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 from congress over the plan because $5 billion price tag. just one day away from nevada caucuses, most presidential candidates campaigning there today, all on the trail in nevada, trying to pick up any last-minute support. rick santorum is campaigning in missouri. its primary is on tuesday. we have just learned two american tourists have been released now in egypt. authorities say the gunmen sn
their reputations. ? we dpin with a major retreat into what s turning into a surprise issue on this year s presidential campaign. the politics of women s health. in a ferocious backlash one of the nation s biggest players in the fight against breast can ter announced it will not cut off money tomanned parenthood. cnn s lisa sylvester has more on today s about face. reporter: the susan g. komen board of directors and ceo began with saying sorry. we want to apologize to the american public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving lives. we have been distressed at the presumption that the the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize planned parenthood. they were not. the komen foundation, best known for its pink ribbons and 5-k walks, was under fire for changes to its grant policies that cut $600,000 in funding for plan parenthood. komen originally said it was because planned pare
you can not miss, coming up. also, punxsutawney phil is safely back in his underground home now but he came out this morning. did he see his shadow? we ll update you. this was the gulf s best tourism season in years. all because so many people wanted to visit us. in louisiana. they came to see us in florida. nice try, they came to hang out with us in alabama. once folks heard mississippi had the welcome sign out, they couldn t wait to get here. this year wagreat but next year s a be even better. and anyone who knows the gulf knows that winter is primetime fun time. the sun s out and the water s beautiful. you can go deep sea fishing for amberjack, grouper and mackerel. our golf courses are open. our bed and breakfast have special rates.
across the sky? i m trying to hum that song. that s a pathetic effort. anyway, some people very concerned about the ufo possibilities here. we have the answer to what that fireball in the sky was. what are you trying to do? i was thinking about that 80s show, that 90s show. whatever. a woman wins gas money after she sues honda. she spoke to us when she first filed this lawsuit. she said the car s manual promised her 50 miles per gallon. it didn t deliver. can others cash in on her lawsuit? and mitt romney talks to cnn. our soledad o brien saying something along i m not concerned about the very poor. okay, hold on. was that all he said? or has he been eviscerated unfairly? we re going to get to the bottom of context and why it matters. up first, a war of words over ending a war. reaction is pouring in after leon panetta announced that combat in afghanistan will end next year. this was on a plane to a nato conference in brussels. he told reporters, quote, our goal is
of afghanistan and how much he agrees with his former boss s agrees with his former boss s gop critics. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with today s verbal fireworks on capitol hill in washington on the face of pointed attacks by republicans, the attorney general eric holder today rejected calls for his resignation and refused to take the blame for a program that sent u.s. guns to mexico s drug gangs in an effort to trace gun smuggling. attorney general holder says he shut down the program dubbed operation fast and furious shortly after it came to his attention. he says that was after one of those smuggled guns was found at the murder scene of a u.s. border patrol agent. some republicans accuse general holder of covering up what he knew. others today listen to this called him incompetent. i believe that the american people deserve to have an attorney general that they can trust. and for that reason i have asked for your resignation. and i believe that because