news out of the vatican. the former pope emeritus benedict has died at the age of 95. with sorrow, we inform you that the pope emeritus benedict xvi passed away, today, this morning, at 9:34 in the mater echess yamon tia mona stare. he was the first pope to resign, rather than stay in office for life. he was a controversial at times member of church. let s go to barbie nadeau in st. peter s square right now. barbie, i m curious, there were a lot of people already in the square and then the news breaks. so what s the reaction? what are people talking about there? reporter: yeah, you know, it s a mixed reaction, because a lot some people didn t know. some people here in rome enjoying a day. the square is empty behind us right now, they re doing a security check because pope francis is going to be coming out here in the next hour or so to visit the nativity scene there. we ve got a lot of pilgrims pushed off the square. they re coming back. but the mood is very solemn.
A look at the days news and headlines. The average now for 2018, 215,000 a month higher than it was a couple years ago. On the down side, again the number was slightly less than anticipated. Transportation and warehouse was interesting. The monthly was almost 19,000. Last month we lost 1,000 jobs there. It was one of the things that stood out to me. Bill economists and financial people can find something negative in anything. Unemployment is at 3. 9 percent. We havent seen a number like this in 18 years. The real Unemployment Number is more impressive called the u6. It takes into account people working parttime but dont want that. That number dropped from 7. 5. Thats a sharp decline in a long time. Bill 2. 7 higher wages. You want wages to go a bit higher than that. It was the expectation. Another great piece of news, people working parttime for economic reasons because they couldnt find a job, thats dropped by 176,000. 400,000 more people got a job. 100,000 people came into the workfo
Running. Thats tonights last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts right now. Tonight donald trump and his new Jersey Golf Club after a wild ride of a week moving the goal posts on collusion calling for an end to the Mueller Investigation and a full on assault on the media all while his own team beats the drum warning of the russia threat. Plus new developments in the Paul Manafort case. The testimony today that compelled his wife to leave the courtroom. And after another stunning week in this presidency well ask a celebrated historian if theres anything to celebrate in the history we are witnessing. The 11th hour on a friday night begins now. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 561 this was of the trump
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Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Fraudulent Accounting Tricks that they use to convince banks to give them more money and Paul Manafort was cced on these emails. There is something here as i read testimony of the case and paged through some of the bits of evidence the government has entered, julia, that there is a desperation that is almost cinematic. You can feel wafting off the emails. That these are people that are scrounging and starved for cash. Desperation is the word, im glad you used that. That is the one word that the prosecution wants to have sticking in the jurors mind when they deliberate. This was a man desperate enough when he works with these shady characters. He would have put his whole family and business at risk because he was so desperate. He got to a point where he might not have been able to pay Health Care Premiums but still wanted to fund the lifestyles and keep the house in the hamptons. A man that was desperate, and wanted to keep up his image. Desperat
Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Reporters, Julia Ainsley and tyranny snead. We have been going back and forth. And i thought ken had the exciting stuff. But i think i had the better day. Where exactly Paful Manafort lied. One man who said he was asked to lie by Paul Manafort when he had emails showing that he was asked to lie and say that a residence that Paul Manafort owned in new york was a personal residence for the manaforts and not a Business Rental as it was. He wanted him to lie because he was trying to change his financial situation to get more loans. Then we saw another tax
preparer, cindy laporta. And she, there is a reason she had immunity because she said she was disturbed and she eventually drew a line and stopped doing this. But never wanted to report it because she didnt want to open up her firm to litigation. There is a pattern, rick gates and Paul Manafort worked hand in glove. It was not rick gates. And that also time and time again, Paul Manafort both person