benedict and the abuse scandal was, quote, prompted by the devil. i can t speak for all reporters but i can say we aren t motivated. when you walk by flowers, they don t wilt. biden s blunder, you can put anything on t-shirts. it s now available on a democratic party t-shirt. the shirts say health reform is bfd. it s not washington speak to explain what that stands for. 25 bucks will get you a keepsake. and maybe a cup of coffee. now for the story reported in the hot line. reench researchers analyzed people to find out how sports fans vote. scarboro usa did the voting, a joint project between neilsen and arbitron, to top rating
not the economy. it s not jobs. it is washington. everybody s running against us. even the incumbents. michael bennett didn t even mention he was a u.s. senator in his inaugural ad. in that other bennett race was two ts, the bad news for bob bennett is only 20% of the 3500 delegates elected in last week s caucus to the may party convince are return delegates. the seven republicans running against him are all virtually unknown outside the state and they hope an anti-washington tide will sweep bennett out. take a listen to three of them this week when the tea party came through salt lake city. i think senator bennett is vulnerable as an incumbent. incumbents across the country are going to be thrown out of office. i believe senator bennett is going to be one of those. send somebody back there that isn t part of the corruption if you re going to fix the corruption. incumbents generally face a difficult task right now which is to convince the american people that they should be given
more time in office. because we ve had enough government already. so savannah, i guess the key word is let s just run against washington. we ll probably start seeing tv shows run against each other if they re based in washington. watch out, we might be next. washington bad, everywhere else good. thanks. new tensions in the middle east as israel launches fresh air strikes on targets in gaza. plus, held at gunpoint by pirates on the hi seas. matt lauer joins us with his interview with veteran sea captain richard phillips. later, the good news, bad news on the jobs front today. employers are adding jobs but the top line unemployment number is stuck in neutral. first reaction from the white house with economic adviser christina romer joining us live. first, deliverables. that s our washington speak today. it s jargon for the concrete outcomes that might come out of a meeting or summit usually used in a foreign policy setting. this is the daily rundown only
good morning, everybody. i m david shuster live in washington. a new jobs report is out. it shows more people are finding work. is this significant enough to be called a turning point. is underemployment becoming the bigger problem? big changes in who gets screened at the airport. will this make the skies safer? we ll show you the new rules. if they want their television, prison inmates will have to pedal for it. we ll talk to the arizona sheriff behind this new program. we begin this morning with the latest jobs numbers. a short time ago the labor department released figures for the month of march. they show the u.s. economy added 162,000 last monthish the largest monthly gain in three years. still the unemployment rate remains the same at 9.7%. joining us now is john harwood, cnbc s washington correspondent. john, break the numbers down for us. reporter: look, 162,000 in march, revisions to the january and february numbers.