would-be republican rivals rick perry and mitt romney, including one comment that some see as disrespectful to the president. and we talk about terrorism as the world prepares to mark ten years since 9/11. the president says that kind of spectacular attack may not be the biggest threat right now. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news, political headlines, and jeanne moos, all straight ahead. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president obama on a bus tour through the united states midwest. he s been reaching out to rural voters. but he took some time today to sit down with me for a wide-ranging one-on-one interview. we talked about the political gridlock in washington, the field of republican challengers trying to oust him from the white house, and the terror threat a decade after 9/11. but we began with what may be the most pressing issue facing the country right now. here s part one of my interview with the pr
talking about jobs for a long time now. the american people s top priority is the creation of jobs. creating jobs for the american people. create jobs in america. create jobs. job creation. focus on jobs. new jobs. jobs. jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. jobs. talking about jobs. talking about jobs. and now it s time to talk about jobs. well, they re all talking about jobs. the question is what are they actually doing about it? this afternoon wolf blitzer spoke one-on-one with mr. obama much he said why wait until september for a new big push on jobs? mr. obama pointed to initiatives already pend brg congreing befo. you got something much more ambitious in mind for the september. there s been reports you want to create new department of jobs, something along those lines. is that true? you know, that is not true. but what is true is that i think we missed an opportunity a month ago when we could have dealt with our debt and deficit in a serious, balanced
years since 9/11, the president says that kind of spectacular attack may not be the biggest threat right now. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news, political headlines and jeanne moos all straight ahead. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . president obama on a bus tour through the united states midwest he s been reaching out to rural voters but he took some time today to sit down with me for a wide-ranging one-on-one interview. we talked about the political gridlock in washington, the field of republican challengers trying to oust him from the white house, and the terror threat a decade after 9/11. but we began with what may be the most pressing issue facing the country right now. here s part one of my interview with the president of the united states. mr. president, thanks very much for joining us. great to be here. let s talk about jobs jobs jobs. issue number one. you re going to release a major new j