butear in mid that there e several othebig banks that still aren'tdoing very well. but absolutely the unemployme rate and the pressures on he tail sector and the mai street area of the enomy are t abating at thi point. gwen: ok well, ther were alsonew questions this wek on exacly what t c.i.a. was an was not telling congre about a secret ogram to assassnate suspected terroris. but that dbate is trning out to be the potential ieberg that cld undercut t obama adnistration's efforts toget past th past. mark? >> for ational security reporters, it ki of feels like the nnth year of the bush ainistration. we're ju continuing to look back. and there'sa few thngs happening. fit of all, thee was the news over th past week tat the c.i.. had the ecret program, that lee --leon panetta, the c..a. director, learned about itnd when he heard abt it went tocapitol hillnd held emergency meetings and said i caneled this program and you hen't been told bout it for eight years. gwen: maybe he sould have reought in retrospect. >> a lot of drama. and that part of it of course adding to the