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More than 1.5 million payroll jobs, and nearly 2 million jobs onthe household survey, added over the past year; high output,manufacturing outlook, business confidence, and productivity;markedly improved long-term unemployment and manufacturingemployment outlooks; and a poverty rate that is low by historicalstandards: These are the facts that frame the debate on theeconomy.

On August 28, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual report on poverty, income inequality, and the number of Americans with health insurance. The report announces good news: In 2006, a growing economy increased the median family income and lowered the poverty rate. Furthermore, income inequality did not statistically increase.  

Poverty was basically unchanged in 2004. We need more economicgrowth to make progress.

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Im not going get into the details, but i can tell you that progress continues to be made. >> joining me now are gordon chang, and michael crowley, senior foreign affairs correspondent for politico. welcome to you both. gordon, were going to have a truncated version of a conversation you and i had a little earlier in the green room, and that is for decades, north koreans have suffered under their dictatorship because they feel theyre giving something up for some greater fight. those nuclear weapo...

Peaceful settlement. if we can convince kim that he has no choice, he doesnt have money to launch missiles or detonate nukes, thats important. trump can actually get countries around the world to sign on if theyre not talking about button size. >> did it seem -- does it seem to you that north korea is trying to reach out to south korea? there was an article in the "times" today talking about maybe kim jong-un is trying to drive a wedge between the u.s. and south korea. >> yeah, i mean, hes tryin...

Has no choice, he doesnt have money to launch missiles or detonate nukes, thats important. trump can actually get countries around the world to sign on if theyre not talking about button size. >> did it seem -- does it seem to you that north korea is trying to reach out to south korea? there was an article in the "times" today talking about maybe kim jong-un is trying to drive a wedge between the u.s. and south korea. >> yeah, i mean, hes trying to drive the wedge between the two allies. he need...

To prison for up to 30 years. as a presidential candidate, john edwards talked famously about the two americas, one rich, one poor. but as a defendant charged with using campaign money to cover up the sex scandal that threatened his candidacy, he heard his own slogan used against him. campaign finance laws are designed to bring the two americas together, prosecutor bobby higdon said in his closing arguments. and, quote, john edwards forgot his own rhetoric. the government argues edwards mastermi...