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Are not getting better. 3.7% unemployment rate is still very low. if people get anxious and tighten up on consumer spending, then this snowballs into something ugly and the timing couldnt be worse for the white house. >> you mentioned the timing. and just that number, 3.7%, if youre a politician, thats your number, youre happy. but she noted manufacturing, the president promised hed bring back manufacturing. it has gone up some but it has plateaued. mining and logging jobs, the president said he...

File for bankruptcy and now after donald trump claimed his priority would be bringing back coal, well, you can hear from the very own head of the coal miners union about how its going. >> coal is not back. nobody saved the coal industry. now thats a harsh fact and its a harsh reality. >> heres some more reality. this summer coal miners actually came to washington and they asked for explicit help to shore up their pensions, something that is important to every coal family. they are, of course, in...

Good economy, its not the best ever. >> its a pretty good one. we have the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. >> yes. >> thats a pretty -- and for blacks and for hispanics and for women. >> as part of a continuing trend. >> we have the lowest interest rates in 50 years. we have the lowest inflation rate in 50 years. we have the biggest wage gains in 20 years. ill cite one statistic that i think can encapsulate what trump has done on the economy. 7.5 million. do you know what that is? the numb...

Hispanics and women. >> as part of a continuing trend. >> we have the lowest interest rates in 50 years, lowest inflation rate in 50 years. ill cite one statistic that i think encapsulate what trump that has done. 7.5 million. thats the number of surplus jobs we have in america today. wea weve never had anything like that. >> it means youre not training up your labor. youre not working -- >> we need to get the workers ready for those job. >> but you guys arent doing that. and what im saying is y...

Theyre trying to negate testimonies for these witnesses. he could not stand his leadership and harsh style and essentially trying to frame him, maybe more in the point and the better argument theyre going to lay out is there is no real forensic evidence, no body was in the custody of the military. no autopsy performed. it was not much blood evidence on the knife that went into that comb combative. it is a big case and a huge day today for the prosecution, guys. back to you. >> steve patterson fo...

Hell be digging to fill the demand in india. >> do you feel the president gave these communities false hope? >> my opinion, absolutely. i mean, im an expert. hes not. and i -- when he was campaigning, i asked -- i talked to his people and said whats your plan? how are you bringing back coal? it could be brought back if these plants would come back up, and deregulating stuff will help this much. its not going to help a lot. >> trumps epa now led by andrew wheeler recently moved to lift caps on ho...

Those folks that mines like this are never, ever coming back to life again. not because of regulation, but competition. coal just cannot compete with cheaper, cleaner, natural gas, wind and solar. thats the reason more coal fired power plants have gone out of business in the first two years of donald trump than the first four years of barack obama, another 20 are expected to go down this year and if a minor is hired today, chances are hell be digging to fill the demand in india. do you feel the ...

I mean, im an expert. hes not. and i -- when he was campaigning, i asked -- i talked to his people and i said, whats your plan? how are you bringing back coal? it could be brought back if these plants would come back up. and deregulating stuff will help this much. its not going to help a lot. >> reporter: trumps epa led by andrew wheeler recently move to lift the caps on how much carbon they can pump into the sky which really worries climate scientists like penn states michael mann. >> were alre...

Im looking forward to hearing more about the discussion. i do believe there are moments when you have to re-evaluate and say this mission is completed and we need to end our involvement. when you do that, you partner with others, you have to do it in a very careful, planned fashion. theres certainly none of that careful planning that went into the presidents. >> senator merkley, thank you for being with us. >> thank you, john. good to be with you. president trump promised to bring back coal. t...

Welcome back to "hardball." saturday night live opened their show this weekend with a spoof ofs its a wonderful life imagining a world where trump was never, ever elected president. >> wow, so everyone is better off without me being president. >> well, not just them. youre better off, too. >> clarence, what about my agenda, all the things i wanted to accomplish as president? >> well, thats the best part about not being president. you can still say the same stuff, build a wall, bring back coal, b...