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Paul ryan more likely, less likely on helping romney and comparing it for palin, biden, edwards, lieberman and cheney. all of the other ones i mentioned added a plus factor to that nominee when they were named. paul ryan did not. what do you explain -- why do you think that's the case? >> here's what he added. if you look at mitt romney's personal feeling thermometer of republicans, it's the highest it's ever been at 74% positive. republicans have an intensity advance in ter advantage. we are watching the ryan pick excite the republican base and i think that's the positive contribution he's ma...

and profiled by the tsa? there's an app for that. how people can report if they think they're being unfairly singled out. first a bitter sweet milestone in the skies over lower manhattan. one world trade center is become to become the tallest building in the big apple. that's supposed to happen a little later on today. that's if the wind cooperates. workers are scheduled to install a team that will lift that tower to 1,271 feet. the math takes you 21 feet higher than the city's tallest building right now, the empire state building. when construction is completed in 2013 or early 20...

that's according to two yemeni defense ministry officials. the u.s. embassy hasn't independently confirmed story but they're investigating. an al qaeda affiliate says it is behind the attack. in new york, protesters marked the six month anniversary of the occupy wall street movement by getting arrested. police apprehended dozens of protesters yesterday as they cleared zhu caughty park. officers are clearing the park today making sure no more demonstrations happen. and this will be a significant week for the army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan civilians. robert bales ...

To because ron paul is making it for him. as david pointed out there's not a lot of other arguments. this is it. this is all they've got against rick santorum. they can't argue on social issues or say he's too conservative, even though he might be. you can't hit him from the left. but ron paul is helping romney, as long as he's splitting the anti-romney vote with rick santorum he's a barrier. the fact that he's repeating the romney talking points and perhaps more credible on this issue than anyone else because i don't know that he's ever voted for a spending bill, that's helping romney. i thin...

>> 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...