We will use headlines this morning to talk about your job situation. You can give your thoughts. We have three lines this morning. If you found a job, and you want to tell us about it call in guest guest 202 7480003 202 7488000 for democrats. [audio clip][audio clip] join the cspan conversation like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. 5. 6 was the previous number. It jumped up a bit. That is according to the New York Times this morning. Also, if you look at the various demographics and unemployment it goes up to 4. 9 for whites. 10. 3 for blacks. 6. 7 for hispanics. 4. 1 percent for asians. Also, a number that gets talked about a lot is Labor Participation rate. In january, those employed were 59. 3 . The labor force was 62. 9 . To help us give context is mr. Reddy. Could you tell us first and foremost why we have seen so a jobs added last month but the Unemployment Rate went up. Guest the unemployment going up while youre adding jobs can actually be seen as a good thing, and a good
World. The president when he came into office, his objective was for these wars to end so he could focus on things that are political and economic. He was going to reform the health care system. He didnt want to fight in iraq and afghanistan. Its almost as if somehow, if i ignore it it will go away. Of course, alqaeda and isis has a completely different perspective. When they see a president who is detached all that does is give them hope and confidence in the future. If the worlds greatest military power whistles across the graveyard that appears to be weakness. Neil it is alive and well whether he wants to be detached or not. Thats what worries me you know . Yeah. And heres the thing at the very time when its certain that the atrocities in paris and belgium had their roots in yemen it turns out that today the president releases five gitmo detainees. And releases them back to the border on yemen. The optics are just terrible. The enemy watches and says, you know america is not in the
The president when he came into office, his objective was for these wars to end so he could focus on things that are political and economic. He was going to reform the health care system. He didnt want to fight in iraq and afghanistan. Its almost as if somehow, if i ignore it it will go away. Of course, alqaeda and isis has a completely different perspective. When they see a president who is detached all that does is give them hope and confidence in the future. If the worlds greatest military power whistles across the graveyard that appears to be weakness. Neil it is alive and well whether he wants to be detached or not. Thats what worries me you know . Yeah. And heres the thing at the very time when its certain that the atrocities in paris and belgium had their roots in yemen it turns out that today the president releases five gitmo detainees. And releases them back to the border on yemen. The optics are just terrible. The enemy watches and says, you know america is not in the game. T
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Melissa the dow right now seeing tripledigit gains seeing a boost from pfizers acquisition of hospira. Volatility in the oil market continues. Prices rebounding in a big way today with concerns over production in libya being cited as a reason for the spike but we all know it is really about the technical trade. Here now to discuss it our very own Charlie Gasparino. Todd starnes from fox news radio and david asman host of after the bell. Let me ask you about the market, charlie real quick. What do you think . Oil drove driving action but so volatile. Been volatile for months and much of it is the oil trade. As you know, market during the financial crisis, the market was completely contingent on bank stocks. If bank stocks went up, markket went down. Reason for that because we were in financial crisis. Now the market is coupled with oil prices. Well see melissa shaking off concerns about the ecb. Shaking off concerns about greece. That is the point. All about what the ecbers all around t