8. that is the teenage girlfriend of trayvon martin, who has said that she was on the cell phone with trayvon martin that night in february when all of this went down. that trayvon martin was telling her that he was the one in fear because he was being followed. alisyn? alisyn: phil keating, thank you for the uate. we have an eye-opening new warning for parents. how your child s cell phone could be giving away their personal information and what can be done about that coming up. plus massive protests underway in michigan as the right to work battle heats up. state troopers armed with pepper spray at times trying to maintain order as thousands of people flood the state capitol building. we re following the latest developments. [shouting]. hi. i m henry winkler.
arizona, you re in the situation room. this just coming in. on the eve of the new nuclear weapons showing that just how tight the race is. take a look 32% say rick san storm, but with the sampling eras that s constituentically a tie. ron paul coming in at 6%, let s go in depth right now with our chief political analyst gloria borger and depend can i washington bureau chief michael crowley. gloria, first you. arizona we all thought was supposed to be relatively easy for mitt rom in, but this a week before the primary is a horse race. nothing succeeds like success. rick santorum has had a lot of success, and we see him defining himself as the cultural conservative. as you point out, this was supposed to be an easy state for mitt romney. he could win, but there s a substantial number of mormons, he has moved way to the right and also has an organization dating back. show shows you that republican voters can to get their arrange. they were for pretty romney, but we know in mi
the american economy has created in the private sector jobs for the past 21 months in a row. that s nearly three million new jobs in all. more than half a million over the last four months. so we need to keep that growth going. there are some new signs of life in the u.s. job market. with a strong showing in november that caught a lot of the analysts by surprise. the labor department says employers added 120,000 jobs helping push down the unemployment rate from 9% in october to 8.6%. that s the lowest level in almost three years. but there s more to it than meets the eye. lisa sylvester standing by with more. so what s the story behind these latest numbers? okay, wolf. we re going to talk you through the numbers. first, the positive news. unemployment, as you mentioned, it did tick down from 9% to 8.6% in the month of november. that is very good news. and if you take a look at it in terms of the jobs created, 120,000 jobs that is higher than what economists were estimat
before. reporter: the sounds are heavy of anti-aircraft gunfire. as i was reporting to you, that gunfire came after we heard several loud explosions here. it is in the city. now, about 2:35 in the morning, heavy anti-aircraft gunfire seems to be subsiding at the moment. it had come quite literally within the last ten minutes. it was very quiet in the city. we d had sporadic gunfire, then a couple of loud explosions followed by that heavy antiaircraft gunfire, which has subsided for the moment, don. this is what we re hearing in the city at the moment. and perhaps the most dramatic moments in this conflict so far. that s how it unfolded live last night right here on cnn. and as the battle heats up,
john boehner promising to cut $100 billion in discretionary spending. we need to have an adult conversation on entitlements and the president needs to lead that discussion. he was elected to lead, not sit on the sidelines. as the battle heats up, one says the government shutdown should be on the table. barbara boxer says she s so serious, she s presenting a bill that stops paying congress and the president if the government shuts down. the point is to say that if we, members of congress fail in our responsibility to get this thing moving forward, we are going to pay a price. meantime, new jersey s governor chris christie didn t just go to crack jokes. he scolded politicians over not tackling the debt. he will not run for president.