Pelley this is our western edition. It is now the trump economy, and the numbers out today show that the recovery that began eight years ago is continuing on his watch. In february, President Trumps first full month on the job, the economy created 235,000 jobs, and the Unemployment Rate ticked down to 4. 7 . All the more impressive if you believe what candidate trump claimed the rate was just a year earlier. Dont believe those phony numbers when you hear 4. 9 and 5 unemployment. The numbers probably 28 , 29 , as high as 35 , in fact, even heard recently 42 . Pelley well, today, the white house didnt think the numbers were phony, and we have more now from jim axelrod. Reporter they are hiring once again at quality controlled manufacturing, which supplies parts to the aerospace industry. W he controls both of these machines. Reporter by the end of this month, chief operating officer rick urban will have increased his workforce by 12 this year, confident in what he sees as President Trump
This is the cbs evening news. Quijano good evening. Im elaine quijano. And this is our western edition. Anthony mason is off tonight. They were attacked as they worshiped. At least 235 were killed by a bomb and bullets in the sinai peninsula. It was egypts deadliest terror attack and the first on a mosque. President trump called it horrible and cowardly and phoned egypts frot offer his condolences. Heres elizabeth palmer. Reporter heres the al rawdah mosque just after the attack. Inside, shocked survivors walk among those gunned down by about 40 armed men who detonated a bomb near the mosque and then slaughtered worshipers as they ran for their lives. Some gunmen even hid, waiting to ambush vehicles evacuating the wounded. Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Elsisi went on National Television and vowed he would respond to the attack with brute force. But for the past four years, Egyptian Security forces have been fighting a losing battle in the sinai against islamist extremists, especially