Was rescued in that downed russian jet. That russian copilot, he has turned up now safe. And what both russian and iranian media are saying is that the iranians were behind the rescue operations to get him. That a very wellknown iranian commander, a man named general sulimani, head of the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps was commanding the operation to get him. S sulimani behind it all. That shows the iranian influence, the iranian ability to command and control operations. Something the u. S. Has to consider. They also say that now they have basically taken control of that area, that territory, where the pilot was shot down, that they have killed or dealt with all the rebel forces on the ground. It just really underscores the complexity of what is happening there and a lot of difficulty in understanding whether or not all of these countries, all of these players really are ready to cooperate. John . A lot going on in one very small country. Barbara starr, thanks so much. Lets delve i
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getting out of the building. we are told the gunmen are dug in on the 7th floor of this hotel. reporter: u.s. forces apparently getting there are quickly. some of the gunmen were heard staying in arabic, allahu akbar, god is great. martha: i m martha maccallum welcome to america s newsroom. it s been a busy week. gregg: i m gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. there are americans staying in that hotel. some of the hostages from china and france. the attackers freed hostages, but only those who could recite verses from the quran. weep just learned that we are going to have to use our fingers on hostages. there are still 124 guests and 13 staff trapped inside as hostages. they are telling us gregg palkot is tells us the u.s. military told him there are u.s. people inside the hotel. what s hang is an hour and a half ago mali special forces starting clearing the hotel floor by floor. a further 20 hostages were released earlier by the gunmen themselves just as long as they could
sequester has really been a nonevent with respect to the financial markets. businesses are plowing ahead. and i think a lot of the dire forecasts that cutting government spending was going to hurt the economy, at least look, it just started, we ve only had it for a week or two. but i was one of the people who said look, this might actually be a positive thing for the economy in terms of giving business some assurance that at least washington will start cutting somewhere. let s look at, let s look behind the numbers on the jobs report. christine romans is the host of your bottom line. i often say there sed good, the bad, the ugly in the jobs numbers, this time let s say it s the great, the good, and the ugly. let s look at the great first. when you look within the private sector hiring is 36 months in a row of private sector job creation. 36 months. that s what we want to see. companies, confident and in deploying their assets by hiring people. where are they hiring? business serv