bill: and we're at 9.4 today, stu. >> that's correct. so come the election, the incumbent president obama is looking at an 8 percent plus unemployment rate, having spent at least a trillion dollars in the early part of his presidency, and you still have got over 8 percent unemployment. that's clearly an economic problem, it is clearly also a political problem. bill: stuart, thank you. see you at 9:20, stuart varney. from fbn. arthel, what's coming up? >> arthel: coming up republicans promised 100 billion to get our spending cuts under control but rand paul says he wants to cut $500 billion. we're going to take a closer look at his plan and why it may not sit well with members of either party. bill he wants to do that this year, now. a desperate search underway for a mother in michigan, last seen on monday dropping her kids off at school. what her husband is now saying about her disappearance. arthel: and a controversial story out of rhode island, a mother is told she can't home school her child, and