ukrainians feel they are alone in the fight. they appreciate the support the european and nato have given to the country. especially increase weapons supply and ammunition and fuel. ultimately zelenskyy made a call. saying europeans we need you to prove you are european and committed to democracy and rule of law. and you understand ukraine itself feels european. it remains to be seen as how the negotiations begin for ukraine to join the block. obviously in the middle of war. separatists could further complicate the issue. they do feel they are being supported by the west. a lot of moouing parts in that. appreciate it. thanks so much. big business is pulling out of russia. exxon mobile, apple, ford. general motors. boeing. some of the major names suspending business for the time being with russia.
they re obsessed with spending cuts. they say spend less, grow the economy. but in the last quarter of 2012, government spending, yes, government spending fell 6.6%. defense spending was down more than 22 pnt. and how did that affect the economy? last quarter, the gdp, which measures the economy, fell 0.1%. and 38,000 more people filed jobless claims last week than the week before. this is seersz. the economy is moouing in the right direction. but we can be the take our eye off the ball. we can t just cut, cut, cut. republicans ignore the real impact cuts have on the economy. do they think we wouldn t point it out? nice try, but cut it out because we gotchya. my wife takes centrum silver. i ve been on the fence about it.
the campaign season and hodding them up for a close examination. and, as always, we re in the taking political sides here. we re simply trying to figure out what is true and what is not. we begin tonight with the romney ad. in 1996, president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped welfare as we know it. but on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a program to gut welfare reform by gutting work requirements. you wouldn t have to work. they just send you your welfare check. and in a moment, you ll hear from newt gingrich who tries to defend that ad. it s pretty stunning about whether the ad he s speaking is true to the facts. i want to show you how mitt romney is campaigning on the claims made in that very ad. with a very careful executive action, he removed the requirement of work from welfare. it is wrong to make any change that would make america more of a nation of government depend si. we must restore it. i will restore work into welfare. now,istening to
but just in right now, new poll numbers painting a very telling picture of the race for the republican presidential nomination. we can now report that mitt romney is the candidate to beat in at least two of the crucial first four voting contests of the 2012 election with herman cain a sometimes close, sometimes distant second. our new cnn time orc poll of republican voters just released shows romney on top in iowa s january 3rd caucuses, leading herman cain by three points, but that s well within the sampling error of plus or mines. in new hampshire, romney has a lead over cain. in south carolina, a two-point edge for romney, again, within the margin of error. in florida, it s romney 30% to cain s 18%. before the polls came out, romney made it clear he s setting his sights very high. i think the greatest threat to my success would be president obama and i m planning on beating him soon. let s talk about these new poll numbers with our chief political correspondent, the