how about you? oh, i m a bears fan. she s a chicago boy. i ll give you the highlights. there you go. okay, drew. thanks a lot. drew griffin here in studio 7 for suzanne malveaux, who s over in afghanistan. let s get you up to speed. new numbers out today provide more evidence of a very weak job market. the number of americans filing first-time claims rose. it was up to 414,000 last week. why is that important? economists say the number needs to fall below 400,000 to reduce the unemployment rate, which is stuck at 9.1%. president obama lays out his jobs plan tonight. our special coverage, obvious, beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern. republican front runner rick perry made his debate debut last night. quickly, it became clear that he and former massachusetts governor mitt romney were willing to slug it out. we created more jobs in the last three months in texas than he created in four yeast in massachusetts. it s is a great state. texas has zero income texas. governor
said the regime would never kill its own people. he lies and he smiles and he winks. global pressure is starting to build today. there s no doubt about that. the hope is, it s the beginning of the end. the fear is, what gadhafi might do between now and then. and just in case there is anyone listening tonight who might believe the gadhafis who say they would never kill their own people, although i find it hard to believe anybody would believe it at this point. tonight, another voice. more proof. a man who says he saw people die today on the streets of tripoli after friday prayers. what happened when you left what happened after mosque today? people were in groups walking down the streets. the military came and they tried to shoot at people. and they weren t shooting to scare people off, they were shooting to kill. they killed people in front of my eyes. children, old men. you saw people dying?
said the regime would never kill its own people. he lies and he smiles and he winks. global pressure is starting to build today. there s no doubt about that. the hope is, it s the beginning of the end. the fear is, what gadhafi fight do between now and then. and just in case there is anyone listening tonight who might believe the gadhafis who say they would never kill their own people, although i find it hard to believe anybody would believe it. but tonight more proof, a man who says he saw people die on the streets of tripoli after friday prayers. what happened when you left what happened after mosque today? people were in groups walking down the streets. the military came and they tried to shoot at people. and they weren t shooting to scare people off, they were shooting to kill. they killed people in front of my eyes. children, old men. you saw people dying?
[ applause ] the president: we want to reward good teachers and stop making excuses for bad ones. [ applause ] the president: over the next 10 years with so many baby boomers retiring, we want to prepare 100,000 new teachers in the fields of science and technology and engineering and math. [ applause ] the president: in fact, every young person, listening tonight who is contemplating their career choice, if you want to make a difference in the life of our nation, if you want to make a difference in the life of a child, become a teacher. your country needs you. [ applause ]
[ applause ] the president: we want to reward good teachers and stop making excuses for bad ones. [ applause ] the president: over the next 10 years with so many baby boomers retiring, we want to prepare 100,000 new teachers in the fields of science and technology and engineering and math. [ applause ] the president: in fact, every young person, listening tonight who is contemplating their career choice, if you want to make a difference in the life of our nation, if you want to make a difference in the life of a child, become a teacher. your country needs you. [ applause ]