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on what that number is right near the election. so we re going to take this conversation to the dogs for all of you guys because they re getting a lot of political play. i want you to take a listen to mitt romney talking about seamus the dog. this episode is a little rough for him. take a look. in the final analysis, the people of america are going to choose a president based on jobs, not dogs. and the president s failed on the measure that people care most about, which is a strong economy, creating good jobs and rising incomes. all right. so he s on fox news getting hit with the dog questions. then scott brown has started a dog blog to give us the latest on how coda and snuggles are doing. then there s the flap over the president admitting to once eating dog food as a kid not dog food, but dog as a food. are dogs really going to be on the minds of voters come 2012 or is this just a silly way to distract the conversation?
i m fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. we have a number of stories developing on this busy morning but we begin with your pocketbook. just minutes ago we learned the jobless rate has fallen to 8.3%. that s a pretty billing surprise seeing some economists expected it to tick up. let s get perspective from christine romans. what have you learned about how this number has gone down slightly? you know, the economy grew in january, and it grew jobs. it grew more jobs than anyone really thought. 243,000 jobs were created in january. the jobs growth, fredricka, was pretty widespread. in professional and business services, 70,000 jobs created. leisure, hospitality, health care again. but even manufacturing and health care jobs, those have been two bright spots the past couple of months. health care for maybe the past year or something. one thing that s interesting about these numbers is 243,000 jobs. we ve had a hard time having jobs growth like this and sustaining it. the
exclusive interview with the arab league secretary general. you re in the situation room. newt gingrich may give it as the gift that keeps on giving. we re talking about the remark romney made right here on cnn that s gone viral that he s not concerned about the very poor because they have a safety net. rather, he s concerned about the middle class. newt gingrich is making the most of it as he and rochl any cmney in nevada. joe, what s the latest on this latest round between newt gingrich and mitt romney? wolf, clearly the gingrich campaign right now is trying to sort of capitalize, if you will, and use the recent remarks by mitt romney. but one of the things they ve been concerned about is getting out of the habit of engaging in a mud slinging match with mitt romney. gingrich clearly being advised how to focus also on his own ideas, his vision for the put to try to say positively what he is for. and they viewed these recent comments by mitt romney about the poor as a p