graduates toss their caps in the air, a frightening storm moves in. you'll see why they scramble for cover. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room kwoem. president obama took a few questions in the white house briefing room today but in rushing to get out front of the jobs issue, the president stumbled and republicans are already reaping the benefits. let's go straight to jessica yellen standing by with the details. president obama hammered congress, telling them to pass his long stalled jobs bill as a way to cushion the u.s. from the effects of europe's worsening economy. but that's 23409 the part of his remarks that's making news. the president trying to regain control of his mess amg. >> if congress decides despite all that that they aren't going to do anything about this simply because it's an election year, then they should explain to the american people why. >> after disappointing jobs numbers drove unemployment up to 8.2%, he called on congress to pass the jobs bill he bruintrodd back in september. but he hit an offkeynote. >> the private sector is doing fine. >> republicans were quick to pounce. >> mr. president, take it from me, the private sector is not doing well. >> my question would be to the president, are you kidding? did he see the job numbers? >> here's the president in context. >> we've created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private sector is doing fine. where we're seeing weakness in our economy have to do with state and local government. >> reporter: but last month, private sector jobs grew at a slower pace than previous months, adding 82,000 jobs compared to 87,000 in april, 147,000 in march. later in the day, the president tried to clean up his remarks. >> i spent this past year talking about how to make the economy strong. >> he answered questions about a spate of news reports raurding leaks of national security information. >> the notion that my white house would purposefully release classified national security information is offensive. it's wrong. you know, people i think need to have a better sense of how i approach this office. >> asked if the administration is investigating the leaks? >> what i'm saying is that we consistency, whenever there is classified information, thoo that is put out into the public, we try to find out where that came from. okay, thank you very much, everybody. >> the president also said he has a zero tolerance policy for leaks and if there are criminal leaks, there are consequences. he would not say if there is currently an investigation ongoing. this has been a tough week for the president overall. not just the bad jobs snum number, but also the loss in the wisconsin recall. mitt romney's campaign outraising the president's campaign in fundraising and also bill clinton going offmessage with the president's campaign, if if the president was trying to regain the upper hand and get back on message with this q and a today, it doesn't seem like they managed to do it. >> when you add those bad jobs numbers that were released last friday, it's been a really, really bad week for the president this past week. jessica, thanks very much. republicans wasted no time in jumping all over the president's remark that the private sector is doing just fine. >> the president cleaned up his remarks saying the economy is not doing fine. but that doesn't stop republicans who see a strong fundamentals of a new line of attack. >> the truth of the matter is that -- >> within moments after the comment crossed the president's lips, republican leards were blowing it up on twitter. >> we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private sector is doing fine. >> those five words became mitt romney's mess anl of tage of th. >> he said the private sector is doing fine. is he really that out of touch? >> the private sector is doing fine. >> the republicans quickly cranked out a new video pointing to the unemployment report, just 69,000 jobs created last month and an overall rate to rose to 8.2%. romney sensed a defining moment. >> for the president of the united states to stand up and say the private sector is doing fine is going to go down in history as an extraordinary miscalculation. >> even a potential running mate was piling on. >> standing there and staring at the tv. i couldn't believe he said it. . >> four years ago, democrats said it was john mccain who was out of touch in his comments just as the nation was plunging into the financial crisis. >> the fundamentals of our economy are strong. >> in a new ad, romney points to his record of lowering the unemployment rate in massachusetts, which the obama administration pointed out was 47th in the nation. >> they were averaging out over the four years. they're bringing down the gains of his fourth year in office. >> romney says that's just spin. >> >> every governor faces challenges. the question is what do you do with that moment? >> reporter: but for romney, the coordinated republican response is the first clear sign that he has the gop firmly behind him. >> freedom, an opportunity in america. >> save one -- rick santorum who announced a new conservative group and a web video that doesn't mention romney but vows to hold republican politics accountable. >> and monitor every day to make sure they stick to our conservative principles. >> but santorum insisted that he's on the romney team. >> i think we could have been even more of an improvement, but that's -- you know, that issue has passed. >> a romney visitor described the president's comments today as the gift that keeps on giving, saying the remarks are coming to an ad near you. and wolf, there was already one ad earlier today. i think it's safe to say there are more to come. >> etless dig even deeper. thank very much. candy crowley is the host of cnn's state of the union. these words, the private sector is doing fine. the president has since tried to clean it up, i'm sure that have they'll come back to haunt the president. >> let me give you sort of two opinions on this. my initial reaction is remember when mitt romney said i'm not worried about the poor because they have a safety net or something to that effect. i'm not worried about the poor became something that democrats made commercials out of. it stuck to mitt romney in a way that i don't know that it sticks to prem simply because when you ask who best understands your problems, president obama always wins that particular competition in