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>> please. that's why i have you here. >> since donald trump was elected, we have created 1.35 manufacturing, mining and construction jobs. 1.35 million. we were losing jobs in a lot of those areas. >> and the growth rate has dropped since then. i got a chart for you if you want to see it. >> manufacturing has dropped off. construction, my god, chris. i spend two, three days on the road a week. just look out the window. all you see is construction. we're building things again in america. it's amazing. i got to tell you. every single employer i talk to from the west coast to the east coast. not...

50 years. we have 7 million more jobs today than workers. and by the way, i think you both know. >> i love -- i love the use of the women headline on that. >> it's great we love it. >> black and hispanic unemployment is also at record low. but one of the problems we have david with the economy as you know is it's booming so much that literally ask any employer about any state in the country ask them the biggest problem it's finding workers. basically what we're finding right now in terms of the economy is we just can't find the workers to fill all the jobs we have. 7 million jobs surplus. that...

President. the deregulation. the tax cut on top of that has worked. you mentioned on top of the really good economic jobs numbers, we also had the forecast for the second quarter gdp. it's now 4.7% which is off the charts. the other one that came in that was really strong was the revenues. the revenues for the government in april came in 12.5% above last year. so we're getting job growth, we're getting economic growth, we're even getting revenue growth for the government. when i talk to business men and women around the country, you know what their number one complaint is now, finding workers ...

Like it? >> futures are up a little bit. mostly they're worried about tariffs and what's going to happen on the trade front here. >> empress of the segue. chris totine romans, because ths what i want to talk about. >> let's talk about the numbers that christine was just talking about. it's a remarkable american story going back to the great depression. >> i believe with that. it's unbelievable, the 3.8% unemployment rate today. that, christine, you know we used to say full employment is 4 to 4.5%. that means we're actually below full employment levels. the number one problem that most employer...

Stephen, this the president keeping a promise at the end of the day. do you think it's going to go through? >> i think you're absolutely right, the president is keeping a promise. for people saying why is he doing this? he campaigned on this. i was there with him when he said these trade deals were the worst things that happened to america. that appealed to workers in ohio, michigan, rust belt states. in the end, i just don't think we're doing the economy a favor. i think the timing of this is odd. as "the wall street journal" said here weave got an economy firing on all cylinders where in a l...