and creating new technology, new software. >> reporter: one success story at this school, 21-year-old robert pinkerton. >> i graduated this december 2011 with a degree from nyt in computer engineering and received about ten potential job offers. in the time of maybe a month and a half. >> what happened? >> reporter: meanwhile, back at the offi...

india, ford's allen moulally. caution has crept in before the week is out. european markets are marginally out, asian markets are marginally down. futures are flat. the predicted number of new jobs is around about 150,000. many say that is better but charles still not good enough. >> no. i think that's very much going to be what is dominating investor thought really all way around the globe. we are seeing this slight rebound here in europe. there was a bit of a sell-off, i think perhaps in anticipation of a strong nonfarm payroll. maybe as many as 90,000 jobs being created. that's ...