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Renaissance, manufacturing growth in the country. there are a number of stories to told. one or two caveats concern the president but it shouldnt prevent him from bragging about what hes accomplished. the labor participation rate about unemployment is down. the wage growth is a little down. if i were president i would ask whomever wrote -- if you wrote that intro i would take it and tout and trumpet it around the country. i would add one thing to it. the next part of the growth effort is to ensu...

My next guest says if this immigration bill passes, all american workers will pay for it. former irs agent and speaker at the march, michael cutler, joining me now. michael, heres the argument from the other side just for a moment. they say, 11 million illegals in this country are doing jobs that americans do not want to take. so if you pass immigration reform it doesnt cost americans job. >> its a lot more than 11 million. i think its 30 or 40 million, and we saw it in 1986. i was an a little f...

The bad news is the participation rate. its too low. there are discouraged workers who have thrown their hands up and arent getting into the labor pool to find jobs. lets end with the glass half full. we are seeing a good average of the number of jobs added to the economy per month, especially when you look at the first half of thor year. >> thanks so much. so theyve got things fixed with the evidence locker. court has resumed. trayvon martins brother takes the stand. lets listen.

Bangladesh two weeks ago. the vibration of heavy machinery led to the collapse. we take a look at the garment export industry in bangladesh. >> reporter: the garment industry found a natural home in poor nations. way to provide an abundance of cheap ready made clothing is finding a huge labor pool thats paid little. bangladesh is now the second largest apparel exporter after china. how? unlike some of the competitors, bangladeshi manufacturing remains dirt cheap and unions have limited power. th...

You are using a tax expenditure in a labor pool. student debt, average student is coming out of college, unemployment is 9%. the average debt is somewhere close to $30,000. you have seen important reforms. >> listen, go ahead. >> you wanted the kids to come back. let them come back and fix this town where they were raised. they have vested interest in it. everybody knows that jonathan doesnt want to help children and doesnt want to help them shape or form. >> eric: that is not a fair shot. >> i ...

Ed henry breaks down the budget. but we begin with chief washington correspondent james rosen on jobs. good evening, james. >> chris, good evening. economists say the only reason the jobless rate ticked down was because more americans gave up looking for work. bringing down the number of people officially counted as unemployed. >> the bureau of labor statistics reports the american workforce, the total number of americans working or looking for work shrank by nearly half a million people last mo...

Senior national correspondent john roberts tells us the palmetto state has become a test market for the battle over the g.o.p.s new attitude. >> the topic of the day is immigration reform. >> gang of 8 member lindsey graham, champion of immigration reform, now with a very large target on his back. >> who elected lindsey graham to demand millions more immigrant workers when so many south koreans are jobless? >> not me. >> opponents of immigration reform taking aim at graham and south korea as a t...

Stricter regulation has millions of people rushing to buy guns and ammunition. that means weaponsmakers are hiring. and some manufacturers are scrambling to find enough workers. the firearms industry employs about 230,000 people in the u.s., according to an analyst at morgan dempsey capital management. it is not just a couple of workers at your local gun store. the giants of the business are expanding. companies like sturm ruger and smith & wesson have boosted their hiring. there is a labor pool...

>> state officials in south dakota are worried if they cannot fill all of those jobs kneel could stall the economic slow down and some of the companies looking for jobs may have to come out side to move outside so they can be closer to the labor pool. doesnt want that to happen. >> john roberts excellent reporting on this and in english no less. >> john roberts senior national correspondent. good job, buddy. >> they are not all like that. >> you have no style or sense of fashion. >> i think that...

335 thousand people. once considered the eighth savest in the nation. at this very moment, as they have been all day, officers with the bomb squad, wearing tactical gear are surrounding what theyre calling the booby trapped apartment. the situation so dangerous only robots have entered the apartment and they wont consider entering the apartment until at least tomorrow. were also learning more about the young man who police say not only rigged that apartment with explosives, but in co...