This is real money and you are the most important part of the show. Tell me what is on your mind by tweeting me at ali velshi. Americans and employers extended the hiring spree in july adding 209,000 net new jobs to the economy. That is according to the newest jobs report that came out earlier today. Although julys gains actually dipped compared to the gang buster gains weve seen in previous months weve seen an average of 244,000 new jobs every month for the next past six months. Thats good news but we want to see higher average monthly job gains because were greedy about these things. We have a lot of time to make up for all those months where we lost jobs otherwise it still feels oh slow going for many of the estimated 9. 7. Million americans who are still looking for work. I usually say to ignore the Unemployment Rate figure but i want to Pay Attention to this one for now. Unemployment actually picked up to 6. 2 . Up a little bit. While that sounds bad its not. Heres why. Last month
Money. This is real money and you are the most important part of the show. Tell me what is on your mind by tweeting me at ali velshi. Americans and employers extended the hiring spree in july adding 209,000 net new jobs to the economy. That is according to the newest jobs report that came out earlier today. Although julys gains actually dipped compared to the gang buster gains weve seen in previous months weve seen an average of 244,000 new jobs every month for the next past six months. Thats good news but we want to see higher average monthly job gains because were greedy about these things. We have a lot of time to make up for all those months where we lost jobs otherwise it still feels oh slow going for many of the estimated 9. 7. Million americans who are still looking for work. I usually say to ignore the Unemployment Rate figure but i want to Pay Attention to this one for now. Unemployment actually picked up to 6. 2 . Up a little bit. While that sounds bad its not. Heres why. Las
Kong. We start in afghanistan where at least 49 people have been killed at a volleyball match in paktika prove incident. Dozens more are believed to be injured. Lets go to our correspondent Charles Stratford in kabul. Charles, what do we know. Reporter martin, we spoke to a tribal elder who was at the hospital, the closest hospital to where this attack happened. Thats around about 45 minutes drive. So, it shows you how isolated this area is. He describes the suicide bomber walking into this volleyball tournament on foot before d detonating an explosive device. As you say, he says around 49 people killed, at least sent injured and children among the dead as well. We are now hearing as well that the government here has authorized sending of two helicopter did down to that region. Its southeast of kabul to try to pick up some of the casualties there and bring them for treatment here in kabul. We are also hearing it has been authorized additional troops go down or certainly fors, police fo
Rebels. [ chanting ] andals World Leaders lead to the g20 summits. Protesters march in the streets of brisbane its been a difficult often bitter relationship for years with each country accusing the other of harbouring rebel fighters and undermining stability, afghan president ashraf ghani has been holding talks with pakistans Prime Minister nawaz sharif in islamabad. Its Ashraf Ghanis First Official visit to pakistan since taking office. Scott heidler joins us life. Both leaders have been speaking with the media, and both are at pains to reassure each other that they were supportive. Indeed. The afghan president summed it up by saying 13 years of mistrust was removed by a couple of days of talks. That shows the progress they have made. The pakistani Prime Minister reassuring his count part that it is important. He stressed settlement should be afghan led and owned. Pakistan is ready to play any role it can to bring peace to afghanistan. However, the changes are great. Everybody knows
Beginning in syria where government jets struck schools and mosque in the stated state of iraq and killed in ra raka, duma and some may find the images in this report disturbing. Reporter she is afraid of needles as her mother tries to reassure her. Another syrian child caught up in a war fought by grown ups. Translator this is the aftermath of a strike in duma that hit a school and uploaded the videos on the internet and appear to show staff at a makeshift hospital struggling to cope with wounded children. Many pieces of shrapnel out of the boy and showed signs of life before being resuscitated and more children from the bombing waited to be seen by medics. Their school was not the only one hit on tuesday, reports say children died there as well. Aid agencies issued warnings about the rising number of child casualties in the war well into the fourth year, more than 11,000 children killed across syria, and 3 and a half thousand schools damaged or destroyed and many occupied for militar