And there are signs of job growth. President obama just a yesterday in our first weekend minutes. To get your thoughts on who should get credit for the improving job numbers. Again, 5. 8 is that number. 202 5853880 for democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 5853882 for independents. If you want to share your thoughts on who should get the the current unemployment picture on our social media sites. Us an email. O send if you look at the current figure, like we said, 5. 8 is the current estimated figure 4 number of jobs added was at 214,000 jobs. If you and the Unemployment Rate, it stands at 5. 1 for men, 5. 4 for women, and 90 for teenagers. The bureau of labor statistics providing those numbers. Also if you develop if you take a look at the various sectors, you see the hospital the category g with 42,000 jobs added. When it comes to retail, 27,000 jobs. Healthcare at 25,000 jobs and manufacturing at 15,000 jobs. President obama taking time with several meetings yesterday. One with his cabinet talking and t the economic picture what happens now, especially if yes to work with republicans in the senate. I am also going to be in listening to them, in terms of areas where we can think it is possible to work together. Whether that is putting people work through stronger manufacturing here in the states and selling more around the world one of the major topics we will be talking about drama is a check next week. Whether it is how we can build on modest investments we know that works and there is strong bipartisan support around the country. Lets see if we can do more. Of these issues are ones in is a strong possibility of bipartisan cooperation. As long as reset politics aside for a moment and focus on the people who actually said that it. We want to get your the first 45 minutes on the unemployment to ure, and when it comes the unemployment number itself, who should take credit for it. 202 5853880 for democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 5853882 for independents. A couple of thoughts from facebook this morning. Mark marshall says get the real numbers and come talk to me. Carol says the companies that hire them. May show those thoughts and you may have others as well when it comes to who should take credit for the job picture. Lets start with bobby in key west, florida. Bobby, good morning. Hi, how are you doing . Fine, thank you. What you think about the numbers . Who should take the credit . It is very obvious. The democrats and president obama. The republicans never did anything for this. You can see some of the anger already because when president that speech he made, he basically let them know that, hey, this time he pulling too to be many punches because he couldnt get much done because of all the political Things Holding him back. Most presence do a lot more in their past president s do last two e in their years which i think you should probably do because been many, many people as many, many people know this country. Who should take the credit for the current job picture. The dan from maryland on democrats line, hi. Hi. I think that all the blame has president obama for the job picture. Improvement, there will be a lot of parties want to blame somebody other than him for the improving situation. I think that is wrong. Think that the Obama Administration deserves credit. They get credit because it is good for them. When it comes , if you give it to the Obama Administration is there you look at at specifically . I think that there is a lot of stuff that they have done for the economy. Of ere has been a lot investment in infrastructure and i see people all over where in maryland working, redoing the example of money into to create jobs. John in North Carolina adds energy to the next and talking about who should get credit for the job picture. Is on twitter saying that we go next to the independent line. Hello, i just want to say democrats i mean i cannot believe that on are day, the people who democrats, they played dumb. Like they dont know obama. I hope they learn their lesson like that lady. You vote ey asked, did for obama . Answered yes, e i did. The republicans send jobs two Different Countries like bangladesh, china, mexico, you name it. Say hen the republicans we promise jobs, yes, but not here in the United States. And some other countries and richer like millionaires, billionaires. They do not care about the American People. They care about making money in their checking accounts. Lets hear from pam in texas on the republican line. Good morning. Good morning. Regarding the Unemployment Rate, the reason why it was down is because people are retiring. Are starting to retire. I do not think it has anything to do with it. So there are other factors that knowing can specifically take credit for. That is what you are saying . Yes. I think it is because people are retiring. There are a lot of baby boomers leaving the workforce and there are less positions for younger people. If the number keeps going down, do you think it could still be attributed to that or they here other factors have to consider . I think it is going to go down because of the immigration. Here e so much immigration in texas there is a 30 minority in Dallas County and i think we are outnumbered by the immigrants. So i think the unemployment is not going to go down because we more people coming in. And i do not think they are jobs fied for a lot of the we have your, so i do not think it will help the economy this keeps going on. Marty is up next. Marty is in virginia. I know that people say a lot of things in reference to what the president and democrats together have and have not done. The whole thing is that they get a lot a lot to done if the senate is not to vote on it. That has been a progress problem. As far to talk about the border, we do not know how to control the border. Not that we dont try, but do we have enough people there . There is not y enough money to support the people in border patrol. Maybe we need to publicize