caught on tape. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the politics of unemployment swirling today as president obama and the republicans try to spin the latest jobless numbers to their political advantage. while the president is highlighting new signs of economic strength, the republicans are spotlighting the unemployment level that remains unchanged despite solid job growth. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian has more in prince georges county in virginia. dan? >> reporter: wolf, the president came here today because he says rolls royce jet engines are helping to boost the economy. 140 new jobs expected here, another hundred at a plant in indiana. but it was also a chance for him to cheer the latest job numbers which he says proves the u.s. economy is on the right track. even though not everyone agrees. the u.s. employment picture is far from sunny. but the better than expected february job numbers seems to have pushed a few more dark clouds out of the way. president obama expressed optimism. >> the economy is getting stronger. >> the u.s. labor department reports 227,000 jobs added nationwide. that's the third straight month of job growth above 200,000. >> in the past, corporations were experiencing record profits and sitting on record amounts of cash, over $2 trillion. now they have enough confidence that they're beginning to invest. >> reporter: 31,000 of those jobs were added in manufacturing alone. yet the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 8.3% and across the country, there is frustration. >> i came to madison thinking i can get a job quicker and faster, but it hasn't been the case. >> reporter: republicans were quick to highlight the unemployment number in this e-mail from the rnc, with the subject line, quote, the big fail. your best isn't good enough. president poobama argues that t economy was far worse when he took office. as he highlighted recent gains while visiting a rolls royce jet engine facility, the president made the case for manufacturing as a way of growing the ailing u.s. economy. >> america thrives when we build things better than the rest of the world. i want us to make stuff here and sell it over there. i don't want the stuff made over there and selling it over here. >> reporter: the president is proposing $1 billion in grants to set up regional institutes focused on research and development. and he's pushing insourcing where companies bring jobs back to the u.s. >> the work that is done at this facility could be done in a lot of locations around the world. we have found that we can compete because of this model that allows us to be very, very competitive. it allows us to innovate. >> reporter: in a presidential election that is likely to be decided on the health of the economy, there is push to make excessive gains. in a statement, house speaker john boehner said the jobs numbers are encouraging for struggling families and businesses but that the unemployment number is far too high. he called on the senate to take action on their jobs act. wolf? >> dan lothian with the president in virginia. let's dig a little bit deeper with our chief economics and business correspondent. erin, today's numbers pretty big numbers, but there could be some pitfalls for the president and the u.s. economy in the month ahead. what are we looking at? >> a lot of people thought we might have a double dip recession. they say, no, things are really getting better, and it turned out they were right. the last few months being incredibly strong for job creation. a 12-month average, the president has seen 156 jobs on average per month, so that is good, but there are things which is not whether europe is getting weaker, but that is a factor. we don't know what will happen over the next few months. if that remains tense, you already have 10 to $15 in barrel and crude oil prices. we know that oil is 4 a gallon nationwide. if that situation gets worse. if the straits of hormuz are shut down, for example, you could see oil prices go back to $150 a barrel. that's $5 a gallon in the united states, and if there were any sort of military conflict, you could see, even if only briefly, oil prices to go down to $200 a barrel and that's $27 at the pump. that matters for the president's reelection prospects. >> erin, stand by for a moment. i want you to join me. he's joining us live from the white house right now. alan krueger, react to what erin just said, that there are these enormous potential pitfalls in the months ahead. >> well, sure, we have faced risks all along in this recovery. there have been headwinds coming from natural disasters in asia, from turmoil in the middle east last year. nonetheless, the recovery has been resilient. we've had economic growth for two and a half years. we've now had 24 straight months of private sector job growth. 1.3 million jobs added in the last six months, which is the most since 2006. so the economy has been resilient. the increase in oil prices, gasoline prices, is difficult for families who were already having difficulty with their budgets. i think for that reason, it's fortunate that congress follow the president's request and extended the payroll tax cut which is putting more money in people's pockets. >> but just listen quickly to what mitt romney said today out on the campaign trail. listen to this. we'll get your reaction. >> this president, how many months ago was it? 37 months ago told us if he could borrow $787 billion, almost a trillion dollars, he would keep unemployment below 8%. it has not been below 8% since. >> does he have a point? >> no. the economy was in horrific shape when president obama walked into the oval office. gdp was falling at a much greater rate than had been announced. at the time we thought gdp was falling at a 3.8% annual rate. it turned out to be 3.9% in 2008. all of that conspired to cause such a deep recession, but the unemployment rate has been coming down, and we've had private sector job growth for 24 straight months since t. since the president's policies were put in place, the economy is looking much better. the president is going to stay at it. he's been pleased that the economy has been expanding, that job growth has picked up, but he's going to keep at it in everyone looking for a job can find one. >> i'm just going to tell you one thing that stood out to me in the report this morning, and that's average jobs for american workers. the average american income went up by 1.9 actually has gone down rather than. i know you have to be focused on this job growth, it's got to be more substantial. >> because people are finding jobs, and since hours have increased, it's equivalent of adding about 200. that's helped to raise income. there are head ranges. there is such a deep recession. that does stunt growth, and those policies are at work. are you doing anything special to help minorities right no. the unemployment rate for spanish is 1.6%. right now it's 14.1%. there's still some major issues, major problems not only for all americans but for minorities, especially. >> it's an excellent question, wolf, and even before the recession, the unemployment rate was too. hispanic workers. and the subsequent bust of residential construction. the problems are a bit different in the african-american community. if you look at african-americans, they tend to have relatively long spells of unemployment. that was the case also if you go back before the recession. so the types of problems are different, but they both result in high unemployment. so what is the president