this is really important because finally nine years after the recession we have started to see wages go up, families earning more, poverty going down. that's how bad that recession was, that it took us until 2015 to see meaningful gains and then a good gain in 2016. these are numbers for 2016. it's the most recent one that we have. let me take a quick look at what the markets are looking like right now. the dow is up about 50 points as trading is wrapping up, very strong day on the markets yesterday. a good week to check your 401(k). breaking this hour the state department weighed on the latest sanctions against north korea saying that it shows the world is acting together and worried about the nuclear threat or the threat of nuclear tests. this comes after the president seemed to downplay the sanctions earlier today. >> we had a vote yesterday on sanctions. we think it's just another very