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Thank you. about 3 1/2 hours until the big event. the jobs report. we'll know for sure when this report comes out. here's what economists are estimating. 158,000 jobs added. the unemployment rate steady at 3.7%. this is what i'll be looking for in this report. manufacturing. america's manufacturing powerhouse stumbled. an important report on factory activity contracting forth first time in three years. what does that mean about factory jobs? that sector has added 7,000 jobs per month compared to 22,000 last year. new jobs in manufacturing are expected to drop to just 8,000. that's half of wh...

Question. thank you for that. the august jobs report comes out at 8:30 a.m. today. it's expected the summer jobs market slowed a little bit. congress estimated 158,000 jobs were added and they think the unemployment rate helped steady it at 3.7%. a few things to watch in this report, manufacturing. america's manufacturing powerhouse stumbled. an important fact on factory work is contracting. what president trump sought to favor is shrinking because of higher costs because of those tariffs and slowing global growth. the sector added only 7,000 jobs per month this year on average compared to 2...

Expanding. 130,000 jobs in the month of august. less than economists were calling for. 158,000. the jobless rate is 3.7%. indicating americans are enjoying job security. government hiring for the census added 25,000 in the month. healthcare hiring for ambulance and hospital workers, finance and insurance, tech and professional services and manufacturing with a small jobs gain through the month. that's important given that elizabeth warren and some economists have warned of a manufacturing recession. retail meantime shedding jobs in the month of august. other signs of a solid jobs market, more ...

>> reporter: it's a reality daniel lloyd is facing along with 44 million americans. student loan debt. >> i may not be able to reach the american dream. >> reporter: lloyd is now asking himself if his bachelors and two master's degrees were worth the $158,000 he owes. a bank rejected his first mortgage application. >> i'm a married man with a wife and newborn baby. i want to be able to provide. i went to school to provide for my family. this makes me feel like i may not be able to do it. >> reporter: student loan debt is at an all-time high. $1.6 trillion. that's twice what it was a decade ago...

Issue, but particularly free college. >> a big issue for that is because genz are a big voteding bloc. we talked to one man who was a new homeowner. he owed $158,000 to his schools. so these are the kinds of folks on the campaign trail are trying to target. lot of different plans. president trump with his ten point plan to reform the higher education act which would simplify borrowing and limit borrowing. democrats, you got bernie sanders saying he just wants to wipe away and offer free college on toppist. then the bidens of the world and those in between offering income based choices. >> dana...