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Its losing in certain states. when people in the trump world and, i have heard this repeatedly, they said the polls were wrong last year but they werent wrong. the final polls were a real clear politics average showed hillary would win by 3.2 points. she won the popular vote by 2.1. they were off by 1.1 percentage points. now 2012 and president obamas race, they were up by 3.2. so they were even more accurate in 16 then they were in 12. so the polls are a worrisome sign for the president. there ...

Election, is the only way -- there are two ways the democrats can win. they can switch trump voters back to the democrats, or they can increase turnout among their base. biden is trying to do both here. i think it is very designed, especially in iowa, a state that the president won pretty handily. >> 9%. >> right. in a state that obama won twice, you know. to try to persuade them that theyve been suckered by this guy. now, the president is going to say, 3.2% unemployment. whats wrong with that? ...

Actions. the december 19th rate cut followed by a christmas eve slaughter in the market was an epiphany for powell. we had the new york fed president and others say well try something different this time. interesting to see. >> bill: the president was on cnbc that went on for some time and criticized the fed during the interview and had this to say about china tariffs. charles, listen to this. bite number two. >> president trump: china very much wants to make a deal. they want to make a deal muc...

Of 3.1 or 3.2, something like that. were not seeing in a acceleration. >> it is used for productivity which gives you growth and income and higher asset prices. paul: you can pay people more! [laughter] >> precisely. the problem now is trade policy is blunt and probably some of the supply-side impact of the tax cuts that we saw. paul: on investment? >> on investment because companies obviously are somewhat more concerned about what the future may hold. about their supply chains, about the produc...

Of 3.1 or 3.2, something like that. were not seeing in a acceleration. >> it is used for productivity which gives you growth and income and higher asset prices. paul: you can pay people more! [laughter] >> precisely. the problem now is trade policy is blunt and probably some of the supply-side impact of the tax cuts that we saw. paul: on investment? >> on investment because companies obviously are somewhat more concerned about what the future may hold. about their supply chains, about the produc...

Goodest number of the estimate. >> weve had bad numbers before. february we had a very small gain but it really feels like the economy is shifting here and what has been a tail wind for trump and talking about the great economy and 3.1 or 3.2% gdp growth is now moving in a different direction. second quarter is only going to be 1.2%. the fed is going to be forced to cut rates. theres going to be a change in the narrative and that could change the political dynamicdyn. >> 75,000 as steve says, no...

Labor departments report. they also expect the unemployment rate to hold steady here at 3.6%. this is a generational allow. according to the bureau of labor statistics, there are more open jobs than people looking for jobs in america, and thats been the case since february 2018, a sign of just how tight that labor market. also wage growth expected to come in around 3.2%. if that happens, that would be the 8th month above 3% pay growth. thats an important number to watch. lets look at futures her...

263,000 jobs then. one worrying sign. months report from the payroll processer, adp. adp found the private sector in may added only 27,000 jobs. that would be this much. not many and steep loss in construction. that caused some forecasters to lower their expectations for the labor departments report. watch this space. they expect the unemployment rate to ld hhold staeteady at 3. according to the labor department, there are more open jobs in america than there are people looking for jobs and that...

It not surprising that there would be a slowdown. but that slowdown is also coming at a time when you have tariffs, not just the threat of tariffs on mexico but also some major tariffs on mcand the threat of even more tariffs on china. second largest economy in the world. a lot of the market is very concerned about that. a lot of corporations are very concerned. their costs are going up. consumers costs are going up. in fact the best estimate i heard is that consumers are going to pay about 400 ...

Nasty vicious statement, while im overseas, now, have i made any statement about anybody it would be like, why would he do that when hes overseas? shes a terrible person, and i tell you, her name, is nervous nancy because shes a nervous wreck. >> laura: on tuesday joe biden once again downplayed the china threat at one of his town hall -- president trump: he doesnt get it. >> were in a position where we have the most agile venture capitalist in the world. its not like were the bad guys. were the...