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Factories in america. >> sounds good. facts first. the glory days of manufacturing here were in the late '70s. 20 million workers -- that's 25% of the working population then -- earned their paycheck from factory work. it's been a fairly steady decline ever since. today only 12.8 million workers are in the industry. that's about 8.5% of that population. our manufacturing output is still huge compared to the rest of the world, but we're not number one anymore. the key question is why. and the answer is not because the u.s. quit on manufacturing or on workers or that companies simply ran away as...

About? >> well, it's really advancing on three different fronts. broadly speaking, i would say machine intelligence is replacing a lot of human labor. some of that is in physical mobility, robots that can do factory work. some of it is in language and speech recognition. most of us now routinely talk to our smartphones and expect them to understand and carry out our instructions. not perfectly, but you can see we're in the middle of a ten-year period where a lot of tasks can now be done by machines. and problem-solving. each of those is affecting different classes of jobs. and ultimately, tens...

>> reporter: i saw you sneak a kiss on the lips with the president. >> i did. that's a rosy for you. >> reporter: do you feel honored now? >> yes, i do. my descend ants will know i was somebody. >> reporter: after all these years, lara spencer, abc news. washington. >> how sassy is that. >> incredible. >> between 1940 and 1945 female percentage of the u.s. workforce increased by 10%. by 1945 nearly 1 out of every 4 married women worked outside the home. >> amazing. in addition to factory work and other jobs on the front, 350,000 women joined the armed services and they actually served home and...

Claiming credit for eight million new jobs -- well, that's the normal amount of jobs that would be created just with the churn of the economy, with people entering the work force. so it's not a great thing. they were looking for any silver lining they could in describing the economy. but that is a tone of optimism and tone is important. i want to point out -- let's listen to his tribute to john boehner because it was graceful and it was uniting. and it seemed to be well-received. let's watch. >> i believe that here in america, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strengt...

never seen her before. >> that's very good. >> do you know how many times i dreampt of having a taco and beer with you? this is "piers morgan tonight." let's start with the obvious question, how do you actually pronounce your name? >> charlize theron. it's what i thought would be easiest for people. >> what is the african way of pronouncing it? >> charlize theron. >> i much prefer that. say it again. >> charlize theron. >> you were raised south african and came to l.a. with a broad accent. you quite consciously went and taught yourself how to speak in an american accent, right? >> ye...