. >> john, this is bob johnson.ons to the layoffs or were the layoffs pretty much across the country? >> the midwest saw the heaviest number of cuts this month, more significantly than others and yet it wasn't the industrial sector driving that. seemed to be particular companies driving that change, some of the retail stores that were closed. >> john, if you wanted to predict, what do you think we'll see tomorrow, friday, friday jobs numbers? >> i think we're seeing ongoing growth in the private sector, steady growth. we've been averaging almost 160,000 jobs created a month and that does drive unemployment slowly down. the question will be though, is government going to continue to see the losses to offset those? i think we're in fairly positive territory. the layoffs are up some so there will be pressurpressure. >> john, thank you for the numbers. >>> let's turn to guest host, bob johnson of the rlj companies. have you come one a different name for what it is that do you? is it a private equity firm? >> no, it's re

i want to see and bob johnson and i, former head of b.e.t. talked about this.ow do we incentivize people to invest in those who want to take business opportunities in the inner city? because then they will hire the people from that community. that is how you break that cycle. >> greta: how do we i insent vise it? why would someone want to open a business in the inner city communitys? most people are terrified of the inner city? >> the security aspect has to be a part of it. the same as if you are in a combat zone. you can't have nation building until you have a secure environment. that is the first step. when you provide those capital gains incentives for individuals that want to go and see a good return on investment, that is how the company got started. we help them mitigate the risk with the investment. >> greta: do you think people in the lower class, typically african-american in urban areas are they better off now than they were four year ago, eight years ago? just the same? >> no, i think they are not. i think you look at statistics it shows when you loo

and you are -- was amazing and you are talking about someone who did this before bob johnson's bet beforeey this was a trail blazer without whom we would not have a lot of music, a lot of the acts he started shalamar there would be no jodie wattly so it is amazing as we learn more we are impressed more and more and it is a tragedy he left us >> when the museum opens i know people will come by and now in particular the soul train set as well. >> i am so glad you came in >> my pleasure. >> good to have you. >> alison. >>> 8:10 a.m., thursday morning up next we will check out other stories making headlines including more on the assault of a student inside a local elementary school. >> it is hard for any parent to imagine dealing with the loss of a child a burke virginia mother documented her journey from shock to hope for the future. she will join us fox 5 morning news when we return  we're gonna erase breast cancer once and for all. once and for all. walking 60 miles... in three days. join us. join us. (woman) we're united. (woman) a family. (man) a movement. (woman) a coming to

i want to say something else about bush 43 based on what bob was saying about lyndon johnson responding to the selma march in the way he did. i think the verdict on bush 43 may in the long run become even harsher than it is now because he responded to the 9/11 attacks in a way that amounted to going into iraq and not addressing the economic strategic issues that had a unique chance to be addressed so it was those first order historical moments that were not used. >> when you're talking about presidential leadership, when you're talking about kennedy, it's the ability through speech making to ignite a country's best hopes. when you listen to kennedy's speechs you say this is idealism. i remember someone saying to me i was at harvard business one day everyone wanted to go to harvard business school. the next day everyone was enlisting in the peace corps. that's a form of presidential leadership. >> rose: i also think that everybody has to find their own form, you know? lyndon johnson would have been really good if he'd had the confidence in himself to go out there and not try to make bril

[laughter] >> war on drugs, bob johnson and burke, we closed all those pill mills, didn't we? a difference, didn't it? [applause] >> and -- and we're cracking down on these doctors that are just not doing their job and abusing their practice. highway patrol, john bourne by the way they're a fired up group again. john bourne is along as well as the highway patrol the is along on board and the war on drugs is something we have to pay attention to because it is wrecking our communities. [applause] >> and we're working with the highway patrol to get that done. but, again, another bipartisan effort. i was in the house when it passed unanimously, went over to the senate, flew through. yeah, there's things we can do. teach for america. you remember a year ago we should have teach for america and bang, you helped and in the snap of the finger we have teach for america. we have these people and they want to help people and they will help in our schools and breathe life in our schools and it will be fantastic to see the way it works. let me also say that i don't even know how to tell yo

johnson got very angry because bob finch had a press conference which he announced we thought they should go ahead, continue. so on sunday morning nixon was at his suite in the hotel and bob finch and i were there and lyndon called him and started cussing out bob finch on the speaker phone because he felt that this had undercut him and it was a political move on our part and -- but i don't know -- >> on this particular issue, i don't know. >> do you know whether john mitchell was tied to her? >> i don't know. she would call me quite a bit for advice an things but she didn't call me on that. >> advice on -- >> what she was doing and what her public position ought to be. >> president is elected. do you expect to be press secretary? >> yes, i do. i had envisioned that i would set up press secretary office modeled after jim haggerty. and i'd have -- during the campaign i decided a mistake i nad made in 1960 was traveling too much, that i needed to be running the entire public relations operation from the headquarters rather than be traveling on the airplane all the time where we'd be jumping

