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That. i have to tell you a statistic that just came out recently, as you saw, that the black unemployment rate, the african-american unemployment rate is the lowest its ever been in the history of the report, so were very honored by that. [ applause ] >> its a really great thing. >> a couple things hes not saying there. the unemployment rate from president obama fell from, i think it was 16.9 or somewhere there to the 7s during his tenure. but does president trump deserve the credit? >> oh, he a...

>> jason: suddenly the democrats are all concerned about the debt. >> jason: is no is no where and how youre going to changes positions connect suddenly, republicans do not care about the debt and are adding to it,is and bringing up infrastructure. bills and are excited about them? i am wondering iff the g.o.p. hs an identity crisis. i do want to deal with what cheryl clark just said. was he said 16.9% was going to bee a the new normal. i do not know who he was talking to.n the point is, it has ...

>> is it odd how everyone changed. suddenly the republicans dont care about the debt and are add to it and bringing up infrastructure bills and excited about them. im wondering if the g. o. p. has an identity crisis. i want to deal with what sheriff clark said he said 16.9 was the new normal. i dont know who he was talking to. merry christmas sheriff clark. but the point is it has not been that high for five years. and it has been. >> i want to go back to what i asked you about which is allowing...

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And i think thats exactly what they wanted. they dont need president trump dickering over whether the top corporate rate is 16.9%. the congressional committee can do that. the house ways and means can do that. they need him on the road making the case particularly in cases that have red state democrats who could potentially support this package exactly the way he did today. >> yeah. on that point, congresswoman, do you think theres any circumstances under which democrats could support this kind ...

For military, defense, homeland security, and veterans affairs. the epa is gutted, labor, state department. conservatives like this. all day long while this was being hashed out on tv, the left was saying this cant happen. this budget doesnt do what it says its going to do because youll never get 3% growth. they are hung up on 3% growth. from 1947 until this year, the united states has had over 3% growth. 3.21% growth and as high as 16.9% growth. when you give people more of their own money, whe...

Professional in the asking and the answering of questions. spicer was well prepare and it made news. the only dodgy machines were when the matter of size came up again. lets watch. >> do you stand by the statement that that was the most watched inaugural? >> sure. it was. you look at just the one network alone got 16.9 people online. another there were tens of millions that watched it online. never mind the audience here. 31 million people watched it on television. >> later this afternoon, later...

Best job and do it with a degree of sbeg rit within our agencies. >> do you have any corrections you would like to make from saturday. >> ask away. >> i dont want the relitigate the issue. but metro ridership. >> at the time the information that i was provided by the inaugural committee came from an outside agency that we reported on. and i think knowing when we know now we can tell that remaattas numbers were different but we were providing numbers we had been provided. it wasnt like we made th...

We try to do our best job and do it with integrity in our respective industries. >> do you have any clarifications? >> ask away. >> tak like the issue of metro are ridership. >> we did, and the information i was provided bile inaugural committee came from an outside agency that we reported from. we know that the numbers are different and tried to provide numbers that we were provided. we did not make them up. >> do you you think it was watched? >> sure, it was the most watched. look at one netwo...

Closed it on me. >> five years ago. >> im going to see "miss saigon" and i went to get the tickets. i had a picture taken with a topless eleanor roosevelt look alike. >> what a thrill that must have been. what tip did you give her? >> two tips. >> okay. >> so you have come up with in addition to water to senator marco rubio, you want to give gifts to others. >> i wrote them down. >> i put a christmas list together. i like rubio. thats how you should take it. they are important people. they lost ...