6-something unemployment we should be seeing something in the vicinity of 400,000 jobs being gained. we are a long way from there. the fact of the matter is is that this recovery is looking tepid. and we ve seen it in other numbers. this latest news just confirmed it. now the question is whether we are just flattening out or reversing into something worse. heather worse. jenna: it s interesting because we ve seen this pattern last year as well that we started off stronger in the job market and may we started to drop off and we picked up in the fall. this is a little bit of a different year because we have an election year, there is a lot of different dynamics at play. we will be seeing these numbers over the next 24 hours. our weekend newspapers will have them around the country. when we see job creation of 69,000, what should we consider when we see that number? reporter: i m always concerned about the psychological affect it has. i know it gets beyond some of what is goin
arrested 16 associates and so what we are finding is that essentially two top al qaeda in iraq leaders were taken out on the spot along with two associates, and, 16 others rounded up and so this is being called potentially major, major blow to al qaeda in iraq, jane. and to get context, how significant would it be to the overall efforts in iraq. general odierno called it argue blue the biggest blow to al qaeda in iraq and counterinsurgency since it began. obviously, there is more work to be done and, ridding iraq of terrorists, but, the general s convinced that this is a huge deal, a huge impact on the enemy operations, in iraq. and, obviously it comes as a critical time, because, the iraqis are in the process of forming a new government, following the election there in march. and, so, some people have suggested it may be an unstable time because they are trying to come together, on a new government, and the new democracy and obviously, striking a major blow on al qaeda i