that moves voters. by the way, there s bill clinton and hillary clinton departing. the economy shrunk by 8.9% and we were losing jobs the day he moved into the door. seeds planted by bill clinton s housing policy. now you re blaming clinton. listen, sometimes numbers and facts, again, i m a little bit of a nerd, but i think numbers are helpful. 1 .3 jobs created under bush. 10.6 million jobs you should obama. the great thing about that is it was the time when the western democracies were growing. when you look at our growth rate, guess what, europe below 1%. japan 0. we are actually beating our
are helpful. 1.3 jobs created under bush. 10.6 million jobs under obama. that was a time wen the western democracy rates were growing. when you look at our growth rate, guess what, europe below 1%. japan 0. we are actually beating our peers. you can t admit that so you compare us to china and india which are growing more, but from a lower base. again, you have to do funny numbers and fuzzy math. under obama we ve been beating our competition, and our economy right now is 10% bigger and richer than that was at the height of the post recession peak. those are real numbers. real numbers that barack obama is about to become the
people. since then, 7.6 million people have been internally displaced meaning they fled their homes but stayed in the country. 4 million have fled syria altogether, most going to neighboring countries including lebanon, turkey and jordan. more than 250,000 syrians have been killed in the continuing war. and that leaves about 10.6 million syrians, roughly half the population, remaining where they were four years ago. while refugees continue to stream out of syria, the kremlin is allegedy moving military hardware in. u.s. secretary of state john kerry called sergey lavrov over the weekend. washington is expressing concern about reports moscow is moving military infrastructure into the war-torn country to support its ally the al assad reveal.
are from syria and that nation has lost a huge portion of the population since the uprising against the assad government began four years ago. in 2011 the population was estimated at 22.4 million. since then at least 7.6 million have been internally displaced meaning they fled their homes but stayed in the country. another 4 million have fled syria altogether, most going to lebanon, turkey, or jordan. more than 250,000 syrians have been killed in the continuing war. that leaves about 10.6 million syrians remaining where they were four years ago. strong words and warnings from u.s. president barack obama during an international conference in alaska on the effects of climate change. this is the start of a three-day visit to highlight the impact of climate change which mr. obama called the defining threat of the century and
and while 9.8 million kids receive free or reduced meals in school everyday 10.6 million go without because their parents don t know their eligible. and only one in seven kids who get free or reduced lunch during the school year get free summer lunch. you have to never have actually been hungry or be pretty heartless to think providing lunch somehow drains the souls of hungry kids or children would be asked to bear the burden of their parents economic want by going hungry as some sort of spiritual lesson. as someone who had a single mom who loved her kids and who didn t always have money i promise you that getting free summer lunch at my elementary school with my friends was great for our stomachs and our souls. and that wraps things up for the reid report. i ll see you back here tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern. the cycle is up next. did toure make it back? i made it back, joy. thanks for a little conversation. i would love to do more of that with you because i love your show.