that s off of ali s playlist, donna summer, she works hard for the money. that videotape is pretty crazy. let me introduce you to the panel, ali is joining us, cnn s chief business correspondent and anchor of world business today and john fugelsang, and will cain, cnn contributor, columnist for theblaze.com. our starting point is jobs, jobs, jobs. everyone s going to be looking. what do you think, ali, are we going to see? we ll see an addition of more than 205,000 jobs, that s the estimate for the month of march, that will be the third month in a row for 200,000 plus. it will be the 18th month in a row of job creation. there are a lot of questions as to why that s happening. some people say that back during the financial crisis, way too many people were laid off. they overshot, or they didn t, companies didn t hire enough in the ensuing months of the recovery. whatever it is, it s here. the rate will probably stay the same at 8.3% but there s a disconnect as more job
financial times, the federal trial for one of the worst offshore oil spill tragedies in recent history has been delayed. now bp will get another week to try to come to a settlement deal. penalties could top $50 billion if bp is found grossly negligent. a new gallup poll shows president obama s mandate is hurting his chances at reelection. 43% of those surveyed say they are much less likely to vote for obama because of the bill while 15% say they re much more likely to vote for him because of it. the compound where osama bin laden spent his final days was leveled over the weekend. debris remains on-site, but the space apparently will be turned into a park. with us now the chief white house correspondent from politico, mike allen with a look at the playbook. good morning and happy monday. happy monday to you.
product versus home as pathway to equality? there have been two settlements, one by the justice department for $365 million, i believe, or roughly that amount, that involved discrimination claims against bank of america now or formerly country wide. that s one part of it. it looks spuskly at banks that discriminated against people of color. and it gives those people who were injured by the bank compensation. individual compensation and we understand that the most that people will get will be $2,000. so that s one point of reference. the other point of reference is a more recent settlement with the attorneys general. actually, we have a little graphic on that settlement just showing us what that settlement deal looked like in case folks have forgotten. $25 billion in penalties relief to borrow with state and federal government and foreclosure abuse victims have to file to receive case payments ranging from about
a new career. i m year yeah borrow ger and you re in the situation room. it may not be everything, but aappearance is everything on the campaign trail. a lack luster speech, the bang promise by his campaign was more of a fizzle. the gap is down from six points on tuesday to two points today. joe, what exactly happened? reporter: well, gloria, mitt romney is still struggling to get his momentum back and today s speech was supposed to be a step in the right direction but for a bunch of reasons. you just would not call this mitt romney s perfect day. the front lines couldn t have been clearer at what was supposed to be the major moment so far to win the state where he grew up. in the morning, the auto workers union held a noisy opposition to the auto industry bailout. it s total blas fem me. and then in the afternoon i want to thank the ford field it was not the venue that romney would have preferred where the detroit lions play ball. the speech had been planne
states that could be used for direct help to consumers struggling today. this is really a big deal for a lot of people out there, explain to all of us, for homeowners in this country, how big of a deal is this and what type of immediate help can they expect if they want it. this is a historic deal, no question about it. to put it in perspective, it is larger than the tobacco settlement. so when we look at what the borrower ares go to get, you have a $20 million deal. these over those rthose sign all those forechose yirs. not necessarily that those foreclosures were wrong in the first place. but they did sign on to a $25 billion settlement deal. principal reduction, for borrowers who are behind on