month. the good news, the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%. that s the lowest since february 2009, one month after president obama took office. and not surprisingly, republicans wasted no time in attacking the white house. mitt romney called it a weak and troubling jobs report and said, millions of americans are paying a high price for president obama s economic policies. now, don t be shocked, president obama saw the glass half full. our economy s now created more than 4 million private sector jobs over the past two years. and more than 600,000 in the past three months alone. but it s clear to every american that there will still be ups and downs along the way and that we ve got a lot more work to do. so let s cut through the political spin by adding some perspective. here s a look at the number of jobs in the usa since obama took office in 2009. now, we re not back to where we were, but we are objectively on the upswing. the great recession isn t over for many americans
that s 100,000 less than last month. the good news, the unemployment rate fell to 8.2%. that s the lowest since february 2009, one month after president obama took office. and not surprisingly, republicans wasted no time in attacking the white house. mitt romney called it a weak and troubling jobs report and said, millions of americans are paying a high price for president obama s economic policies. now, don t be shocked, president obama saw the glass half full. our economy s now created more than 4 million private sector jobs over the past two years. and more than 600,000 in the past three months alone. but it s clear to every american that there will still be ups and downs along the way and that we ve got a lot more work to do. so let s cut through the political spin by adding some perspective. here s a look at the number of jobs in the usa since obama took office in 2009. now, we re not back to where we were, but we are objectively on the upswing. the great recession
pilgrims in town, it s been incredible this week. most of them do come precisely because it s holy week so st. peter s is a part of it. they ve had a wonderful week in terms of weather. that will run out. could rain in rome on easter. greg burke live for us in rome. wish i could be there for that. thanks so much for that report. let s get to your headlines for a friday because a fast & furious gun smuggler facing up to 10 years in federal prison. pleading guilty to purchasing high powered rifles under that botched a.t.f. program. two of the guns he bought were later found at the scene of a shootout to killed u.s. border patrol agent brian terry. he says he was simply exercising his freedom of speech but a marine corps board now recommending sergeant gary stein be dismissed for criticizing president obama on his facebook page. the board made the decision last night after a day long hearing at camp pendleton. it s recommending stein get an other than honorable discharge for misconduct.
yesterday, we were reporting that the kids weren t going to sing any songs to avoid saying the song. had to avoid it quietly. not even that, maybe so, there would be no offensive language. they either can sing it or they won t sing it? this is in celebration of our headlines, steve. it is. meanwhile, headlines. he says he was simply exercising his freedom of speech. but a marine corps board now recommending sergeant gary stein be dismissed for criticizing president obama on his facebook page. the board made the decision last night after a day-long hearing at camp pendleton. it s recommending stein get an other than honorable discharge for misconduct on line. a general will now either accept or deny the board s recommendations. if you have an apple computer running mac osx software, listen up. it s a lot of people. your computer might be at risk. over half a million mac computers have been infected by