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i m jose diaz-balart we begin this busy hour with breaking news. the brand new jobs report shows the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs in october. which is higher than expected, but the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% from last month s 3.5%. this as the hispanic unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%. the black unemployment rate remains mostly unchanged and there you see the numbers at 5.9%. it s the last jobs report before election day on tuesday with the economy and the cost of living ranking as the top issue on voters minds headed to the polls. joining us with more is business and data reporter brian chung. whatever your takeaways. i want to rehighlight again the numbers we got about an hour and a half ago. in september we had 315,000 jobs added. the new jobs for october showing 261,000 jobs added in the month. but something that caught a lot of attention was the 3.7% unemployment rate that we clocked in as of october. that was a little bit higher than the 3.5% tha ....
Requests have quadrupled over the last year. so they ve turned to a mobile clinic to provide vasectomies. maggie, what can you tell us about the clinic? reporter: there it is behind me, it s a little bit in the distance, doing it for patients privacy. it is lit rally clad in cartoon sperm and honk if you had a va connect my. the message is clear and the demand is real. this is being day two across missouri in st. louis yesterday, springfield today, missouri tomorrow. offering along 60 free vasectomies to men across missouri since the demand has surged in the wake of the roe v. wade reversal. we spoke to three patients yesterday about their experiences, why they wanted to do this. listen to what they said. you just finished your vasectomy. yes. how did it go? ....