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2007. think about that for a minute. may 2007 was basically the very end, the very end of the very good times of the early 2000s before the financial crisis, the banking crisis and a global economic recession. so that has been steady declining and now hitting a new decade low there. let me show you the sectors really quickly because i see broad based hiring. 19,000 in health care. this is critical. we have been adding tens of thousands of health care jobs every month for years. a lot of folks are going back and crunching the numbers in health care reform. there is an opt schism among hospitals...

All right. the opening bell on wall street rang just moments ago. the market down about ten points or so. this comes after the new really good jobs report released. the lowest unemployment rate in a decade. joined again by cnn's chief business correspondent. what are you looking for today? >> remember back to may 2007. that's why this is so interesting. the lowest since may 2007 before the economy fell apart and so did the markets. i am watching the stock market here and i'm not surprised it is not moving very much. we are watching the oil market quite frankly and there is so much indecision o...

I'm joined by cnn chief business correspondent who always exceeds expectations. this is a good jobs number. >> it is more than double the jobs created. let me show you what the unemployment looks like because this is the headline grabber for me. 4.4% for the unemployment rate. but now you've got a milestone here. it is now the lowest in ten years. may 2007 was the last time you had 4.4% unemployment. may 2007 was before we knew what was going to happen in the economy, sub prime mortgages, the housing market, an economy that blows up, a recession and global economic crisis. that is a real miles...

>> senator ben cardin, democrat of maryland, thanks so much for your time, sir. >> thank you. the money lead, the unemployment rate hit had a milestone. it dropped to 4.4% for the month of april, its lowest point in a decade and a long way since topping 10% in 2009. the last time we've seen a number this low was in may 2007. new numbers out today from the labor department showed the u.s. added 211,000 jobs in april. many economists credit president trump's promises for tax cuts or more infrastructure or deregulation for the gains. for the first time since the black hawk down disaster in 19...

And then one of the america's largest allying, i will characterize it this way, who has been through some turbulent times with donald trump, said we are very supportive of the attack and we're the first out supporting this, and they say this is the right move at the right time. >> so we have the jobs numbers that have just crossed. sara eisen is standing by. how do they look? >> it's a mixed picture for the nation's labor market. 4.5 unemployment rate. that toss to be the headline, the lower unemployment rate in this country since back in may 2007 even as more americans entered the labor force...