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Economic data beginning to fuel speculation that our economic recovery which we thought was getting momentum may be losing that momentum and that is a scary prospect. it could start to possibly go in reverse. let's take a look at where we are today, the april unemployment rate, 9 percent, not a good number, that does not tell us the whole story right now, we're waiting for new unemployment numbers as well, the number for april, which is considered the most accurate measure, is a shocking 15.9%. this is the overall unemployment rate, including those who have stopped working or are unable to fin...

We're going at a very subpar pace. martha: how long do we stay in this kind of environment, do you think? >> until we get the fundamental head winds changed, stabilize the dollar, that shouldn't be hard. bill clinton did it, why can't this guy? martha: why can't this guy, dan? >> i have a slightly different perspective than steve which is no surprise but i do think we're in serious trouble, in large part because the federal government has certain levers it can pull to influence the economy, spend, it can cut taxes, it can ease interest rates. we've done all of that. martha: exactly. >> and we'...

very different backgrounds, though each of us has chosen to walk a different path in life, we're united by one great, overwhelming passion; we love america, we believe in america. [cheers and applause] today we're united not only by our faith and belief in america, we're also united by our concern for america. this country we love is in peril, and that, my friends, is one reason why we're here today. now, a few years ago americans did something that's really quite american in its nature, it's the sort of thing we like to do. we gave someone new a chance to lead the country. someone w...

Let's talk about how to solve it. democratic strategist dan gerstein and jason lewis is of the jason lewis show. welcome to you both. i want to start with you, dan. alan colmes was just on he says the ryan plan will decimate medicare. everybody acknowledges something has to be done. why is the ryan plan unworkable for you. >> it's unworkable because it would fundamentally change and really obliterate medicare as we know it. that is unacceptable to democrats. i think it's a bad policy, but even worse it was done in a very partisan way. in a way that we knew was going to get no democratic suppor...

emerging in paris. experts have analyzed the data from the black boxes. the details are store rivet hor. during a free fall of 10,000 feet a minute they went straight to their deaths. greg palkot is live in london. >> reporter: it has been some two years since that crash. today, today we are getting new details about that horror ride. let's go through some of the data retrieved from the black boxes on the bottom of the atlantic ocean. some two hours into the flight the plane is well over the atlantic ocean. the speed sensors on the plane malfunction. according to the data they showed...