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Surprising, right? for all the talk it gets. that's politics, not reality. now, 4.3 million, huge. unusual. why? people normally only quit when things are really good. more options, more chances for better pay. but that's not the case. unemployment is still high. for industry after industry, the story is they can't find enough workers. that's because everything stayed home because they're getting fat on those government checks? unlikely. why? they stopped months ago. and they brought most people to minimum wage. that's hardly easy street, that's hardly retirement money. we learned more about t...

They stopped months ago. and they brought most people to minimum wage. that's hardly easy street, that's hardly retirement money. we learned more about the why when we go from how many are gone to who they are. we're talking mostly about people who work in food, retail, and health care. the last one, we're talking 524,000 since february. now, one of the side notes in this big debate about letting insurance companies negotiate directly with big pharma. keep your eye on big pharma and health care's labor numbers. because if they don't get what they want, they're going to start talking about swea...

President trump said multiple times today when he took office he inherited a mess. >> i inherited a mess. it's a mess. at home and abroad. a mess. jobs are pouring out of the country. you see what's going on with all of the companies leaving our country going to mexico and other places. low pay, low pages, mass instability overseas no matter where you look. the middle east a disaster, north korea, we'll take care of it, folks, we'll take care of it all. i just want to let you know, i inherited a mess. >> keeping them honest. let's look at the numbers on the economy. what president trump inheri...

This is not a rogue operation, in that it was approved in all branches of government. the amazing thing we've learned, how many people have security clearances, not just in government, but in contracting companies as well. a report put out by the director of national intelligence in 2010, 4.2 million security clearances. 4.2 -- >> government or contractors? >> both. 1.4 million were top secret highest levels. of those, 524,000 were contractors. 524,000 contractors had top secret, highest level security clearance. >> you know, we didn't -- we didn't elect the contractors, didn't vote for the co...

jessica, what do you know about the president's plans for next month? >> after labor day he'll reveal a jobs proposal that will have specifics in the way his critics have been calling for. according to my sources it will be actual legislation. that's real detail. i'm told the package will be new initiatives and not a rehash of the policies we've been hearing him promoting recently like patent reform or infrastructure bank. my sources say there will be proposals in three main categories. targeted tax cuts. another big one for the white house is new infrastructure investment and then l...