doing? well, he's been making a number of efforts to try to revive construction, to help make a transition so that we are on stronger footing in the housing market. also urging congress to invest more in infrastructure, which would put construction workers back to work right now and help raise productivity. in addition to the efforts that the president mentioned today in manufacturing, there are other spents, african-americans and hispanics, as well as to focus on people who have long-term unemployment to provide pathways back to work for the longhaul which would help both african-americans and hispanics. >> erin, let me button up this conversation with you. we're talking about pitfalls down the road, and especially gasoline prices could skyrocket if there is a war with iran, but. and the fallout here, how woord. you have the crucial part for the united state, so that is something that could come home immediately. but in terms of the greek situation, it's whether this plan will work for greece. beyond greece you've got italy, you've got spain, you've got portugal. europe has a lot of very big questions out there. and if there are stis steps, that's something that could come to use. it's very much a domestic move. mitt romney turns on his southern charm in order to overcome southern challenges. >> i'm learning to say y'all, and i like grits. strange things are happening to me. >> wait until you hear the review he got on a talk radio show. a crash in flight 911 which left passengers in a state of fear. ♪ [ male announcer ] offering four distinct driving modes and lexus' dynamic handling, the next generation of lexus will not be contained. the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. ♪ the leading republican presidential hopefuls are focusing again in the deep south in the tuesday's primaries, mississippi and alabama. today mitt romney got a taste of how difficult it may be. cnn national political correspondent jim acosta is out on the campaign trail in birmingham, alabama. what's the latest with mitt romney and the deep south, jim? >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney has called the upcoming contest an away game and in that game he's had some hits but he's also had some misses including an appearance on birmingham talk radio show that may not have gone as planned. >> ten minutes to the top of the hour. the rick & bubba show. >> reporter: for a candidate in hot pursuit of southern voters it may have seen like a good idea at the time. >> mitt romney is vying to be the republican nominee and he joins us now. >> reporter: but when he called in, he got more than he bargained for. >> one of the things they're going to come after is your mormon faith. >> reporter: during the program one of the hosts pressed romney on the moreman church's belief that the u.s. is land of promise. >> do mormons believe that america is the new promised land, yes or no. >> you'll have to go talk to the church and ask what they think about that. there's no question that israel is the promised land. that's what the bible tells us. >> reporter: there were also questions about romney's perceived weak finances, comments that he calls an away guy. >> the exit polls are showing that you're not connecting as well as i think you want to with the tea party conservatives and the evangelical. >> i'm a pro life, promarriage -- >> reporter: asked what he woulz do if iran developed a nuclear weapon. >> do you support a first strike against them either by israel or by us or a combination of the two to hold off that process? >> yes. and i think you'd have to actually act before they actually had a weapon, a deliverable weapon. they have to understand that we will take military kinetic action if they continue to pursue a nuclear option. strarj things are happening to me. >> reporter: since arriving in the south he has tried to turn on the charm. >> the governor said i had to sate right. good morning, y'all. i had cheesy biscuits. reynolds romney is also turning to the economy, mocking the makers of a new documentary for the president's campaign. he said they forgot a few things. >> how about the folks having a hard time filling up their car with gasoline because the price has doubled under this president. >> reporter: but democratic party spokesman brad woodhouse who hails from the south had too much fun, he doctored photos showing mitt romney picking on the banjo. still mississippi governor phil bryant says party leaders are still rallying around romney. >> i like to see a man holding a baby and he looks like he'd held a baby before. >> reporter: and mitt romney was holding babies here a few moments ago in birmingham, alabama. now if he wins either mississippi or alabama, mitt romney could have the last laugh as they look at that kind of victory that newt gingrich or rick santorum may be gone with the wind. just a few moments ago, if you'll pardon that film expression, there was something else that was kind of interesting. that romney asked randy owen, lead spinninger of alabama to sing a few verses of the song "sweet home alabama." actually a song from lynyrd skynyrd but randy owen did it anyway and the crowd sure appreciated it. >> all of us love that song. what about kansas. kansas has its caucuses tomorrow. what are they expecting there? >> reporter: well, the romney campaign has essentially looks like given up on kansas. they're basically focusing on mississippi and alabama at this point, and there are some positive signs, if you look at some of the early polling. night do pretty well down here. they might not win either one of these states but there's a new poll out from ar fw, for example, showing mitt romney actually in second place at this point in mississippi. and at this stage of the campaign, what the romney campaign has focused on is gathering delegatesful it's not so much about winning victories in some of the deep south primaries. they know they're not going to run a clean sweep through the south but fi f they can keep enough delegates under their belt to keep distance between themselves and rick santorum and newt gingrich, they feel like they're going to leave those candidates in a position where they can't catch up. >> i know the governor of mississippi almost certainly has helped. jim, thanks very much. let's dig a little deep your with our chief correspondent, the house of the state of the union, candy crowley. as long as santorum and gingrich are in the race, that's sort of good for romney because it divides up the opposition. >> completely. it's better than having one although there are lots of mark-ups that can do even if one of them is in. he's moving right along, that there are some of the votes from each of them that would fall to him. i think what'sing are interesting to me now is every time you talk to the romney campaign, wolf, they say to you, listen, we've got the best ground game and we have a ground game in all 50 states and what's happened is when you look at michigan and when you look at ohio, what do you see? you see a ground game that really did push mitt romney over the line. there were two states where we thought, ooh, he may not win these, he may not win these. now he's within spitting distance, as they say, in some of these southern states. he has a good ground game down there. you know, who knows what he could do this weekend. but i have to tell you, jim's absolutely right. what you're going to see if he loses these states, which we expect he will. if he loses them, he's going to say, yeah, but i picked up this many delegates and now the gap is