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General motors, 46,000 workers were on strike precisely the time this report was being compiled. so you can add on 50 or 60,000 people to that 128,000 number. there were also workers furloughed at suppliers. add on some more to this. i think we got a pretty good number right here. what is the rate? did you get that yet? brian: we don't have it yet. >> i'm looking. steve: 3.6. it is up a bit. >> fully employed economy. only tipped up fraction, 3.5%, historic low to 3.6%. that is good number. lots of jobs being created. i am waiting on wage number. see if i can get that for you. wages are rising...

>> sandra: fox news alert now. a new employment report just out. 128,000 jobs added in october. easily topping expectations. even with a general motors strike. the unemployment rate did tick up slightly to 3.6% but it is still sitting near a 50-year low. so that is the news. the market is reacting favorably to that. august and september revisions jobs added was revised significantly higher, the market liking that. >> bill: a lot of good news in this. folks coming out of the woodwork to look for employment, too. if you want a job, you can get one right now. >> sandra: market likes it. >> bill: ...

>> bill: the president says he is leaving new york for florida. and the new good riddance. what is the message from the white house back to the empire state? >> we're not going to waste our time with a governor who would say something like that. that was petty and silly. i want to talk about the jobs numbers if that's possible. >> bill: pretty good numbers. what is your read on that as the revision from august and september was better than most had even expected stephanie? >> the presidents economic agenda is working. everything he is doing is working. adding 128,000 jobs if october is fantast...

Welcome back. it is the first friday of the month, that means that it is jobs report day and it is one today that exceeded wall street's expectations. the u.s. department of labor announced employment rose by 128,000 jobs in october, but the employment rate ticked up a bit, went up to 3.6%. the data here showing what we call nonfarm payroll employment. this is what we've seen for the last couple of years. last month's numbers show a significant decrease in the gains that we saw from august in 2019. here is how the markets are reacting this hour. we have seen -- actually, they have been in the ...

This election is about plans, not while biden has been saying to voters this week that this election is not about plans, it's about having a proven ability to get things done. and when we talk to the former vice president yesterday in fort dodge, we asked him about warren's forthcoming plan, he said no individual that's looked at this, medicare for all, said you can do this without raising middle class taxes. we haven't gotten a response from them on this plan but it will be interesting to see if they believe it passes muster in terms of that evaluation. >> road warriors, mike memoly and ali v...