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Most americans dont think there is a recovery going on. >> laura: exactly that the is barometer of this administration. we appreciate it always spirited to you have both on. >> house in the fall. >> laura: all hell is going to break loose. okay. some housekeeping before we take a quick break. my new book hits book stores on july 15th. remember, get your special signed copies now of laura ingraham.com. listen for the secret diary excerpt on my radio show. straight ahead on the factor, ralph peter...

Most americans dont think there is a recovery going on. >> laura: exactly that the is barometer of this administration. we appreciate it always spirited to you have both on. >> house in the fall. >> laura: all hell is going to break loose. okay. some housekeeping before we take a quick break. my new book hits book stores on july 15th. remember, get your special signed copies now of laura ingraham.com. listen for the secret diary excerpt on my radio show. straight ahead on the factor, ralph peter...

It will probably take six months. bureaucracy, trace, thank you. brand-new job numbers on the market. its an ugly barometer. you saw our interview earlier with stu varney. unemployment falling to 9.5% in june, but analysts say thats because a slft people stopped looking for work. we lost 125,000 jobs? june and congress did not pass an extension of jobless benefits. now house speaker nancy pelosi saying unemployment checks are a fast way to create jobs and so they should extend those benefits. sh...

Do you think the president is not meeting your expectations? 50% say he has fallen below their expectations. 36 say hes met those ex-pi pi k ex-expectati ex-expectations. 50% say hes fallen below their expectations. heres the biggest divide in the country right now. 58% of critical voters, they say he has fallen below expectation. only 28% say the president has met their expectations. 6% say he has exceeded those expectations. one barometer of how things are going. what is the source of that dis...

One, but gave it up to go over in the health committee on the u.s. senate side. he sort of gave it up at the beginning of his statement, saying that he suspected that this would be the last time that elena kagan will be up you for confirmation hearings. sounds like he thinks she is going to be confirmed. we want to continue, of course, monitoring this for you, but we also have our dana bash up on capitol hill who has been watching and listening to every word. dana? >> i think orrin hatch, candy,...

Some point. in other words, the moment has passed and not enough trust in the afghan people, among the afghan people in the united states, and nato forces, or in the afghan government, for them to move forward. you know, the second point goes to the idea that in july of 2011, that will be the first opportunity we have to see whether or not things are working. that will be really the first opportunity to get a good look as to whether its working before we can automatically think about transitioni...

Louisiana, the entire gulf coast. he needs to go down there and visit with the people that are out of work or their businesses are shut down. you can go through the grocery store in grand isle and shoot a gun down an aisle and you wouldnt hit anybody. that is not normal. boats are parked unless they were lucky enough to get their boat out high. it is a bad situation. what was a bright spot on the economic barometer for the united states through the last two or three years or so right now has the...

Businesses are shut down. can you go to the grocery store in grand isle and shoot a gun down an aisle and you wont hit anybody. thats not normal during the summer, and the shrimpers, their boats are parked unless they were lucky enough to get their boats out to put out a boom. its a bad situation. what was a bright spot on the economic barometer, if you would, for the united states through the last two or three years or so, right now has the potential to be one of the darkest and gloomiest i gue...

Important it was to go back to teaching civics, you know, in our schools. when i read this story i thought, maybe we need to teach civics to school administrators. >> absolutely. >> its unbelievable. >> one of the kids said he was told if they didnt take the shirt off it was defiance and they would be suspended. other news. president obama faces an uphill battle in the 2012 election. according to allstate national journal heartland monitor poll, only 39% say they would re-elect the president. ...

Every newspaper, every -- maybe a generallyization but most newspapers and the other television negotiation sort of are all on one side and were i think the population of this country is pretty worried about its direction and they turned to fox news. >> when you see the criticism in the media, you personally or fox news or fox anything, period, do you look at numbers like this and say bring it on? >> its good for ratings, absolutely. >> neil: do you buy the argument as media companies go, your o...