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This sequester would have effected the numbers on the screen here. 496,000 fewer in the labor force. 63%. lowest level since 1979. cathy busconich an economist, a unin of economists came out at the latter part of the week saying any idea that the sequester was to blame for these numbers is bologna. here is what she said. what is even more troubling about the most recent slowdown is that it takes place even before the sequester cuts materially hit the economy. our view that the estimated 3.5% real g.d.p. growth in q 1 is not likely to be sustained. instead we see the overall economy led by the ...

Pace, if not falling behind a bit. so it remains a tough labor market. the 88,000 should be taken in context. last month we added 268,000. you have to smooth out these monthly blips. if you average over the quarterering with aed about 170,000 jobs per month in the first quarter of this year compared to about 210,000 of last year. that's a deceleration. >> 496,000 dropped out of the labor forceful we put up a full screen. that's a drop to 63.3 from 63.5. the lowest in 34 years. former obama adviser austan goolsbee said this is a punch to the gut. and worse, new york magazine tweeted today's job...

They're going to reach any agreement here and americans are skeptical about whether or not lawmakers are actually making a sincere effort on this summit to begin with, 54 percent think republicans will not make a sincere effort to find bipartisan solutions to health care and 40 percent say they don't think democrats will make a sincere effort to compromise fox news of course is the place for the coverage of the landmark summit, starting at 9:00 a.m. bret baier will anchor the coverage, and cues from the ground and in depth analysis don't go anywhere, it's going to be quite interesting. bill we...

To wind up with an inch or two. if you would like more information, go to foxnews.com/weather. >> gretchen: couple week headlines. the labor department reporting right now, 496,000 new jobless claims were filed last week. that is more than the expected, which was 455,000. >> brian: full investigation underway into sea world in orlando where a 1200-pound killer whale killed its trainer. witnesses say they watched as the whale, the same whale linked to two previous deaths dragged the trainer under water until she drowned. people saw this, because there is an underwater viewing area. it's gruesom...