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Disappointing job numbers. >> the government has to work to take the steps that we know will grow our economy. and i'm hoping that working with congress we can get some things done this year. >> reporter: the sooner the better. the economy added 126,000 new jobs in march ending a 12-month streak of creating at least 200,000 jobs. it is the worst number since december 2013. >> the jobs created last month is an anemic number because america has the capacity to do so much more. we need it around 350,000 to bring down unemployment more. >> reporter: the weakness was broad but the largest slow down...

Called a lost decade when you look at the quantity of jobs lost in manufacturing, housing, construction, hundreds of thousands of many time good paying jobs. are they gone forever? have they vanished really? >> not all. some will come back. construction, some parts of manufacturing. certainly a lot of the professional services, some of those will come back but certainly not all of them and there will be other good high-quality jobs in their place that require somewhat different skills. >> like what? what jobs and what skills? >> i think in health care, a whole range. anything from doctors and ...