another side, because there were enormous events happening over the last month and particularly in europe, and many people had expected that the unemployment rate would go up or get worse, and it didn't. so it could have been worse. >> it could have been worse, and tell us ho it is worse for particular groups, because it is an uneven recovery here. >> it is very uneven. it is uneven across the sectors and part of the problem is that we get one sector of the economy engaged and the other sector is not, and vice versa, and uneven across the groups. with see the particular time when we look at for example whites, their unemployment remains the same. and latinos remains the same, but among african-americans, it increased significantly from 13.6% to 14.4%, so there is a lot of unevenness in this economy. >> which sekers to benefited here, because it seems that the kinds of jobs that people have are in service industries and temporary and not well paying jobs and not a lot of job security. >> you are exactly right, suzanne. they are in temporary help services with si t s wits which increase in jobs. and now looking at the reverse of that and where we would have liked to have seen the jobs created is in construction and only 2,000 jobs there because construction almost one-third of the workers who were displaced by the recession came from the construction industry. but there's sort of a slow inkre increase in jobs, and in addition to temporary health services, we also had increases in jobs in the sort of the regular kind of the industries, and so, you know, it is not sort of the kind of picture that we would like to see, and durable goods manufacturing increased $14,000 and that is all right, but we want to see a lot more than that. >> and you and i talk about the people who have given up, or who are not even in the figures, some 88 million people who are not even looking anymore. what does that say about how we are doing now? >> well, we talk about this all of the time, and most people don't understand that, we would prefer to see the unemployment rate increasing and people coming into the labor market than staying the same or decreasing and people exiting. last month some 670,000 people who came into the labor market and we were expecting to see the trend continuing even if it meant that ton employment rate was decrease, but this month we only had 120,000 coming into the labor market. so that means if people are not coming into the labor market, they are more discouraged about their prospects of finding a job. >> what is that going to do for people who are getting more discouraged, and not looking for work. what is that saying about the state of the economy over all? >> well, it means a tremendous loss of the human capital is what it boils down, and the friend you know or i do know doesn't have a job. that means lost output for the economy, and so that there is trauma in term of that person's livelihood, but there is also lost output in terms of the person's output, and so if you look at where we are compared to 2007 and the relative downturn to where we could have been, the economic potential, there is an enormous gap between the two. >> thank you, danny boston. i think that we have a long way to go. >> we do. >> we will talk to alan krueger of the obama administration, and what kind of ideas and strategy they have moving forward to get more people back to work. >> very good. i had the opportunity to meet with him recently there, and they are struggling to try to get a handle on it. it is a tough problem. there's some solutions, but it is long run and no quick solutions. >> all right. thank you, danny. appreciate it. >> thank you. today in pairs, diplomats from about a hundred countries are frustrated right now that they cannot get more deeply involved with syria who is on the brink of a civil war. these are called the friends of syria, and representing the united states of course is secretary of state hillary clinton, and she wants a united international effort to remove bashar al assad from power, but there is something very big standing in the way of that. as we know, eelise labott is there. what do we know? >> well, she is pointing the finger directly at russia and china and urging the international community to get them to get off of the sidelines and support the aspirations of the syrian people and stop blocking the efforts of the u.n. security council to get tough on them. take a listen to what she had to say to reporters just after the conference. >> that's why the entire world is now looking to those few nations that still have influence in damascus. they need to step up and use all their leverage to make sure that assad sees the writing on the wall. sitting on the sidelines or even worsen abling the regime's brutality would be a grievous m mistake. >> reporter: she was really tough, suzanne, but the question is that there have been three conferences already, the friends of syria conferences, and the question, is what is i achieving? we heard from the syria opposition who said we have so many friends of syria. and if we have so many friends, why are people dying? they are looking for a more robust action by the international community and give us aid and stop this massacre. >> will the secretary in meeting with the russian counter part recently, does she have some leverage or carrots and sticks to offer the russians or the chinese to change their position here? >> reporter: well, i mean, i think that the russia and china are playing a double game. last week in geneva they signed on to the quote, unquote transition plan for post assad, but now this plan has no basis of reality of what is going on, on the ground, and how do you get the violence to stop, and assad stepping down so that you can implement the plan? i don't really necessarily think that the u.s. is ready to put any consequences on russia and china, because they need them for so many other things, and they need them for iran and economic issues and i'm not necessarily sure even though she talks a tough game about russia, what is the u.s. really prepared to do to get them to move? i don't think that there are any fundamental consequences for the relationship, and that is part of the problem. >> that is the bottom line. and that is the question. elise labott, thank you as always. this is what we are working on this hour. the father of a california mentally ill man is suing the state because he wants change so he is suing the city of fullerton and the police force. and we have the president's campaign speech from pittsburgh later in the hour and hear how he responds to mitt romney's jabs about the economy. a huge party is starting today in new orleans. the essence festival, four days of live music and food and fun with a purpose. i'm talking to new orleans mayor mitch landrieu and "essence" magazine's editor-in-chief. 