a sudden turn around from months of grim unemployment news, the jobless rate in november dropped to its lowest level in almost three years. 8.6%. u.s. businesses added 140,000 jobs. government jobs were lost. it s a net gain bigger than a lot of experts were predicting and welcome news for a president trying to get re-elected. is doing everything i can every single day to get this economy growing faster and create more jobs. this morning, we learned that our economy added another 140,000 private sector jobs in november. the unemployment rate went down. and despite some strong head winds this year, the american economy has now created in the private sector, jobs for the past 21 months in a row. that s nearly 3 million new jobs in all. and more than half a million over the last four months. celebrations may be a premature. what do we see? first, the positive news. the unemployment, down from 9% to 8.6%. that s very good news. the numbers by the payrolls. these are the num
almost only counts in horseshoes. would that hold up in a court of law? kimberly: no. it s ridiculous. he is saying listen, everybody was wrong. we all like missed the boat on this one. that is not encouraging news. bigger picture for 2012, it is not going to drop below 8% in time for this guy, obama to get re-elected. i m telling you, they made promises, they made predictions and failed miserably. now they re passing the buck to the committee. bob: i m not taking a shot at dana s former employer but they cut taxes and big employment and didn t happen. dana: 52 consecutive month of job growths. eric: 5.4% unemployment. dana: actually, i think [ overtalk ] bob: the fact it was a bad call. he now tells us this, after they defended it. this is not a figure to beat obama. somebody has to beat obama and somebody that is not generic.
free up this country from these stifling regulations. reporter: pery said he s a pro-business republican and makes no apologies. he says compare the perry record in texas to massachusetts. texas has been responsible for 40% of the country s job growths. in massachusetts while he was governor massachusetts was in the low 40s? job rankings. megyn: what is the early buzz on him and how he might fare in the republican nomination? reporter: when it comes to money. in the last five to six weeks, the perry organization has been lining up commitments, not to say donations, from major donors
a new car. researchers say buyers are paying about $350 more since japan s earthquake. the price hike is needed to offset higher material costs. a nissan plant in japan is back up and running. the plant was shut down after that earthquake in march. nissan s ceo says the plant will be working overtime to make up for lost production. america s job hunt, cnn money analysis finds the federal government has been one of the largest area of job growths since the recession. health care was one of the other big winners adding nearly 1 million new jobs. the facebook goes to the supreme court. the winkle voss twins have accused mark zuckerberg of stealing their idea, the announcement after a federal appeals court refused to get let them get out of their estimated $250 million settlement with the social network. could the new iphone be revolutionary? the next model of ap l s
of l.a. this morning. it was unbelievable to even hear this morning, but yes, according to the los angeles times, quite a bombshell this morning they re breaking a story out of california that the former governor, arnold schwarzenegger, admitted fathering a child with a former member of his household staff and that is why the marriage broke up. schwarzenegger says it happened over a decade ago, but that he only told his wife maria shriver, after he left office earlier this year. that s when shriver moved out of their brentwood mansion. she has not commented. schwarzenegger says he has no excuses for his behavior, he s sorry for the hurt he caused his wife and children. casey wian is live in los angeles this morning. when the couple announced they would be splitting and living separately but didn t say they would be divorced but tongues were wagging, why now. now we have the answer. absolutely. it s hard to believe that schwarzenegger could become even more controversial