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Now there are more jobs than people and we have some stats we are going to put up on the screen. right now 223,00 223,000 jobs ad in may. labor participation rate has gone up as well. so, if people want to find a job, there are jobs out there. also, at the same time, mark, i understand the administration has clamped down on food stamp fraud. >> yes. the administration is doing a great deal of work both at the federal and the state level. as you may know in april of this year. the president signe...

Strong 3.8% stunning. 62.7% labor participation rate could be better. but, kayleigh, the numbers are strong. the president still under 50. but getting closer in terms of approval. >> its huge. and democrats are running scared from those numbers you just saw up on the screen. and they should be for good reason. you know, this president his economic successes are spanning. most under reported number of the trump presidency, thats millennials. zogby poll 50% support among liberals. thats extraordin...

>> $1,000 goes a lot farther in other parts of the country than in new york where were sitting but the reality is the labor force is down to 62.7% which is the same level of el salvador and the dominican republic. its a low that for some reason our leaders are not acknowledging. the $1,000 a month according to roosevelt institute would create 4.5 million jobs because people would have more money to spend. it would be a system loss of our regional economies and would help get places around the co...

Want given the financial situation that theyre in. i would also point out here, revisions to prior months, the last two months an additional 3,000 jobs. the best perform aing areas of e economy, professional and business services added 46,000 jobs, manufacturing added 31,000 jobs, construction jobs another 24,000, and health care-related jobs, 30,000. labor force participation, thats the last big one, same as it was the prior month, 62.7%. generally speaking a more positive jobs report, but i wo...

Average the last three months, smooth it out, you get about 162,000 jobs added per month. thats decent and its a sign that things are picking um. jives with the record high stocks were seeing and the rising consumer confidence, joe. >> sarah, tell us about the job participation rate. this is obviously something that economists look at. we have a 4.1% unemployment rate, but weve had very low job participation rate for years now. what happened over the past month? >> sad to report that that actual...

Thats the weakest hiring in 15 months. labor force participation dropped to 62.7%, matching the lowest since 1978. and the federal reserve bank in atlanta estimates first quarter growth at zero, 0%, flat. george, whats going on here? >> well, for the second year in a row theyve blamed poor quarterly growth on insufficient global warming, that is on winter, on an unusually cold winter. let your mind go back to november last year. there was job creation of 321,000 jobs and the administration said ...

March. that is the weak of the hiring in 15 months. labor force participation dropped to 62.7 percent matching the lowest since 1978 and the fell remember bank if atlanta estimates first quarter grow an zero. flat. zero. >> for the second year in a row they blamed poor growth on insufficient global warming, on winter on unusually cold winter and going back to november last year, job creation of 321,000 jobs and the administration said it was a harbinger of some things to come. it was not. during...

Thats the weakest hiring in 15 months. labor force participation dropped to 62.7%, matching the lowest since 1978. and the federal reserve bank in atlanta estimates first quarter growth at zero, 0%, flat. george, whats going on here? >> well, for the second year in a row theyve blamed poor quarterly growth on insufficient global warming, that is on winter, on an unusually cold winter. let your mind go back to november last year. there was job creation of 321,000 jobs and the administration said ...

Wraps up tuesday or in august. >> thanks. >> shannon: you have heard the governor, now its your turn it weigh in. will a prolonged g.o.p. primary help president obamas chances of re-election, or is it battle testing the g.o.p. field? we want to hear from you. we will read if sm of your responses later on in the show. thats our online poll question this week. we have 62.7% saying it will help president obamas chances for re-election. and 37.3% say no. >> confidence words from rick santorum. santo...

Washington post" says it is nearly impossible for anyone else to capture the republican presidential nomination. is that a fact? >> lets look at the numbers. there have been 743 delegates awarded thus far in the contest. there are 1,543 more yet to go. romney to secure the nomination which takes 1,144 delegates. romney would need to win 47.3% of the delegates. and forum 62.7%. romney is winning 56% of the delegates. santorum 24% and speaker