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Problem foremoc t.j. ws with t >> repor mob and vinita. this is the third week in a row that unemployment numbers have shot up. the latest economic figures put a damper on the president easiest ten-day vacation to martha's vineyard. >> this morning's news that unemployment claims rose again compels us to act. >> reporter: jobless claims have now reached a nine-month high. a sign that employers are cutting jobs again as the recovery struggles to take hold. >> usually every summer i hire at least two or three extra people. the business is not there. >> reporter: mr. obama admits the recovery wil...

Weakening and that the rate of growth is now insufficient to stop unemployment from rising. >> reporter: already the tone has changed in washington. the president acknowledged concern with the new numbers. >> this morning's news that unemployment claims rose again compels us to act. >> reporter: just last spring, the obama administration was assuring the country the recovery in the job market was under way. >> this is the fifth month in a row that we see job gains. >> reporter: unemployed workers are filing for benefits at a pace not seen since last fall, when the economy was shedding hundreds...

Month high last week. more than half a million americans filing for their first jobless benefits. that's a jump of 12,000. economists were actually predicting that the claims would drop. so this was a stunner. president obama says that report compels us to act. he is calling on congress to pass a jobs bill when it guess back from vacation. he says that bill should include tax cuts, and increase lending to small businesses, which create 2 out of every three jobs in this country. >> i would also like to point out this legislation is fully paid for and will not add one single dime to our deficit....

Banks that loan to small businesses have been lagging behind. they need help, and if we want this economy to create more jobs more quickly, we need to help them. a report yesterday from the labor department underscores why this is so critical. in the final few months of last year, small businesses with fewer than 50 employees accounted for more than 60% of the job losses in america. more than 60%. these are the businesses that usually create most of the jobs in this country. and this report combined with this morning's news that unemployment claims rose again compels us to act, and it compels ...

Agents participated in the preceding years including but not limited to waco. the "new york post" explaining how, if you think about it, the oklahoma city bombing was the federal government's fault. they weren't the only voice on the right to go there and lash out at president clinton. >> let me ask president clinton what words caused timothy mcveigh to act? name one. i want to know what words and who spoke them? all i've ever heard is timothy mcveigh was outraged over the government invasion led by janet reno of the branch davidian compound in waco, texas, and the murrah building was blown up...