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We look at how to keep the country safe and grow the economy. last week we learned that 292,000 new jobs last month. that's the 70th month in a row of job growth in this country. the quickest reduction of unemployment in decades. the fastest rate of job growth since the 1990s when there was another democrat in the white house, by the way. so we're going to continue to focus on those things. the numbers will sort themselves out. that's what we're focussed on. >> what will the president say tuesday night to reassure the americans who are worried, skeptical, and anxious about the future? >> i thi...

Welcome back. we're two takes away from president obama's final state of the union address on tuesday night. there is a mixed bag of economic news ahead of it. the dow jones industrial average fell 168 points on friday. capping the worst start ever to a new year for the u.s. stock market. 6% decline for the s&p 500. on the other hand, the december jobs report did exceed expectations on friday. saying that employers add ed 292,000 new jobs last month. so how strong is the economy right now? and what is the worry right now for investors? joining me now is manny ire, the president of mahindra nor...

Would want. >> we don't spend a lot of time looking at the numbers, jake. we look at how to keep the country safe and grow the economy. last week we learned that 292,000 new jobs last month. that's the 70th month in a row of job growth in this country. the quickest reduction of unemployment in decades. the fastest rate of job growth since the 1990s when there was another democrat in the white house, by the way. so we're going to continue to focus on those things. the numbers will sort themselves out. that's what we're focussed on. >> what will the president say tuesday night to reassure the am...

We do have breaking news. the labor department releasing december jobs. christine romans has it. >> it is a very strong number for the end of the year. you saw 292,000 net new jobs. that is a strong performance. and look at this. this number was actually revised higher. it is actually 307,000. so a strong end of the year for hiring. and we had been seeing it across the board. construction strong. professional business services. office jobs, business, lawyers, accountants, tech support folks. those are the kind of jobs you want to see really adding a lot of jobs here. when you look at the year,...

Chief business correspondent christine romans, aka, money debbie downer, is joining us. >> i prefer money realist. i love how lottery number is back to back with the jobs number. let's talk about these very good numbers we heard from the federal government. december job growth, 292,000 jobs. that's a solid performance for the american economy. all that worry earlier this week with china and whether that was a douner for the u.s. economy and job growth, it wasn't for the end of the year. let me show you the unemployment rate. right down here at 5%. that's hanging down there at that eight-year l...