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captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening, everyone. tom, american businesses are hiring again. they added 243,000 jobs in january, way above expectations. the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%-- the lowest in three years. that's a big drop from 8.5% percent in december. >> tom: decent numbers. susie, this is good news for out-of-work americans, for the economy and for investors. stocks rallied strongly on that jobs report. the dow surged 156 points, closing at its best level since may of 2008. the nasdaq jumped almost 46 points, and the s&p added almost 20 points. >> susie: t...

really dropped severely so what we're doing now and seeing now is a little bit of making up ground. >> reporter: in the bay area, manufacturing jobs make up 9% of the workforce. that's not all high-tech. golden bear employs about 20 people and pays more than the city's 10.25 an hour minimum wage. annabelle candy company in hayward employs up to 70 people depending on the season and pays production workers an average $17 an hour. annabelle's a 62-year-old family-owned company thrives on five kinds of candy like rocky road, big hunk and abbazabba the president and ceo: >> our sales in ...

story because this is more fun than i've had in ages. today's game-changing jobs number. let's go right to former labor secretary and cnbc contributor robert reich. he's the author of "aftershock." and we welcome back former republican presidential hopeful herman cain. he's endorsed newt gingrich for president. herman cain, right to you. happy days are here again. america and finally recovering. what do you think? >> not so fast. not so fast. they forgot to count those that have given up or dropped out of the job market. that number is deceptive. i wouldn't count this as happy days a...

13,000. good evening. surgeon hiring aroubl the country driven the national unemployment rate to the lowest level in three years. businesses added 243,000 people to their payroll last month. driving down the jobless rate from 8.5 percent to 8.3 percen percent. about what it was when president obama took office. >> one expert calls this news a game changer. dan harris tonight on who is getting the jobs. tape. job report reminded us once again of the clint eastwood classic the good the bad and the ugly. the good and great deal of good today is job growth in every sector of our economy....

of women who depend on them. >> if people decide not to donate to us it's those low income women in the bay area who will be hurt. >> reporter: some pro-life activists had come out in support of komen's original decision but planned parenthood is reporting $3 million in donations since the story broke. live in san francisco, christin ayers, cbs 5. new at 5:00 an emotional plea as the san francisco sheriff learns won't be reunited with his son this weekend. >> i know what he -- [ pause ] >> i miss my son terribly and he misses me. i have to go. [ crying ] >> just hours ago, the judg...