month. the good news, the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%. that s the lowest since february 2009, one month after president obama took office. and not surprisingly, republicans wasted no time in attacking the white house. mitt romney called it a weak and troubling jobs report and said, millions of americans are paying a high price for president obama s economic policies. now, don t be shocked, president obama saw the glass half full. our economy s now created more than 4 million private sector jobs over the past two years. and more than 600,000 in the past three months alone. but it s clear to every american that there will still be ups and downs along the way and that we ve got a lot more work to do. so let s cut through the political spin by adding some perspective. here s a look at the number of jobs in the usa since obama took office in 2009. now, we re not back to where we were, but we are objectively on the upswing. the great recession isn t over for many americans
that s 100,000 less than last month. the good news, the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%. that s the lowest since february 2009, one month after president obama took office. and not surprisingly, republicans wasted no time in attacking the white house. mitt romney called it a weak and troubling jobs report and said, millions of americans are paying a high price for president obama s economic policies. now, don t be shocked, president obama saw the glass half full. our economy s now created more than 4 million private sector jobs over the past two years. and more than 600,000 in the past three months alone. but it s clear to every american that there will still be ups and downs along the way and that we ve got a lot more work to do. so let s cut through the political spin by adding some perspective. here s a look at the number of jobs in the usa since obama took office in 2009. now, we re not back to where we were, but we are objectively on the upswing. the great recession
good evening. i m john avalon in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, new jobs number and the predictable partisan spin cycle. the economy added only 120,000 new jobs in march. that s 100,000 less than last month. the good news, the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%. that s the lowest since february 2009, one month after president obama took office. and not surprisingly, republicans wasted no time in attacking the white house. mitt romney called it a weak and troubling jobs report and said, millions of americans are paying a high price for president obama s economic policies. now, don t be shocked, president obama saw the glass half full. our economy s now created more than 4 million private sector jobs over the past two years. and more than 600,000 in the past three months alone. but it s clear to every american that there will still be ups and downs along the way and that we ve got a lot more work to do. so let s cut through the political spin by adding some perspective
he was dubbed osama bin laden s right-hand man in europe and had been in jail since 2005. the european court on human rights stopped britain from deporting him to his native jordan because of concerns he would be tortured. a british judge says unless the government manages to deport him in the next three months, the bail conditions may be lifted. whitney houston s body has been flown to new jersey on a private jet for a funeral service later this week. a gold hearst believed to be carrying her body left teterboro airport amid type security. police say she was found under water in her hotel room on saturday. there were prescription drug bottles found in the room but no evidence of foul play. those are the headlines. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning, from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. welcome to world business today. these are the top stories on tuesday, february 14th. china s status as an economic power house is front and center t
been an opposition stronghold in the west of that city for the fourth day now. we ve seen images of families cowering in basements away from the windows and still that has not done enough. activists say more than 50 people have been killed today alone in this onslaught. we re going to take a listen to what one of these activists has to say, but i have to warn viewers it includes the image of a dead child. take a listen. he was only about two years old. he got bombed in his house. this is what the u.n. has waited for. this is what the u.n. has waited for. they kill all the children, kill all the women. reporter: brooke, we re hearing a lot of this, the agony, outrage and fear from the people in this community that i ve been talking to. one man i spoke with just about an hour ago said he had seen two helicopters firing into this town, into this neighborhood. the syrian government says that the insurgents there blew up a car bomb that killed some civilians and security offic