2009. the labor department's website reportedly crashed because of heavy traffic after the announcement though morning and while the new rate looks good on paper, more than 300,000 people did give up for work. give up looking for work. that means they are no longer counted as unemployed and a major reason why the official jobless rate felt so much but that is the case each cycle. the economy added 100,000 jobs for the 5th straight month and for the first time since 2006. >> despite strong head winds the american economy has created jobs are for the past 21 months in a row in the private sector, nearly throw -- three million in all and half a million in four months. we need to keep that going. >>shepard: republicans are down playing today's jobs report, and the republican national committee chairman saying and i quote, "over two years after passing a stimulus