still working on. i wanted to get in there, you talk about how house speaker boehner was quick to react saying unemployment is far too high. paychecks are shrinking. gas prices are rising faster than ever. unfortunately, the president refusing to get serious about addressing our fiscal and economic challenges. so given some thing to kick around in washington, d.c. thank you. joining me now, the reporter for salon.com. and it is great to have you here. you ve been waiting patiently to talk with me. as we heard president obama talking today and has been talking about not just at the women s forum today but in general, his economic message. talking about fairness and people in this country deserving their fair shot. sure that everyone gets the same opportunities. insisting basically, that that the right isn t allowing him to do that. is he going to be able to continue that, especially if the economy is limping as we re
eric cantor know something his republican colleagues don t? u.s. marine sergeant who criticized president obama on facebook could be discharged from the military. the marine corps administrative board has recommended that sergeant gary stein be dismissed from his actions for putting the commander-in-chief s face on an incredible s movie poster that he changed to read the horribles. it now goes to a general who will accept it or deny it. i want to bring in colonel jack jacobs on this one. it is good to have you here and i want to get it on record. that the lawyer for colonel stein has said this. after the recommendation that we re truly surprised and disappointed, it was an honor to fight for a hero like sergeant stein and every other marine s right to speak freely. we know that free speech is limited when it comes to service members. so we talk about the limit on the service members, jack, where does this put us?
seeing it do right now? and the unemployment rate hovering at 8.2%? it is a valid concern to worry about the recovery and how that will affect women. we talked about how there used to be a man session and now there is a he covery. i was glad to hear the president mention that women s wages are more important than ever. he was raised by a single mother. and as a result, he realizes that the pay gap is incredibly important as well as figuring out job growth for sectors that women participate in. a he-covery? you re coin that one. it s mine. the obama administration is firing back at reince priebus and his attempt to shoot down the allegation that the gop is waging a war on women. just a reminder, here s what he had to say, comparing women to caterpillars. if the democrats said we had a war on caterpillars, then
get court martialed under the provisions of article 134, the military code of justice. he may still get off with his benefits. but you have to watch how you act and what you re doing when you re in the service. yeah. you have to think about that. who knew facebook and twitter would come along to add all these caveats for our service members. better to stay quiet, i think. i think so, too. that keeps you clean. jack, great to see you. so what does your gut tell but this one? does the recommendation to dismiss a marine sergeant for criticizing president obama on facebook go too far? you can go to facebook.com/ news nation. cast your vote there. up next, another jump date on that news we ve been following for the last three hours. the navy jet crashing into an apartment complex in virginia. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550
those buildings. there are no reports of anyone killed on the ground. and our reports though of several injuries but nothing that we can officially confirm to the extent right now. the pilots again ejected safely. the jet was part of the training squadron that is base there d in virginia beach. we ll continue watching this story for you and bringing you more details as soon as we get them right here. moving on this afternoon, the news nation also following today s disappointing jobs report that came out for march. it shows that employers added 120,000 jobs last month. and that s far fewer than the 200,000 new jobs that most economists had predicted and expected. and only half the job growth in february. meantime, the unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percent. the rate dropped because more people stopped looking for work. and here is president obama s reaction today. we welcome today s news that our businesses created another