and those who are not wealthy, have a shot, a ladder, maybe they can climb up to circumstan. but the middle class will only grow if we build ansupport the part, but it's a critical part to bringing back the middle class. and no one knows that better than the who know the essential role that it's not only manufacturing, look at iowa and agriculture, and the role agriculture plays in the economic health and well with being this nation. that's why the president and i are so proud, last year, farm exports reached a record high of $37 billion. $23 billion higher than ever before. that's not only good for the economic well being of iowa farmers, but the entire country. and with the new trade agreements, the president negotiated we expect an additional $2.3 billion in the coming years igricultural products supporting an additional 20,000 jobs here at home. but it's not only agricultural sector that's going 'll create tens of thousands de of new jobs because these agreements. and folks, we're not just fighting harder to be able to export ourrodus. they're important, but we're fightin

i wish i could give you congratulations under different circumstan circumstances. >>> it is 47 minuteshour here. time to check the stories that are making news this morning. here is christine romans. >> good morning, ashleigh and zoraida. leon panetta and harmid karzai are meeting in kabul. the soldier who was taken out of the country and taken to a military base in kuwait. lawmakers are demanding that he faced justice on afghan soil. still, a very, very controversial subject. >>> the average price of unleaded gas now $3.82 a gallon. that is a one cent jump from yesterday and gas now rising for a sixth day in a row. >>> a would-be robber in oregon picked the wrong deli. he eventually beat the robber chasing him out of the store. >>> an overly protective canada goose showing who rules the roost in an office building in st. louis. when father goose is around, workers just have to duck there in st. louis. >> that is some kind of video, christine romans. look at that. the guy waving him off, too, that is great. >>> soledad o'brien joining us now with a look at what's coming up in just a fe