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They say they dont incentivize people to go back to work. charles payne is here with us. great to have your with us. what are your thoughts on the numbers, charles? >> a major disappointment, martha. two months ago, wall street was saying brace for a million jobs the next several months. we have not hit that in two months combined. it was below what wall street was anticipating. not only that, the private sector had fewer jobs. the government had 67,000 jobs. when we talk about the unemployment ...

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U-3. u-6 i think tells you a little more these days about whats going on in the economy. >> gretchen: if you dont have a job its 100% unemployment rate so its all relative. >> thats right. >> gretchen: adjusted unemployment rate unemployment rate of labor force equal to january of 2009 when president obama came. in would actually be 10. a%, correct? >> i think 10.5, 10.6, yeah. very high. you have a bunch of people coming that the market every month that have to be met. i think its 120,000. cert...

Part-time work and they dont count in that number the people who have left the work force altogether because they still dont have a job, still want one, but theyre not counted as unemployed. so, they discuss that one more in their monthly report, but they do include in every monthly report whats called the u-6 unemployment rate, so its up to the media to do interviews-- >> what it sounds like youre saying is that the u-3, the one that everybody hears about 7.8 isnt as relevant as u-6. >> clayton...

Jon: some new developments on the job front now where the may unemployment rate stands at 8.2%, and the numbers for june not expected to change when they are released this friday, well that makes it the longest stretch which exceeded n more than 60 years. and while the numbers sound bad, it is really even worse than you might think because a lot of folks without a job arent even counted anymore. jeff flock has their story in a preview of the fox special, out of work. so, jeff, why dont they coun...

>> bill: in the back of the book segment tonight, reality check where we leave with a very important story and one that has been overlooked by many in the media check one. according to the bureau of labor statistics there are six, six measures of unemployment in america. one of those called u-3 says 8.3% of workers are unemployed. but u-6 says the number of american workers who are under employed or given up looking for work who is now at 15%. thats huge. class of people includes discouraged wor...

>> bill: in the back of the book segment tonight, reality check where we leave with a very important story and one that has been overlooked by many in the media check one. according to the bureau of labor statistics there are six, six measures of unemployment in america. one of those called u-3 says 8.3% of workers are unemployed. but u-6 says the number of american workers who are under employed or given up looking for work who is now at 15%. thats huge. class of people includes discouraged wor...