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Expecting 160,000 jobs. when you break down that number what you see is that there were 25,000 jobs added that were just government jobs that were temporary, census workers and they were only there for the 2020 population count. when you look at the private sector they only added 96,000 jobs. >> so were looking at the whole picture and we also look at unemployment and that held steady at 3.7%. then you have the federal reserve chairman jerome powell saying that he does not see a recession coming...

If people dont respond they are missed in the kens us and dont get the accurate population count. the bureau has all other kinds of surveys to find out other information. the unemployment statistics its through a sample survey on a monthly basis. if we want to know characteristics of the population like citizenship, documented status, there are whiches of doing that without complicating the census. because you want the census to be a as simple as possible so that people respond and we get an acc...

Not just news the president doesnt like and what facebook is doing about it in 2020. were not talking about the election. were talking about the census and the way trolls might try to mess with it by spreading bad info. i definite sheryl sandberg said the once in a decade population count is so important that facebook will treat it like an election with people, policies and technology in place to protect against census interference. keep some mind it is used to count up districts to determine wh...

Population count. an undercount of hispanics and other immigrants. another one could affect which party controls the white house. the justices will decide to uphold or strike down congressional district maps that were drawn for partisan gains. the maps are declared unconstitutional, it would have implications in other states around the country. joining me now is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. talk us through the cases that came down today. >> the one of interest is a decision by t...

Numbers from a population count released last week and 36,000 homeless people living in the city. 16% increase. county wide homelessness increased to 60,000 according to the areas homeless services authority. the inaction for the citizen of los angeles has caused third world conditions. this is a quote from the petition. garcetti has failed to prevent homelessness in los angeles causing a serious risk to all the public health with reported diseases and rodent, flea and bedbug born diseases. the ...

Gerrymander districts, change the way districts are drawn, have districts that are less s hispan hispanic, less minority. because fewer people who are not legal would answer a census. why would they? they would be afraid and they say this is supposed to be a count, this is a population count, it is not about anything else. >> by the way, im an alum of the voting rights section in the doj. over 50 years, there was never a need in order to enforce the voting rights act to have that question on the...

Population count. the justice department argues that census officials would take steps to ensure an accurate count such as making in person follow up visits. justice department officials say households that skip the citizenship question but fill out a substantial portion of the questionnaire will be counted. lets get a quick check of your weather with michele grossman. >> another cold day and another cold set up will spark snow in the northern plains, the midwest and this will move east. by frid...

♪ >> maria: a coalition of 17 states, washington, d.c. and six major cities is now suing to block the trump administration from adding a u.s. citizenship question to the 2020 census. it would be the first time the short form census asks such a question since 1950. the new york attorney general eric sneiderman is the one spearheading the lawsuit. he says the citizenship question could actually cause an inaccurate population count that could hurt certain states. >> census officials have said ver...

Census bureau to add a question to the census. the lawsuit claims it would undermine the accuracy of the population count. well see where that goes. >> heather: we have some breaking news from overseas now. israel saying that it has stopped a major attack on its naval forces off the coast of gaza and theyve arrested 10 palestinians suspected of planning it. the news amid increasing violence along the israeli/gaza border. we are joined now with more. >> according to an israeli statement the plot ...

Baloney. theres heavy, heavy push booking this controversial move. even the former u.s. attorney general, eric hoerlder signing f on the alarm. saying this would negatively impact voting rights for decades. and ultimately, it would cause a population undercount. immigrants wouldnt want to fill out the census. and simply, why do we care? it is used to determine congressional district boundaries and also, inaccurate population count could mean that communities would not get the adequate amount of ...