A shaky start to 2014 for the u. S. Economy. The Labor Department says employers created just 113,000 new jobs in january. That number is well below expectations. Can we bring in ali velshi of real money, ali, good to see you, doctor, whats your assessment of this report. Reporter we had a good strong back end of 2013. We averaged 194,000 jobs created every month for 2013. But december brought that number down because only 75,000 jobs from created. We were looking for a better number in january. It would have been around that 200,000 or higher level, but the expectations were 185,000. So when we got 113,000, that made everyone wonder whats going on . Its high enough not to make us entirely worried about the economy, but its certainly not high enough to make it matter. The labor force did grow by half a Million People. That raise the Labor Participation rate to 63 . That means 63 of all americans of working age who could be working were working. Its historically very low, but its actual
In for jennifer granholm. Tonight the fight rages on in michigan. The new front line for the battle for workers rights in this country. The uaw is founded there, but republican lawmakers are now threatening to cripple it there. This is pure and simple union busting. These right to work laws have already had serious impacts across the country. Wages for all workers, unionized and otherwise have decreased an average of 1,500 a year and workers are less likely to get Health Insurance or pensions. During the campaign any president voiced strong support the unions but as we know campaigning a very different from governing. Things didnt look too promising this morning. So lets let the president speak for himself on this one. Here he is in red ford, michigan late this afternoon. Obama what we shouldnt be doing is taking away your rights to bargain for better wages. These socalled right to work laws have everything to do with politics. Nice work mr. President , reelection beginning to look goo
Ill say it again, they like this cognitive test narrative out there right now. It reminds me when they fought his walk through the park thought his walk through the park on june 1st was iconic. Im not sure they have the best political acumen at this point. Maybe not. But before we get into polls that suggest americans dont think the fact that the president can identify an elephant is the most convincing thing. Well a lot of polls in a minute, but youre actually youve written a story about the president s obsession with this cognitive test thats meant for alzheimers patients. The president , about a month back started talking to advisers about this cognitive test he took at walter reed. Of course, the Trump Campaign has been trying for a while now to paint joe biden as having lost a step. It was not proving effective, as evidenced by the deficit in the polls that you just mentioned. But the president thought he could amplify this argument. He was talking to aides on air force one and st
Pennsylvania. He has four stops in a state hes won just this past election cycle. By less than 1 . And top of mind, of course, at all these events today, the pandemic and staggering new headline today. The u. S. Has just set an alltime world record for new cases in a single day. Nearly 100,000 new infections on friday alone in the United States. We have a huge team of reporters and analysts joining us from all over the country today. Lets begin with the Biden Campaign in michigan today. Cnns jeff zeleny is in flint this afternoon ahead of the biden obama event set to get under way in the next hour. Jeff, what can we expect, and why michigan for this First Joint Campaign event . Ana, no question, michigan is at the center of the blue wall both physically and literally. This is something that a state that joe biden knows he needs to win next week. Of course, donald trump carried michigan by the slimmest of margins four years ago as well as pennsylvania and wisconsin. So this is where the
Jane tim is an msnbc political reporter. Good to see you all. Garrett, i want to start with you. Do you have any reaction from trump to the pennsylvania judges ruling . Alicia, not yet, but i think its a pretty safe bet there will be. Look, to the degree there is a legal strategy remaining here for the Trump Campaign, its really more of a Public Relations strategy. They want to kick up dust and keep these lawsuits going in all of these states as theyre set to certify their elections. In fact, pennsylvania is set to o certify on monday for joe biden. They can now do so. Not to steal from michael or anyone elses thunder, im not a lawyer, but i was once bad at sports. This judges opinion is a functional equivalent of rudy getting dunked on here, and that kind of thing is likely to upset the president who wants to keep his accusations of fraud and the prospect of successful lawsuits, which as you just pointed out, have not yet materialized front and center in the national conversation. Thi