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We have another measure of employment in the household survey 119,000 fewer jobs. if you like inside the 96,000 jobs we supposedly got, they are heavily concentrated few sectors no job base job both growth they get noon existence. no growth in earnings or hours. no growth. this is not just this month. this is the fourth straight month where we have had a jobs report that might have some teaser at the top that gets people excited but if you look inside it it's a very weak report. >> laura: david, the jobs that were created, the 96,000 jobs that were created sounds good. wow, that's a lot of job...

We have another measure of employment in the household survey 119,000 fewer jobs. if you like inside the 96,000 jobs we supposedly got, they are heavily concentrated few sectors no job base job both growth they get noon existence. no growth in earnings or hours. no growth. this is not just this month. this is the fourth straight month where we have had a jobs report that might have some teaser at the top that gets people excited but if you look inside it it's a very weak report. >> laura: david, the jobs that were created, the 96,000 jobs that were created sounds good. wow, that's a lot of job...

Good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: they say the past is prologue and let's go ahead and look at the infamous kennedy versus nixon challenge back in 1960. at this point in the race, they were tied at 47% apiece. and then what happened? >> and then nothing changed, all the way to november. they ended up in what is arguably the closest call in the popular vote since 1880. there was 119,000 votes, worth of difference between kennedy and nixon out of over 60 million votes cast. so they stayed tied the entire general election, and that could happen again this year, we have to see...

>> the mother of a drum major his name is robert champion disappointed with the charges brought in the hazing death of her son saying they should have been more severe. 11 band members now charged with hazing that resulted in his death. two others face misdemeanor charges. and the world will soon get a look at some of the last thoughts and words of osama bin laden. as some of the documents ceased in the raid of his compound will be posted on-line by west point today. the army combatting terror center at west point. 22 minutes after the hour. some disappointing jobs numbers this week. 119,000...

number two, the cost of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. $1.3 trillion at this moment. a distant third, the president's stimulus plan, $831 billion. never thought $831 billion would look cheap. well, here's another powerful number. right now this country is paying $224 billion a year in interest on our debt and that number is mushrooming. it becomes an exponential problem. by 2020 we will be paying $544 billion in interest alone. if you want to see something really scary, let's compare that $544 billion to medicare. by 2020 in the year we're paying $544 billion in interest, medicare...