thank you for being on the show. thank you, you just voted on the buffet rule that would require a tax rate of 30% for people earning $1 million or more, which would be about 210,000 people. isn t this a good thing for our recovering economy? shouldn t the rich pay their fair share? it s a good thing for a lot of reasons, it s fair. when the middle class public pays pretty high taxes, are in a position where they re seeing hedge fund managers pay 15%, some people billionaires paying at that 15% tax rate on their hedge fund profits, this is billions of dollars that will go to deficit reduction, and billion that s will have to cut spending on programs that matter to families. pell grants, health and education programs, and it s
let s get straight to the news. we have a busy hour ahead. captions by vitac www.vitac.com the government says another 227,000 jobs were added to the u.s. economy in february and the unemployment rate held steady at 8.3%. that s largely due to almost half a million discouraged job seekers returning to the search. is the third straight month of job growth, above 200,000. chief business correspondent ali velshi is taking notice, of course. he s in austin, texas, at the music oh, boy. he s at the music, movie, festival, technology, all that stuff, south by southwest, kind of threw me off with the cowboy hat, but i should have expected that because he s in austin. do you have your rope and boots on and your wranglers also? could you please give me a full shot? kyra, i want you to think back to g-8, and i don t remember when it was when i was in the south of france. and i put on a i had blue speedos on tv for you so don t ask me what i m wearing below here. it s not view
us. ted, how hard has it been this morning for kids and teachers to arrive at school? reporter: well, as you can imagine, fred, it s been a very tough day here. it was a tough day yesterday, too. students came with their parents yesterday to school. they had about 1.5 hours in the school cafeteria, the school classrooms where they could go. there were counselors on hand to talk to. they have changed the school taffe tear yeah. that s where the shooting took place. they changed it in a way that they ve painted it. they ve changed the way the cafeteria tables are arranged in the room for students. of course four students were shot sitting at one of those tables. they are really encouraging the community to be involved in this healing process. take a lis ento the superintendent yesterday at a press conference at the school. parents, be a model for your children. they watch and will embrace everything you do. send them off to school each day with a hug and a kiss and the mess
month. the u.n. general assembly plans to stroet this afternoon on a resolution condemning president assad for the brutal crackdown. our journalists in syria say government forces appear to be losing their tight grip across the northern part of the country. we re going to get a firsthand account on the ground from cnn s ivan watson. reporter: young men and old sit on the ground chain-smoking next to assault rifles, but they say they ve gotten these weapons within the last couple of months. they re trying to protect their communities, their families and villages by laying rings of improvised land mines but they re aware they do not have weaponry to match the tanks or personal carriers and air power of bashar al assad s army. we are learning more about how whitney houston spent her last days. they say she was drinking heavily the week before her body was found in a beverly hills hotel room. hotel guests heard her complaining that her drinks waurpted down. here s what dr. dr
and in particular the house of representatives, because if they re headed by a republican, that that s going to win him points as he tries to win reelection. i think that makes tremendous sense from his point of view, and the kind of campaign that he s decided to wage, which is shoring up the base, talking about social injustice, and inequality in america, protecting the little guy, the consumer, the 99 percent. this is where he s going to stake his ground. and i think it makes perfect sense for this president to do that. that, and the recovering economy, will be the two means, if you will, of his campaign. jon: all right. it s going to be interesting to watch over the next 11 months. judy, kirsten, thank you. our panel is going to have a lot more interesting discussion for you tomorrow. i will host news watch at 2:30 eastern time on fox news channel. be sure to tune? jenna: a modern day migrant worker, a new trend in the work force, employees