is an indication that president s policies have failed, that this jobs bill is just another stimulus plan which of course that stimulus plan didn t add the amount of jobs that it initially intended to. and then you re going to hear the president make the case, look, this is an indication that urgent action needs to be taken. we saw him point to that yesterday during a news conference when he said that if the jobs bill isn t passed we run the risk of potentially slipping into another recession. so both sides are going to see what they want in these numbers, craig. nbc s kristen welker from the white house on this friday afternoon. let s take a closer look at what s inside the jobs report now. helping us do that, an economics professor from the university of maryland, also the former chief economist at the u.s. international trade commission. good afternoon, sir. good afternoon. let s start with the numbers here. first of all, for folks who don t follow these things as closely as