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the economy created more jobs than previously estimated. there are people who dont like this number at all. leading the band is the legendary ceo of general electric, jack welch. jack, you made a lot of news today. heres the tweet you put out this morning. unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. cant debate, so change numbers. and im just wondering, i understand the way it works the president gets a heads up on the unemployment number 4:00 the day before and has...

>> i know. >> the third quarter is not going to be very strong. >> jack welch, thank you very much for joining us at the top of "hardball" tonight. >> thanks, chris. with me now, not to fight with jack but to have a different point of view, jack bernstein. you heard that discussion. i think its fairness. i like jack. im fond of the guy obviously. jack welch raised the question. it was his business instinct the and attitude towards this president, that came together at 8:35 and tweeted out this...

now we have the number itself. plus, the good news about the last two months. the economy created more jobs than previously estimated. there are people who dont like this number at all. leading the band is the legendary ceo of general electric, jack welsh. heres the tweet you put out this unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. cant debate, so change numbers. and im just wondering, i understand the way it works the president gets a heads up on the unemployment n...

the economy created more jobs than previously estimated. there are people who dont like this number at all. leading the band is the legendary ceo of general electric, jack welsh. heres the tweet you put out this morning. unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything. cant debate, so change numbers. and im just wondering, i understand the way it works the president gets a heads up on the unemployment number 4:00 the day before and has to keep it to himself. youre saying...

>> theres no excuse for not passing these ideas. we know they can work. if congress decides, despite all that, they arent going to do anything about this simply because its an election year, then they should splap to the american people why. >> the question now is with republicans having to face the voters, will they still dare to block jobs for people who are in this country really struggling? joining me now is congressman sandra levin, democrat from michigan, and jack bernstein, msnbc contribu...

our economy would be stronger. of course, congress refused to pass this jobs plan in full. >> among other things, the plan would have created or saved 400,000 education jobs. it would have done the same for thousands of police and firefighter jobs, and it would have jumpstarted new infrastructure projects across the country. when it was introduced, john mccains former economist said it would create 1.9 million new jobs and reduce the unemployment rate by 1%, and the american people lov...

>> theres no excuse for not passing these ideas. we know they can work. if congress decides, despite all that, they arent going to do anything about this simply because its an election year, then they should splap to the american people why. >> the question now is with republicans having to face the voters, will they still dare to block jobs for people who are in this country really struggling? joining me now is congressman sandra levin, democrat from michigan, and jack bernstein, msnb...

settlement a big bank shakedown in a war on the bank declared by uncle sam on all 50 attorneys general? how will they lend if we keep taking their money from them. the mortgage deal from hell and in a cnbc exclusive youll hear from the first time from clint eastwood. hell tell us why he thinks he wasnt showing for president obama and youll hear what he said in just a moment. first, lets drill down on our market story. jobless claims down, profits carrying us, 14,000 dow. well, i may no...

plus, michele bachmanns attempt to go main stream is over. her sickening true colors came out today. and murdocks mess, his phone-hacking scandal deepens. can he survive it? what does itean for fox news? welcome to the show. tonights lead, we need to stop having the wrong conversation on jobs. the new jobs numbers came out today. and they are good. unemployment hit 9.2%. and if we needed any more proof, here it is again. the republican approach of tax cuts and huge spending cuts is...

Joining me now is former pennsylvania governor and dnc chair ed rendell and jack bernstein, former chief economist to vice president biden. hes writing today about the new overtime pay rules and his research helped drive the new initiative. thank you both for being here. >> thank you, rev. >> rev. >> governor the president looks as confident as frankly, ive ever seen him in tackling his agenda. whatever happened to lame duck? >> hes not a lame duck. the president is enjoying actually having not ...