people are looking for any comments on what is going on with the criminal probe in mexico. also, one piece of data on economic data today. the retail sales report from march is due out at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. and economists expect the rise of .8% following 8.3% advance in february. that s the corporate news. i think our good friend michelle caruso-cabrera, even though she s here we have more on the international news. a deadline for pro-russian militants have come and gone four hours ago. as a result, ukraine is threatening a full-scale anti-terrorist operation if the protesters refuse to leave. they also offered amnesty to protesters to lay down their arms, but anyone who supported violence would be punished. and this hour there are reports of another police station being seized by pro-russian forces in another part of eastern ukraine. ukrainian security forces launch ed a plea and the group was reportedly involved in a firefight. this raises concern that is russia wo
hello, i m wolf blitzer reporting today from new york. we begin with a new snapshot of the u.s. economy. it s a lackluster picture. the september employment report shows 148,000 jobs were created in the month, well below the 193,000 created in august. this report was delayed 2 1/2 weeks because of the partial government shutdown. the next report we get will include those who were furloughed by the shutdown. there are also some bright spots in these new numbers. the construction industry, for example, is coming back to life. 20,000 new jobs were added there in september. we also saw the unemployment rate drop to 7.2%. that s the lowest level it s been since president obama was elected back in 2008. today s news isn t likely to change the pessimism americans already feel toward the economy. a new cc poll finds 71% of americans believe current economic conditions are poor, that s the worst number we ve seen this year. the reaction from wall street so far has been fairly muted. t
chemical weapons on his own people. the key is how to get to that. he talked to a hall probably packed with more dictators and authoritarians than democrats saying leaders who oppress and kill their own people will eventually crumble. and about ukraine, which president putin has done his best to try to put off to the side, he said, we re not trying to isolate russia or kreelt a new cold war. far from it. we re trying to uphold national law. if it can happen to crimea and ukraine, it can happen to anyone else. he talked forcefully about the success of his diplomacy with cuba, with iran. he did say with iran, as they continue to shout death to america that won t create more jobs and increase iran s national security. jim sciutto, he did almost, i think it s fair to say, on the iran nuclear deal, on the restoration of diplomatic relations with cuba, it was almost a victory lap for his diplomacy. it was a sales pitch for diplomacy. it was interesting. he started with harsh
out on the campaign trail. a new cnn wmur poll shows trump holding a 20-point lead in new hampshire. jeb bush and marco rubio are tied for third, 10% each. jay tapper looks at whether palin s back willing build on jump s lead. i love that donald trump does go rogue. reporter: she s always been supportive. but now sarah palin has made it official. welcome to our next president of the united states, donald j. trump! last fall, i asked the former alaska governor about a potential cabinet position with trump who had praised her. is there a particular area you think would line up best with your strengths in a position you would want to serve in? that s a great question. i think a lot about the department of energy because energy is my baby. oil and gas and minerals. those things that god has dumped on this part of the earth for man kind s use. i think a lot about department of energy. if i were head of that, i would get rid of it. we re going to give them hell. the
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