from the new york stock exchange with the big important numbers. what are they is this. all right. i was just talking to the guys of the 330,000 jobs, slightly less than anticipated of 336,000 jobless claims. so overall, we ve been seeing jobless claims doing been in the right direction overall. but people are still dropping out of the labor force. you remember so well the guys out there that we saw the monthly number come in. we re seeing the labor force dwindling because people have ceased looking for work because they ve been so frustrated. the jobs picture has been tough. 333,000 claims and the u.s. stock index futures are unchanged this morning. peter: nicole, a lot of in terms of jobs and in terms of places that are great for business and business enhancement and development, every city in america says they re the best. but i guess forbes has a list of what they believe to be the best
froyo and it s fantastic. joining us now, we ve got tcby international ceo neil courtney. great to have you from denver, colorado. i d like your reaction to the number nicole was talking about. 333,000 first-time jobless claims. slightly better than 336 which they were expecting. i think right now based upon our current economic situation, any good news, especially from a consumer perspective, will help drive a little confidence. this recovery, since 2008, has been slow. obviously our business relies heavily on the consumer and any positive news will help our business in the long-term. steve: how have your franchisees been impacted by obamacare, the implementation of it? right now at this point, a little confusing, yeah. it s tough to say at this point in time. our franchisees are such that we
reporter: well they were all immediately expelled from middle school. and those three 15-year-olds are joshua, redden, julian mcnight, and camerage lloyd. they are argued with aggravated battery. redden is charged with unarmed robbery for stealing the victim s $5 after the beating. 6th grade victim told school teachers that day the suspects tried to sell him school pot in the school bathroom. the teacher later questioned boys about this. later on the school bus the 15-year-olds viciously retaliated for being told on. the 13-year-old is recovering. it has been a month now. all he has bottom left is a sore left wrist. three suspects are due in juvenile court tuesday morning. gregg: vicious, vicious, beating. unbeefable. phil keating. thanks very much, phil. all right. jenna: new numbers on the economy today as they get every thursday. 333,000 americans filed for first-time unemployment in the latest week.
you would think federal workers to be the first ones that feel a duty and obligation to pay their taxes, but we have over a hundred thousand current federal employees who are paid by the taxpayers that don t pay their federal taxes. and my bill says, if you don t pay your taxes then you should be fired. reporter: here are the numbers. we can show you a graphic of it now. 312,000 federal workers in uncle sam s government owe $3.5 billion. in the executive office of the president, that means the white house, there are 40 obama staffers who owe $333,000. now go to capitol hill, congressional staffers about 680-plus of them they owe 11 million. when it comes to the judicial branch, court staffers owe a combined total of nearly $13 million in back taxes. utah s republican governor jason chaffetz is behind that.
massachusetts. they re seeing what s going to happen in a state like massachusetts. i think ryan thinks he has some philosophical space to move in there and again, a lot of reasons why he s putting that in there. but nevertheless, you re right, brian. it s a very optimistic and generous way of look at the money that will be on the table and available to him. steve: one of the other things that apparently he s going to propose, right now if you re a high earner, you pay close to 40% in federal taxes. he would like to make things flatter. have two brackets. 10% and 25%, or you could be like a federal employee and not pay any federal taxes. did you see this? we ve got some graphics to show people. at the white house, there are people who work at the white house who have not paid their taxes to the tune of $333,000 for last year. congressional staffers, $10 million. federal employees have not paid their taxes for 2011 to the tune