pelley: good evening. we begin tonight with a big improvement in the unemployment picture. the labor department reported today that the jobless rate in january fell .2 to 8.3%. the lowest in three years. and the economy created 243,000 jobs. that s a lot more than economists or wall street were expecting, so the news sent stock prices soaring. the dow gained more than 156 points to close at 12,862. and have a look at this. that is the highest close for the dow since may of 2008. the financial crisis sent the index as low as 6500 the following year, so that s quite a recovery since then. we asked anthony mason to tell us who s posting the help wanted signs. reporter: patriots trash cans and giants towels are rolling off the line this week at wincraft, the sports collectibles company in winona, minnesota. super bowl sunday is big business for wincraft, and president john killen sees business growing 10% this year. we re ahead of plan already in the first month of the year
leads newt gingrich there by 20 points. and he s not paying much attention to his republican opponents. this president has not helped the process. he s hurt it. reversing course. after a flood of criticism on social media, the world s largest breast cancer charity now says it will continue to fund planned parenthood. the people who win are the women and the women s health. and red-hot rivalry. super bowl xlvi matches the new york giants against the new england patriots. but to these cities, this game is about much more than sports. new york might be the greatest city overall for everything, we re the greatest sports town. all that oh! we live in the age of youtube and the 24-hour news cycle. and all that matters on cbs this morning saturday, february 4th, 2012. a skilled table tennis player, wasn t he? that kid s got game. good morning. good morning, jeff. good morning, everyone. also this morning we re going to talk about the case of josh hami
wyoming and kansas. romney is rolling. he s expecting a huge win in nevada today. in the latest poll romney leads newt gingrich there by 20 points. and he s not paying much attention to his republican opponents. this president has not helped the process. he s hurt it. reversing course. after a flood of criticism on social media, the world s largest breast cancer charity now says it will continue to fund planned parenthood. the people who win are the women and the women s health. and red-hot rivalry. super bowl xlvi matches the new york giants against the new england patriots. but to these cities, this game is about much more than sports. new york might be the greatest city overall for everything, we re the greatest sports town. all that oh! we live in the age of youtube and the 24-hour news cycle. and all that matters on cbs this morning saturday, february 4th, 2012. a skilled table tennis player, wasn t he? that kid s got game. good morning.
business for wincraft, and president john killen sees business growing 10% this year. we re ahead of plan already in the first month of the year. so we re bullish on 2012. reporter: like many companyes, wincraft, which has 500 employees, had to downsize during the recession. but the good news is we ve hired back over 140 people in the last two years. and we re continuing to hire people. we ve hired 20 new people in the last 90 days. reporter: is this sustainable? oh, absolutely. reporter: economist chris thornberg says private businesses have now added, on average, 218,000 jobs a month since november. add up the weight of evidence. it s not just january. it s november, december, january, and what you see in the economy that s picking up speed. reporter: back in winona, that s allowed jeff smith at last to land a job. after three years of unemployment and part-time work, the sales and marketing specialist, who once had his own company, tried a new strategy. i