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Honoring troops returning from a war, specifically the iraq war. >> as we look across this room today, we look at our military, we draw strength from every part of aeroamerican family, every color, creed, background, every belief and every day you succeed together as one american team. as your commander and chief i could not be more proud of you. >> the president and first lady interstained about 200 hand pickpic -- entertained about 200 hand picked guests. new job numbers out today show big improvement. the lowest level since may, 2008 #. also the last time the dow closed above 13,000 until t...

Also looking ahead, he came in second in both primaries last night. so what is his strategy for supertuesday? we'll can him -- ask him directly about that. he joins us live in a matter of moments in "america's newsroom". that will be interesting. martha: looking forward to that, absolutely. for complete coverage of last night's primaries, go to our website, foxnews.com has the complete breakdown of the results in michigan, and foxnews.com/az, i get it , they have details on the website on all of that, fox news.dom comb is your -- foxnews.com is your front row seat. a major market milestone h...

For the first time since may 2008. almost four years ago. the gains were spurred by a 12-month high in consumer confidence. good news for everybody there. also, stocks overseas are following wall street's lead into higher territory. japan's nikkei was up .9% in early trading and hong kong's stock market was up as well. a tiny town in northeast kansas is in shambles this morning after getting pounded by a powerful storm. a reported tornado ripped through the city of harveyville last night. at least eight people were injured at an apartment complex. the winds also flattened a church, damaged h...

creating a lot of misery this morning, and the governor has declared a state of emergency in one state. it was indeed a big night, but that was so yesterday. next stop, super tuesday. mitt romney may have had a sweep, but you know what, in one week it is the big show, the biggest night of primary season. and it was a close one in his home state. so what? michigan's a win, right? win's a win. but what's up next? and the accused teenage gunman in the ohio school ram pain facing a judge this morning. he could be tried as an adult. we are hearing also the desperate 911 calls from ins...

finally, if you thought american debt was worthless, think again. i'll explain. but first, here's my take. the american economy seems to have picked up. the dow jones industrial average is hovering around 13,000, the highest since the financial crisis began in may 2008. the nasdaq is actually at its highest level since the technology bubble burst more than a decade ago. now, stock prices around everything, but data from the economy on the ground is also slowly getting better. jobless claims are down. housing starts are up. things do seem to be getting better, slowly, as i said, but...