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the republican presidential primary, we will look at who, and what is their chance to defeat the former president. and later on this hour, from getting cops called on her to a shout out from, of all places, yale, i'm going to speak to nine-year-old bobbi wilson whose fascination with lanternflies made one neighbor suspicious but has made her family very proud. that's ahead this hour as well. we want to begin though once again with the fallout from the chinese spy balloon shot out of this guy off the carolina coast. beijing condemning the move to bring down the balloon. this is happen...

Eradicate those pesky and invasive lanternflies form her new jersey community that they have now on earned her in a ceremony. bobby wilson was presented with the title of donor scientists from the university museum. her personal lanternfly collection is now available for public viewing. the united states department of agriculture also awarded her with a certificate of appreciation. it is all a happy ending after bobby originally had the cops called on her in october by a white neighbor who complained about a, quote, little black woman walking in spring stuff. joining us now is bobby wilson and...

before. at last slow down in that trend. private sector is carrying things here, no question. but the private sector slowing down a bit too, ali. >> christine, something that you and i study very carefully, this is a consumer-driven economy, so we study retail sales. the retail sales for the last month came out this week, and they were exceptionally strong. much stronger than economists were expecting. so why did we see losses in retail jobs? >> it's so interesting, because you saw 33,800 retail jobs lost in the month, and that was a little bit of surprise to people. the only place y...

that actually represents a slowdown in hiring and leaves us wondering why. are there enough jobs out there to sustain our fragile recovery? christine romans, the host of your bottom line, has been studying the numbers. break it down for you. >> i put it on a chart an graphic to show you the jobs report, ali. you make a good mount. 120,000 jobs created is a big slowdown from the pace we've seen over the last few months. 8.2% unemployment is a drop but not making people happy. you had people dropping out of the labor market, 164,000 people dropped out of the labor market. that's why th...

Course, when the retailers get rid of the merchandise, they bring in the spring stuff. there's lots of bright colors. people are looking to spruce up wardrobes, bright oranges and pinks, accessories and apparel. keep in mind, too, that confidence was at a high in february. people were feeling good about things in general, about the job situation and their financial situation and these numbers reflect that. >> yes. i thought people power put this next thing to rest with bank of america considering more checking fees. are the fees ever going to stop? >> you would think bank of america would have...