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
rick perry and mitt romney taking off the gloves and turning up the volume. the gop heavy weights going toe to toe in the republican debate. sparring over social security and who is better qualified to create jobs. jim a costas live in los angeles. the sparks were were flying between romney and rick perry. yes, they certainly were. you can say that for sure. last nitric perot o owe rick perry showed he can hit back. rick perry and mitt romney stood side by side last night. first on the question of which governor created more jobs. michael dukakis created jobs faster than you did. george bush and his predecessor created jobs more than you did, governor. a newly aggressive john huntsman. i hate to rain on the parade of the lonestar governor, but we were the number one job creator. it switched to the healthcare plan and the mandate requiring residents to have medical insurance. what some republicans call owe bottom any care. an individual mandate in this country.