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Of all. just 4.2%. others in the private sector doing far worse. 7.1% for manufacturing. 14.2% for construction. >> i appreciate the unusual cherry picking of statistics there, ed. >> after dismissing the obama administration own statistics that show of nearly 23 million federal, state and local government workers about 900,000 are looking for work. carney blamed republicans not doing enough to help. >> one element of the president's american jobs act aimed at the need to put construction workers on the job. unfortunately, republicans rejected that. >> top surrogates for mitt romney counter th...

Christie, who so many people named for the vp stakes as well, 14.2% and then further down from there. >> and it's interesting, because arguably the most interesting part of this election may be who is the other part of the romney ticket. how much it can garying guise the campaign. will he do it just ahead of the convention or soon? marco rubio clearly the favorite of those folks like chris christie. you say rob portman 2%, and the favorite-- >> he's the favorite and jeb bush saying the other day, absolutely not. he said i'm absolutely not going to be on the ticket and argued that we need some ...

Is. at 14.5%, that's unprecedented. it is quite high. it is about double the official unemployment rate. it was 14.2, when president obama took office. i am noticing that it was 17.2% in october of 2009. so is there no reason to say, well, we have come down, it is way beyond where it needs to be for us to see a true recovery? >> yes. it has improved. i mean thas improved. but it's still quite, quite high. and the other thing that is really important about it is that this concept of the long-term unemployed, which we haven't seen these kind of number, frankly, ever. 43% of the 12.8 million peop...

President, during that same period, the first lady and the president of the united states gave 14.2% of their income to charitable causes. enough said. thanks so much for watching today. dylan ratigan is next. i hope you'll have a peaceful president's day weekend. see you next week. how nice of joe to, how you say, have your back. try something different. a delicious gevalia kaffe, or as i like to say, a cup of johan. will johan power walk the mall with you? i don't think so. but he will spend time rubbing your feet, discussing your feelings. ♪ joe may have your back, but johan has your feet...

The record for a calendar day in february is nine and a half inches we're right about that. the biggest one they seen in february is only 14.2 inches. those big snowstorms occur in the fall and the spring and the winter tends to be snow, but not that much. we're above the six inches in just one day. >> mike, i can't help but to comment your hontough guy stanc. is that required in the snow? i'm mocking you. >> i only do this during the tamron hall hour on msnbc weekdays from 2:00 to 3:00 eastern. >> love it. i was waiting for you to fall back as a snow angel. you're kind of in that position. i'...