the polls. so it doesn't -- you know, for mitt romney to say listen, i'm not worried about the poor kind of fits into the story line the democrats are trying to wrap around him. he doesn't care about you, he doesn't understand you. that is not president obama's problem. and so i think, you know look, they took the day away in the sense that this is a story that's going to eat up 48 hours worth of headlines. after that, i'm just not sure where you go with it. >> so you don't think it's going to be like when romney said i like to fire people, i'm paraphrasing, that stuck with him for a while. or corporations are fitting, too? this is going to be different you're saying? >> let me tell you, the other half of that is, i spoke to a couple of folks today and poz zitted this to them. if mitt romney runs on the president doesn't unction how the economy works, this is a pretty good line to fit into that. you see, he thinks everything is fine. actually even found a democrat who said i think it's more along that line. my initial reaction is it doesn't stick to thim because that's not what people see as the problem for president obama. but i guess it depends on how well they're able to spin it off the romney campaign. >> the republicans are spinning it and they're suggesting sort of like the moment for the first presidensh grge h. wush bush when he was going through the supermarket and saw the scanner through the checkout scanser. >> that was a pronceived notion that he was a great cold war president but he's out of touch. most people don't think that president obama is out of touch. >> the with the was very forceful, abmated in rejecting this notion that his administration is deliberately leaking classified information. >> he was pretty tough on that pushback, i think. what's interesting is the relationship between president obama and his 20080 opponent, job mccain. it's a pretty tense long distance exchange. and mccain has come back and said he still needs to get someone to investigate how this all happened. this was a serious leak. but the president did exactly what he had to do. you don't understand me if you think this -- you don't understand how the white house works. it's not over. there will be several chapters to this story. i'll speak, by the way, about the national security leaks with congressman rogers, the chairman of the house intelligence committee coming up at the top of our next hour. it's called swatting. bogus 911 calls that bring police out in force. >> my wife was actually watching some plates in the sink when she looked up and said what have the kids done? there. >>'s a police officer in the driveway. >> now conservative bloggers are increasingly targeted by these so-called swatters. we're digging deeper. by those so-called swatters. also, a horse racing heartbreak, a potential triple crown champion scratched from tomorrow's belmont stakes. plus, severe weather sparks panic at a graduation ceremony. we'll show you some of this incredible video. our cloud is not soft and fluffy. our cloud is made of bedrock. concrete. and steel. our cloud is the smartest brains combating the latest security threats. it spans oceans, stretches continents. and is scalable as far as the mind can see. our cloud is the cloud other clouds look up to. welcome to the uppernet. ♪ ( whirring and crackling sounds ) man: assembly lines that fix themselves. the most innovative companies are doing things they never could before, by building on the cisco intelligent network. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands of jobs. use the most advanced technology to protect our water. billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ tomorrow's belmont stakes have turned to bitter disappointment. the horse that was poised to possibly be the first triple crown winner in 34 years has been pulled from the race due to an injury his trainer is calling freakish. we're talking about the horse named i'll have another. what exactly happened? >> reporter: i'll have another is not going to be in the gate for what's called the test of champions. the mile and a half champions. a bad step, saying one consu consulting veterinarian, but enough to not risk him in the big race. the horse was walked in the media and he'll be out for the lucrative career. it happened within the last 24 hours. >> obviously he's done so much that it was unanimous between the redmonds and my brother and i at the barns to retire him. it is a bummer. far from tragic, but it is very disappointing. >> reporter: doug o'neal and his family and paul redham, the owner and their entire network connected to this horse later seen hugging each other, very emotional, disappointment of course, on a lot of levels for the people connected with i'll have another. he would have been bidding to be the 12th horse to win the elusive triple crown. >> he was by far, the favorite, wasn't he? >> reporter: that's right. i tried to get reaction from his jockey mario gutierrez who was on a horse here at belmont and he walked quickly by me and he didn't want to talk. we were on top of the empire state building and he was looking forward and he said this horse was doubted by many and they'll be on the post parade on the track shortly before the belmont, wolf, tomorrow. i'm sure he'll get a rousing ovation from the crowd, a crowd that will be diminished by several thousand because i'll have another will not be starting in the belmont stakes field. >> at least the horse is going to be fine in the long run. thanks very much for that, richard. >> we'll hear from the owner of i'll have another and he'll be on with erin burnett and she'll be out front with the story. at 7:00 p.m. eastern. an american apologizes for civilian deaths in afghanistan. mary snow is monitoring that and other top stories in "the situation room" right now. what do you have? >> general john allen saw the scene himself, visiting the village south of kabul where afghan officials said people died in the air strike. he offered condolences along with an apology and explained how the tragedy happened. >> we didn't see the civilians. >> as the force approached the building, they were taken under fire, a number of our forces and this was joint afghan and u.s. force. they were taken under fire, a hand grenade was thrown. three of our people were wounded and we called for the people who were shooting to come out and then the situation became more grave and the innocent people were