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the accused ft. hood attacker, u.s. major anadal hasan and three 9/11 hijackers and faisal shahzad. >> the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda's most active operational affiliate. awlaki was the leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. in that role he took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent americans. >> reporter: for more on awlaki, the al qaeda off shoot he represented and where we go from here, i want to bring in cnn's international correspondent nic robertson. nic, this was a huge development. why was awlaki such a th...

how about you? >> oh, i'm a bears fan. >> she's a chicago boy. i'll give you the highlights. >> there you go. >> okay, drew. >> thanks a lot. drew griffin here in studio 7 for suzanne malveaux, who's over in afghanistan. let's get you up to speed. new numbers out today provide more evidence of a very weak job market. the number of americans filing first-time claims rose. it was up to 414,000 last week. why is that important? economists say the number needs to fall below 400,000 to reduce the unemployment rate, which is stuck at 9.1%. president obama lays out his jobs plan tonight. ou...

Creative thinking that would accelerate spending that the people are talking about doing anyway. what's stopping this from going forward? >> well, we're going to have to get a reauthorization bill for transportation that expands the current program which is a transportation loan program. expand it dramatically from the $122 million they spend a year to up to $1 billion a year that would allow us to incentivize the localities to invest in their own infrastructure job, infrastructure projects and create jobs now. there's bipartisan support for the general idea of expanding this loan program. it ...