this much. >> even if he comes in second, he could come away with some significant delegates, only a few less than the winner in these two states. >> exactly. and that doesn't do anything to make the gap smaller, particularly when you see santorum and gingrich differivv up the vote. >> does he need to win one of two? >> it's interesting. i had a discussion with dick gephardt talking about getting out of a race and how hard that is. he says, listen, when i was doing it, you know, the tip-off is when you ran out of money and you couldn't pay money. now you have folks that are doing these super pacs that keep folks going when they might not have, you know, three elections ago or four elections ago. but there does come a point when folks who are funding the super pac and pouring money into it say, you know what? this is a dry hole now. millionaires don't get to be millionaires by wasting their money. >> or billionaires either. >> exactly. hard for me to thing that. >> who's on "state of the union" on sunday? >> harry reid. >> that will be a rare interview. we haven't had him in a long time. >> i know. you have to be talking with him. as well as dick gephardt and steve forbes as far as when the jig may be up. >> also good to speak to steve forbes after forbes magazine comeses out with their billionaire. you didn't make the list this year, did you? >> i did not. i'm open for next year. >> thanks very much. we've got much more on mitt romney's attempts to connect with southern voerts. will a pretend southern accent about biscuits help or hurt? our strategy session coming up. >> and a bizarre outburst by a flight attendant forces a plane full of passengers to return to the gate just before taking off. she talked about crash, about 911, and much more. here's a piece actually of what she said. what's with you? 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[ female announcer ] yoplait original. 25 flavors for you to love. strategy session. right now joining us the democratic strategist and cnn political contributor maria car doan and mary matalin. job numbers out today. more good news for the white house, the democrats, right track, wrong track, 200,000-plus new jobs this month, last month, the month before. that seems to be the right track as opposed to the wrong track. >> it's successive quarters of adding jobs, but we're adding them at such a slow pace, and our growth is 2.4%. compare that to the most comparable recession, which is reagan's, by a year earlier we were growing at 5.4%. but the more politically relevant point is people aren't feeling ichlt they don't believe these numbers because they do not count underemployment and what we call labor force participation, people who were disappointed stopped looking for jobs. it also doesn't count what is their budget situation, higher costs for energy, higher costs for groceries, higher costs for premiums, and that they do blame on the administration. so every job is good news for the people. i don't know that it's going to translate to great news, political news for the president. >> a lot of folks, maria, are worried about the doubling of gas prices over the year. >> certainly. and that is a concern. and while the numbers are going in the right direction, there's no question about that, there has been more than 4 million jobs added since the beginning of this administration. there have been 20 months straight of private sector job creation. there are some people who are starting to feel positive about this. the unemployment rate actually didn't go down because some of the folks that mary just mentioned are jumping back into the economy because they do see the positive. so there's no question that the numbers are going in the right direction. there's also no question and the president is the first one to say it, we need do more. he is absolutely focused like a laser in ensuring that we to do more and as long as the trend continues in this direction, that's good news for the president. >> let's see if the trend does continue for the next few months. it's obviously going be a key factor for the race to the white house. you're in the south, mary. i want to play for you some clips. it's causing some buzz. mitt romney, the republican front-runner in the deep south. listen to this. >> he is now turning me into an -- i don't know, an unofficial southerner and i'm learning to say y'all, and i'm liking biscuits and grits. good morning, you all. >> does that hurt? >> serious, serious warning to mitt romney. dmot g do not get addicted to cheese grits. southerns are famously friendly and hospitable and they appreciate the effort and the recognition that they have this unique, open friendliness. i thought it was cute and authentic and you could see by the response and people's faces behind them, southerners are brought and they like when people recognize it. i think that's fine and he's closing pretty well in mississippi, so i guess the proof is in the grits. >> maria, what do you think about that? >> well, i do think that southerners will give him credit for at least trying, but you look at that and you can't help but cringe because he's just so awkward. i think e should stick to his economic message, but i guess when your economic plan actually blows a $5 trillion hole in the deficit and you give a tax break to the rich instead of the middle class, maybe grits are something you can talk about to the southerners because you've got something else. >> mary, listen to newt gingrich. he was on a radio show, wvnn, and he said this. listen. >> i'm going to be all the way to tampa, there's no question in my mind. i think it's important to win alabama, it's important to win mississippi, but i also have 174,000 donors, 95% of them under $250. >> first of all, mary, do you think he's going to win mississippi and alabama just as he won south carolina and georgia? >> well, georgia, was his home state and he won it by significantly less than mitt romney won his home state and santorum is going to win kansas, it looks like, which is a complicated allocation. but nonetheless, he goes into the south pretty strong and he shows some strength there. and he's tied or ahead in alabama. so -- >> you're talking about romney. >> santorum is going to do well in alabama, which is an allocation, a propotional state. he -- mitt -- newt has put it on the line in mississippi. if he doesn't, i don't think it will make him get out, but it's a difficult rationale to go all the way to mississippi and alabama. >> does he have to win both of these southern states, mary, in order to continue? >> it's been his strategy and his rationale and the southern strategy. i don't know if he has to win them both. he has to show seriously. the math is against him already. so if he's not showing at least regional strength and significant regional strength despite his continued funding it undercuts the rationale for continues candidacy. >> let me ask the same question of maria. >> i don't think it matters or not. i think as long as sugar daddy adelson gives him money to continue the campaign, he will. look. he's really angry at romney because romney defeated him in a couple of debates. he's really angry at santorum because santorum has taken the mantle that he thinks should have been his. and as long as he stays in the race, it's good for romney, and i don't think anybody is going to be able to tell him to get out and listen to people who are saying that. >> but if he really hates romney, mary, and all indications indicate that there are a lot of bad blood between newt gingrich and mitt