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is spending millions of dollars to flood the airwaves with anti-romney attack ads. is this payback time for newt gingrich? i'm wolf blitzer and you're in the "situation room." president obama dropped a bit of a bombshell a little while ago in an unscheduled appearance announcing bill daily is stepping down after just a year. he'll. replaced by the budget director, jack lou. here's jessica yellin. she's working the story for us. jessica, what's going on over here? >> well, wolf, first of all the president actually said that bill daley wants to spend more time with his family. let's ...

Kind of match making. the recession hit everyone hard. a lot of white collar executives were laid off from their jobs, forced to start over, despite having years and years of experience in the corporate world. it is not all gloom and doom when it comes to business prospects in this downed economy for people who have cash in savings and looking to take a game wall about -- gamble. they are turning their dream into a reality by opening a franchise. according to the international franchise association there are 825,000 of them in the united states. employing roughly 18 million people and contribu...

In just 15 minutes, 35 models walk down the run way at least once, sometimes twice. and they pick the models for very specific reasons, they sell the clothes. >> the glitz, the glamour, fashion's cat walk is where the clothes come alive and the model is key. >> it's almost like match making, what kind of outfit does this go with? what personality does this go with? >> a cut throat business. she's on a casting call with the daniel peddle agency. it's quick. two photos, a walk and it's over. she's competing against 300 other girls for just 35 spots, a one in ten shot at a dream. >> you just have...

Display? their latest -- they go by spring and fall? >> yes. spring and fall. we are now seeing safe to say the fall collection. because i'm always a day late and a dollar short. it's not always what's on the runway but also who is on the runway. a huge amount of competition to be that model for that show. >> that's absolutely right. it can be a hard job. before you say don't feel sorry for the models, it can be a hard job. designers call it a make or break moment. sure, the clothes on the runway are important. but if the wrong model is wearing them, it can be a fashion disaster. that's why ca...

Break moment. sure, the clothes are important, but if the wrong model is wearing them, it can be a fashion disaster. that's why casting a fashion show is so important, and if you think the models just have to be beautiful, think again. ♪ yeah >> reporter: the glitz, the glamor, fashion's catwalk is where the clothes come alive, and the model is key. >> it's almost like match making. what kind of personality does this outfit go with? >> reporter: a cut-throat, lucrative business where models can earn $500 to $15,000 a show. corolla is a rookie. >> i have to do this every day. >> reporter: she...