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>> 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...

That's what comes in april. >> chris: congressman, we have a little bit more than a minute left. obviously there is a deadline here. continuing resolution runs out on march 4th. there are some, even republicans, who say it's all well and good to have not your cuts, the 30 billion, but these steeper cuts, but, in fact, you are getting further away from a possible deal with the democrats and with the white house when you have these super cuts. you are making it easier for them to say no. that's the contention. the question i have is what happens when the continuing resolution runs out if there i...

We want to let open rule process unlike indianapolis pelosi ran congress. any amendment of congress can bring any member to have the floor to readjust spending levels how they want to. if they want to add spending or take away spending. we will let congress work its well and congress right now wants to bring spending down where president obama wants to take it we have to negotiate. >> chris: we have to leave it there. thanks for coming in and joining us today. it should be a big week on capitol hill. we will stay on top of it, sir. >> great, thanks, chris. >> chris: up next, governor haley bar...

Progressives. you hear this from the president's biggest supporters. they can't believe how badly the white house and the democratic party played this issue for a year. >> they're angry that so much was given away, they feel, early in the process. they are angry about the max endless gang of six which pushed it through the august resesz and gave the tea party and opponents a chance, they believe, to demonize the bill. i'm stunned by the fact that on the house side, you were tauching on this yesterday, they're trying to give political cover to so many people with this rule process. they have 21...

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