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Enthusiastically have exercised the fundment aal right of people, if you are going to have a democracy and that is a fair election. >> martin fletcher in cairo with the latest from there martin a good evening your time. the vote survive both violence and protests, what's the mood in the country today and how is this vote going to be viewed years from now? >> i think a great success, dramatic day for libyans today. the first winners were the libyan people the head of the election called it and a united nations representative said it was an unqualified success. today has been a quiet day of coun...

How resilient the american economy is and how resilient the american worker is and that we can take a hit and we can keep on going forward. that's exactly what we're doing. >> but with the employment rate jumping to 9%, are those job gains all they're being cracked up to be? i'm joined by "the new york times" gretchen morganson, good afternoon. >> hi, martin. how are you? >> fine. today's jobs report seems to be a bit confusing. we have an addition of a quarter of a million jobs but the unemployment rate has gone higher. why that disconnect? >> that simply reflects that there are more people l...

>> absolutely killer. it is a real tax on everybody, and a tax on the poor, the very same people that are struggling to find work. you know, more than others. it is really devastating. and as you know, oil has fallen in the last couple of days, crude oil commodity prices, but i tell you, we just don't see that translating to a lower price at the pump as quickly as we see it when the prices go up. >> worrying statistics and figures. gretchen morganson, thank you for joining us. >> sure, martin. as we go to break we remember a legend. if you don't know him by name you most definitely know him ...

To divert water away from homes but tens of thousands of acres of farmland have been sacrificed. japan's prime minister wants to shut down another few lar plant over worry that is another earthquake could cause another nuclear crisis. the nuclear plant sits on an active earthquake zone that has an 87% chance of producing an 8 or stronger magnitude quake in the next 30 years. japan has called for stricter safety measures following the march 11th quake and tsunami. and another setback for the shuttle "endeavour's" final mission has been delayed until at least may 16th following an electrical...