following him, you will hear the gop address from republican national committee member michael steele, who calls for an investigation into reported job offers by the white house to democratic primary candidates. >> i am speaking to you from louisiana, one of the first places to feel the devastation brought by the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. i was here at the bait shop. i met with a group of local residents and small business owners. this is the time of year when an oyster fisher normally aren't a lot of his income. but his oyster bed has likely been destroyed by the spill. jerry vegas has a similar story. he quit the eighth grade to become a shrimper with his grandfather. he works long, grueling days to earn enough money to support himself year round. today, the waters where he spends his years are closed to him. every day this bill worsens, he loses hope he will be able to return to the life he built. you can put a price on a lost season, but not a lost heritage. the effects of the spill reached beyond the shore line. i spoke with a woman who owned a small convenience store for

following him, you'll hear the gop address from a republican national chairman michael steele, who calls for an investigation into the reported job offers by the white house to democratic senatorial candidates process tech and andrew romanoff offcolorado. >> i am speaking to you from grand isle, louisiana, one of the first places to feel the devastation brought by the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. i met with a group of local residents and small business owners. folks like floyd, a fourth generation oyster fishermen. this is the time of year when the ordinarily aren't a lot of his income. his oyster beds have likely been destroyed by the spill. troy has a similar story. he quit the eight agreed to become a shrimper with his father. he has worked long, grueling days to earn enough money to support himself year-round. today, the waters where he spent his years are close. every day as this bill worsens, he loses hope that he will be able to return to the like the bill. you can put a price of a lost season, but not a lost heritage, he says. the effects of the spill reached beyond the shore

michael steele, chairman of the republican national committee, said in a statement: but in his maryland speech, the president held to his view that the trends are in the right direction. >> this is the fifth month in a row that we've seen job gains. and while we recognize that our recovery is still in its early stages, and that there are going to be ups and downs in the months ahead-- things never go completely in a smooth line-- this report is a sign that our economy is getting stronger by the day. >> brown: ultimately, some 15 million unemployed americans, as measured in may, are banking on that hope. now, the numbers and the state of the recovery. we turn to lisa lynch, dean and professor of economics at the heller school for social policy and management at brandies university; and liz ann sonders, chief investment strategist at charles schwab. liza lynch when you look at the real slowdown in highering in the private sector is across-the-board? what do you see? >> well, in today's report we certainly saw only 41,000 jobs created in the private sector. but you know, rather than just l

they began to do that the with michael steele. this is an obvious, physical symbol that people can point to and say that this is diversity. host: in south carolina, in the fourth congressional district, what happened there? guest: the third house incumbent lost this year. if you include the party switcher in alabama and in west virginia, he becomes the third incumbent to lose. he was defeated because people did not think he was conservative enough in this district. this is another anti-incumbency storr. the conservative base of the party did not think he was living up to the standards and values they wanted. host: david, thank you for the update this morning. we will go on to college park, ga., where ronald joins us on the line for democrats. we're talking about whether or not president obama should fire general mcchrystal. go ahead. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: first of all, has anybody consider the possibility that general mcchrystal wants to be fired? anybody with any common sense knows when they go against