the office of the eunited natios says more than 60,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in march 2011. a human rights group put the death toll at 45,000 but they said the real number was likely to be higher. >>> share prices on the new york stock exchange have rallied in the first session of the year. they feared members of congress would be unable to resolve the fiscal cliff. the dow jones soared more than 300 points from its close last year. investors were encouraged by what they saw in congress. members of the house approved a deal to step away from the fiscal cliff. people on wall street had mixed reactions. >> the housing market is turning. house prices are starting to turn up. the economy does look decent as we look at the broader picture for 2013. >> i see job cuts even more so because the fact that most of the companies are in the offshoring mode. >> investors realize that lawmakers have ways to go before they resolve their debt and deficit problems. let's look at closing figures. >>> the deal in congress gave asian markets a boost too. share prices gained ground

infer natio international community helped. after katrina red cross got 2,000,000 for help and for this earthquake red cross received 6 million dollars. the united states sent in helicopters that conductd the greatest air lift in the history of mankind. moved about 20 thousand on thes in the mountains to keep 1/2 million people a hive during the wintertime. it was very heroic and people were grateful. aid has dropped 70 percent after a year in the wake of that void many jihad and people labeled terrorists have set up camps. this is one here. in pakistan. and in that camp, there are many kids that are previously were going to school and now they have no school and the cost to help them go would be about one month per month per child. fifth grader 20 bucks a year. first grader five bucks a year. they get their food in the back on the mess tenth and then on the left is an extreme place where people get indoctrined into a violent islam. because of international lack of help for those kids to get implicated these kids are here. ther

. >> one of the natio defense contractors general dynamics based in false church virginia reported $2on in losses. blaming the upcoming defense cuts. the aerospace industry association estimates that $450,000 jobs will be lost in virginia, maryland and washington, d.c. if dequest ration cuts take place in march, which could be devastating to the local economy. >> we are talking about something to knock three-quart ore after point off the gdp. we are talking about 2 million american jobs at risk. >> one example, the pentagon plans to spend $5 billion less on the "it" contracts next year. washington, d.c. and the suburb benefit from the contract spillover. 5% unemployment rate is 3% lower than the national average. perhaps the only way to get capitol hill to halt sequestration is when the effects are felt in lawmakers' own backyard. >> bret: jennifer griffin, live at the pentagon. thank you. the u.s. military is hoping to put a base for unarmed drones in the african nation of niger. u.s. and niger signed status enforcement agreement today. the base is in the planning stage but not appro

lives ended, whom we honor forever, and as we announce today, in the next month i will present our natio 's highest military decoration, the medal of honor, to a staff sergeant for his service in afghanistan. today, president karzai and i have been able to review our shared strategy. with the devastating blows we have struck against al qaeda, the reason we went to war in the first place is now within reach insuring al qaeda can never use afghanistan to launch attacks against our country. at the same time, we pushed the taliban out of their strongholds. today, most major cities and most afghans are more secure and insurgents continue to lose territory. afghan forces continue to grow stronger, meanwhile. as planned, some 352,000 afghan soldiers and police are now in training or on duty. most missions are already being led by afghan forces. of all the men and women in uniform in afghanistan, the vast majority are afghans who are fighting and dying for their country every day. we still face significant challenges, but because this progress our transition is on track. last year we agreed with