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Sitting on the sidelines burdened by the financial crisis. only half of america owns stock. retail investor, mom and pop investor has missed this valley which is going on six years now. the question is this enough to bring them? this week will be dominated by earnings which kick off on tuesday. the big ones start on friday with wells fargo. little in the way of economic data. everyone still digesting that better jobs report. 288,000 jobs created in the month of june. fifth month that we saw plus 200,000 jobs. a debate for you guys on how qualitative that actual report was and how the economy i...

Has been unprecedented obstructi obstruction, when you talk about jobs, the republicans have said no to absolutely everything. they are the party of no. >> how can you say that, when there are 100 bills sitting in the senate? we said yes to a ton. >> we said yes to a ton. the president's policies are slowing the economy down. the american people know it. the american people know it and by the way, it's great news that there are 288,000 jobs created. it's great news that the unemployment rate such as it is with all the proviso that sean mentioned is down to 6.1%. the stock market is at record h...

But 63%, we're going in the wrong direction. >> exactly. >> that is not great news for november for democrats. >> no, it is not. >> all i can say is again, there has been unprecedented obstruction. when you talk about jobs, the republicans have said no to absolutely everything. they are the party of no. >> how can you say that, when there are 100 bills sitting in the senate? we said yes to a ton. >> we said yes to a ton. >> oh, please. >> the president's policies are slowing the economy down. the american people know it. the american people know it and by the way, it's great news that there ar...

Pressure so that iran understands the only course they have is to give up their nuclear weapon ambitions. >> changing gears here, earlier on the broadcast i spoke with your colleague in the house, congressman john yarmuth. and i want to get your take on this, that we are getting these new positive signs on the economy. look at the dow, it has surpassed 17,000 for the first time this past week. employers adding 288,000 jobs in june, which is far more than was expected. however, here's the curious part. just 34% of americans approve of president obama's handling of the economy. this is from the ...

Like they questioned so many others. >> i think that's a great point. everyone is questioning institutions. at the end of the week last week, we have got a great jobs number, mark. much better than people expected, 288,000 new jobs created. but just a week earlier, we got a gdp that contracted, 2.9%. how do these two things jive together, from your standpoint? >> actually, i think we can reconcile that. and the fact is, in the first quarter, that was a weather-induced number that i don't think is likely to be repeated in subsequent quarters. we're not likely to see polar vortexes of every quar...