questions. i'll start with jim kuhnhenn of ap. >> new jobless numbers today back in the states. you're on a pace to face the voters with the highest unemployment rate of any postwar president. and doesn't that make you significantly vulnerable to a republican who might run on a message of change? and if i may add, given that you have just witnessed the difficulties of averting economic problems beyond your control, what state do you think the economy will be in when you face reelection next year? >> jim, i have to tell you the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now. i'm worried about putting people back to work right now, because those folks are hurting and the u.s. economy is underperforming. and so everything that we're