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Economy is an excellent shape. today's jobs report shows 431,000 jobs added in march, bringing unemployment down to 3. 6. wages have gone up, rising by an average of 5. 6% over the last 12 months. but, can the momentum of this economic recovery gets past the inflationary woes weighing on americans? with us tonight to discuss, justin will first, professor of economics at the university of michigan. justin, for anybody who's has a teenager at home who kept on a summer job, this report proves that there are liars. employers are hiring, they're paying, and people are going back to work. how do you...

It was a staten island warehouse. maybe you could say, if it's new york -- but it seems like a union friendly place. i'm not as confident that this spells a sharp turnaround for the union movement, but we'll see. >> it's a really important reminder. if you could just say that again. we talk about the labor movement, but unions have a been shrinking over the last few years, yes? >> not just the last few years, the last 56 -- 60, 70 years. >> a lot of talk, not a lot of changes. yet we'll see. who knows. maybe amazon is changing this. justin, always good to see you. coming up, new reporting on w...

We talk a lot about what this is like for women and children, who've been forced to flee. it's also difficult for husbands and fathers, like you, who are left behind, fighting. what's it like to be away from the wife and children? >> it's slightly brutal. that's not something that i would wish anybody to experience. there's a lot of fathers and wives, who left someone behind, or who send someone away, and stayed behind. it's about 50% of the military personnel in ukraine has family, then kids that they left. i'm nothing out of ordinary. the level of willingness of people to defend their countr...

1.6 million workers, in an economy of one -- 50 million workers. it was a staten island warehouse. maybe you could say, if it's new york -- but it seems like a union friendly place. i'm not as confident that this spells a sharp turnaround for the union movement, but we'll see. >> it's a really po reminder. if you could just say that again. we talk about the labor movement, but unions have a been shrinking over the last few years, yes? >> not just the last few years, the last 56 -- 60, 70 years. >> a lot of talk, not a lot of changes. yet we'll see. who knows. maybe amazon is changing this. jus...

And two sons out of ukraine. for a while -- [inaudible] >> we talk a lot -- we talk a lot about what this is like for women and children, who've been forced to flee. it's also difficult for husbands and fathers, like you, who are left behind, fighting. what's it like to be away from the wife and children? >> it's slightly brutal. that's not something that i would wish anybody to experience. there's a lot of fathers and wives, who left someone behind, or who send someone away, and stayed behind. it's about 50% of the military personnel in ukraine has family, then kids that they left.