romney, wouldn't he hurt romney more by getting out and letting rick santorum pick up the support? >> i think we attribute motives that really couldn't be true. whatever the blad blood exists in primaries and it always exists, newt gingrich insists he makes important dialogue to the debate and he's smart and he's been a leader in the party. i don't think what's fueling him is any feeling about the other candidates. i think it's feelings that he would be a great president. that is his belief. you know there's a form in alabama on saturday night. exit polls have shown voters by 2-1 have captured their votes. so every time he gets in a form where he can demonstrate his, he does it. >> ron paul, he hasn't won a state yet, a primary or a caucus. he's looking for his first win. he's make nothing signs of giving up at all, is he? >> no. but i'll quote my friend maria there. i don't think he cares. he's not in it to win it. he never wanted to win it. he stated as such. he's trying to get out a message, which is bringing -- has -- is talking to different people than traditional republicans or even traditional conservatives. he's animating a lot of young people and he wants that message to be part of the bicker republican platform and if he has enough delegates and his people know how to maneuver around the platform committee he'll have the impact. the more delegates he desires, the better for him. he's not trying to win states. >> maria? >> i agree with my friend mary. i'll quote her. that he also has a message that he believes is a very important one to continue to take up until the very end. his supporters are incredibly passionate which, frankly, is something every other candidate lacks. so he's not going anywhere either, i don't think. >> all right, guys. thanks very, very much. >> thank you, wolf. >> appreciate it. a former governor goes undercover posing as a homeless man seeking help and making shocking discoveries. also a bizarre rant by a flight attendant. she had to be restrained, the plane had to turn around, and all of it was caught on tape. at liberty mutual, we know how much you count on your car, and how much the people in your life count on you. that's why we offer accident forgiveness, where your price won't increase due to your first accident. we also offer a hassle-free lifetime repair guarantee, where the repairs made on your car are guaranteed for life, or they're on us. these are just two of the valuable features you can expect from liberty mutual. plus, when you insure both your home and car with us, it could save you time and money. at liberty mutual, we help you move on with your life, so get the insurance responsible drivers like you deserve. call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual insurance, responsibility -- what's your policy? a totally bizarre and frightening ins skenlts aboard an american airlines flight this morning. the plane was taxiing when a flight attendant made some very disturbing announcements over the intercom, forcing the plane to turn back as she had to be restrained. our aviation correspondent lizzy oh leery is here. what happening here? >> it's a pretty amazing story. so this plane was living dallas-ft. worth. it was going to go to chicago, and a flight attendant took ahold of the plane's public address system and began to rant. a passenger on board told cn that the flight attendant first seemed to be talking to the pilot and said, okay, if you don't hear me, i give up. i'm not responsible if the plane crashes. she mentioned crashing four times and referenced 9/11 issues and union issues. i want to play you this sound captured by an ireporter. from the aisle of a plane you can hear a throaty screaming. one passenger called it demonic. listen closely. you will hear the flight attendant. >> get out of the plane! get out of the plane! >> it sounds like she's saying get off the plane. you can see several passengers restraining her, which they did with the help of other members of the flight crew. this was american airlines 2332. it went back to the gate. the flight attendant in question was taken to the hospital along with another flight attendant who was injured in that scuffle. of course at first the passengers said everyone was laughing. they thought she accidentally turned on the p.a. then they were worried. they say the customers were not in danger at any time. the crew was replaced, the the flight took off for chicago. a little while later, the airport said no state criminal charges are being considered at this point. everyone probably remembers the incident in 2010 when the jet blue flight attendant stephen slater exited the plane via the inflatable slide. >> they have no idea why she started screaming in the p.a. >> not yet. there are a couple of anecdotal reports. it's probably something no passenger ever wants to hear on their plane. >> that could be very terrifying but the police were on the ground. >> they were on the ground. >> can you imagine if they were in the air and flight attendants are screaming like that. you'll get to the bottom of this for us. >> i will. the co-founder of facebook makes a surprise purchase of one of the oldest news affairs magazines. and we'll tell you how the mormon church is responding to the controversy over some members doing proxy baptisms for dead jewish people, and the former new jersey man goes undercover as a homeless person. whwheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! whwheeee! ! whwheeee!! whwheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! ahah h heaeadsds u up. whwheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! evevererytythihingng y youou l , nonow w momobibilele.. dodownwnloloadad t thehe n nep totodaday.y. the hyundai genesis. in a new, faster-acting formula. zero-to-sixty in less time than a porsche panamera s. the 429 horsepower genesis r-spec. from hyundai. here are some other top stories making headlines right now. the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints has put in new measures to block people from approaching access to its genealogical database. the move follows reports that members of the church had conducted proxy baptisms for jewish holocaust victims and slain jewish journalist dan pearl. >> we're getting word of a shoot-out in dallas. according to an affiliate, the suspect was killed and the armored car driver was hospitalized after being shot in the arm. he opened fire when the armored car arrived at a check cashing business and the armored car driver returned fire. the pope is speaking out against gay marriage. he calls the church's stance a question of judgment. he criticizes those when it comes to defining marriage. he called on the audience of american bishops to stand up to those who support gay marriage. facebook co-founder chris hughes has bought a majority stake in the 98-year-old. the new republic is known as the key voice of american progre progressivene progressiveness. he posed as a homeless man. >> how many shelters -- >> they all turn you away. >> how many shelters did you go to? 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"situation room" straight ahead. