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Clarion-lern clarion-ledger, thank you. >> thank you. milestone hit on the dow just now, crossing 17,000 for the first time thanks to strong u.s. job numbers. the dow, by the way, the stock market is only open until 1:00 today because of the holiday. the economy added 288,000 jobs in june. the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.1%. it wasn't that long ago investors were cheering the dow 16,000 hit on november 21st last year. the s&p and the nasdaq are also moving higher. we'll have much more on the jobs numbers with reaction from the white house coming up. up next, we're going to turn to t...

Finished product would make people uncomfortable. cheney wound up winning the september 12th primary with 42% in a three-way race and still calls it the toughest election of his house career. his november win was a walk compared to that primary. he won with 59%. hope you enjoyed that little trip down memory lane. turning back to the june jobs report that showed a gain of 288,000 jobs, the markets have responded by surging past the 17,000 mark. all major indicators are in green this morning. so let's bring in jason furman, chair of the white house council of economic advisers and he joins me ...

Far as we know, traffic is fine in south carolina. >> derrec becker, thank you for joining us from south carolina this morning. wall street edging higher after a solid jobs report this morning. 288,000 jobs were added last month, much more than expected, and it pushed the unemployment rate down to 6.1%. this is now the lowest level we've seen in almost six years. cnn money's alison kosik is live at the new york stock exchange this morning. alison, are we going to touch that 17,000 mark today do you think? >> reporter: stocks have already touched it and crossed it so for the first time ever y...

Right now? >> reporter: it's still nice. sun is out and that's attracting huge crowds to the beaches on the northern outer banks. local and state officials warn that waters are potentially treacherous warning about potential for rip currents. listen. >> don't put your stupid hat on. usually most injuries occur right before a storm or right after a storm. so especially on the coastal area, we want to make sure people don't try out the great waves right before the storm comes even though they are good waves, we don't want you to go into the ocean. >> reporter: as you look down the beach you noti...

The numbers are 6.1% is the unemployment rate. that is almost six-year low since september of 2008. as far as jobs added, nonfarm payroll jobs added, 288,000 versus estimates of 250. a lot of people were surprised by this number. you have many months where you're above the 200 mark and that's good news. then you have the weekly jobless claims. get your pen and paper out. too many numbers. 315,000 weekly claims. that number you want it to be really low. you don't want people going into the offices and filing claims as they need unemployment and that they're out of a job. that came in at 315 ver...