1968, which is an interesting concept because whoever was johnson's vice president would have been in the same situation. >> let me turn to bob for final question from one of his students at george mason. >> by the way, there was another force a third party candidate george wallace who pulled aaway a lot of white southerners angry over the civil rights legislation that johnson passed and denied what was the solid south to the democratic party. >>> why didn't humphrey attempt to run for president after the 1968 election considering he only lost by a small percentage of the popular vote? >>> at some point he decided he didn't want to be president anymore. he was getting too late and he didn't want to do it. in 1970 after 1968 he was re-elected to the senate by the largest landslide in his history, in his political history. he took the seat of gene mccarthy in minnesota, which is always funny. gene mccarthy's popularity in minnesota after this year had just fallen, and humphrey took his seat when went back for the senate. i think he -- i don't think his heart was in running for president again in the end. >> let's turn to one of

bob. >> reporter: shawn, prince georges county police say the 49-year-old murder suspect, linwood johnson and victim, lenny harris knew each other. to what extent, they aren't saying. investigators here tonight are confident a troubling mystery has been solved. police were led to this long abandoned property off old fort road in fort washington last thursday by a tipster who said investigators would find a body in a well. they did. it was 53-year-old glenn wood, lenny harris, who had been missing for four months. sources tell us that same caller also gave police the name of at least one possible suspect in the grizzly murder. now prince georges county police have made an arrest in the case, charging 49-year-old linwood johnson of temple hills, maryland, with one count of first-degree murder. >> mr. linwood johnson gave a full written and verbal confession to prince georges county police department homicide detectives just a few hours ago. >> police are not saying whether murder suspect johnson is the man seen in this surveillance video. using harris' atm card, the night of his disappearan

johnson, abc2 news. >>> court hearing cubts the case of robocalls made during the 2010 gubernatorial e next. a judge heard motions on the case of henson, a consultant, for bobhrlich, he is accused of being a part of the calls that told voters to stay home because martin o'malley won the election. >>> new this morning, mitt romney says he doesn't think susan g. komen should give grants to planned parenthood. huge backlash prompted them to change their decision >>> more than 40 states agreed to a settlement over foreclosure practices. federal and state officials have been in discussions with the five biggest banks for a year, bank of america, wells fargo, chase and allied financial, forcing lenders to reduce loans. the moneys available could run $25 billion if all 50 states approve the deal. >>> policy says that after last year's budget the cuts for schools, states are redistricting a brighter outlook on spending. this is based on a survey of officials across the u.s. education funding hit rock bottom last year but now on the rebound. >>> are you looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? you are likely to find it for apps. demand for those applicatio

johnson. good to see you, gentlemen. hugh, we'll start with you. you're a little worried about this. and bobi pointed out earlier that we're seeming to get a divergence between the dow jones transports and the dow jones industrial average. what are we in for? >> it's hard to call short-term swings. most people should probably ignore anybody that tries to call short-term swings. but a couple of things bother me. first of all, from a valuation point of view, as i do the number, we're about 8% overvalued right now, or above the level we should be right now in this current quarter. that's one thing. and the other thing is there's widespread optimism. as you know, when there's fairly widespread optimism and the market's somewhat overvalued, you have to brace yourself for a little bit of a correction. and we could get some news. the february economic numbers are going to be very important. we'll see those over the next week and a half. they better be good. otherwise, they may touch off a correction. i'm a little bit concerned but all within the context of an ongoing bull market. >> i think that's

bob beckel today on "the five." >> gretchen: he wouldn't say much. coming up tomorrow, laura ingraham, youtube sensation, angie johnson because we want to talk about a special program you got going on in ohio.

bob beckel today on "the five." >> gretchen: he wouldn't say much. coming up tomorrow, laura ingraham, youtube sensation, angie johnson

johnson, also, right? maybe you are my hedge fund fellows. >> you're friends with kraft, right? >> very good friends with bobet me just tell you, bob kraft is a great guy. and he was married to a fantastic woman, myra. and you know, they have a special little thing going. if you watch a couple of those games the way they were won with the field goals and -- you know, they talked about augusta win. so we're going to have to see what happens. but i think it's going to be a great game and tom brady is a friend of mine, we play golf together. he's another great guy. >> he's good at golf. >> he's good at everything. he's good at everything. he's very good at golf. >> so you were -- >> i have some awfully close friends, but i also have close friends on the other side so don't embarrass me by asking me the question, okay? >> come on, donald, you're a new yorker. >> i don't mind when you guys ask me about stock picks. >> how about, what are you -- >> i don't like the question about that. >> how about this, you got any room in that new cemetery? that's a pretty more bid -- >> what are you buying cemetery -- i didn't

bob roberts, his protector. heath shields, head maker. jeff, sky painter. one of our newer members, jason dresky, the big chill. tom, big wind maker. a.j. droom, rain maker and plow man. john johnsonuffalo, new york, originally but one of us now, ed jekelek, storm chaser. dr. rusty johnson and a meredith member for more than 40 years in the punxsutawney groundhog club. ice man. and phil's governor, tom carbon and his lovely wife susan, a punxsutawney welcome for the governor! and his wife. and a special round of applause for thunder conductor dave gilatta. it's my pleasure now, i'd like to -- we have everybody? like the two gentlemen to come forward, our co-handlers and your host john griffith and ron plata. finally, i'd like to introduce the vice president, the gentleman who will explain a little bit more to you about what's going to happen today. and that's mike johnson. he'll be introducing -- jeff lundy, fair weatherman. thank you all for coming. michael? >> ok, guys. there's a lot of mystery that surrounds phil's prediction and we've been asked over the last couple of years to maybe take a little bit of the mystery away. we're going to leave some in place but take a little bi