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com mass protests sweeping syria. thousands taking to the streets in a weekly show of force against the escalating brutality. another 77 people were reportedly killed in the raging violence just today, and the united nations emergency relief chief is demanding immediate unhindered access for aid workers after viewing the destruction first hand. in the meantime our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is getting new information about the u.s. intelligence assessment of the syrian regime and its hold on the country. barbara, you were showing some classified imagery from homs in syria. what did the intelligence say about the syrian military capability. >> well, look, wolf. we've all seen the videos on television. now newly declassified imagery by the intelligence. let's take you to first image. this is the kind of critical intelligence that the u.s. is looking at. frame by frame right now. to assess the syrian military. why is this picture so important? this was actually an image taken on monday. very recent, showing military vehicles near a city that normally does not see military activity. it goes to the point of recent imagery coming into the u.s. intelligence. syrians on the move. two more images i want to show you. this is just a snippet of what the u.s. knows about what's going on in syria. a mosque, before and after. how many times have we seen this. another artillery barrage against a mosque. and we'll show you a mosque and a school suffering a artillery barra barrage. they're saying these are the kinds of targets that sear yans forces say they're hiding out. but these are women and children and civilians being killed by their own government. wolf? >> barbara, there also have been reports of syrian military officers deaffecti fektfectdefe. we've heard they're moving money, family out of syria right now. what have you been told about the estate of the inner circle in damascus? >> these senior u.s. intel jejs officials tell us assad right now has a grip on power. he is directing these assaults. they see no evidence that any of these or the movement to get relatives out of syria, none of this is in assad's inner circle of power. you know, the defections are fine, but none of this goes into any cracks on his hold on power. they believe right now he is firmly in control and shows no signs of giving up, wolf. >> there's also a lot of talk about iran's support of the syrian regime. you're getting new information. what are you learning? >> we're told by these senior intelligence officials iran is now supplying small arms to the regime forces and also computer gear, the very type of equipment the iranians use to put down their own people in the streets, track social media, track where cell phone and satellite phone calls are being made from. this is helping the regime target the people on the streets of syria. the syrian regime also, we are told, now using drones on unmanned drone vehicles to collect intelligence and target its people. wolf, here's the bottom line right now. what if president obama or the western nations were to make a decision to go in with military air strikes as john mccain suggests? these u.s. intelligence officials are laying out a very dire picture. they say that the syrians have an extremely capable air defense system, thousands, thousands of surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft batteries, radar, very dense, very well put together with advance digital communications. it's that kind of threat that u.s. aircraft would have to eliminate, would have to go after. and these intelligence officials say it would be very tough, wolf. >> very tough indeed. thanks very much. barbara starr with new information. let's dig a little bit deeper right now with our national security contributor the former bush homeland security adviser fran townsend. what do you make of this new intelligence information that barbara starr is reporting on involving syria, fran? >> you know, wolf, intelligence officials have been concerned because, of course, both iran and russia have arms deals that they do with syria and have been supporting them not only in the u.n. but militarily, a so i don't think it's surprising, but the level of detail and the types of technical equipment that they're providing as barbara rightly points out makes this a much more difficult military operation if the president was willing to continue that. they're behind that in order to murder its own people. it really is important that the administration as it is works with the arab league, the u.n., and the international community to try and defeat this effort. >> let's turn to iran and its nuclear program. a very interesting interview that will air this sunday on "60 minutes" with the mayor, former chief of the israeli intelligence service. and listen to this clip that "60 minutes" released. >> an attack on iran, before you explore all other approaches is not the right way how to do. >> do you thank're rational enough that they are capable of backing down from this. >> no doubt that the rationale is based on western thinking but no doubt they're indicating all direction. >> i don't know if when you worked in the government, meir dagan, but he's obviously a very serious guy. what do you make of his assessment? >> he's a very serious guy. meir dagan is very thoughtful, very well respected by the intelligence chiefs throughout the region and throughout the arab world and i think that this is his firmly held view that what you want to try and do is use all instruments, you know, of influence to try and dissuade them before you take military action. i don't think anybody disagrees with that. the question becomes how far do you let that go before the program is at a point where you can't afford to give it more time, and think that's where the disagreement is. i mean, look. prime minister netanyahu was here last week. clearly he's willing to try to let sanctions work and they're having an impact, but the question is can sanctions alone dissuade the iranians, and i don't think that's at all clear and that's where the debate is between the israelis and the american officials. >> thanks very much. arwa will join us leave with a behind-the-scenes look with the emotional toll those three days took to prepare for the trip and beyond. stand by. we'll go speak with arwa. here in the united states, wall street is rallying on the heels of a wall street report. some economists say it's a sign the economy has turned the corner. christine romans is breaking down the latest numbers. >> wolf, by now you've seen the headlines. 227,000 jobs created in february in the american economy. 8.3% is the unemployment rate. let's go inside the numbers and talk about where the job creation is coming from. wolf, it's coming from the private sector. 233,000 jobs created in the private sector in that short month of february. 