colleagues at the hospital. two djs have not commented about not facing charges as you saw earlier, they did make a tearful apology. they have sings been fired. australian media watchdog is also kind of investigating this case but we do not expect them to face any charges in their native country. alisyn: they were clearly distraught by the inintended consequence of what happened. thanks for the update. breaking news on the national healthcare law. obama administration giving ground on the aspect that had opposition. dow jones breaks through 14,000 for the first time since 2007. why is wall street soaring when the economy is hardly moving? and still ahead, iran taking a dangerous step in the nuclear program. developments that is raising concerns now in washington. [ male announcer ] after years of celebrations,
those numbers are a lot to take in but what they sell out, what jay carney was saying, four years ago when the president took office, the country was in dire shape. in terms of joblessness, we are in more dire job? to his point the months that followed president obama s first inauguration were really terrible. we had the panic of 2008 in the fall of the year before. we were hemorrhaging jobs and it was very bad. another way to look at this is this. we have taken a long path to get back essentially to where we started, but just a little bit worse. what under lies those numbers, those numbers paint a grim picture, but what under lies those numbers is even worse. the number that you read about the labor force participation rate, that one is very dire. we had contracted the american work force and we haven t
contracted by people retiring but we have contracted by people that have given up looking at jobs or taking part-time jobs. we have gotten back to a high level of unemployment but lower than it was for a period of time. the work force that is left behind is much worse shape than it was when president obama took office. the fact that we have worked our way around in a full circle back to the same pointed but a little worse than four years ago when president obama was sworn in, how does the white house frame that? it s the republicans fault. it was the old republicans fault. it was george w. bush. it was his fault and the fault, he says and so says the white house advisors, because republicans declined to join the president in a broad-based plan that involves raising taxes, borrowing more money for increased stimulus spending
why diplomacy and development are right up there with defense. when we think about who we are as americans, it s because we are united and committed to do whatever is required to fulfill the mission we have assumed as public officials and public servants. so, next week i will expect that all of you will be as focused and dedicated for secretary kerry as you have been for me and you will continue to serve president obama and our nation with the same level of professionalism and commitment that i have seen firsthand. on a personal basis, let me wish all of you the very best,
journalist. my father is jewish, my mother is jewish, i am jewish and daniel pearl happened to be murdered by terrorists in 2002 on this very same day that ed koch has died. remembered with respect by many including those like me who had the privilege and honor of knowing him and covering him for many decades. alisyn: he loved new york and new york loved him. thank you. president obama second term gets underway, a growing number of americans that the government is threatening their personal rights. for the first time ever in the survey by the pew research center and for the people and the press, a majority of the public, 53% say the federal government threatens their personal rights and freedoms. this comes, of course, amid a growing debated over second amendment rights, highlighted by heated meeting on new york state s new gun restrictions.