good. the unemployment rate is still stuck at 9.1%. dan lothian is adding up the numbers. what do they mean for the president and for the american pe people? the economy is having a difficult time finding traction even as the 2012 campaign ramps up. republicans are blaming this on the president s quote failed policies, but this is all showing a sense of urgency for the president and members of congress that they need to do something now. on a beautiful fall day in the nation s capitol, nothing but blue skies and sunshine. but a dark cloud continues to linger over the nation s economy. the reason we re not seeing the hiring we want is because we re not seeing the economic growth we need. the latest numbers bare that out. unemployment remains at 9.1%, what a white house called unacceptably high. while employers added 103,000 jobs, the report was relative weak. it is far from good enough. white house aides say this underscores the need for quick action on the president
heels of her surprising declaration the other day in a commercial that she is not a witch. and the new york mayor wants to ban the use of food stamps to buy soda. is he helping people with low incomes or infringing to on their freedom? i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. but just in this hour, a bombshell report being released, right now on the pentagon s private security contractors in afghanistan it alleges that your tax dollars are being funneled to afghan warlords and strongmen linked to murder, kidnapping and bribery. let s go right to our pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence, over it he pentagon, startling allegations in this new report, chris. tell our viewers what is going on. reporter: yeah wolf, you know this report was just released literally just about one minute ago and do you want an example of what a lack of oversight can cost? one example in the report, back in february, security guards start firing on american troops, the troops start scr
jim akos sta costa is standing . this is a massive rebuke on the president s claims. reporter: it is, brooke. and you heard the speaker of the house repeating what devin nunes said long the adam schiff there s no evidence of wiretapping conducted on trump tower before or after the 2016 election and now to have the statement from both republican chairman of the senate intelligence committee long the ranking democrat mark warner saying based on the information available to us we see no indication that trump tower was the subject of any surveillance by the united states government either before or after election day 2016. i think the key word is the word surveillance. you have been hearing from this white house over the last few days you had the white house press secretary sean spicer