6,000 government jobs lost. than's better than last year. wolf, last year, on average, we were losing 22,000 jobs per month. let's go inside the numbers more. where were the jobs created? health care. we have seen that consistently. lease yush aeuro lee sure and hosspy talt. we also saw new jobs in mining, that has been any kind of -- any kinded of job in mining has been a boon over the last year. construction lost 13,000 more jobs. wholesale employment gains th e there. biggest gains, 82,000 in professional and business services. let's talk about politics quickly because this is really important on the campaign trail. this is what it looks like. this is the trend, wolf. this is the last six months of the bush administration. huge, huge job losses heading deep into the obama administration. slow and steady and painful job gains and some setbacks along the way, and now you've got a trend here of more than 200,000 jobs created three months in a row, wolf. this is what the picture looks like right now. we're still negative jobs from the financial crisis, but slowly digging out of them led by the private sector, wolf. >> christine romans, excellent breakdown. thanks very much. at home you can explore the graphic breakdown of the can jobs report. go to cnn.com. check it out. the state of california drastically changed this man's life. state lawmakers refusing to talk. we're going to tell you why and how nazi germany is of all things involved. a marine in hot water after calling president obama the enemy and saying he'll refuse to follow orders from the commander in chief. and a new movie out this weekend about the 2008 presidential campaign. it makes sarah palin look like she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. sarah palin calls it all hollywood lice. we're going to show you a preview. i saw it last night right here in washington. four walls and a roof is a structure. what's inside is a home. home protector plus from liberty mutual insurance, where the cost to both repair your house and replace what's inside are covered. so your life can settle right back into place. to learn more, visit libertymutual.com today. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about the cookie-cutter retirement advice ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you get at some places. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 they say you have to do this, have that, invest here ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you know what? 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>> well, because, see, there's been others in there that had it before me. >> reporter: the other boys at the home had warned him how much it would hurt. >> when they done this side here, it seemed like they were pulling my whole insides out. >> reporter: the 1930s through the 1950s were the heyday of the eugenics movement in the united states. the goal, rid the country of the feeble-minded, the defected. it was well known and paid for by the states where it was practiced. entire families labeled shiftless, degeneraets, 60,000 men and women, boys and girls sterilized. some living at home. others like folett in state institutions. his parents were alcoholics and couldn't care for him and his sister. 32 states had the program but california was in a league of its own. the golden state sterilized 20,000 people, more than 20 times the next state, virginia, and a full third of the nation's total. it was led by california's elite including at the time, the president of stanford university and the publisher of the "los angeles times." the efficiency of california's program didn't go unnoticed. in the 1930s, the nazi party in germany was so impressed it asked for advice, and californians leading the program were only too happy to help. >> reporter: so eugenesis in cal cents this book to the nazis. >> yes, they did. germany used california's program as its chief example that this was a working successful policy. >> reporter: california, the leader in four sterilizations but decades later, not a leader in make ag mends to victim. a few hundred survivors are still alive but one scholar's efforts but the state has made no reparations. follett has tried for years. no one will talk to him. they also refused a interview from cnn. a student shows me letters he's written to know avail on follett's behalf. >> do you think the state of california wants to forget about this, that it ever happened. >> honestly, i think they're waiting to -- to sound so cynical -- they're waiting for the victims to die and forget this whole thing ever happened. >> reporter: compare that chilly response to the state of north carolina. >> the state of north carolina is a partner with you in trying to bring awareness. >> reporter: governor bev has invited victims of zirlization to the capitol, heard their stories, apologized personally, set up a task force to help them and recommended that each victim receive $50,000 in reparations. in california, just a statement of apology by governor gray davis in 2003 saying it was a sad and regrettable chapter in the state's history and it is one that must never be repeated again. >> reporter: an apology from the governor, is that enough? >> no, no. it's a start but only a start. these people deserve to be compensated just like any other victim that has had their rights violated. >> reporter: where does all this leave follett, he's 82, recovering from lung cancer and is hoping justice will come before he dice. >> elizabeth is joining us now. was he specifically picked to be sterilized? >> you know, wolf, he actually wasn't. in order to get released from places like the sonoma state home, they required that wards like he be sterilized, so he had to be sterilized in order to get out. >> what a story. elizabeth, thanks, very, very much. you can catch a lot more of elizabeth's reporting on stargsization at anderson 360 at 8:00 p.m. eastern. why a botch and fatal hostage raid in nigeria has italy fuming at britain. we'll have details. >> a major recall bun one major lawmaker. see if you're affecting. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. ♪ ♪ wow... ♪ [ female announcer ] sometimes, all you need is the smooth, creamy taste of werther's original caramel to remind you that you're someone very special. ♪ werther's original caramels. i like yoplait. it is yoplait. but you said it was greek. mmhmm. so is it greek or is it yoplait? 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[ laughs ] ♪ the battle for the south is clearly on as the republican race heads to mississippi and alabama in four days. our senior correspondent joe johns reports. >> reporter: standing his ground in the south, though it's a little absurd to predict the last stand of newt gingrich again after he already resurrected his plan. to hear gingrich talk about it, you'd thing it's all about the democrat in the white house. >> i believe i will become the nominee with your help . as the nomineely be the nominee to challenge obama. believe i'm the one who can debate and beat him on decisive issues. >> reporter: his immediate problem is mitt romney who's running second and rain/snow who's running third. he's getting a lot of attention from gingrich's campaign right now in radio interviews. >> santorum was a pro-union pennsylvania senatorde fe -- defeated in 2006. no one lost a senate seat by as big a margin. >> reporter: and then there's this new video in rick santorum's own words that make him sound hypocritical. it infuriated them because it expanded control over education. >> i admit. i voted for it. it was against the principles i was in. when you're a part of the team, you take one for the team and i made a mistake. >> reporter: i asked rick santorum about the attacks. >> i think they're looking for leadership. i understand when you get down to desperate times you maybe do desperate things and it's -- you know, everybody's got to do what they've got do. we're going to try to keep it on the high road. >> reporter: but he's still not calls for gingrich to end his campaign. >> we need to eventually get it down for a two-person race. >> reporter: notice a deep split in the south over gingrich versus santorum is coming into sharp focus, not quite a conservative civil war but not pretty either. reverend donald wild man, influential founder of the american family association is on gingrich's side while richard called the funding father of the modern conservative movement suggested newt gingrich drop out and support santorum. he wrote on his website that gingrich could provide unity by getting out, a great act of statszman "showbiz flashpoint" that