catholic church in our modern world. that s the statement from the president, president obama, on his holiness, pope francis i, becoming the new pope. the election of the pope came as the president was meeting with house republicans up on capitol hill. cnn s dana bash reports that an aide handed the president a note with the news and then the president read that note to the group and there was applause. someone then yelled out, does this mean that the white house tours are open? and the president responded, and i m quoting him now, vatican tours are. later the president spoke about the moment. i made the announcement we saw smoke but i actually had not seen the official announcement of name so we look forward to hearing about it and i m sure it s going to be exciting moment. obviously carlos lopes of cnn
this morning from the atlanta area. we will have the latest on the search for survivors and victims. and on the campaign trail. today it s washington state s turn to way in on the republican candidates who want to be president. we re watching all the angle of this developing story of the severe weather that just continues to move across our country. susan candle yoty is in henryville right now where daylight has brought a stunning new look. our bonnie schneider is in the weather center keeping an eye on the new watches and warnings in effect right now. but before we get to them, i want to show you an amazing piece of video. it comes from west liberty, kentucky. listen. take it away from us, lord. take it, lord, take it, lord. take it away from us, jesus. what we re watching is this funnel cloud is swirling, getting ready to hit the earth. you hear a woman praying to god to have the storm move away, while her prayers were achbsed, her home was spared but the town that
nation presidential primary. the former presidential senator is holding a faith, family and freedom town hall event in new hampshire. let s go up the road now to lebanon, new hampshire. newt gingrich holding a town hall meeting there after finishing a disappointing fourth in iowa. he s sharpening his attacks. one such target, rick santorum and his role in the 1990s republican revolution in congress. in terms of if you think of us as partners. he would have been the junior partner and he s not a bad person. i want to be clear about this. santorum countered that he played a key role in exposing a congressional scandal during that time and that gingrich remains silent on the sidelines. meantime, santorum rivals are attacking him over earmarks while he was in congress. but as dana bash reports, earmarks were a part of business when santorum served. we re in a financial crisis
for the first time in a very long time, kyra. we have six months in a row of jobs created. boom, boom, boom, more than 100,000 jobs created. that hasn t happened since 2006. think about that, since 2006 that we have been able to put together 6 1/2 months. that was also better than anybody expected. i want to really give you some perspective here because, kyra, as you know, this is a political story, as well. on the campaign trail you hear how this is the obama economy or how president obama is responsible for your job being lost. this is that incredible recession and financial crisis. financial crisis first and then the recession. this was, this was horrible for the american worker and the american economy. and then it was very careful start i mean, these gains here you had to have census and hiring and stimulus to get anything going and we had all these concerns about a double dip recession and now at the end of last year, you re starting to see slow and steady improvement
you got to be flexible on the days you travel. sunday and monday after thanksgiving are the busiest and most expensive days. seaney says that the best time to buy a low-fare airline ticket at tuesdays at 3:00 p.m. after they post their airfare sales for the week. just 25 days before the midterm elections. the tone is ugly. bare-knuckled tactics can backfire. case in point, the red firefighter faced republicans in west virginia. senior congressional correspondent dana bash reports. reporter: a gop ad about democratic candidate joe manchin. joe s not bad as governor but with obama he turns into washington joe. he does whatever obama wants. we better keep here in west virginia. reporter: those men are not in west virginia. they re actors 250 miles away in