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[ male announcer ] the citi thankyou visa card. redeem the points you've earned to travel with no restrictions. rewarding you, every step of the way. i tell mike what i can spend. i do my best to make that work. we're driving safely. and sue saved money on brakes. now that's personal pricing. i want to take a look at the latest figures from the labor department. 80,000 new jobs were added last month but the unemployment rate remains 8.2%, and mitt romney quick to slam the job report today. >> we have been seeing the jobs report this morning and it is another kick in the gut to middle-class families. it is consistent with what i have heard as i have gone across the country and met with families in their homes, in cafes an restaurants. and in break rooms. american families are struggling. there is a lot of misery in america today, and these numbers understate what people are feeling, and the amount of pain which is occurring in middle-class america. >> allan krug ser an krueger is president's council of economic advisers and he is joining us from washington. you hear say it issiit is -- yo mitt romney say it is a kick in the gut. do you agree? >> no. if you take a step back and where the economy was and how it has improved since the president has come into office, you will see we are on a better path. now, we clearly have a long way to go, and the problems that are affecting the economy, affecting the middle-class families have been a long time in the making, but we are making progress and the economy is gradually healing and the president has proposed measures to strengthen job growth, strengthen the economy, ap i think that what is clear is that we don't want to go backwards to the kinds of policies that started the economic crisis in the first place. >> when you look at the numbers, it is discouraging at how slowly this growth is occurring here? you talk about how it is bett t than it used to be, but it has been slowing down since the beginning of the year. >> we have had over 900,000 jobs created so far this year, and we have 28 months in a row of private sector job growth, and 4.4 million jobs over that period, and the recoveries don't move in straight lines. we will have some months that are stronger than others, but it is very important that we continue to expand. the president has proposed steps to put more construction workers back to work rebuilding the nation's infrastructure and to provide funds for the state and the local government to keep the teachers in the classroom and first responders on the job. the president has proposed concrete steps that wouldcreak e created additional jobs in the long run. >> and alan, a lot of disagreement over these numbers and john boehner says that today, the report shows that the private sector is not doing fine and the policies of the president have failed and they have led to a spending bing that have led to 21 months of over 8% unemployment, and driving up health care costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire. so anything to do with three more jobs reports out there to actually improve this economic picture for the president? >> well, first of all, those allegations are not consistent with the facts. since the health care reform act passed, we have had private sector job growth every month. you look at the job growth over the last 28 months and compare it to the comparable period of the previous recovery and it is twice as strong in this period. so it is not as strong as we would like it to be and that is why the president is pressing congress to pass remaining components of the america's jobs act to invest more construction workers and teachers and first responders on the job. and i would add that congress can act on the president's proposal of small business tax cuts to continue 100% business expensing, and also to provide a tax cut for small businesses that increase employment, and this is a typef of policy that the congressional budget office has concluded has high bang for the buck in terms of creating additional jobs. >> we have to leave it there. alan krueger from the administration and thank you very much. obviously people will look at the numbers and make decisions based on how they are doing and where they believe and what strategy they believe is best moving forward in the economy. thank you very much, and appreciate your time. the father of a homeless man beaten to death by police is filing a wrongful death lawsuit on the anniversary of the son's death. the police involved say they are not guilty. brutal police beating caught on tape a year ago and you may remember the disturbance beating showing a homeless mentally ill man kicked and punched by police officers happening in fullerton, california, and the man died five days after that beating. well, the vigil was held last night on the anniversary of the beating, and thomas' mother seen there in the bottom right side of the screen, she reached a $1 million settlement with the city and now thomas' father wants his own settlement. casey wian is following the story from l.a. and we know that the father filed a suit against the city and the police chief and the six officers alleged in the beating. what is he asking for? >> he is asking, suzanne, for mainly changes in the way that the fullerton police department is governed by the city of fullerton is one of the things that he is seeking. and there are a lot of folks being sued here including two former police chiefs and the six officers involved in the beating and the city of fullerton, and the lawsuit also leaves room for many others to be added to this lawsuit. now, according to ron thomas, kelly thomas' father, the attorney for ron thomas, he said that the officers should have known that kelly thomas was mentally ill and was not a threat. >> the important thing