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Place. all of the guys i grew up with im close to, theyre all liberal red necks. it is like five dudes, but i graduated with 45 guys. not a bad percentage. definitely mor than people think. people tell me all the time, youre like a unicorn. im really not. >> matt, speaking of like unicorn, part of the working class. the economy is still top priority to voters. new jobs report out shows 161,000 jobs created, unemployment down to 4.9%, wages up 2.8%. does that impact on how working class voters mi...

Its amazing. tray, youre the liberal red neck. how guys like you are out there? >> i tell you what, more than people think, i can promise you that. i grew up in the middle of nowhere, all the of my closest friends, the guys i grew up with, theyre like liberal red necks, thats like five dudes but i graduated with 45 guys. not a bad percentage. its definitely more than people think. people tell me all the time youre like a unicorn, you know, and im really not. >> matt, speaking of a unicorn, hes s...

And, positive point of comparison point here, wage growth, which we havent seen really so strong since the recession at 2.8%. that was pretty good. look, the jobs report isnt without problems. there is still a high number of discouraged workers, long term unemployed. there are real systemic problems that we have to fix in the economy. >> lets listen to what donald trump said yesterday in new hampshire about the economy and those numbers. >> these numbers are an absolute disaster. nobody believes...

But 2.8% is better than weve seen for some time when we look at the unemployment rate how its been cut in half almost since that really bad 10% a few years ago this is a trend that has been persistent, and this is something that i think mr. play out on the campaign trail today ill tell you what i think the campaigns are going to do with these numbers in just a few minutes. >> i do want you to stick around because were going to talk much more about that and how the economy might affect the electi...

>> im thinking i will be hard pressed to characterize this jobs report as disastrous. let me go deeper behind the numbers and reiterate what you just said, that 161,000 jobs added to the economy, thats actually a little bit of a miss but not a big deal because when you look at the real headline from this jobs report, its all the way far to the right, that wage growth, 2.8%. wages grew 2.8% over the past year. that means your paychecks are getting bigger. this is the best growth we have seen for ...

As alison was say, the big number that is important for hillary clinton, because these are good numbers for her. the big number thats important is the 2.8% wage growth. people in this country feel like they havent had a raise in the last 10, 15 years. suddenly theres a sense their wages are starting to increase. when you feel it in your pocketbook, its good for the person in charge. hillary clinton has hugged barack obama very tightly during this election. his popularity is up. people are beginn...

About how sure jobs are coming back but the pay raises arent there and the pay is not there. you can see wage growth at 2.8%. thats getting healthier. and that could be one of those things that signals the federal reserve is finally ready to raise interest rates in december, its next meeting. the unemployment rate 4.9% is a number that is less than half of what we saw at the peak. again this is that terrible part of the financial crisis where we had 10% unemployment. you see the steady decline i...

Into those jobs where theyre growing and that were doing all of the right things. for 73 months in a row jobs have been added in this country. the unemployment rate is 4.9%. theres work to do on wages. but wages ticking up today 2.8%. thats better than many people had been hoping for. you want to see more, carol, no question. but the trend has been consistent. i would call this solid jobs growth. >> okay so solid jobs growth errol. but in that same fold that christine cited a lot of people dont ...

Headline out of this jobs report is what you see on the far right. wage growth. that 2.8%. wages actually grew 2.8% over the past year. this is the best wage growth weve seen in years meaning some americans, maybe many americans are seeing fatter paychecks making americans feel better about the economy, especially better maybe as they head to the voting booth on tuesday. now, donald trump did come out way statement after this report came out. of course, looking at it through a political lens, sa...

Falling from 5% to 4.9%, 161,000 jobs added to the economy in october. but the headline really for this report, the way i see it, is the acceleration in wage growth. wages grew 2.8% over the past year, so that means for many americans theyre seeing bigger paychecks. thats something that can make voters feel good about the economy. meantime, donald trump putting out a statement calling this jobs report disastrous. im finding it a little hard to find anything in this report disastrous, brooke. >> ...