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president obama and his 2008 rival are at it again. senator john mccain is here for an exclusive interview. plus, it is lethal and highly effective, but is the president s drone war making more enemies than it kills? congresswoman lynn woolsey and congressman peter king join me. then the shifting campaign terrain with cnn s senior congressional correspondent, dana bash and michael shear of the new york times. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. to review the bidding, the president s last ten days include a bleak jobs report, off-message surrogates, a shellacking in the wisconsin recall, a $17 million fund-raising gap with mitt romney, and bipartisan outrage over security leaks. friday, the president held a news conference, pressing congress to pass his jobs bill, including more funding to states to ease layoffs of public workers. he noted 27 months of progress on jobs in the private sector. the private sector is doing fine. oops. it s an ....
situation room starts now. thanks very much, brooke. happening now, republicans pouncing on president obama and a horrible new unemployment report. this hour, the numbers and the politics and what it all means for millions of americans who need a job now. plus, i ll talk to a republican congressman who plans to boycott the president s big jobs speech before a joint session of congress next week. also, a new worldwide travel alert as we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11. national security insiders tell us what they know about the risk of a terror attack. revenge, as far as al qaeda is concerned on that momentous day. and a statue honoring one of the most important figures in american history, made in china. controversy surrounding the dr. martin luther king memorial. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. it s a big fat zero, and it s a bright red circle around the unemployment mess in this country right now. the government reports today that no new j ....