but what of the launch itself? one senior minister said today that candidates were not involved, and even relevant secretaries of state were taken by surprise. we ll get a response from conservative home. israel faces international criticism over an air strike on rafah that is reported to have killed 45 civilians. the white house says the pictures are heartbeaking but will the president enforce the arms embargo he had threatened? and the nato secretary general calls for western weapons to be used inside russia. at a moment of high risk in the conflict, we ll discuss european defence and ukraine s use of arms beyond its borders. good evening. the labour leader keir starmer has today pledged to stop the chaos and rebuild the country in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters, and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, who was also campaigning today, dismisse
candidates aren t telling you about what is and what is not within their power to change. but first, i ll tell you about a storm that s raging in the distance. it s headed to our shores. it s an economic storm. it hasn t hit yet. we re starting to feel the outer bands of it. those who watch me every week know, i m generally an optimist. but i understand the u.s. economy. the u.s. economy is driven about it confidence of its citizens. the customer in this case is the american consumer and is always right. they think things are slowing down, it will welcome self-fulfilling because they ll stop spending. businesses stop hiring. and the economy could grind to a halt. let me tell what you i m talking about. here s the good news. we had 20 straight months of job growth in the united states. the pace of that growth is slowing. the last five months, there have been fewer jobs created each month than were created than in the month before. but jobs are being created, not lost. so that
right. they think things are slowing down, it will welcome self-fulfilling because they ll stop spending. businesses stop hiring. and the economy could grind to a halt. let me tell what you i m talking about. here s got news. we had 20 straight months of job growth in the united states. the pace of that growth is slowing. the last five months, there have been fewer jobs created each month than were created than in the month before. but jobs are being created, not lost. so that should make people feel better, not worse. let s talk about your homes. a lot of your equity is there. the home prices in the routes probably at or near their bottom. the so-called shadow inventory of homes is lower. foreclosures are up. but those are a new wave of foreclosures from the signing scandal. we re probably near the end of this thing. fewer homes, less inventory makes it a good time to buy. if you re buying a home, at 4% mortgage interest rate or lower on a 30-year fixed mortgage, the rate yo
wasserman schultz joins me to take up the challenge. amateur night at the apollo. president obama thrills the audience by copying al green. and he s no longer in the race, but the comedian stephen colbert is trying to drum up votes anyway, sort of. you ve got to see this. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. it s the final push in the south carolina. the candidates have tried to squeeze in every minute of campaigning into this, the last day before the primary. as mitt romney tries to hold onto a lead, newt gingrich is using what could have been a very damaging spotlight on his personal life. he s trying to turn it around to his advantage. let s go live to joe johns, he s in south carolina. he has the very latest. joe? reporter: wolf, newt gingrich just wrapping up an appearance in orangeburg, south carolina. a hue high-energy crowd essentially ending what had been a very tumultuous race for south carolina. the picture of the day was gingrich s wife calista well p
kids to tell us why in a starting point exclusive. plus, get real. we have not found any skeletons in rick santorum s closets. a lot of sweater vests. like a lot. facebook twit irpicked up on his wardrobe. if you don t believe me, we re going to show you the music video of the sweater vest. not kidding. a very busy two hours. besides michele bachmann and family, newt gingrich and his two daughters joining us. senator rand paul pitching for his father, and members of occupy iowa will be occupying the diner right here. so starting point begins right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a lot of heavy rockmusic this morning. good morning, everybody. you re looking at the waveland cafe. inside is where we are in iowa. the caucuses finally here, first ever the nation s caucuses. this is a horse race it s mitt romney leading by a nose. ron paul trying to mike it a photo finish. it s rick santorum surging from the rear and newt gingrich hedging his bets, admitting he may