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Wants to. but ultimately if he's successful he'll bring it to the president. and on the department of defense side in somalia and yemen, al qaeda operatives there come through this nomination's process, which is an interagency process and people can essentially call out simple objections. well, what do you mean as the al qaeda facilitator? >> i know there's been a whole lot of controversy around this called the kill list in "the new york times." it was fascinating and a great read. jo becker, we are out of time but i appreciate you stopping by. great investigative work on your part. >> thank y...

the president headlined three fund-raisers in chicago and spent the night at his home. he talked about how his policies helped the economy stabilize and grow. >> we have now seen over two years of the economy growing and jobs being produced. more than 4 million jobs being produced. over 800,000 produced just this year alone. now -- here's the thing, though. we are not where we need to be. we are not there yet. >> the new jobs report released earlier friday showed the u.s. adding just 69,000 jobs in may. the unemployment rose a notch to 8.2%. meanwhile, mitt romney is in san diego tod...

8.2%. meanwhile, mitt romney is in san diego today for a fund-raiser. on contraction, romney seized upon jobs numbers. >> the president's policies and his handling of the economy has been dealt a harsh indictment this morning. and it continues. we have had 40 straight months with unemployment over 8%. their policies have not worked, and in many respects, they policies have made it harder for the economy to recover. >> late yesterday romney turned over a 13-page annual financial disclosure report to the federal election commission. it shows romney's net worth falls between a range of ...

back. early this monday morning, december 5, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good monday morning, everyone. >> erica hill and chris wraggy are off this morning. kind of an ominous looking sky out there. coming up, the kennedy center honors on sunday. the president hosted a white house reception for this year's honorees. singer barbara cook and neal diamond, and multioscar winner meryl streep were all there. they had a big party at the kennedy center in washington. a lot of great performances, including, by the way, the sing along to "sweet caroline." and we'll have much more coming ...

and sonny rollins and merle streep were all there. we will have much more from last night's celebration coming up later in the program. >> with caroline kennedy there. good stuff. >> maybe we will even sing. >> i don't know about that. we begin with campaign 2012 where the republican presidential race is taking a new shape this morning after herman cain ended his run for the white house over the weekend. >> the latest polls show newt gingrich is still rising to the top. political correspondent jan crawford is in washington with more on cain's withdrawal. >> reporter: cain said he w...