it is a lot about sentiment. although the jobs report was better than expected, the sentiment isn t there, is it? reporter: this is a good jobs report, but people want to see more good jobs reports. in november, cnn and orc cond t conducted a poll. only a quarter of people believe the economic conditions are getting better. that is where perception is, poppy. i was so happy to see it wasn t just the lower paying sectors that were seasonally hiring. alexandra, i appreciate it. and the age discreme as i. we will talk about that this morning. stay with us for that. since the breaking news on thursday night, the death of
they have communicated what this law will do. the president said that if you like your current health care policy, you can keep it, you can keep your current doctor. what we re seeing is millions of people losing not only their care but also their doctors and also their health care plans. we re seeing people lose jobs hold on, rich. delta airlines actually said to implement obama care will cost them millions of dollars. u.p.s. is cutting back employees covering their spouses with their health plan. i don t know how they can come bat this, where they say this will be better for the american people. i think if you look at the most recent jobs reports, we re seeing hours worked for employees increasing. people are beginning to see the benefits of their law. parents who have their children in college cab now gn now get tk on their health care. i hate when they use the word
the recovery hit a speed bump with the latest report. employers added 162,000 jobs last month. that s below expectations. the 81 employment rate ticked down. christine romans is here to break it down. victor and brianna, we ve taken 32 pages of jobs reports and condensed it here. we see unemployment rate, 4 1/2-year low. 7.4%. jobs created, 162,000. not what we ve seen for the average for the year but it is enough to help keep inching that jobless rate lower. and the recession, millions of jobs lost, trying to recover those. and this year, want to see more than 200,000 on a consistent basis. this isn t enough to even the unemployment rate. who are the important things. retail job, 46,000 of those. leisure and hospitality, 23,000
market. we have to have an economy and labor market working for everyone. you saw the fast-food protesters in the streets. a lot of people have been sidelined by this labor market. we want to keep moving forward. we re glad to see the progress we are. we need more and better paying jobs. christine romans, thanks. i want to talk more about that and take a deeper dive on the jobs reports. and we join alan kruger, at the white house this morning. good morning. good morning. car sales are up, home prices are up, jobs are edging back and ben bernanke downgrades our growth to just modest after the fed meeting. what s going on here? is the economy getting better or not? i think it s clear the economy is gradually getting better but we d like to speed up the pace of the improvement. over the last three months we
a parallel discussion going on in the senate. kristen gillibrand trying to do the same thing you are, take the prosecution of these crimes from the chain of command. the senate is very divided. this time, it s not not along party lines. how do you see this breaking down politically? we are seeing growing support among our republican colleagues on taking it out of the chain of command and that is the good news. on the house side, the letter i ve written to the chair is to just get us to have a hearing on chain of command so that the issue can be aired on the house side. they have really shut down the opportunity for a robust discussion, debate, and exploration of the issue. and i m hoping now, as we garner more support on the republican side in this letter, that we will see the chair take the action to hold a hearing on the issue. congresswoman jackie spear, thank you joining us. today s mixed jobs reports