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Not have happened but for what we did. there are millions of people not working in the country because of things -- he said we were going to double exports in five years. >> the thing people will look at is the 9.5% unemployment. people in your administration as early as last year said we were in the beginning of the recovery, and unemployment is always a lagging indicator, and it will go down, and here we are eight months later -- >> yes. the fact is it went down from 10.2 to 9.5. the important thing is the direction. we went from losing 750,000 jobs the month the president took office, and d...

Plant. that wouldn't have happened but for what we did. there are millions of people working in this country because of things we have done. we have to accelerate that. he said we're going to double exports in five years. that's going to boost our economy. >> but the 9.5% unemployment. >> yes. >> people in your administration as early as last november and december were saying we're in the beginning of a recovery -- >> yes. >> -- and unemployment is always a lagging indicator. it will begin to go down. here we are eight months later -- >> yes. the fact is that it went down from 10.2 to 9.5. but...

University of florida, the percent of black players in major league players declined against last year, dropping from 10.2% to 9% after reaching a low of 8% in 2007. off the field, major league baseball scored did well for hiring but has a long way to go for equal representation on the field. >> wait, wait, wait. are they suggesting that managers and gms aren't putting -- >> no -- >> -- people on the field because they're black? >> no. the front offices of major league baseball have made great strides in both gender and racial diversification. what the study is about is about fewer and fewer b...

Month of the bush presidency, we lost 740,000 jobs lost. lost month we gained 162,000. >> fair enough. >> i say that that's the obama economy is-- economic recovery plan is working. >> shouldn't mike we look ago the number 9.7 is holding stead aand would we slip back to 10%. >> study i. >> obama administration said hold faith, we're steady, what do you say about that? >> again, guys, bill, what happened to the 8% promise. june of 2009 it's right there. >> that was a prediction, it didn't work, but look we were at 10.2% mike, just a couple of months ago. the fact is we're going in the right dir...

>> let's start, before we get to the 76 of financial reform and other issues, questions the americans ask around the kitchen table. essentially where are we. the signals from the economy are a little better but still mixed. most people process it through the unemployment rate. i want you to peek over your shoulder and we can show you how this has played out. the unemployment rate starting here, you see it going up in 2008, 10.2%. now at 9.7%. when the 9.7 number came out, the economy lost jobs. to get to 7%, you have to create 300,000 jobs a month to get there within a year. are we anywhere cl...