little footnote here. you were there then, i was there then. george mitchell was being honored in washington by tom daschle. he said in six years as majority leader he and bob dole never agreed on everything, but they never had a cross word in public or private. six years of working together majority leader, minority leader. and we raised the debt ceiling in those days with only democratic votes. when it was his turn, when he was in the leadership to raise the debt ceiling, he would raise the debt ceiling. lawrence, we ll have much or on all of this on last word. thank you for being here. last word every night at 8:00. why is mitt romney in ohio today? the presumed 2012 republican front runner is outside columbus, ohio, today, not iowa, not new hampshire. he sรง talking jobs.
live pictures speaking of, just hopping off the plane having been in cleveland today talking jobs. there he is, now home. close to you, gloria borger, at andrews air force base. very close, sure. for an extended political ticker at this hour. i appreciate it i want to remind all of you. we ll get another political update in half an hour and we ll always read the latest political news with everyone very hard at work. go to cnnpolitics.com and also on cnn political twitter. and now, watch this. a daring rescue attempt on the high seas, but ultimately pirates killed four americans. who were they? did they realize the dangers, and why did that rescue failed? i m brooke baldwin. the news is now. as bullets fly in libya, the man accused of trying to kill his own people now has a new target, america, and moammar gadhafi s game game includes
150,000 jobs a month to keep the unemployment rate where it is. what we need to see, hopefully we ll see, momentum, in job creation, we need to see 250,000 jobs, a month, to start bringing that unemployment rate down, 9.6% unemployment rate is still a catastrophe. bill: we heard from the president last in our and nancy pelosi, talking about what the congress has done and not done, here s the president talking jobs. president barack obama: we need to accelerate growth and produce jobs at a faster pace because, the fact is, an encouraging jobs report doesn t make a difference if you are still one of the millions of people who are looking for work. and i will not be satisfied still everybody who is looking for a job can find one. we have to keep fighting for every job, for every new business, for every opportunity to get this economy moving. bill: that was last hour and stephen, now he goes to asia and does it reset the debate over
hour, every single minute to turn this economy around and put people back to work and renew the american dream, not just for your family, not just for all of our families, but for future generations. that i can guarantee you. that s why, milwaukee, today i am announcing a new plan for rebuilding and modernizing america s roads and rails and runways for the long term. i want america to have the best infrastructure in the world. ooh the sexiest word in american public policy infrastructure. as the economy continues to be not only the biggest issue in the country but also the democratic party s biggest liability heading into the elections, eight weeks from today, expect to hear a lot more about infrastructure. expect to hear a lot more of president obama the campaigner talking infrastructure, talking economy, talking jobs.
folks, this is the highest level since the week that ended april 10th. and speaking of jobs where is the president today, this day after his 49th birthday? still in chicago, talking jobs. he s visit a ford plant that is adding jobs. right around 11:15 eastern, we will bring that live. in the meantime, is this president obama s third stop after visiting detroit with chrysler last week. suzanne malveaux is travel wig the president. and i m sure the president will mention job creation, which is something that many of us were hoping for a year ago? reporter: you re absolutely right, brooke. it s back to business. you mentioned his 49th birthday. he did go out to dinner with