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That was just before the big crisis. >> yes, that's absolutely right. you've been slowly coming down. one thing you'll hear economists see, people have been dropping out of the labor market for months. you have a labor force participation, that's a technical economic term but basically people believing the labor market. >> not even looking for jobs. >> they haven't been able to find their place. you want to see that start to improve. certainly numbers like this help that trend overall. this is what happened in the really worst part of the recession of the financial crisis, 10% unemployment and...

The jobs report out today says the economy added 288,000 jobs in the month of june, good number. today, in fact, marks 52 straight months of private sector job growth. it's the longest job growth streak on record. oh, and there's more good news, 9.7 million jobs have been added since 2010 and 1.4 million of those jobs were added in the first half of this year and it's the most since the first half of any year since 1999. it's all positive. the unemployment rate now has dropped to 6.1%. it's the lowest rate since september of 2008. more positive news? oh, yeah. not bad for the obama economy. ea...

Are invested in the stock market, so stocks are at record highs, investors have been rewarded. companies holding cash have been rewarded, employees haven't. you're finally starting to see employees coming into the mix here. it needs to be broader based, obviously, but these are strong numbers. they show an economy that's healing. >> just to remind everyone, 288,000 jobs added, 288,000 jobs added in the month of june, 6.1% unemployment, the lowest -- >> since 2008. >> that's your news for right now. thanks, christine. michaela? next up on "new day," whitwy bulger speaks out. cut! [bell rings]...

We're not going to have a direct impact here. because of the horrible thunderstorms we had yesterday in this region, there's so much water in the streams and rivers, we have flood watches from d.c. all the way to the north. we'll get another round of severe storms that are widespread. 52 million people at risk of severe storms from d.c. to virginia, all the way to northern new england. then we're going to add some of the moisture from this hurricane to that friday, and we're going to get a lot of flooding problems out there, chuck. so again, we're not going to see devastation, but we are going...

If you take a look at the three states that have driven the largest number of jobs, north dakota, texas and alaska, they're in the energy sector. >> two different interpretations of the job numbers that came out today. payroll employment increases by 288,000 in the month of june. the unemployment rate declines to 6.1%. the lowest since 2008. but sometimes the devil can be in the details. listen to this full screen quote from today's "washington post." the number of people in part-time jobs jumped by more than 1 million in june to 27 million. that has led to worries that the work force may be w...