covering the week, eamon javers of cnbc. joan biskupic of "usa today." and gloria borger of cnn. >> award winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." produced in association with national journal. funding for "washington week" is provided by -- boeing. exxonmobil. the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation. the annenberg foundation. the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. it's tough to present bad news as good or to focus on silver linings when the cloud cover just won't break. but that was the task that faced the obama white house this morning when they were presented with these numbers. 131,000 jobs lost in july. 71,000 private sector jobs created which was good except experts had predicted it would be 83,000. add it all up and 14 million people are still looking for work. that made it difficult today

week, karen tumulty of "the washington post," charles bashington of the associated press, eamon javers of cnbc and pete williams of nbc news. >> award winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. produced in association with national journal, funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> what if you can just be you? what if you had your last bad date? what if she's out there? what if he's out there? what if you can be loved for exactly who you are? you can. >> funding for "washington week" is also provided by -- exxonmobil, the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation, the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. this week's primary results show that several things we've come to expect. insiders are struggling, outsiders attractive. but money, it turns out, cannot always buy you love or power. in alaska, republican senato