numbers that we were hoping to see and hopefully will continue. so new jobless claims plunged to 352,000 last week. that s a huge drop. down by 50,000. this demonstrates there are fewer layoffs. however, jobless claims can be a little volatile. for example, we saw claims jump a few weeks ago because of the temporary holiday workers that were laid off. and also the prior week was revised a little bit higher, not much. just by about 3,000. it did go above 400,000. we need to stay below that in order to associate that with actual job creation. today s report is good news. we need to see it continue in the long term. all right. felecia, thanks so much. let s get to politics now. we begin in iowa. yes, iowa. just when you thought it was a done deal. well, the des moines register is reporting the iowa caucuses were a virtual tie, that rick santorum actually ended up with a 34 vote advantage and that romney did not win. so now we re being told that in about 15 minutes we re goin
anthony weiner s office. right now it goes straight to voice mail. so, at a time when most congressional offices in fact, all of them are open for business right. anthony weiner s office is locked, the door s locked, lights are off, they re not answering the phone. now, the timing is interesting because leader pelosi, speaking this morning, expected to be peppered with questions about this scandal. if there were word of a resignation and this is justice speculating right now this would make sense to do it because why put the leader of the party out there and make her answer these somewhat embarrassing questions. the point you made about democratic, the leadership wanting to get rid of anthony weiner, this is very distracting to them, it absolutely is. the point you mentioned, the more that comes out, the more it pressures him to resign. as i heard from one rk, it s pushing him more and more towards the cliff. that said, they can strip him of committee assignments, possibly