. >> we had a pretty goodyear? >> yeah, we had a decent year, 1.6 million jobs added is a good year not just a snap back recovery year when we used to have recession ms. the past. >> the good old days. >> meantime economists are forecasting growth to two, two and a half percent which is moderate, is that enough to bring down the unemployment rate? >> i don't think so, most economist say if growth is only at that level we will only see 135, 150,000 jobs a month that is just about the same number of folks who are coming into the labor force, we need growth of three percent to really push these 200,000 plus jobs a month and we need a lot of those months in a row. >> how many jobs a month do we need, typically? >> well i think we need 200, to 250,000 a month. >> for. >> >> last year we were optimistic and seeing improved job growth and we saw a tsunami and u.s. credit job grade, what could derail up this year? >> it is all about europe, the european the debt crisis is not just simmering but escalating and boiling and c

a goodyear blimp lit up with a special message. and the bellageio in las vegas, the empire state building and niagara falls. >> looks like fun. >> it does. and before the "today" show gets on the air tomorrow, we'll have some dramatic changes in our weather. >> they always had people outside. today those people outside watching the show feel pretty good. tomorrow not so much. the cold air is coming in now so fast. if you're outside for the next couple of hours and thank goodness it's almost midnight now so most of you will not be, you're going to feel it in a hurry. most of these winds right now are out of the south. we're seeing winds gusting upwards of 20 to 30 miles an hour across the area. this is the flag on top the veterans affairs building. we saw a high temperature of 57 degrees. it was spectacular outside earlier today with plenty of sunshine but temperatures are going to be tumbling tonight. not just tonight, over the next couple of hours. 51 degrees, the current temperatures out of the south at 11 miles an hour. all the

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the man in the next 10 said the goodyear the baby crying and then told other protesters and they called. >> she was very cold, but she was not harmed. >> protesters say the baby and her father were not part of the occupy community a, but they had been hanging around mcpherson square a few weeks. the father showed up a half hour after officers arrived. >> that is concerning amid reports of rat infestations. not good especially in the cold. >> it will be cold again tonight. it is 5:36, 42 degrees in falls church. >> still ahead if and updates on air resident's effort to remove at vincent gray and kwame brown from office. how the effort is moving forward. >> marking the anniversary of a -- of the earthquake that devastated 80 two years ago. >> welcome to the animal welfare league of arlington where there is a pet waiting for everyone. make a friend today. >> good morning, washington. >> thursday morning, fog and clouds 49. good morning. there's a little rain on the radar screen, but leave the umbrella at home. it is clearing out of town quickly, coming to an end. frederick county, you can

it was a really goodyear on the dairy side. a lot of that credit given to hot weather, a squeeze on cheese because of some plastic found in a few loads, you know you had the export market continuing to grow there and so the dairy side had a great year, you know we are coming into a cycle now where we would expect hjeÑto move into a cycle low. may not be as red hot as it was last year but we will see. there are a lot of things to work through. >> we have to -- have a few cows because they got rid of the one that weren't producers but they are producing more more cow. >> exactly. we have a big replacement population and the cow numbers action even while they are grown the production per cow has grown even more. >> when we come back i would like to talk ability some of the changes that we are seeing in agriculture right now. when we return with more united states farm report in a moment. . >>> tom and mike, i promised we would talk back of the changes you have seen seen and i don't -- i like to give you like a five-year change, a

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air-tight does that mean the dog has goodyear on? air-tight?t web ad was leaked by a conservative website, alleged to be a draft ad at least for the newt gingrich campaign. of course leaking an ad online is one of the ways campaigns use tactics. is that the type of ad newt gingrich can run without getting him attacked by the establishment the way he has been attacked in the last few days? i think it probably is. is that the kind of ad that can knock mitt romney over the coronation stand in south carolina? what is the proportion of dog owners in the south carolina republican electorate? >>> today the newt gingrich pac, i'm supposed to say a pac supporting newt gingrich but has nothing to do with him, forget it, the newt gingrich pac winning our future posted online the full 28 minute piece we heard about called "when mitt romney came to town" the film highlights four communities where bain capital under the ceo mitt romney came to town and took apart local businesses. stripped them down, fired workers, sold the assets, pocketed the proceeds and

air-tight does that mean the dog has goodyear on? air-tight? was leaked by a conservative website, alleged to be a draft ad at least for the newt gingrich campaign. of course leaking an ad online is one of the ways campaigns use tactics. is that the type of ad newt gingrich can run without getting him attacked by the establishment the way he has been attacked in the last few days? i think it probably is. is that the kind of ad that can knock mitt romney over the coronation stand in south carolina? what is the proportion of dog owners in the south carolina republican electorate? [ other merv ] welcome back to the cleaning games. let's get a recap, merv. [ merv ] thanks, other merv. mr. clean magic eraser extra power was three times faster on permanent marker. elsewhere against dirt, it was a sweep, with scuffed sports equipment... had it coming. grungy phones... oh! super dirty! and grimy car rims... wow! that really works! ...all taking losses. it looks like mr. clean has won everything. the cleaning games are finished? and so are we. okay, but

at the time i was at goodyear it was the second largest employer. at its peak it had about 2600 people who worked there. today it is the number 1 employer in our region. while i was at goodyear we were dealing with a crisis in our workforce which i became very much involved in. we were watching an aging workforce that was hitting retirement age and yet we did not have the skilled craftsman and workers who were going to be able to come in to the workforce and replace those people when they retired. so our company became very involved in workforce. it was during that time that i was appointed to my local workforce investment board. when i joined the chamber of commerce as the president and ceo, january of 2002, to tell you a little bit about our community and what we were going through, double digit employment, unemployment was already in our community. we were a community that was built on textiles, tobacco and furniture. and if you want to talk about the perfect storm, talk about what happened in our community. so we were in double digit unemploymen

establishment of the liberalch church i am a a seminary graduate, the press i also come out 15 years at goodyear times, labor unions which of course, havela withered now ec's see public-sector unionsnc last activity in the united states. commercialize to junk and education itself with that is increasingly geared toward keeping people within their economic strata to give them the vocational skills to serve the interest of the corporate state. >> host: back your most recent book the world as it is how was the book organized? >> guest: it is organizedes around committees are essays i write a weekly column used to be the editor of ramparts in runs the website i write a weekly column these are some of the columns it is built around the issues of the middle east was the middle east bureau chief it is a region i know intimately well and most of the time i am in arabic speaker in me occupied terrie these-- territory so i am sensitive to the pain of the palestinians but also for many within the muslim world i have spoken out quite strongly on their behalf. is built around empire. bheme sotheby's are the