also, should sugar be regulated lie alcohol? find out why some medical experts argue the sweet stuff could be just as bad for you. from the cnn center in atlanta, this is cnn saturday morning. great to see you. i m susan hendricks. we start with this in syria. no one is being snared. government activists say snipers and bombers are killing women and children as well. it s hamming in. cnn is ahhs not independently confirmed the results. here s what one activist told our anderson cooper last night. these aren t animals. they re human beings being bombed by mortar shells and tank shells. no one s doing anything about it. they re sitting here and getting killed. there s one message i need to get out. they re not going to stop. they re going to kill millions. that was a man who called himself danny. he said he didn t mind showing his face if he were to help other people. at this hour united nations security council will be meeting. we ll have a live report from the u.n.
i m fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. we have a number of stories developing on this busy morning but we begin with your pocketbook. just minutes ago we learned the jobless rate has fallen to 8.3%. that s a pretty billing surprise seeing some economists expected it to tick up. let s get perspective from christine romans. what have you learned about how this number has gone down slightly? you know, the economy grew in january, and it grew jobs. it grew more jobs than anyone really thought. 243,000 jobs were created in january. the jobs growth, fredricka, was pretty widespread. in professional and business services, 70,000 jobs created. leisure, hospitality, health care again. but even manufacturing and health care jobs, those have been two bright spots the past couple of months. health care for maybe the past year or something. one thing that s interesting about these numbers is 243,000 jobs. we ve had a hard time having jobs growth like this and sustaining it. the
entertainment. where are we, kol wolf? looks like a thumping campaign for romney. he had a great week of debates. seems to got his mojo, i guess, in a way he maybe lost it the week before. what s your overview? it s a big night for mitt romney. no doubt about that. he seems to be well positioned right now for february. most of these contests whether in nevada or arizona or michigan, he s got some major advantages even in colorado let s say. he s going to do well in february. but you correctly point out march 6th assuming all four of these candidates remain in the contest, march 6th super tuesday. it s called super for a reason. it s going to be significant. and the other three gave absolutely no indication whatsoever piers, that they re thinking of dropping out. newt gingrich in fact in his remarks and speech tonight he didn t even congratulate mitt romney which is traditional. the other two candidates did. there was no phone call between the two of them. he s pushing on. h
does not have the experience of being an effective leader. i am in fact the legitimate heir of the reagan movement. not some liberal from massachusetts. well, mitt romney has surged ahead in the race. and a win in florida could be pretty critical. cnn political editor paul stein haweshaus hauser is in tampa. we have four polls out over the past 36 hours, and they all indicate the same thing, that mitt romney is up by double digits over newt gingrich along people likely to vote in that primary tomorrow. take a look at the most recent out about two hours ago. you can see right there mitt romney with about a 14-point lead. 43% are backing him. 29% say they are backing gingrich. you see santorum and paul both further down at 11%. when you break that poll down, it s interesting. among tea party supporters, among social conservatives, these are the base voters for gingrich. but romney has the edge there. one more poll i want to share with you. take a look at this. it came out
caused by a brush fire. at least ten people were killed. many more injured in this accident. i-75 shut down in both directions. at least 12 cars and 7 tractor-trailer trucks involved in this accident. one of the survivors joins us on the phone. his name is steven camps. we re glad you re okay. obviously, sorry about the others. you watched the driver in the car next to you die in this chaos sadly, didn t you? yes, sir. it was quite a life-changing thing because, you know, growing up you never really go through anything like that, and seeing someone s life taken so easily, it really makes you bring a lot of things into question, and it was really something that just really blew my mind. how are you doing? it s a day by day thing. i m not going to lie to you. as much as the mental if not really the physical, but really just the thought of going through that and actually surviving is still, you know, it still, you know, it gets to me a little. yeah. and you know just how