killed. >> here in the u.s. well-known megachurch pastor creflo dollar, and the police in suburban atlanta said they responded to a domestic abuse charges and he was released on $5,000 bail. a solo around the world voyage cut short for a british woman. the coast guard picked up sarah uten after her boat was damaged in a tropical storm. she left london in 2011 to cycle, row and kayak around the world. she's trekked 11,000 miles. it is not clear, though, wolf, if she plans to continue her journey. she's half way to her goal. >> an amazing journey. thanks very much, mary, for that. imagine finding yourself surrounded by a s.w.a.t. team and having no idea why. >> as the police officer was in my driveway, there were actually police officers surrounding my house and there was a police radio report to take my house which meant they had police officers in the woods. >> it's happening to conservative bloggers out there. they're the victims of bogus 911 calls. we have details of a disturbing new level of political trickery. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. i've been crisscrossing the gulf i can tell you, down here,. people measure commitment by what's getting done. i'm mike utsler, and it's my job to make sure we keep making progress in the gulf. the twenty billion dollars bp committed has helped fund economic and environmental recovery. another fourteen billion dollars has been spent on response and cleanup. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to the gulf of mexico research initiative... to support ten years of independent scientific research on the environment. results will continue to be shared with the public. and we're making sure people know that the gulf is open for business - the beaches are beautiful, the seafood is delicious. last year, many areas even reported record tourism seasons. the progress continues, but that doesn't mean our job is done. bp's still here, and we're still committed to seeing this through. call to the police emergency line and end with the urgent deployment of a s.w.a.t. team. a shocking and dangerous new crime wave as hackers target political opponents. our senior correspondent joe johns has been looking into the story for us. it is pretty chilling. what's going on here? >> it is messing business no matter how you look at it. a hoax that sends guys with guns expecting trouble. this has been going for years, but now authorities say they're starting to see possible political motivations behind it. >> reporter: the start of a bad situation, a call comes into the local 911 communications center. >> just shot my wife. >> you just shot your wife? >> i don't think i can come down there. >> where's your wife now? >> she's dead now. you don't know where she's located now. >> i know where she's located. >> well i know where she's located. >> even the s.w.a.t. team shows up, locked and loaded, ready for trouble and problem is it was a bogus 911 call from the start. knownsa s.w.a.t.ing it is a crime committed hundreds of times over the decade says. s.w.a.t.ers have targeted at least three conservative bloggers. in fact, the call you just heard sent the police to cnn contributor eric ericssoericsso. my wife was washing dishes at the sink when see asked what have the kids done? there's police on the driveway. >> as the police officer was in the driveway there were police officers surrounding my house. there was a police radio report to take my house which meant they had police officers in the woods behind my house and blocking all of the roads behind the house. >> reporter: investigators are investigating who did it? the targeting of conservative bloggers led saxby chambliss of georgia to write a letter to the attorney general asking them to review the cases. the perpetrators appear to be targeting individuals who are exercising their first amendment rights to free speech. it is anything, but a harmless prank. >> we've had several instances where there has been instances where someone has been hurt. we had one where an individual was taken down with a lot of force and he received a lot of scrapes and bruises. we had two instances where victims have had heart attacks because of the stress. >> reporter: with caller i.d. and gps you would think s.w.a.t.ers would get locked up after dialing the number. >> spoofing the telephone number in itself is not a crime although legislation is currently acting on trying to make it illegal to spoof, but spoofing your phone number or masking it with the intent of committing a crime or making a false police report isn't a crime and it is a federal crime. >> the fbi will not talk about the status of individual s.w.a.t.ing cases, but they do say they've made num rouse arrests in the past and intend to keep the pressure on. >> no arrests yet have been made? >> no arrests yet, but they're certainly looking into it. >> this is a felony, right? >> absolutely. it is a serious situation. it is also a false police report. >> they catch the individuals responsible they're likely to go to jail. >> right, and the other charge is basically about wire fraud and then they a question about whether it's across state lines and there's an interstate component and then if it's three or four people doing it it's conspiracy. so you have a lot of problems if you do this with the federal government, potentially. >> joe johns reporting. republicans rushing to take advantage of the president's stumble. they launched an instant ad about his comments about the economy. bill clinton, as you know, he apologized yesterday for going off message on the economy. that was in my interview here in "the situation room." coming up, we'll discuss this question. did he learn a lesson? rion. like the dual-defense antioxidants in our food that work around the clock... supporting your dog's immune system on the inside... while helping to keep his skin and coat healthy on the outside. with this kind of thinking going into our food... imagine all the goodness that can come out of it. just one way we're making the world a better place... one pet at a time. purina one smartblend. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning.. you can feel. introducing the all new cadillac xts, available with the patented safety alert seat. when there is danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bringing the future forward. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. 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