month. the good news, the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%. that s the lowest since february 2009, one month after president obama took office. and not surprisingly, republicans wasted no time in attacking the white house. mitt romney called it a weak and troubling jobs report and said, millions of americans are paying a high price for president obama s economic policies. now, don t be shocked, president obama saw the glass half full. our economy s now created more than 4 million private sector jobs over the past two years. and more than 600,000 in the past three months alone. but it s clear to every american that there will still be ups and downs along the way and that we ve got a lot more work to do. so let s cut through the political spin by adding some perspective. here s a look at the number of jobs in the usa since obama took office in 2009. now, we re not back to where we were, but we are objectively on the upswing. the great recession isn t over for many americans
he made guilty pleasures. tonight the interview with connie chung, maury povich on life, love and politics. why should americans keep saying sorry? this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight, with the louisiana primary just days away newt gingrich is on the attack, taking shots at president obama, mitt romney, rick santorum. even robert de niro. also connie chung and maury povich, a power couple with 75 years in the news business. they ll weigh in on everything from the gop to whitney houston and my worldwide exclusive with football legend joe namath. does he think new york has faith in tim tebow? he ll be happy here, he ll fit in well here and we re happy to have him. i m really psyched up. i m looking forward to next season. look what he did for the broncos last year. it might push sanchez to be tougher and get out there all the time. well, he s not going to be a quarterback. he s a wild card. they ll play him as a running back. i th
this is dinnertime here. he doesn t sleep at all basically. will cain, cnn contributor and contributor to theblaze.com and roland martin, political analyst. 7:00 a.m. eastern and 6:00 a.m. in illinois. one of the most important primary, illinois, that s what we say always, 54 delegates at stake in the primary and the winner is expected to capture the bulk of the delegates. it will be the biggest haul since the georgia primary that happened earlier this month. mitt romney looking to pad his commanding lead in the delegate chase. rick santorum we spoke to the santorum campaign yesterday really hoping to burst governor romney s bubble and the two are going at each other in their own form of chicago style politics. listen. we re not going to be successful in replacing an economic lightweight with another economic lightweight. do you really believe this country wants to elect a wall street financier as president of the united states? do you think that s the kind of experie
afghan civilian, including nine children. this is that house to house rampage that happened yesterday. here is the latest. we have learned that the staff sergeant is in his 30s and was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury after a vehicle roll over accident in 2010 in iraq. he was treated for that and then found fit for duty. he has served several tours in iraq. this was his first deployment to afghanistan. now, we also know he s a qualified infantry niper, which means he s trained to hit to kill at 800 meters. they say all evidence indicates he acted alone. he remains in nato custody and we have new details about how the u.s. military learned about the incident and what happened as soon as they found out. let s get to chris lawrence at the pentagon. what more can you tell us? one of the biggest tipoffs is when the the afghan villagers showed up at the base carrying their wounded saying someone had been shooting at them. now, before that happened, this soldier apparently
an slut and a prostitute. today, despite an apology on saturday, the list of departing sponsors grew and now stands at 12. on saturday he wrote the following on his website. quote, for over 20 years i have illustrated the absurd with absurdity. i chose my wrong words and i think it s absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of congress. i personally do not agree that american citizens should pay for the social activities. what happened to personal responsibility and accountability? where do we draw the line. if this is accepted as a norm, what will be following and new sneakers for students interested in running to keep fit. he closes saying, quote, i am positive it is not our business to know what s going on in anyone s bedroom. my choice of words was not the best and attempt at humor was a national stir. i apologize to miss fluke. he put a new spin on the apology suggesting the