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Month employers added far fewer jobs than originally expected. 194,000 added, economists were predicting 500,000. the unemployment rate, however, did go down and now sents below 5%. president here trying to put a positive spin on all of this, telling reporters things are improving month to month. >> so in the past three months, we've seen a crop of 1.3 -- drop of 1.3 million long-term unemployed. that's the largest three month fall since we started keeping records in 1948. more to do with great progress. >> reporter: but inflation remains a real concern. aaa reporting the national average for ...

They are saying we'll have more of this sticker shock and we're going to have to see how long that lasts. >> i don't know if people are ever coming back to full office space. that's just a tough one to predict. tell us about oil prices. >> oil prices up $75 oil is here. $90 could be around the corner. u.s. oil closed at the highest level in nearly three years today. that suggests that prices at the pump are going to stay elevated. the national average is at $3.19 a gallon. that's up from $2.19 a year ago. some states like colorado, pennsylvania are above $3.30. demand for energy has recovered ...

Not my backyard is i think joe biden's biggest policies. brian: i noticed that, too. you are not exaggerating, brian, is he doing that in greenland. 6 million barrels a day withholding. chris, how much has he hurt you already as gas is now 3.19 from 2.19. how much has he hurt your industry already and he has only within in the job seven months. >> chilling regulatory environment. a message you are not welcome here. a message that tax policy is going to change. of course that slows investment for development in the u.s. when you show slow investment you slow the growth of supply you push prices...

The track for the athletics. here's the medal table as it stands: china leads at the moment, with japan and usa close behind. our sports presenter, sarah mulkerrins, joins us live from tokyo now. and we've had a world record in the pool? we certainly have, a brilliant morning in the pool for the women. that record for south africa's tatiana schumacher, she has been swimming so well and has a gold metres from the best route to add to her silver in the 100 metres. she did it in the 100 metres. she did it in some style. that world record has been held since 2013, she is the one who has broken out...

>> sandra: americans understand how much they're paying at the pump. according to aaa, a gas for average gallon today is $3.13. it was $2.19 a year ago and you're paying almost a dollar more. let's bring in david. you are a guy that does understand and i believe most americans understand what causes gas prices to go up what is everybody getting so caught up on? >> it is an incredible insult to americans to suggest that only the folks inside the white house understand what is going on. americans do understand that gas prices are way out. that's obvious. but they also understand that the most ba...