president obama holds a press conference with german chancellor angela merkle, and that -- look at the latest unemployment figures. >> there is still time to get your copy of c-span's 2009 congressional director, with information on house and senate members, the cabinet, supreme court justices, and the nation's governors, plus the street maps and how to con tact committees and caucuses. >> now, "new york times" columnist david brooks speaking about president obama. mr. brooks was at the national conference of the american advertising federation as the keynote speaker at the oak the new york times" luncheon. this is 20 minutes. >> i never get tired of looking in that. it is fun to be cool. good afternoon. we are about to hear from one of the nation's most respected and well-liked drugless. he certainly has a lot to talk about these days. -- well-liked journalists. he must occasionally wondered why he campaigned so hard for the job. moments after he took the oath, president obama had to contend with a sharp downturn in the economy, rising unemployment, and a financial system that need a

the obama administration, and president obama holds a press conference with german chancellor angela merkle. you are watching public affairs on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? the taxpayers. >> i do not really know. >> from public television. >> donations. >> i do not nor the money comes from. >> contributions from donors. >> how c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiatives, no government mandate, no government money. >> today, the labor department reported a 9.4% unemployment rate for last month. that is .5% higher than april. the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics testified. it is an hour and 15 minutes. i welcome commissioner hall and his colleagues from the bureau of labor statistics to brief us on the latest employment data. this morning's release reported may job losses totaling 345,000. almost half of the loss of recent months, but an unemployment rate of 9.4%, a jump of half a percent from the previous month. adding of discouraged workers and part-time workers who cannot find full-time employme