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>> kate, over to you. all right, chris, thanks so much. breaking news. the monthly jobs numbers just in. alison kosik with the headlines. what are we hearing? >> finding out that 169,000 jobs were added during the month of august. that came in lower than expected. the expected was $185,000. the unemployment rate dipped to 7.3%. you would think that is good news. you look deeper into the numbers and you realize what's behind that dip. that dip happening because 312,000 people dropped out of the labor force. they essentially gave up looking for work out of frustration or not being able to fi...

Report. good morning, alison. >> good morning, carol. this jobs report was a miss. what was expected was 185,000 positions were added in the month of august. instead, we got 169,000 and, worse, you look at the revisions for june and july. july was revised from 162,000 all the way down to 104,000. and then fewer jobs added in june, as well then first thought. a second point to make. 7.3%. that dip in the unemployment rate to 7.3% not really for the reason you want to see. the reason that happened is because 312,000 people dropped out of the labor force. they stopped looking for work altogether,...

The charity reported raising slightly more than $13 million in cash and donating $312,000 in cash to 798 unnamed recipients. that works out to a little less than 4%. the remainder of the donations were in those so-called gifts in kind. and the value of those gifts was determined solely by the breast cancer society. still ahead, in louisiana, more bad news and more questions after a deadly explosion at a chemical plant. i'm the next american success story. working for a company where over seventy-five percent of store management started as hourly associates. there's opportunity here. i can us...

Martha: they're going after federal contract avoided paying taxes despite being paid by your tax dollars. think about that. according to an irs report, 312,000 employees of the federal government owe back taxes. in fact they owe $3.5 billion when you put it all together in back taxes. can you believe that? joined by california democrat, congresswoman jackie spears. she is one of the lawmakers spearheading, pardon the pun this legislation. good to have you with us congresswoman. welcome. >> thank you. martha: let me get this straight. federal employees own a combine 3.5 billion in back taxes? w...

>> you would think federal workers to be the first ones that feel a duty and obligation to pay their taxes, but we have over a hundred thousand current federal employees who are paid by the taxpayers that don't pay their federal taxes. and my bill says, if you don't pay your taxes then you should be fired. >> reporter: here are the numbers. we can show you a graphic of it now. 312,000 federal workers in uncle sam's government owe $3.5 billion. in the executive office of the president, that means the white house, there are 40 obama staffers who owe $333,000. now go to capitol hill, congressiona...