and scarring in part of the brain may be why cause permanent damage in the brains of rats and mice. researchers don t know if the same thing happens in humans, but they say it s the first step in understanding weight loss. and the girl scout cookie season is launching with a new treat. the organization is celebrating its 100th anniversary with the introduction of savannah smiles. lemon cookies named for the founder. new cookies to look forward to. i ll buy a bunch. thanks very much. so, what s president obama doing to help jobless african-americans? they are being hit the hardest by the unemployment crunch. we ll talk to one of the president s top advisers. plus, herman cain. he s here in the situation room. he s walking in right now. welcome, we re going to speak to
be in south carolina next week. thanks very much. herman cain has said he ll endorse one of his former rivals. what is he waiting for? plus, does president obama deserve credit for the new jobs numbers? i ll speak with a top obama economic adviser. and how rick santorum s devout faith shapes his life, his political views and his presidential campaign. [ female announcer ] splenda® no calorie sweetener is sweet. and more.
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candidates returned to the debate stage this weekend in new hampshire just days before the primary in that state. their former opponent, herman cain, won t be there, but he s here right now in the situation room. thanks very much for coming in. feel badly you re not going to be on the debate stage? bittersweet. the sweet is i don t have the media spinning and respinning. the bitter is i won t be there to mix it up with them. i do not regret the decision made based upon family first. you don t regret the decision to suspend your campaign? right. even when you saw the numbers coming in from iowa, i could have done that. no, when you say family first, yes, i don t say, well, i wish i was still in. no, it s not that at all. my focus coming out of iowa, first of all, my observations on iowa, this shows that the electorate is very splintered because of all the negative
fundamental misdiagnose is. between 2007 and 2010, we lost 8 million jobs. we re starting to get some back. we didn t have an explosion of regulation, so i don t think his plan addresses the fundamental plan in the economy. that problem, not enough consumer and government spending and romney has been hit with criticism from the other side, by conservatives who argue his plan doesn t do enough to slash the federal budget. conservatives would like romney to go a lot further on tax reform. he has not outlined specific changes to the current brackets and he is the only gop candidate not to do so. thanks very much. good report. we re going to be speaking with herman cain coming up this hour. also, the president of the chairman s council of economic advisers. a lot more on that front. a lot more on politics coming up. also, other news including a week into the new year, are you