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Actually coming from people who are sort of backlogged from these processing problems that were happening in california. then you look at the numbers again and you see a big chunk of those claims numbers. 15,000 of them are because of layoffs of nonfederal workers. i'm talking about contractors, people who work at companies like lockheed martin. these companies have had workers who were furlowed. you're seeing just how these -- 15,000 people in one week, who have only filed for jobless claims numbers, how they're being affected. next week we'll see the numbers on government employees who were ...

Torch gate coming. good morning, everyone. i'm carol costello. we have breaking news on the economy to start off and it's not so great news because the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits surged this week, alison kosik live from the new york stock exchange to tell us why. good morning. >> garood morning. this is catching our eye, the first hard numbers we're getting of what kind of effect that the shutdown is having on americans. now, this is a huge increase in the first time claims for unemployment benefits. they jumped 66,000 last week, a bit of perspective here, this is the...