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Secure loose nuclear weapons and keep that material out of the hands of terrorists. it is the largest gathering of world leaders all together by an american president since the united nations was created in 1945. now to the issue of jobs. the millions of people out there trying to make ends meet. the number of new jobs being created is not keeping up with the need for jobs. the unemployment rate is near 10%, even though 162,000 new jobs were added last month. of those new jobs, a third of them are temporary government census jobs. president obama made this pledge, you might recall, back in j...

Statistics like the dow over 11,000. that is all true and that's honestly a good thing. i'm not critical of that by any stretch. i take issue with how we're getting there because i believe the use of the trillions implicit and explicit to the banks and their windfall state support are beneficial for now but not beneficial for a long time. also things that are noted again good, jobs up 162,000 in march except one-third of those obviously temporary for the census but even with that said, 110,000 jobs will take them better than anything we've seen in a long time. i'm not going to be critical of t...

In the jobs market. jobs growing at a fastest pace in four years. analysts encouraged because they this is sign that the economic recovery is finally beginning to take hold. what is driving the trend? is it enough to shift the economy into a higher gear. joining me is financial advisor and president of diversified financial consultants. dominic, is this good and what prompted it? >> the economy created over 1623,000 jobs last -- 162,000 jobs last month. a good number. some of that number, 48,000 was temporary census workers but a good number. >> gregg: compare this to the last recession, unemp...

>> i think it's odd why it has not gotten a bump. as a former person who worked in politics, i would think he did -- would. but part of it is this economic malaise we're in. the changes are, as ross was saying, they're secular not cyclical. there's going to be a high unemployment rate. people still don't feel confident -- even when i read the stories in the "new york times" where they say people are starting to spend again. even in an antidotal way, i don't think people feel that way. certainly also with work, people don't feel secure in their work. >> and the unemployment number has not moved...

Is that essentially linked to the unemployment number? >> i think it is odd why it hasn't -- gotten a bump. as a former person that worked in politics, i would have thought he did. but i have to say that part of it is this -- economic malace we are in. there is going to be a very high unemployment rate. people still don't feel confident. even when i read the stories in "the new york times," people are starting to spend again. i don't -- even in an anecdotal way i don't think people feel that way. also with their work, people don't feel secure in their work. >> unemployment number has not moved...