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Adults seeking work increased to 63.2% up half a percentage point from a year earlier. we did see participation rates falling earlier in the 2000s as we saw the number of women entering the labor force, that slowdown also, the number of baby boomers began to retire in greater number. that was what was reflecting that. looking ahead to today, the february jobs report, the labor department expecting to add 180,000 jobs, the unemployment rate expected to take down 2.39%. we will watch for that at 8:30 eastern today. heather: we mentioned before the break facebook tracking people who don't even ha...

The white house says the very same thing. the labor force participation rate was up slightly. 63.2%. president trump touting the report. >> the economy is doing very well. we're seeing wages rise more than they have at any time for a long, long time. wages are going up first time for many years. i talked about it during the campaign for over 20 years. so i'm happy about that. >> there's good news in there. >> absolutely. but i think when you look at the whole thing together, you mentioned that wage jump, it's the biggest jump since 2009. if you combine that we didn't create new jobs and that w...

Real. self-driving cars and trucks tested on the highways right now and we need to evolve and start pushing the way we think of economic progress to include how our families are doing, how our children are doing. and things matter to the american people. g.d.p. is going to lead us off a cliff. you know, robot trucks great for g.d.p. terrible for many, many american communities. get with the program and figure out how to actually make this economy work for people. >> tucker: i sit with my jaw open i agree with you so strongly. let me ask you finally why isn't this a central question in the camp...

Now and we need to evolve and start pushing the way we think of economic progress to include how our families are doing, how our children are doing., and things that would matter tos the american people. g.d.p. is going to lead us off a cliff. you know, robot trucks are great for g.d.p. terrible for many, many american communities. get with the program and figure out how to actually make this economy work for people. y >> tucker: i sit with my jaw open i agree with you so strongly. let me ask you finally whyn' isn't this a central question in the campaignyb of everybody running for president o...

But we're china's best customer. we could make things very difficult for china very quickly. and i think we're at a point, we have to do that a. people say it's terrible for the economy. of course but losing americans is much worse. >> i agree completely. >> a lot more to talk about with this meeting at the g-20 and particularly pew tip. but up next, a new report says the president is dreading his meeting with german chancellor angela merkel. set for just hours from now. should he be nervous? the german ambassador to the u.s. joins me next. first, according to analysis from the american en...