the world. when we look at where we are economically and we are a stronger economically we have been in history. steve: historic. best in the world. maybe in their world but not in the real world it is the reality this labor day weekend joe biden america is working. yes it is true the unemployment rate is low but the main reason the rate is low because so many americans stopped looking for work just this week we saw the latest figures for job openings way ahead of expectation nearly an all-time record spinning this with good news people are hiring. no. they cannot find people to do the work one of the reasons why we have runaway inflation. look at this we keep focusing on this because it is so important the labor participation rate is still the lowest outside of the pandemic shut down for 45 years is just over 60 percent that means 40 percent of americans of working age are not working. that s not just an economic disaster but social disaster study after study has shown hav
the world. when we look at where we are economically and we are a stronger economically we have been in history. steve: historic. best in the world. maybe in their world but not in the real world it is the reality this labor day weekend joe biden america is working. yes it is true the unemployment rate is low but the main reason the rate is low because so many americans stopped looking for work just this week we saw the latest figures for job openings way ahead of expectation nearly an all-time record spinning this with good news people are hiring. no. they cannot find people to do the work one of the reasons why we have runaway inflation. look at this we keep focusing on this because it is so important the labor participation rate is still the lowest outside of the pandemic shut down for 45 years is just over 60 percent that means 40 percent of americans of working age are not working. that s not just an economic disaster but social disaster study after study has shown hav
maybe in their world but not in the real world it is the reality this labor day weekend joe biden america is working. yes it is true the unemployment rate is low but the main reason the rate is low because so many americans stopped looking for work just this week we saw the latest figures for job openings way ahead of expectation nearly an all-time record spinning this with good news people are hiring. no. they cannot find people to do the work one of the reasons why we have runaway inflation. look at this we keep focusing on this because it is so important the labor participation rate is still the lowest outside of the pandemic shut down for 45 years is just over 60 percent that means 40 percent of americans of working age are not working. that s not just an economic disaster but social disaster study after study has shown having a job for the most important building blocks of the help happy and flourishing life battle for families and communities and our entire country but
see all the goals later this half hour. good evening. the leader of britain s biggest trade union unite says the labour party needs to get a spine and do more to stand up for working people struggling with the cost of living. sharon graham told the bbc that there is currently no strong voice for workers in parliament and she said people wanted a strong message from labour. the party has not supported calls for pay rises backed by industrial action, but says if it were in power it would join talks between employers and unions. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more. what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? now! could the summer of strikes turn into a winter of discontent? at felixstowe port, 1,900 dock workers are finishing an eight day walk out, impacting uk supply chains for food, clothing and essential goods. there are now calls ahead of next month s gathering of trades unions at the tuc conference for future strikes to be synchronised or staggered to maxim
help ves rans sickened by toxic burn pits. i m used to the lies. not used to the cruelty. can the bill pass this week? veterans secretary denis mcdonough will be here. with some world leaders falling short, will it be too late? i ll ask the new australian prime minister, anthony albanese, about his ambitious plan in his exclusive first u.s. interview ahead. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is wondering if political tides may be turning. president biden is back in isolation this morning after testing positive with a rebound case of covid after being treated with paxlovid. though his doctor says he no longer has any symptoms. this time biden does have some good news to mull over. first, the bipartisan passage of a bill to boost competition with china on the manufacturing of semiconductors. and second, a sudden possible deal in congress on a massive plan to begin to tackle the climate crisis, high drug prices and address big companies tha