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Unemployment is currently at 60%. see, both can exist at the same time. and facts first. president trump is correct that the african-american unemployment rate has fallen to a record low of 5.9% during his tenure. but heres the full picture, okay? black unemployment reached a high of 16.8% during president obamas first term at the height of the great recession. from there, it dropped to 7.9%. by the end of his last year in office. the low african-american unemployment rate today is a continuatio...

Rising. >> theorizing. the unemployment rate is continuing to drop. its the lowest level in half a century. >> heres the thing. unemployment was going down -- this is whats so cray s about what trump inherited. if you look at the black unemployment rate, this is the lowest in history. it was cut in half under the obama administration from 16.8% to 7.8% and it has come down to 6.8% under donald trump. thats a very infen tes mall drop. thats what he inherited from barack obama. if a democrat had b...

Just since wednesday. and guess what? these numbers as we put them up are going to be outdated within the hour or two because you of so much rain that continues to fall over the same area. maui, 16.8, still pretty bad but were not talking 30s and 40s. as far as what is coming, the storm is stationery. this is devastating for the islands. it wont move until tomorrow. by the time it does so, were expecting additional rainfall, look at that upwards of 9 inches on top of of what has already fallen. ...

Have prevented that had the "fix nics" could be in place. ainsley: you are in front. cooper bridge. that is where it happened, downtown charleston. >> yes, maam. ainsley: most americans are very happy with the tax cut plan according to a recent survey and black unemployment has dropped to its second lowest level on record according to the bureau of labor statistics. what are your thoughts? >> yes. this is an exciting piece of legislation that every single american from coast to coast should be c...

...again and again and maybe just one more time. indulge in irresistible freshness. febreze unstopables. breathe happy. were back with the "hardball" roundtable. kerry, tell me something i dont know. >> since the terrible shooting that killed 17 people at the high school, some disreputable companies have been markeding backpacks saying theyre bullet proof. the justice department came out today and said the doj doesnt test anything other than body armor for police. any marketing you see about t...

>> it is amazing. >> president trump is a tremendous salesman. consumer confidence spiked 16 points in the last year. he is great at selling the economy. the issue is giving credit where credit is due. >> right. >> so if you want to take african-american unemployment for a moment, youre right, factually, it is at a low. >> do we have the big chart weve been showing about the decline in -- lets put it on to illustrate your point. it is great it is low. >> it is at a low. lets celebrate that. but ...

I think the president should do these. heres the interesting thing. what jan talked about, if the unemployment rate was 16.8%, all the blame would be cast upon this president. and we know every single president deserves the credit when credit is due. they get the credit and the blame. so this happened under president trumps watch and it is part of what he has done as president and his policy. its going to increase and continue when it comes to february when we see more and more of these tax bene...

Faith, freedom and equal opportunity or at the heart of dr. kings vision for his fellow americans and fellow black americans. and today, who was closer to helping more of our citizens realize that vision? president trump, who in a year has already shown incredible results? or democrats, who, when they were out of power and out of ideas, simply call their opponents racist. i think you know the answer. and thats the angle. joining us now for reaction from easley south carolinas pastor mark burns, ...

Said it was crumbs. but a thousand dollars for working families, working at walmart, thats a lot of money. and for african-americans who have jobs that didnt have jobs before, thats meaningful. thats not -- >> let me get -- >> this is nonsense that is going on out here from carrie. carrie, this is ridiculous. the unemployment rate for african-americans was cut in half from 16.8% to 7.8% under barack obama. the president of the united states who preceded donald trump. that -- >> it is at 6.8% now...

Were offering. but, we know now what the real story is. they had zero intention of negotiating in good faith because somehow they thought they could guilt the president in to siding with them. but i guess they dont really know him very well, do they? they are out of ideas and they have no solutions. the race card is the only one they have left to play. but, look, despite the racial smears, the unfairness of it all, look at what trump has already done for black america. black unemployment is at i...