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Slowness of this recovery. >> yeah, nobody expected obama to bring us back to where we were prior to his election, but how are we doing in terms of the recovery? more evidence that its just not there. its just not there, mary? >> im a little surprised that anyone is surprised because if you look at-- whats driving this is unemployment and youre out of work uyoure not having an income your household income is going to fall and unemployment over 8% for an extended period of time. we have underempl...

finally, a jobs report that beats expectations. sure, expectations were low, under 100,000, but look at this official net gain for july. 163,000. thats the most new jobs since february. the unemployment rate, meanwhile, a separate survey ticked up last month to 8.3%. christine romans watching this all-important gauge of economic vitality, shall we say. would you call the july numbers vital? i would say its vital to the presidents re-election prospects and vital to every single family i...

Right way. they said president obama failed to pay attention to black unemployment in this country. is he right or wrong and should it be divided along race lines? >> it is absolutely right. you look at the statistics and the facts speak for themselves. the national average unemployment is 8.5% in the nation. in the black community its 15.8 percent and thats down from 17%. for black adult males its 16.4% unemployment and black teenagers 16 to 19% -- i mean 16 to 19 years of age its 40.7%. as a m...

Way. speaker gingrich was talking about black employment. is he right or wrong or be divided along those lines? >> you are absolutely right. the facts speaks for themselves. the national average of unemployment is 8.5%. in the black community is 15.8%, down from 17%. for black adult males its 16.4% unemployment and black teachers, 16-19 years of age is 40.7%. as a matter of fact the chairman of black caucus said if anyone else was in the white house than president obama we would be marching on t...

outfront tonight, whoa, whoa, whoa. it really was one of those days. the markets soared, the dow up 339 points. nasdaq and s&p up more than 3%. and there were two big reasons why. one, america defied skeptics with american consumers spending money. the u.s. economy grew 2.5% in the third quarter. twice as fast as the prior quarter. look at it compared to earlier this year. now, 2.5% isnt great overall, but it is a lot better than a lot of doomsayers expected. the other big news was eur...

outfront tonight, whoa, whoa, whoa. it really was one of those days. the markets soared, the dow up 339 points. nasdaq and s&p up more than 3%. and there were two big reasons why. one, america defied skeptics with american consumers spending money. the u.s. economy grew 2.5% in the third quarter. twice as fast as the prior quarter. look at it compared to earlier this year. now, 2.5% isnt great overall, but it is a lot better than a lot of doomsayers expected. the other big news was eur...

"outfront" tonight, whoa, whoa, whoa. the markets soared, the dow up 339 points. nasdaq and s&p up more than 3%. and there were two big reasons why. one, america defied skeptics with american consumers spending money. the u.s. economy grew 2.5% in the third quarter. twice as fast as the prior quarter. look at it compared to earlier this year. 2.5% isnt great overall. but it is a lot better than a lot of doomsayers expected. the other big news was europe. they made a deal to bail out gr...

how about you? >> oh, im a bears fan. >> shes a chicago boy. ill give you the highlights. >> there you go. >> okay, drew. >> thanks a lot. drew griffin here in studio 7 for suzanne malveaux, whos over in afghanistan. lets get you up to speed. new numbers out today provide more evidence of a very weak job market. the number of americans filing first-time claims rose. it was up to 414,000 last week. why is that important? economists say the number needs to fall below 400,000 to reduce th...

And greater in certain parts of this nation. its in many urban areas. some suburban and rural areas. so i think the bigger the headache the bigger the pill. by that i mean, where the problem is greatest, there need to be the greatest focus on remedies. i think today is an important step. so we embrace and applaud the focus on jobs. but we want people to understand that in black communities, latino communities and urban communities, that rate is very high and weve got to focus on it like a laser....

Home and are getting an earful, not just on health care but jobs and the economy and the health care xoernt component is an imp one and businesses are saying, there is a massive change down the road, four are five years and could be difficult for businesses to plan for, these town halls have had negativity, particularly, about health care and it is worth looking at the polls now. president obama, and democrats on health care, are facing a simple reality. about 40.7%, in the latest real clear pol...