so video game players can be a pretty passionate bunch. they ll spend thousands on games, gear and memberships, but the fan of one game went above and beyond. i mean stratospherically. a chinese man spent $16,000 on a virtual sword. $16,000 on a virtual sword. i m sorry, i just must live in another century. for the game of wulin. it is not even being released in china until the spring. now, of course, not every gamer is that crazy. sorry if i m offending some of you who are that rich. but some of the thriftier gamers purchased things for $2500 and the hook of departure sheath for a paltry $1600.
so video game players can be a pretty passionate bunch. they ll spend thousands on games, gear and memberships, but the fan of one game went above and beyond. i mean stratospherically. a chinese man spent $16,000 on a virtual sword. $16,000 on a virtual sword. i m sorry, i just must live in another century. for the game of wulin. it is not even being released in china until the spring. now, of course, not every gamer is that crazy. sorry if i m offending some of you who are that rich. but some of the thriftier gamers purchased things for $2500 and the hook of departure sheath for a paltry $1600. well, even if you aren t that into gaming, you d be surprised just how much people spend on casual games, which brings us to tonight s number. 680,000.
her mother outfront tonight with a plea. and the bottom line on employment. 200,000 jobs added in america in the past month. president obama, meet ronald reagan? let s go, outfront. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, is it morning in america for barack obama? the u.s. added 200,000 jobs last month. that absolutely trounces expectations and it brought the unemployment rate down to 8.5%. now, that is the fourth month in a row that we have seen a drop in the unemployment rate. we are now at the lowest level in almost three years. prior to the crisis. but where did we see the growth? health care and manufacturing are the two areas that stand out. manufacturing, in fact, may surprise you, but really been the area bouncing back all year. i want to put all this in perspective because it s really important for the election. i m going to call this a pie. it represents the 8.7 million jobs lost since the recession began in 2008. that is a whole lot of jobs. all right. since
in america for barack obama? the u.s. added 200,000 jobs last month. that absolutely trounce expectations and it brought the unemployment rate down to 8.5%. now, that is the fourth month in a row that we have seen a drop in the unemployment rate. we are now at the lowest level in almost three years. prior to the crisis. but where did we see the growth? health care and manufacturing are the two areas that stand out. manufacturing in fact may surprise you, but really been the area bouncing back all year. i want to put all this in perspective because it s really important for the election. i m going to call this a pie. it represents the 8.7 million jobs lost since the recession began in 2008. that is a whole lot of jobs. all right. since then, though, 2.5 million jobs have been added. now, that s about 30% of the pie. so you can see it as positive because it s improvement and it is, but you could also say more than two-thirds of that pie is still red and that s a problem. there
reagan? let s go, outfront. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight is it morning in america for barack obama? the u.s. added 200,000 jobs last month. that absolutely trounce expectations and it brought the unemployment rate down to 8.5%. now, that is the fourth month in a row that we have seen a drop in the unemployment rate. we are now at the lowest level in almost three years. prior to the crisis. but where did we see the growth? health care and manufacturing are the two areas that stand out. manufacturing in fact may surprise you, but really been the area bouncing back all year. i want to put all this in perspective because it s really important for the election. i m going to call this a pie. it represents the 8.7 million jobs lost since the recession began in 2008. that is a whole lot of jobs. all right. since then, though, 2.5 million jobs have been added. now, that s about 30% of the pie. so you can see it as positive because it s improvement and it is, but you could