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that's more than economists actually predicted. the unemployment rate dipped to 8.3%. more of the numbers, including a look at what kinds of jobs were added. president obama has a plan to put veterans back to work as police officers and firefighters. he is going to outline his plan in his speech this hour, 11:25 eastern t would give grants to communities that hire vet traps of iraq and afghanistan. fire departments would get grants to hire and train these veterans. the map would also put veterans to work in the nation's parks. we expect that there is going to be strong opposition f...

>>neil: ronald ripping into the food police after health care groups in general were running the ads demanding mcdonald's give the clown the big red boot. today the fast food giant telling them the clown is not going anywhere. not the news that a professor wanted to hear. what do you make of this? >>guest: the guy behind who fat suits against mcdonald's and the super size me movie i love to see ronald mcdonald retired or kill him off. he goes into schools as he does as a "health ambassador," and says to the kids you can eat as much junk food as you want if you exercise, which is a lie unless y...

Trace. >> reporter: and, jon, super size might be an understatement. they call this the 8th wonder of the world. you can see the buildings, that is downtown new orleans. and then from there you come down here, this is the intra coastal water way. i'll swing you over here, this is lake born. that goes out into the gulf of mexico, and this is where during katrina the most dangerous storm surge came through with 18 feet. we all know the rest, it pushed through into the canals and busted those levees. so this really is kind of the first line of defense. you can see it's about 12 feet wide. it's 26...

Figure. because this very broad estimate. so when we look at today and what this announcement is about here, this $800 million for broadband, what we are seeing is an example of that. the latest spending in the hopes of getting some more stuff moving, getting more jobs out there, tony. but obviously, it's not everything that the country wants to see, and clearly, like we talked about last hour, it has not been enough to turn around this country or to make a substantial drop in unemployment in america. >> no. you mac make a good point there. all right, josh, thank you. you have heard of super...

Guy's got the fat and he's going. they've had eight pefeet of sno in seven days. >> at this point they're getting sick of it. >> how do you get sick of powder like, that come on, rob! >> they're red for spring skiing. >> it does work you intensely. >> it does. >> get the powder while you can get it, for sure. heavy rain across parts of the northeast possible tonight to replace the record breaking temperatures that they saw yesterday. probably a 30-degree difference between yesterday's low 90s and low 60s for daytime highs. >> thanks, rob. >> you can just hear cardiologists and cholesterol medi...