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Last month, the economy added 290,000 jobs. that exceeded expectations. one of the problems, unemployment. that rose to 9.9% from 9.7% before. that reminds us of a brutal reality for many americans. dylan rhatigan live with us, ron ensana here. they will stay with us as we go to greece for a live report. dylan, starting with you, more jobs but still a number unemployed. >> long-term unemployed in this country went from 16.9% up to 17.1%. they call that the u 6 number. good news is theres hiring....

As 300 16.9-ounce disposable water bottles. you get rid of that waste and it doesnt go to the landfill but you save money. filterforgood.com. youre getting additional benefits. save money or earn money. if thats what going green is about, a lot of people will be on board. >> sam waterson was talking about his documentary on msnbc torrent, talking about the peaks and the valleys about the publics concern of gas prices, oil will go up, we want hybrid cars. is it frustrating to you as someone whos ...

>> i think it is very hard to blame the republicans for the massive unemployment numbers now. the democrats control every branch of government. we cant even stop the socialist takeover of healthcare. and if obama really wanted to show some sympathy for the unemployed i think he out to make himself downemployed because that would help most people who dont have a job. what they want isnt a government handout. what they want is a job and the job numbers keep getting worse and worse and worse and th...

>> i think it is very hard to blame the republicans for the massive unemployment numbers now. the democrats control every branch of government. we cant even stop the socialist takeover of healthcare. and if obama really wanted to show some sympathy for the unemployed i think he out to make himself downemployed because that would help most people who dont have a job. what they want isnt a government handout. what they want is a job and the job numbers keep getting worse and worse and worse and th...

Its 16.8 to 16.9. i cant you that this is a turn around, but the signal seems to be in the right direction. >> over 100 are real jobs that are a trend line suggestion. lets go to the debunking part of this. the increase in the census jobs came this month? part of this? >> they are absolutely all part of this month. there two issues and you had the census because they started hiring temporary workers and huh an issue which was in february given the weather. temporary workers out of work because t...

Overeasy, overmedium, overhard, scrambled? well, new york city, you are getting it! and the good news is, its half over. well, at least half over, i think. storms not moving, though. theres a low-pressure center, that makes a low. its right there. you can see everything spinning around that low. and its in no big hurry to leave, so, tony, that mean snows still going to be coming down for quite a few hours. and in some spots maybe even another couple of days. how does that sound? two more days wo...

Many ways. for one thing, its huge. it really has expanded its cloud cano canopy. the low it right here. it actually came up in this direction and its going to be a loopty-loop and head out. until it does that weve got some issues. tuxedo, new york, just north of new york by maybe an hour, 26.2 inches. west milford, jersey, north and west of new york, 18 inches. central park, thats in new york, 16.9 and that was at seven:00 a.m. so i think central park will probably hit 20 inches, no problem her...

Snow is all over the branches on the trees and, resulted in the death of a 67-year-old man in a park and power outages an tenses of thousands of people, left without -- and tens of thousands of people left without power, and jim joining us from weather center and it is still winter but the question now, how much longer will it last and when is the light at the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: we have a few weeks to go and it looks like well be into the snowy pattern for the next several weeks. ye...

Welcome back to msnbc news. im david shuster. were keeping our eyes on a huge storm pull ing tpummeling the northeast right now. now details of the winter storm. how long is this thing going to last? >> it is going to be with us until tomorrow morning. thats when the warning starts to lift. plenty of time left on this thing from coast to coast, we have storms to talk about. lets start with the low pressure system, it is snuggled into the east coast. it will bring you snow for the next five to si...

Many across the southwest as they brought in quite a haul the other night. brought in 350 pounds of drugs and 40 illegals trying to sneak into this country. well have more on the story also coming up next hour. jon? jon: adam, brian, molly, that is your news. thank you. jane: want to get to this weather were watching hitting the northeast today. it is really a massive snowstorm. in some parts it has hurricane-force winds. youre looking at a live picture just out side our studios midtown manhatta...