to make these people not aliens, but that they itizens so are taxed, so that they do have to work. During the jobs to come back from overseas . Absolutely. We need to investigate this and make some changes that are necessary to bring things back on a command basis. Just have freedom of lets tax everything american or an american bias. That is neither fair it doesnt make any logical sense. That is marty from alexandria, virginia. You are calling in and want to tell us about the unemployment picture and who should get the credit, again the numbers are 202 5853880 for democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 5853882 for independents. If you are on the line, keep holding on for a few minutes more. We want to talk about other stories, including stories and almost all the papers this morning taking a look at the Affordable Care act. A new challenge being heard and being heard by the Supreme Court, as you can see from the headline from the New York Times this morning. Here to kind of update is more is jeffrey. Good morning. Tell us a little bit why the this and what exactly are the hearing. Good morning. The justices decide to take this case because the issue is to the lower ay courts, but it is not quite at the level where the lower courts take the case. To circuits that have ruled in opposite directions, essentially, on this issue. Was, earlier this year of the circuits deciding to undo the decision. As of right now, there is no circuit split. Going to court is consider is the tax subsidies that are in the Affordable Care act. Supposed to make insurance of more affordable are everybody, if you within a certain insurance bracket. In the Affordable Care act, to re are two references the substances go to certain people. In the rest of a lot, it says it to go to anybody. Challenges here say that these two references word says just state exchanges the obama what administration enacted. Will have to decide if the administration is implemented correctly when he said that anybody could get a subsidy. As far as the judges who having, who cision are they and how do they play in this . We dont know. Only for justices are needed to take a case. Dont need to publicize which for those work need to publicize it. No way of knowing who that is or what their motivation was. Case ill be arguing the for the administration . Who is arguing the opposition . And what arguments are the bring to the table . Sure. The attorney general, i would assume he is arguing for the administration, but we will not know that quite yet. It will probably be in march, know a day t even yet. The calendar ut on relatively quickly. He infamously defended the Affordable Care act in 2012 he will be back. Far as the challengers, they have not said who would argue in the Supreme Court yet, either. As the results then what could effectively happen . If the court were to say that the challenges are right, in that subsidy should only go who live in states where the state set up their own exchange, it would have because that nces would mean that more people in this country would not be eligible for the subsidies. And it was one of the key parts of the Affordable Care act that was supposed to make a lot more rance accessible. I think of the court were to would see the we administration change the definition of who is a state exchange. There is really no technical definition right now. It st people kind of break states to who what are using healthcare. Gov and exchange by their own name. I think we can see that definition loosened, but we pressure on republican governors who have now decided Affordable Care act we see a pressure on them to do so. And i think that they would political another obviously whether is ernors are enacting this already a political issue. We have had so much attention on the Supreme Courts mandates in 2012 such such a highprofile case for this court, people are calling it the biggest Supreme Court case in a decade. Nearly k we will see as much attention because this case has the potential. Jennifer haberkorn with political. Thank you for your time. Papers this morning in the papers this morning, attorney general in question. Has been picked nominee has been picked loretta lynch. Us attorneys are almost never chosen for the top job, because they become attorney over al, they vault several rungs of Justice Department leaders who are currently their superiors. You can see that announcement life here on cspan this morning. We are currently talking about the 5. 8 Unemployment Rate and who should get the credit for it. Is anette, pennsylvania on our ary is independents line. Hello, yes, i do not think it actually reflects the unemployment line in america. They ard yesterday that are now asking people if anybody in the homework that this month. If your son made 20 shoveling they or mowing grass, might say yes. So i think it is an artificially low number. We also know that the number of people applying to receive and therefore coming off the job has skyrocketed in the last few years. Number is nk that quite false and i guess the credit goes to the for cooking the books to make it appear that things are Getting Better fact, on the ground, there continues to be a lack of sustaining jobs. This is william from west point, mississippi. The democrats line. Hello. Hi, youre on. William, go ahead and talk on the phone. Lets go to jimmy, on the republican line. I think that we need to give a little more credit to governor, arolina the Texas Governor scott walker. Turned governors have their states around and they inroads in lot of adding jobs were a lot of people are drinking this to give ically wanted the democrat koolaid wanted to give all the credit to the administration. They were not giving credit the republicans are coming up with, so that has staff some republicans could have done. But a lot of republican governors have done a great job in their states. Barney up next from florida independent line. Like to say d this to the people is leaving the workforce. Will