could open a new chapter in thiz storied political career. gingrich has said several times he's not getting out of the race, that he's going all the way to the convention and rick santorum will g b going to kansas which will be caucusing on saturday. >> thanks very much. we'll watch wa happens tomorrow and tuesday in mississippi and alabama. game change. it's the brand-new hbo movie set to air tomorrow night on our sister network. take a look at this little clip. >> you can actually see russia from land here in alaska. >> oh, my god. what have we done? >> it wasn't my fault. i wasn't properly prepped. >> i miss my baby. >> she's on the verge of a complete nervous breakdown. >> you're telling me what to say, what to wear, how to talk. i am not your puppet. >> wow. i'm joined now by our chief political analyst gloria borger. you and me and a few other 1u7b washington journalists and insiders got to see the film last night at the knew zinewseu. i'm anxious to get your thoughts. >> i thought it was terrific. i thought jul julianne moore an woody harrelson were great. one thing, when we report events in realtime, no matter how good we are, we don't really know what's going on behind the scenes in the hotel suites where the candidates are prepping. i mean we get -- we get a version of it, but very often you have to wait until the history has passed in order to go back and find out exactly what was going on. so we don't know very little. >> this film was based on the book. >> the book that came out after the campaign. we knew of the problems in the campaign, we knew that there was a lot of grousing about sarah palin. we knew they felt she had, quote, gone rogue on them. but i think when we see the details of the depths of her despair and their despair over her, it's something -- it's something quite astonishing, and secondly, i think there's a sort of a cynical part to politics that's kind of depressing to me, which is that if they thought she was so terrible and so unqualified, why didn't they say something? >> you're talking about steve schmidt, the campaign strategist that they're terrific and smart. >> almost all of these scenes are seen from their perspective. sarah palin didn't cooperate with the creation of this film. >> right. and i'm sure it's something they struggled with, really struggled with and the vetting process was so incomplete. >> they only had five days. >> what did you think? >> let me play this and then i'll tell you. here's another clippen fr from film. >> mr. chairman, delegates and fellow citizens, i will be honored to accept your nomination for vice president of the united states. thank you. our nominee is a man who wore the uniform of his country for 22 years and refused to break faith with those troops in iraq who now have brought victory within sight. >> good. she's really good. >> she did deliver a very excellent acceptance speech at the republican convention four years ago, as a lot of us remember. i thought it was a very powerful film. i read the book which was an excellent book. ray ed this on our "situation room" blog post. usually when you read a very good book and see a film adopted from the book, you're d disappointed. i was not disappointed with this film. >> no. thing that i followed the book very, very closely. they understand they were dealing with history here, and they tried to get it right. i don't think the portrait of sarah palin, by the way, was as terrible as a lot of the palin people believe it is because it portrays her as somebody who was thrown into a situation that she really wasn't prepared for. but it also makes me look ahead to the situation mitt romney might be in if he becomes the republican nominee because he's somebody who could have the same problem as john mccain has which is he has to try to appeal to thes by of the party, unenthu unenthusiast unenthusiastic. he may be looking for a game changer himself. >> a lot of folks said, you know, we need a game-changer, sarah palin, so they vetsed her in five days and we all know what happened a as result. >> right. you get we do. >> thanks very, very much. preparing to go into a vicious blood bath knowing fell well you may not come out alive. inside, a cnn report, 72 hours under fire. he's believed to have 62 wives and a son named, get this, jeb bush. we're learning about a notorious warlord going hyperviral. with leading-edge safety technology, like available blind spot monitor... 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[ female announcer ] ask the doctor about your loved one trying the exelon patch. visit exelonpatch.com to learn more. virtsually no one has been spared in syria's virtual slaughter. the journalists in the bloodbath. no exception. in the new book 72 hours under fire, cnn is taking a closer look at the dangers that reporters face going in and how they cope with the reality that they may not get out. >> i went to see my mom when it seemed like this trip was going to materialize. my dad was out of town. but i went to see my mom and wrote a letter for the first time to my family app went to see close friends as well just in case. >> what was it about this trip? >> there was a lot of unknown going in. and i'd spent so many months like our colleagues of watching months and months and months of this and the aftermath of the shelling. i felt like on this particular case, i had do it. >> and you -- >> i didn't go and say good-bye or anything like that but it's probably one of the reasons why i didn't. i didn't want to -- didn't want to thing of it like that. so i tried to block that part of it out of my mind. we discussed the dangers. we knew the risk we were taking and we were prepared to do that for the story because it was such an important story to tell. but we obviously had a lot of discussions about safety and safety was paramount every step of the way. >> it was a pretty big decision to geechb in there. >> yes, it was. and it was the fourth time myself that i had a discussion with the bosses. it was in november that i first pushed forward and other trips had gone canceled for various reasons. sometimes the plug was pulled at the last minute. but it about being able to outline for them every step of the way. how you're going be moving, who's going to be moving you and what you're risking at every single stage and what you thing you're going to accomplish when you reach your destination and the calculation is made as to whether or not the risk is going to be worth it. >> quick. let's go. >> i think we'll all agree no one wants to die. no story is worth dying for, but at the same time when it comes to a story like syria, you have to be there. you have to be in it, seeing it, smelling it, listening to it so that you at the end of the day can do justice to what the people are suffering. you have to be able to do justice to the horror that they're going through and the only way to do that is to actually be there. >> and arwa's joining us now from beirut where she's safe, thank god for that. arwa, was there ever a moment while you were there that you thought, you know what? it looks like it's over? >> you know, wolf, when you actually end up in the thick of things, the mind has a very interesting way of sort of dealing with the fear and come part meantalizing it. one, of course, is afraid to the degree that it doesn't take over you, but at the same time it develops this heightened sense of awareness so you respect the danger that you're in. i think the important thing to point out here, though, is that we went in and out very safely. there are countless