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Other statistics that were really shocking including the low percentage of even though who do graduate who go on to get a college degree, but heres another one, and i think of all the numbers i saw in this report, this one was perhaps the most disturbing, its the eighth grade reading stores that measure whos reading at highest levels. the highest number for black hails the highest was 15% in kentucky and new jersey, the lowest, 5% in mississippi and nevada. only 5% of eighth grade black boys wer...

Welcome to you both. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> bret: we look at the numbers. the federal reserve in a statement about the economy this past week said this "the pace of recovery and output in employment slowed in recent months." while it still expects the economy to grow the improvement will be more modest in the near term than had been anticipated. and then we had junes trade deficit numbers shot up 18.8% to $49.9 billion. much higher than expected. the highest since october of 20...

Welcome to you both. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> bret: we look at the numbers. the federal reserve in a statement about the economy this past week said this "the pace of recovery and output in employment slowed in recent months." while it still expects the economy to grow the improvement will be more modest in the near term than had been anticipated. and then we had junes trade deficit numbers shot up 18.8% to $49.9 billion. much higher than expected. the highest since october of 20...

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Welcome to you both. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> bret: we look at the numbers. the federal reserve in a statement about the economy this past week said this "the pace of recovery and output in employment slowed in recent months." while it still expects the economy to grow the improvement will be more modest in the near term than had been anticipated. and then we had junes trade deficit numbers shot up 18.8% to $49.9 billion. much higher than expected. the highest since october of 20...

Bleak picture. >> jobless claims are going up and three of four weeks and now at a six-month high, and the highest they have been in six months since february, and yet again the market looks at it and takes it and says it is not there and along with the other indicators saying that the economy is not recovering. >> and look at how long we have been talking about this -- >> a long time. >> and is this the new landscape out there? the new norm and the correction that people indicated had to happen...

Highest on record only to july of 2009 and also under the obama administration. you wont like me with this question. >> like you either way. awe look fantastic. >> theres a report that says extending the bush tax cuts will add to the national deficit. >> theres always that report that says that. they fail to mention when you cut taxes, which would be extending the bush tax cuts, you stunt growth. the economy is a growth engine. it thrives on growth. the way you do that is by cutting taxes. peo...

Primary. but when it comes to general elections, this general midterm election, it turns on the party in power. its a referendum on obama, his administration and democrats in power. so even though republican numbers really, i mean, the favorability number, your right. thats one of the lowest number weve ever scored. its not going to make that much difference to voters because they are voting for an alternative. and, peter, going with what neil said. on the economy, the president is really hurtin...

Of women voters, the good government folks, they want them to be specific. but i think that would be a very dangerous thing for republicans to do right now. >> lets close this by talking about the issue that is driving this entire thing. look at this question on the economy. its something weve been asking, weve asked it six times since the president took office. that is this idea, what is your view of the economic outlook. have we hit rock bottom or still have a ways to go. 64% believe we have n...

Snapshots in time of manufacturings past in the deep south, when cotton was king. the textile industry employed hundreds of thousands of workers over the last century. today, most of those textile jobs are gone. this is all thats left of that dying industry, empty, decaying factors. jobs gone overseas, where they can be done cheaper. even jobs that stayed were fewer than before. automation meant companies could do more with less labor. the recession saw south carolinas unemployment rate more tha...