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Seen, you find precious few republicans to support in this environment? >> wait, neil, strongest recovery for whom? workers haven't seen that recovery yet. >> neil: richard, you look at the same data i look at. do you look at -- record low unemployment rate. >> give me a chance to explain. >> neil: do you look at the same data i do? record low unemployment? >> i do. >> neil: you say no. >> i do. you had one month of wage increase, one. one quarter. >> neil: you had two years of improving numbers, richard. two years, not one, two years of improving numbers. >> healthcare out of pocket costs wen...

Trump in 2016 by 20 points and also drove defeat of the state's right to work proposition a just this past august. so one big question, neil, how are these union members going to vote today, that could be driver in who wins this race, neil. >> neil: thank you, kristin. i will raise that point with afl-cio president, richard trumka. richard, union numbers picked up, including unemployment levels among union families about lowest they have been in 20 years. i'm wondering why you would be against the president of the united states if he's helping you provide those numbers? >> well, neil, this pre...

Something -- >> neil: supported richard? >> supporting republicans right now. >> neil: who? >> brian fitzgerald in pennsylvania, republicans in new jersey, we're supporting republicans in ohio. here is the problem, neil. there are precious few republicans that support workers. when they support workers, we support them. when they don't -- >> neil: i understand. if unemployment goes down among workers, if prospects improve over the last couple years, whether you want to pin to donald trump or not, you draw distinction between the president and his party, but i mean, that is progress you were no...

First. >> neil: all right, good to have you, you are doing well coming out of your shell, keep working on that. >> neil, you can mark me down as undecided. >> neil: thank you, real honor talking to you. i appreciate it. we have another tight race in missouri, this is a pickup that republicans are salivating over. but, you know, get behind the numbers, which we plan to do after this. and afl-cio on why this president may be helping unions more than republican predecessors, but apparently not enough for richard, after this. i've always been amazed by what's next.

A lot of local races, state house members, state senate. so i don't have that, i'll be able to get that tomorrow b. 1500 union members are running for office on the ballot this time and we're working hard to get them elected, some are republicans, most are democrats, but some are republicans. >> neil: all right, richard, very good chatting with you. i appreciate it. thanks for having me. >> neil: ivanka trump richard trumka. afl-cio. contentious and expensive senate race between bob menendez and bob hugin. first to david lee miller, mountainside, new jersey, with the latest of what has been a ...