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It's tripled. people are tired. you ask about the right track and wrong track. people are tied of reckless spending and unsustainable debt. they're worried this president wants to pivot, as he claimed that he does, to job creation and instead we get more spending and debt and job-killing policies. >> when you look at it, senator menendez, i think what people totally understand -- they understand debt, they get it, basically. you are not supposed to spend more than you actually have. but i think to me, one of the biggest figures in everybody's head is the unemployment rate that is at 10%. i wan...

Broadband access. there's no reason why europe or china should have the fastest trains instead of the united states. >> president obama in columbus, ohio, focusing on the economy. he is there to mark the 10,000th road project to be funded by the recovery act. it is expected to create more than 300 jobs. the obama administration says $620 billion in recovery act money has been spent so far, and officials say that has resulted in 2.5 million jobs saved or created. let's get the details behind the numbers on the stimulus money and jobs. let's turn to christine romans of our cnn money team. christ...

Mike, this is something that we've seen over the past few months and the president going out there and getting in front of these projects to kind of show people what is going on. >> with that stimulus package $787 billion worth that proved to be so controversial. the president is en route to that site and the 10,000th road project to begin and he is coming to ohio for the eighth time and we go to north carolina, we go to ohio and we go to pennsylvania and we go to other states that are swing states in the giant electoral map across the country and no mistake coming into november. on how effect...

Headed to columbus, ohio, to celebrate the 10,000th road project they say was launched by the recovery act. he will visit with workers adding turn and bike lanes outside the children's hospital in columbus. this is his eighth trip to ohio since taking office. sports makes the news for us today. in los angeles, kobe bryant silenced all his critics in game seven, leading the lakers to a second straight championship. willie geist is the host of "way too early" here on msnbc. were you up way too late watching the game? >> i was up way too late and i know you were, too, in your den/game room. yes...

Will get stimulus money to be fixed. you can stop wondering now. josh tells me the decision -- >> it's done. >> -- all made. >> out of the vice president's office today we heard this. when we hear from viewers they ask, what about the roads near me? they hear about $862 million in stimulus. >> most of which are not -- >> most of it's benefits. >> things with shovels, right. >> we have a break-down for you. the vast majority of this has not been spent. $862 billion total. and you have a hundred something going to tax cuts and $179 billion paid to projects, but $31 billion on specific projects. ...