in the money lead, a disapointing monthly jobs report showing the u.s. economy added only 199,000 new jobs in december. that is the fewest jobs added in any month of the biden presidency. and only half of the number that economists expected to see. that means in four of the last five month ares, the job gains did not meet expectations. and this report we should note measured job growth before the omicron variant spread in the u.s. president biden spoke today. tried to focus on the few bright spots in the report. we'll talk about all of it. before i do, i want to take one moment to highlight that in may 2018, the chair of the republican national committee rona mcdaniel tweeted great news for our economy and workforce. unemployment fell to 3.9% last month, the lowest since december 2000. the unemployment rate today, under biden, in the midst of a