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The key word is he made it worse. the unemployment rate is up 8.2%. the average unemployment rate from the years 2001 to 2008 was 5.2%. the number of people participating, working in our economy is at an all-time low. the labor participation rate is about 63.8%. again, if you look back at 2001 to 2008, the average labor participation rate was about 67%. so with the workforce of about 155 million people, those 4 percentage points in terms of labor participation rate alone means there are many many americans who have grown discouraged. they have withdrawn from the workforce and they are not work...

You think tammy duckworth who lost both of her legs in a black hawk helicopter accident in iraq in combat do you think he she is a hero. >> oh, absolutely, lauer. i have said that hundreds of times. let me just provide a little context. that was said at a town hall last saturday with 400 people talking about obama care. what did i at the beginning of that town hall is what i do at the beginning of all my town halls. i recognize the heros in our presence. in my book, any man or woman who wear as uniform is a hero. i have said that about tammy countless times. but, one final piece, i'm running a...

I will ask you point blank do you think tammy duckworth who lost both of her legs in a black hawk helicopter accident in iraq in combat do you think he she is a hero. >> oh, absolutely, lauer. i have said that hundreds of times. let me just provide a little context. that was said at a town hall last saturday with 400 people talking about obama care. what did i at the beginning of that town hall is what i do at the beginning of all my town halls. i recognize the heros in our presence. in my book, any man or woman who wear as uniform is a hero. i have said that about tammy countless times. but, ...

I understand his comments to mean that the education system in america can benefit from the experience and the critic la of american muslim schools as well as the emphasis on education and rationality and pluralism found in the koran. that in itself is not controversial. we have religiously based schools all over america. they all have many positive facets. if i may, what i think is part of the confusion here is the use of the word madrassa. but that arabic word only means school. in fact, it has semitic origin from the word madrush t has no sorts of implication of religious affiliation or pol...

That's going to happen and that's the world we live in today. and, look, she is obviously served her country i interviewed her many years ago shortly after she came back after her operation. really difficult odyssey for her as it is for so many of our wounded veterans. >> absolutely. >> laura: she has also, as you pointed out, said blistering things about the tea party movement. and you. and i guess you are in a position where if you criticize her back or you have to watch every word you say, lest you be branded as incentive to her plight as a disabled american and as a war hero. i guess what ...