president obama has been pushing for this vote for two months now. the senate defeat is a crushing blow for president obama who personally put himself on the line. it wasn t even close. on this vote, the yeas are 50, nays are 49. not having voted in the reporter: democrats were ten votes short, the bill now defeated, goes nowhere. republicans and even some democrats said the $447 billion price tag was just too high. president obama blamed the republicans, calling it obstruction and said in a statement, this vote is by no means the end of this fight. we will work with senator reid to make sure that individual proposals in this jobs bill get a vote as soon as possible. the white house supports breaking the bill up into pieces. they think they can pick up more support on individual votes on the payroll tax extension,
spreads not only worldwide but right here in new york. the protestors took their anger uptown to get attention in one of manhattan s wealthiest neighborhoods. look at that. this is the part of town not used to seeing this. upper eastside wasn t it? hoity-toity eastside. mixing it up. and later this morning, some feline purrr-formers getting so much attention in new orleans. acrobat cats putting on a hit show. always a story from the coolest city on the planet. the one animal story i will like in year is from new orleans. anything that makes you happy. thank you. first, the president says this is not the end in the fight over his jobs plan. all 46 in the senate and two democrats voted against it. now the president and lawmakers are trying to figure out what is next. we have the latest from capitol hill. reporter: good morning.
republicans. his endorsement of the 2008 wall street bailout probably won t help. chris christie s endorsement could. rob, tanya? kristi s endorsement is a pretty big deal and suggests look, start to get behind the guy. he will be the eventual nominee. herman cain is not backing down the he will put up a fight. 999. that s it. indeed. president obama is promising to fight on after his jobs bill was killed by republicans in the senate last night. the $447 billion package was defeated. vote was 50 to 49. discussions continue behind the scenes to come up with a jobs plan that both parties can support. and if president obama does win reelection he will have to get a new chief of staff. that s because bill daly will return to chicago after the 2012 election. daly became white house chief of staff in january after rahm emanuel resigned to become mayor of chicago.