. >> i talked yesterday to the economist mark alexandery who pointed to oil prices, japan and other factors. he expects growth to accelerate in the second part of the year and that the labor market is recovering even though this number is weak. is that the consensus among economists? >> there's a mix. there definitely is a school of thought that the recovery is going to accelerate later this summer or possibly in the fall. but people are worried. there are a bunch of economists today who said you can't put lipstick on this pig. these numbers are really bad and june is expected to be bad as well. there's a school of thought -- there's a wait and see attitude but a worry that things are not going to improve a at the rate people had thought at the beginning of the year. >> is there anything washington can -- is able to do in the long term or short term to alleviate this? gwen: we saw the president out today saying look what washington did that saved us from being worse. >> they can talk about how they've done good things to overcome the psychological hurdle. hey, look, things are getting bette