just what is it gingrich was paid an estimated $1.7 million to do. that s not only the breaking news tonight. reports tonight out of las vegas 245 a gingrich friend is writing another $5 million check to the supersuper pac. all this showing that mitt romney s lead is evaporating in florida and basically gone nationwide. take a look at the latest tracking poll. shows a virtual-romney gingrich dead heat. that s a sharp change from just last week before this weekend s south carolina gingrich blowout victory. those numbers could and almost certainly will change, but for now, the trend is so worrying to the romney forces they re attacking the challenger, not through surrogates like they have in the past or through super pacs but directly. while florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. gingrich was paid over $1.6 million by the scandal ridden agency that helped create the crisis. that new ad was straight from the romney campaign, this ear
contract with freddie mac. tonight, speaker gingrich s lobbying firm did just that. only partly. releasing one year of a multiyear deal. just what is it gingrich was paid an estimated $1.7 million to do. that s not only the breaking news tonight. ros reports tonight out of las vegas 245 a gingrich friend is writing another $5 million check to the supersuper pac. all this showing that mitt romney s lead is evaporating in florida and basically gone nationwide. take a look at the latest tracking poll. shows a virtual-romney gingrich dead heat. that s a sharp change from just last week before this weekend s south carolina gingrich blowout victory. those numbers could and almost certainly will change, but for now, the trend is so worrying to the romney forces they re attacking the challenger, not through surrogates like they have in the past or through super pacs but directly. while florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. gingrich was pai
the american economy has created in the private sector jobs for the past 21 months in a row. that s nearly three million new jobs in all. more than half a million over the last four months. so we need to keep that growth going. there are some new signs of life in the u.s. job market. with a strong showing in november that caught a lot of the analysts by surprise. the labor department says employers added 120,000 jobs helping push down the unemployment rate from 9% in october to 8.6%. that s the lowest level in almost three years. but there s more to it than meets the eye. lisa sylvester standing by with more. so what s the story behind these latest numbers? okay, wolf. we re going to talk you through the numbers. first, the positive news. unemployment, as you mentioned, it did tick down from 9% to 8.6% in the month of november. that is very good news. and if you take a look at it in terms of the jobs created, 120,000 jobs that is higher than what economists were estimat
jill, we heard some strong words. any action to follow? no action because really what they have to do is get the syrian government to protect these diplomats. it s not just the u.s., candy. it is the french have gone through some similar things. but so far, these incidents seem to be escalating. listen to what secretary clinton said specifically about protecting those diplomats. this attempt to intimidate our diplomats through violence is wholly unjustified. we immediately raised this incident with the syrian government and we are demanding that they take every possible step to protect our diplomats according to their obligations under international law. so that is the u.s. position, candy, is that this is basically ginned up by the syrian government, having people coming out to attack or do something to the u.s. ambassador and others. now, the syrian government says that these are just people who are motivated by this interference, as they would put it, by the u.s. g
attack in the strongest possible terms. cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is at the state department. we heard some strong words. any action to follow? reporter: no action because really what they have to do is get the syrian government to protect these diplomats. it is not just the u.s., candy. it is the french have gone through some similar things. but so far these incidents seem to be escalating. listen to what secretary clinton said specifically about protecting those diplomats. this attempt to intimidate our diplomats through violence is wholly unjustified. we immediately raised this incident with the syrian government and we are demanding that they take every possible step to protect our diplomats according to their obligations under international law. reporter: so that is the u.s. position, candy is that this is basically ginned up by the syrian government, having people coming out to attack or do something to the u.s. ambassador and others. now,