that it is on the right track. merkel reaffirmed her confidence. we expect to hear from president obama about the drop in the jobless rate just minutes from now. the president is also going to be outlining a plan to upgrade buildings, make them more energy efficient. the administration says it will create tens of thousands of construction jobs. the president speaking about 11:10 eastern. we ll take you there live. senators trying to figure out a compromise today to extend the payroll tax cut in 2012. here s what happened. a senate blocked both democratic and republican plans last night. what s the big hang up? how to pay for an extension. without one the white house says the typical middle class family will pay 1500 more next year. herman cain will sit down with his wife. another woman, ginger white, claims she had a 13-year affair with cain something he adamantly denies. he now admits that he gave money to white but he never told his wife. my wife did not know about it
rate has fallen to 8.6%. that s the lowest rate in nearly three years. christine romans back with us in new york now. so, christine, what a marked improvement. 120,000 jobs added in november, where are we seeing the most growth here? we had the last two months here res have hire, as well. many more jobs created in september and october than we thought. the growth we re seeing is in the retail industry, no surprise there. 50,000 jobs created in the retail industry and half of those were in clothing stores and also in apparel, you know, accessory stores. you also saw leisure and hospitality. that means hotels, restaurants, too, food and drinking places. anything that has to do with people starting to get out and spend money there. you saw them adding workers in those places. also, professional and business services. 27,000 jobs created there and in health care and education, we saw about 20,000 jobs created. so, retail, food and drink, professional, medical system, medical pl
together. tonight, a shocking ad campaign insulting american jews paid for by the government of israel. christmas. but up first tone the dramatic reshuffling of the race for president and a rare inside look at the focus groups used to help with the strategy decisions. suppose you re herman cain, trying to decide whether your candidacy can survive, or newt gingrich testing whether your rise in the polls can sustain tough scrutiny now of your record. who is newt gingrich? grandfather. grant father. who else? my uncle joe. your uncle joe. who else? it would be my favorite uncle. you know, he speaks boldly, positively but softly at the same time. anybody else? grant father. yeah, he might be that uncle but he d keep bringing in different wives. plenty to go around. okay. more from that focus group in a moment. but those first, why those impressions of gingrich, former massachusetts governor mitt romney matter so much right now. cain is at home toni
and good morning, everyone. it s friday, december 2nd. ali and carol are both off today. i m christine romans along with alina cho on this american morning. so glad you got the memo. i know. we re both feeling a lot like christmas this morning. up first, the countdown is on for herman cain. he s heading back home to atlanta this morning in the decision to whether continue his campaign could be in his wife s hands. cain says we will know by monday at the latest whether he s in or out of the race, and yesterday for the very first time, cain admitted that getting out is an option. he okay knowledged he did give money to the woman he said she had a 13 jeer-year affair with . his wife only found out about ginger white when the rest of us did. that is correct, and she was hurt that she didn t know about this friend that i was helping financially. she was aware of many of the other friends that i have helped. ginger white spoke to lawrence o donnell on msnbc last night a
the reason, a tax cut america might be about to lose. over the past year you have probably had $1,000 extra. thanks to the payroll tax cut. you will save at least that much next year, if democrats and republicans extend it. two bills are up for vote to do just that. the democrat bill taxes millionaires to pay for the extension. the republican one freezes federal pay and cuts millionaires off from some benefits like unemployment. both bills will likely fail. because surprise, surprise, the parties haven t compromised. now congress has 30 days to pass the payroll tax extension. if they don t. people with a salary of $35,000 will pay $700 more in taxes next year. if you make $50,000 you pay $1,000 more. $75,000 in salary, $1,500 more. get how this works. on and on. economists warn that if it is not extended the u.s. could tip back into a recession. the bottom line is this, american people want it. the economy needs it. and the two major parties agree on it. so, why can t politic