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the russians say the aircraft was carrying 65 ukrainian prisoners of war and that everyone on board was killed. the un humanitarian agency in gaza says nine people have been killed after two israeli tank rounds hit a building in a training centre, in gaza's main southern city of khan yunis. 800 people had taken refuge there. the us military says iranian—backed houthi rebels have fired three missiles toward an american container ship transiting the gulf of aden. one missile fell into the sea. the other two were shot down by a us warship. there were no reported injuries of damage to ...

Is acting for the contract. to say their profiting is not right. >> harris: two things here, he saw that statement put out by the company. and they are really in a tough spot, because their responsibilities to their shareholders. if they don't do this order, some other company will do it. we had a group of lawyers go down to the detention center where they were moving the kids out, a couple days ago in texas. some children were sleeping on concrete floors. >> which nobody wants. >> harris: so you have to do something to put beds in there anyway. he talked about the nonprofit doing the order, i...

>> i'm fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. we have a number of stories developing on this busy morning but we begin with your pocketbook. just minutes ago we learned the jobless rate has fallen to 8.3%. that's a pretty billing surprise seeing some economists expected it to tick up. let's get perspective from christine romans. what have you learned about how this number has gone down slightly? >> you know, the economy grew in january, and it grew jobs. it grew more jobs than anyone really thought. 243,000 jobs were created in january. the jobs growth, fredricka, was pretty wides...

850,000 veterans who can't find work. even though the overall unemployment rate came down just a little bit last month, unemployment for veterans of iraq and afghanistan continue to rise. that isn't right. >> it is not something ta this country should be when you've got numbers in the 33 percentile for our youngest veterans as they return back to the united states. we've got a surge coming back to the united states of america, and i don't know that we are prepared for it. >> reporter: as part of the president's jobs bill in september he also signed into law the vow to hire heros act a tax cred...

Unemployment rate came down just a little bit last month, unemployment for veterans of iraq and afghanistan continue to rise. that isn't right. >> it is not something ta this country should be when you've got numbers in the 33 percentile for our youngest veterans as they return back to the united states. we've got a surge coming back to the united states of america, and i don't know that we are prepared for it. >> reporter: as part of the president's jobs bill in september he also signed into law the vow to hire heros act a tax credit for businesses who hire out of work veterans. so far it has...