always get something new out of these and we certainly did last night. you won t see another one of these for another two weeks. so, we got quite a treat last night. we ll break down what we saw in that showdown, which was over national security and foreign policy. and these candidates, yes, they re all in the same party. it is clear, though, they are not on the same page. you see who will join me, our foreign affairs correspondent, she is jill dougherty. always good to have her. and deputy political director paul steinhauser. newt gingrich may have hurt himself last night. we ll start with a look at how far apart the candidates are on the issues of afghanistan, pakistan, homeland security and jill is breaking that down for us in this report. with eight republicans on stage, president barack obama got a few knicks. . if you love what president obama has done to our economy, you ll love what he has done to the national security. the candidates had the knives out for each
Republicans, jep diegsz a brief attempt at bipartisan law making and what is more the original bill had also won the support of the president and what is going on? and wendell goler to fill us in. hi, wendell. reporter: the president s economic forecast for the next couple of years, counts on a jobs bill to create about 100,000 jobs a year, but, that only keeps the unemployment rate from getting worse and doesn t make it much better but to get the support of the republicans and the democrats it grew into a grab bag of extended tax breaks for businesses and unemployment benefits and virginia s congressman eric cantor, the house minority whip said conservatives would not support it. this is not a jobs bill. a jobs bill would be one foe focussed on creating jobs. much of what i am hearing in the package come out of the senate has to do with extending existing programs, and pouring