ocean. if it is a 777 part. it has been in the water, the evidence indicates, it has been in the water for the right amount of time. there is a maintenance number on it which they are looking at it today. that maintenance number i have to believe would be fairly easy to tie to at a minimum, a 777 right away. the part will have a serial number on it. stamped by boeing at the boeing factory. once they read that they will note know it is the part. they may already know. the question is when and how will they officially let people know. one way or the other, if it is not a part from a 777 or it is a part, one of the things the families need to understand is whether their loved ones are missing forever. they like you or i, they have been holding on hope for a miracle. the size of the piece of
welcome back to politics nation. while republicans are refighting the culture wars, president obama is fighting for jobs. today he took his message to a boeing factory just outside of seattle. the tide is beginning to turn our way. over the last 23 months, businesses have created 3.7 million new jobs, and american manufacturers are hiring for the first time since 1990, and the american auto industry is back. and our economy is getting stronger. and that s why we can look towards a promising future. and above all, we ve got to renew the values that have always made this country great. hard work, fair play, shared responsibility. these are not democratic values or republican values. these are american values.
performing her former co-star kevin costner who we haven t heard from so far this week, kevin costner will be speaking during the funeral services for whitney houston. and her former husband, bobby brown, has now officially been invited. susan candiotti is in newark, new jersey, this morning. susan, authorities are also making special arrangements to try to maintain some security, also maintain a perimeter around the new hope baptist church since so many will be in attendance? reporter: that s right. after doing a walk through of the church we re seeing some of the new security measures falling into place. for example, perhaps you ve noticed right away the biggest change, we re no longer allowed to stand in front of the church right across the street from it, but we have been pushed back across the street and behind a parking lot. the parking lot behind me is the one where it is believed that the celebrities and all the invite tees, some 1500 people, it s one of the parking
primaries and parties don t have the money to put on the primaries. that s why you have caucuses in the first place. this is a rough year. president obama heads to wisconsin today where he will be greeted by the embattled republican. they have a three-state trip that will take him to california and seattle for fund-raising. in a tour of the boeing factory, the state the president won by 14 points. yesterday the president managed to get in interviews with affiliates in four other states. florida, nevada, north carolina and georgia. the white house still hopes of course to put in play. he weighed in on the compromise cut on capitol hill with the nbc-florida affiliate. i am cautiously optimistic at this point. they are sending signals that they don t want to go through the same fight that we had in december to get it extended for
profit from delivery giant u.p.s. meanwhile, as oil prices continue to climb, look for profits to soar at exxon mobile and chevron. a third of the s&p weighs in with earnings this week including coca-cola, caterpillar, and amazon.com. 75% of corporate reports have beat earnings estimates. today we get an update on the struggling housing market with new numbers on home sales and the latest home index tomorrow. investigators suspect a manufacturing lapse at a boeing factory 15 years ago could be to blame for a hole that tore open a fuselage of a southwest airlines jet earlier this month. finally, when england s prince william marries kate middleton on friday, it s expected to cost his father, prince charles, $5 million, however, security for the royal affair could set taxpayers back about $30 million.