breakdown. i think that you ve seen the actions that he s taken, whether it s carrier or some of the other companies, sprint, softbank, clearly there is a desire for companies to want to come be part of this trump agenda and build and manufacture, create jobs, bring jobs back. but i m not at liberty to start parsing the bls and other reports as far as where that comes down. but look, his team led by gary cohen, was really pleased with the numbers this morning. obviously we are pleased that 227,000 jobs is a great kickoff. we hope they get better, we know there have been a lot more work to do, and that is why the president continues to meet with business leaders, union leaders, to help figure out how to grow the economy. the government revealed in an alexandria court case that over 100,000 visas have been report revoked as part of the president s travel ban, which includes visa holders already in the united states, and will the government begin finding them and supporting them? i wi
unfortunately we don t have that kind of a breakcounsel, i think that you ve seen the action that he s taken whether it s carrier or some of the other companies, sprint, softbank, clearly there s a desire for companies to want to come and be part of the trump agenda and build and manufacture and create jobs, bring jobs back but i m not at liberty to parsing the reports as far as where that comes down but look, his team led by gary cohen was really pleased with the numbers this morning. obviously we re pleased that we re 227,000 jobs is a great kickoff. we hope they get better. we know there s a lot more work to do and that s why the president continues to meet with business lead everyerleaders, u to figure out how we can grow the company. over 100,000 visas have been revoked as part of the president s travel ban. does that include visa holders already in the united states and will the government begin finding them and trying deport them? i ll have to get back to you on that. i don
uber, people were saying they didn t like how close he and his company appeared to trump because of this travel ban. ceos will tell the president they don t like the travel ban, they don t like his policies, and why. it s a tightrope they re walking. they want a seat at the table on tax reform and the likes and they don t want to be on the wrong end of a tweet from this president. i would like to go back to the jobs number. i think this is very important. he called the labor department statistics on jobs a hoax, he s called them phony, he s called them a fake, a fraud. now he seems to be accepting them, they were good. we should read the quote for people in case they missed that. he says a couple of things happened this morning. 227,000 jobs, great spirit in the country right now. so we re very happy about that. in the past he has seen numbers like that and said, oh, that s fake, to make barack obama look good. now he seems to be accepting it. i think it s going to continue big lea
go back and forth. let s be honest, donald trump s had a whole lot of meetings. they look in large part like photo opportunities. last monday when he met with the manufacturing ceos the cameras were only in the room for a short portion of it. i spoke to people in the room when they left the roosevelt room and went to the oval office they were not having a hard detailed conversation. they continued to talked about winston churchill and crowd sizes. when will this go from a photo opportunity to a real meeting. the jobs number 227,000 is a great number. 4.8% unemployment is a great number. so why are there so many unhappy people in america? it s underemployment. it s people who aren t looking for jobs anymore or wages. they might have one or two jobs and still can t make ends meet. the fact donald trump is sitting in a room with influencers and employers, the question is how do ceos today make more money than their average employee than
although the survey was taken in early january when president obama was still in office. but i digress. still, it is the trump economy for you. the u.s. added 227,000 jobs in january, well ahead of december s gain, the unemployment rate ticking up a hair, 4.8%. what does it all mean? i don t know. that s why i go to cnn s christine romans. i ve been waiting for this one to come out just to hear how president trump reacts to it. before i get to that, these numbers say the job market is still strong, 227,000 jobs, look how that fits into the overall picture, because context is so important with these numbers. it s the best we ve seen since the summer. the unemployment rate, 4.8%. that s about half of what it was. remember those terrible days after the financial crisis, during the financial crisis? the unemployment rate has been cut in half since those terrible days. this is where the job creation is. retail, construction. the housing market is doing well. just a gradual rise in mortgag