to remember is that kelly had every right that all of us have. the fact that he was homeless, the fact that hi was mentally ill did not reduce his rights. he has the same right all of us had and have. these police officers owed him an obligation to protect him and to serve him, not the beat him to death. >> now, as you mentioned suzanne, already kelly thomas' mother has settled with the city of fullerton for $1 million, but ron thomas, kelly thomas' father say th says that the lawsuit is not about money. >> i primarily want change. i have not talked about money and i'm still not talking about money. that is not what i am doing. >> specifically, the changes that ron thomas is looking for is as we mentioned, the changes in the structure of the city and he may decide to run for the city council and eventually try to become mayor of the city, himself. the lawsuit alleges that there is a culture or has been a culture of corruption and cover-up by the city for the actions of fullerton police officers who over the years they say have violated the civil rights of many people they have encountered. >> so, casey, how is the city or the police department responding to the charges? >> right now, they are not offering any comment. they say they have not had a chance to study this lawsuit. they are not commenting at all, suzanne. >> all right. casey, thank you. appreciate the update. well, you have seen him on "law and order" and seen him on "l.a. law" and "city of angels" but now blair underwood has a new role on broadway and he is taking the fight for aids. you can also watch cnn live on cnn.com/tv. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. george zimmerman could get out of jail today, but his family has to come up with the $1 million collateral set by the judge. george simmerman has to pay that amount or $100,000 to get out. he has to remain under electronic surveillance, and report every two days and no bank account or passport or go to the airport. the judge feared that he might flee the country to avoid prosecution for killing the unarmed teen trayvon martin. the original bail of $150,000 was revoked last month after he failed to disclose more than $150,000 in public donations to his defense fund. a major development today in the florida a&m band hazing death of robert champion. campus police wanted the band s suspended three days before champion died. documents released by the university show that police knew about the hazing of band members on campus. drum major robert champion collapsed and died after a hazing incident in november. actor blair underwood has been in show business for 5 years starring in television, and film and now on broadway. everyone knows about his passion for the craft and you may not know about his other passion which is activism. he has been involved in e aids education and prevention for years. la later this month, h he is going to help lead a "keep the promise march" in washington in the fight against hiv and aids. blair underwood is joining us this morning from new york. great to see you, and everybody knows you are a fantastic actor and super star in your own right, but you have been passionate about this issue for years and tell us why. >> i have been, and first of all, thank you, suzanne and finally glad to make it to suzanne's newsroom here on cnn. thank you for having me. i think that my interest and passion for hiv and aids awareness started 25 years ago with an organization that i co-founded in hollywood called artist artists for h south africa and so it was on the folks in south africa initially and we have put so much time and money into to awareness of hiv/aids there, and you start to say, wait, what about our own backyard and the aids awareness and prevention here in our own country and that is when i got involved here in our country specifically with a group called aids health care foundation and we have had a partnership for four or five years and done a number of campaigns in los angeles especially and we opened up the first clinic in washington, d.c. about two years ago and it is the same organization that magic johnson has been involved in and he has six or seven clinics all over the world and my first. when they approached me about doing it, the realization that the statistics were mind boggling and the fact that african-american women especially aged 24-35, somewhere in there and the leading cause of death in this age was hiv/aids is unbelievable. we have made some strides, but i felt it was necessary to do whatever my small part could be to broaden the conversation and broaden the narrative about who this, this disease affects and who it reaches. >> and it is really staggering when you think about the number still. i know that this march that you have done a public service announcement before it takes place on july 22nd, and also the last day of the broadway production "a streetcar named desire" and you star in the first multiracial production on broadway. i had a chance to attend the opening there, and tell us what it is like to be the first african-american man to play the role of stanley in the tennessee williams' classic? >> well, it is amazing and of course, such an iconic role made famous by mar low brando and the 1951 movie production, but it has been an extraordinary experience because it is my broadway debut and i think that my president is speaking at my alma mater carnegie mellon in pittsburgh, and today. >> yes. >> and it has always been my first love, film and television and hollywood came beckoning and i have been able to build a career and life there, but i have always had a love for the stage, so to get a chance to come to the broadway stage for the first time and in this production with the tennessee williams' words in "streetcar named desire" and minus the kowalski last name for stanley. but as you said, it is a great success. we are moving to london after this. and you were there opening night, and we get to sign off here two weeks out. >> it was a powerful performance from all of you and it has gotten wonderful reviews and a an exception with the "new yorker's" theater critic john laura who called for no more all-black productions of the tennessee williams' plays unless he said all white of august w l william who is african-american and when you heard that and some of the cast of the production, what did you make