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Comeback. a new report shows manufacturing jobs are on the rise with companies adding nearly 500,000 manufacturing jobs since the beginning of 2010. that's the first period of significant growth since the late 1990s. i'm joined by consumer expert regina lewis. regina, that report shows economic conditions here in the u.s. are making it more attractive for manufacturing in the states, a big part of this has to do with transport costs. >> yeah, richard. here's the trifecta. number one, the dollar is worth less. any of these things in isolation don't sound so good. we don't have the buying potent...

But as we start to adjust, come 2015, i'm not sure that our buying potential will be higher but our job scenario could be much better because what will happen or what is projected to happen is suddenly i'm just as well off employing and opening a plant in the u.s. as i am elsewhere. that's game changing. >> that's the big change we are seeing, perhaps indications of. thank you so much, regina. >> sure. now to office politics this week, we're looking back at the best of alex's interviews including tina brown from "newsweek" to dan rather. we begin with the challenges president obama faces in ...