other people, the syrians who we met while we were in there who do not have that option. they're stuck in this nightmare, a nightmare that at this point in time doesn't seem like it's going to end at any point in the near future. >> i guess this is the other question i'm anxious to hear. if the opportunity comes up at any time soon to go back in, will you do that? >> absolutely, without a doubt. this is a story that is incredibly critical, not just because of the bloodshed that's happening within the country itself but because of the potential regional and global implications that it's going have. this is the type of story where when it comes to the industry of journalism, i believe it is our responsibility to continue to keep telling it, to keep shedding light on what's happening in these countries because at the end of the day as journalists, it's our job go in, to be able to report on what's happening in countries like syria so that those people that are watching at the end of the day have that information and can come up with their own conclusions, their own decisions for themselves. we have to keep telling thee stories. >> arwa damon in beirut for us. arwa, thanks. all of us remember your courageous coverage of the war in iraq. you were there literally for years and now you're doing this amazing work. we're deeply, deeply grateful to you. all of our viewers are. this is a note to our viewers. you can catch the one-hour documentary "72 hours under fire" this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. only here on cnn. an african warlord is now at the center of a viral video campaign but could the focus on uganda's joseph kony complicate the effort to catch him? brian todd is following up on the amazing story that's going on. you have some new details, brian. what's going on? >> now we're learning more about the man himself. joseph kony's bizarre past and the dangerous hunt for him. >> he was once an altar report. he's reported to have as many as 60 wives, many of them kidnapped by his army. they report him as being fun and engaging at one point and then broogd the next. joseph kony, the warlord known by many in the west thanks to a viral video is a formal leader who claims super natural powers. >> the claim he makes is he's possessed by the holy spirit that gives him the ability to predict battles and plan things out. >> reporter: in a long campaign, kony's resis tans army has called many to fight. now some 100 u.s. special forces are working with uganda and other after karen units to capture or kill joseph kony. >> it's a tough deployment. he's not bin in uganda for six years. analysts say his forces are dispersed, moving around an area encompassing hundreds of thousands of square miles. are civilians still at risk? although kony's forces and attacks have dwindled, this track of invisible children show a number of killings and abductions in the region just this year. >> reporter: kony's army has military officers in "its ranks. they have skilled trackers. what's the american's role? >> they are facilitating the flow of intelligence, they're helping with logistics planning so the african forces can sustain themselves for longer periods in order that it's a large and austere operating area and also assisting with long-range communications. >> reporter: analyst peter fofmm worries about it and the internet video. >> what the u.s. forces are probably going to do is work behind the scenes, work in the shadows to help build up the africans' capen'ts and help to work with one another to circle the sky and bring him down once and for all. >> reporter: but fomm says now that such a bright spot has been cast, it will be harder to catch kony chl he says the african country might step back and the american team may have to take a step back and defer to the africans. >> how long will these 100 u.s. troops on deployment to africa be there? >> back in october when they were sent, a top pentagon official said we're talking a period of months. they wouldn't put a timetable on it. now they've been there five months. the state department official saysite's long-term process and the u.s.'s role is small. we may not about the end of this until we hear somehow the demise of jos joseph kony. >> thanks very much. a u.s. marine says he won't follow orders from the president of the united states, the commander in chief. could his rejections get him in hot water? what's going on. and a former governor new jersey goes undercover spending the night looking for a place to sleep. now he talks about how he was treated. you bought your edge? um, i was definitely looking for fuel economy. that's the whole reason we, we wanted to look at the ecoboost. can you talk a little bit about the style of the edge? um, well, i think it's very hip. i even have several guys were like "whoa, do have twenties on those". like, don't even know what that means, but i guess it's cool. 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" obama obama row maines the target. >> stein has been an active duty marine for eight years. he started the armed forces tea party patriots facebook page as an expression of free speech. but one posting in particular now has him in hot water. he originally said he wouldn't follow orders from president obama. later modifying it to say he won't follow what he considers unlawful orders from the commander in chief. for example, if asked to take guns away from a u.s. citizen in case of a national emergency. we caught up by phone with sergeant stein who says he's speaking as a civilian. he defends his outspoken views saying they are protected by the constitution. >> it's my free speech. if i want to go against the president's policies and talk about those policies and how we can better america, i think a military that is strong in knowledge about the u.s. constitution and white means to them. when a member knows what they're fighting for and understands what they're fighting for we fight harder. >> but his facebook site still has come under review by his superiors. he is now under investigation by the u.s. marine corps which said in a statement to cnn "the marine corps strongly supports the first amendment rights of marines. however, it does not condone comments made against the president of the united states". d.o.d. rules limit the political activities of active members and restrict about what can be said about the president and the secretary of defense. david glazier says the chain of command including the president is sack row sanct. >> it's all about order and discipline and making sure we have a professional force that will carry out the leadership that the leadership of the country assigns to it. >> online there are some facebook comments criticizing sergeant stein's activities. it's about 15% negative comments. but the majority are actually offering support, wolf. >> i suspect we'll be hearing more about this story. >> it really is a fascinating case. it's testing what can members of the military say? where's the line? >> he's not in the reserves. he's on active duty. >> he has been. he's going on his ninth year now as a marine. so it's not like he just enlisted and just signed up, either. >> when you sign up you know what you're getting usually. thanks very much. a former governor of new jersey goes undercover spending the night looking for a place to sleep. now he's talking about how he was treated and the shocking discoveries he made. shoes. one day i'm on top of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. 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