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Have moved since then. Reporter they have just about 10 to 15 minutes ago, we heard a loud applause. Then a lot of the crowd that gathered here at Mission Dolores park started to make their way northeast. Thats where Mission Police station is. Where that station is located. Just about a half mile away from the park. But, you can see, right here, even some of the social distancing circles. About 20 minutes ago, you could not see it. Its was that backed. There has been movement already. People making their way outside, i talked to organizers before this protest started. They said they wanted it to be peaceful today. But they want their voices to be loud. Take a look to my left as well. Theres still a steady stream of people coming in and out. But certainly, it is a lot different from what we saw, not too long ago when they gathered a loud rallying cry to honor the life of george floyd, the man killed while detained by poce. They said they want police and justice reform. We heard reports
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Explained to us what is going on here. Guest they certainly were surprising numbers. Economists said it was the most surprising report of his lifetime. At the wall street journal we surveyed economists. They expected 8 million jobs to be lost. Gaining 2. 5 million is a dramatic swing. I think that tells us the worst fears about the economic shock and the labor market shock induced by the pandemic were not realized. Some lower number of jobs had been lost i think americans are getting back to work, perhaps in larger numbers than we expected. But i also do just want to say it says where we are, which is still the second highest Unemployment Rate recorded since world war ii, and 20 million americans are unemployed. So, a very strong month, but still a very unstable labor market overall. Host do we see job gains in any particular sector . Was there an area responsible for these gains, or was this an overall rise across all sectors . Guest no, it was a little bit disparate. Half of that gai