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Well below the half a million that economists were expecting. >> were actually making real progress. maybe it doesnt seem fast enough. i would like to see it faster and were going to make it faster. >> reporter: president biden pinning it on the delta variant that peaked. >> the survey was taken during the week of september 13th when covid cases were averaging more than 150,000 per day. since then, weve seen a daily cases fall by more than one-third. >> reporter: the president highlighting a dro...

This new reality, including the economists who have had a hard time modelling what this economic recovery would look like. because there were some positives here. lets look at the unemployment rate. it dropped to a pandemic low of 4.8%. thats a big drop from 5.2% the month before. dont forget that back in april of 2020, the unemployment rate was 15%. look at that. really sharp decline. the unemployment rate for black americans is falling even faster in the last month. it dropped below 8%. anothe...

Disappointed by schumers remarks. this bill heads to the house where it must pass before going to the presidents desk. we will see what happens meanwhile, the president hopes to avoid a repeat of last months disastrous jobs numbers when the economy added a mere 235,000 jobs. well short of the projected 700,000. todays economists are forecasting 500,000 new jobs and a 0.1% drop in unemployment to 5.2% to 5.1%. the projection due in part to subsiding covid cases. but if they fall short again, look...

235,000 jobs. but the unemployment rate did drop from 5.2% in august to 4.8% in september. lets bring in dominic chu. i just dont think i ever remember a job market like this where the unemployment rates below 5% and you have a low unemployment rate but more job openings, i think, than ever before and you still have employers saying we cant fill all the positions that we have. whats going on with this market? >> its crazy. first of all, the market reaction has been relatively muted given the hug...

On this morning, and a lot of coverage that we want to show you. were going to start with september jobs numbers from the labor department. showing just 194,000 jobs added just last month, 500,000 were expected. the unemployment number fell from 5.2% to 4.8% as well. this is coming just hours after congress gave the economy a little good news. finally, coming through, with a deal to raise the nations debt limit just 11 days before the deadline, after telling democrats for months they had to do i...

One bloomberg columnist looked at 7 metro regions, new york, la, san francisco, chicago, dc, boston, and philly. while all those places accounted for 20% of job losses at the beginning of the pandemic, they are not responsible for a staggering 44.8% of the job losses and when you break out further the picture looks even more grim, national average unemployment rate is 5.2% but for new york and la it is 10%, chicago still atrocious at 8%. so why is this happening. because not everyone has the lux...

Chicago, d.c., boston and philly. while all those places accounted for 25% of job losses at the beginning of the pandemic, they are now responsible for a staggering 44.8% of the job losses. by the way, when you break it out further, the picture looks even more grim. national average unappointed rate is 5.2% but for new york and l.a., its over 10%. chicago is still atrocious at 8%. while max. why is this happening? because not everyone has the luxury of working from home, people. as one bloomberg...

0 i am in on the fight if you wanted. me versus you. ill wind back. thats all the time we have left. the ball is in your court. please set your dvr. never miss an episode. in the meantime, let not your hearts be troubled. laura ingraham is next. see you back here tomorrow night. night. >> laura: i am laura ingraham and this is "the ingraham angle" from washington. laura: this is the ingrandmother from washington. the cdc says the covid vaccine doesnt stop the spread of the virus so why are we ba...

Here is chief washington correspondent mike emanuel. >> critical race theory is on the ballot in virginia and republicans see it as potentially defining issue in the governors race. the real clear politics average of recent polls shows democrat terry mcauliffe leading republican glenn youngkin by 5.2. 46 to 40.8. likely closer than the former governor mcauliffe would like it to be. since president biden won virginia by 10 points. mcauliffe has called critical race theory, quote: another right wi...

Reduced by exactly 5.2%. he arrived at this theory based on his close textualist reading of the science fiction novel. because in that science fiction satire the answer to the biggest question in the universe is 42, and look 4.2, sure, why not? thats the new consultant for the wisconsin election audit that taxpayers are paying for. i mean this would all be hilarious if this was not going to influence the election infrastructure of an actual swing state. theyre demanding a records request of all ...