you tell me where they go they leave the workforce. President say anything giving the president credit. I had to go to work everyday so do give the president credit, then . Yes sir. The Republican Party does not want to pass any jobs, so what do you expect . So as far as the president getting credit, why do you say that . I believe in the numbers. What you think people are going to sit there and tell lies that this is going on. I see it every day. We can keep workers. What type of industry are you in . Construction. Improved for rk you than . We got a big contract to improve the university this there are jobs everywhere. Leaving the eople workforce i have worked all my life and i want to follow them to see where they go. William from mississippi the democrats line. It to say m calling that president obama should get the credit. That is common sense. Linda from michigan. Republican line. Good morning. Good morning. I just want to say that the bureau of labor statistics when they adjust the rate, they dont count what they referred to as a discouraged worker. Workers are simply give up. When that happens, the job completely out of the ratio. In 2012, approximately 909,000 people simply gave up. Were no longer unemployed, which jobs and employment number, but they are still unemployed. So the figures are totally incorrect for anybody who is actually studying the issue. That is i wanted to say. North babylon, new york. The independent line. Yes, if you dont want to believe the unemployment number, then you cant believe the job creation number. Construction jobs secondly, those democrats away from the g president are losing the vote. Whites are a lot of poor and food stamps for an Social Security and obama care. The republicans they elect will reveal these things and they will suffer. The news about iraq in papers this morning. The announcement is 1500 troops being sent there to help in the training people there in fighting isil and isis. They rejected suggestions that doubling of the force amounted to mission creep. The present medical or that we will not be putting us men and women back in congress. This was made yesterday at the white house. Talking about the role of the tutoring center rack. They have approved the of up to 1500 a noncombat role to initiate a comprehensive a training effort for iraqi forces. Secretary hagel made this recommendation to the president. The us assessment is due to development of a coalition. Command will al establish to central expeditionary centers in locations outside of baghdad to provide assistance at the brigade level and above. Be protected will by an array of abilities. They will have to accommodate iraqi ining of 12 brigades. Coalition partners will join personnel at these locations iraqi capacity and ability. Commanderinchief has chuck hagel to deploy to deploy to iraq of 1500 additional us personnel over the coming months personnel over the coming months in a noncombat role again, if you want to see that. And the pentagon yesterday, you can do so at again, if you want to see that. And the pentagon yesterday, you can do so at our website at cspan. Org. The interview is set to air he is asked about iraq, specifically about regrets. The president tells cbs that his regret is that a Violent Group of people have risen up again. This is al qaeda plus. They need to be defeated and i hope we do. When he was captured this is Saddam Hussein i just didnt believe bush, he said. He can to the full interview tomorrow on not only cbss sunday morning program, but also face the nation. In who o the economy joshua from North Carolina, your next. I think obama should get credit for it, even though i am unemployed. Looking for a job, hard finding een of ob, but there are a lot jobs out there which im not physically able to work. Take anything right been off use i have the job and i have really been i rough some hard times, but still think that the president is a good man and this great country and i hope we can all come together because this is just a mess, man. Joe is up next from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Hello . Youre on. Us want to clarify one thing. We hear people that are just no longer looking for jobs. Actually, those are the people whose unemployment has run out. They have not quit looking for jobs. They t know why describe them as, you know, discouraged or not looking for jobs. It is just that their unemployment has run out. Still ure they are looking for jobs. So what do you think about the 5. 8 unemployment figure and, if you believe it, we should get the credit . I think the figure is way too low. Those people are not counted in the labor force. That is what they describe as you know, discouraged workers were not looking for jobs anymore. But doesnt say the fact that their unemployment has run out. That is joe from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. One of the takeaways talked about wages. The wall street journal has a breakdown of the hourly wages. When it comes to the information sector, the average wages 38. 28. Construction, 26. 86. Health care and social assistance, 25. 05. Going down to retail trade, that is about 17 an hour. The average hourly wage according to the wall street journal. And when it comes to leisure and hospitality sectors, about 14. Letter from thomas from daytona beach, florida. Yes, how are you doing this morning . Fine, go ahead. My comment is that we have people in this country who have selective memory. Were forget how things when the Bush Administration left office and left us in the mess we are in. Have said it here and i listened to the deal you know, the democrats, you know, nothing getting through congress. The reason nothing went to congress is because for every bill that comes out of of representatives, they passed a repeal to the aca to it that has let go to the floor. Some of the d that unusual cannot point that out host when it comes to employment by share of population in october, 59 of the population categorized as employed but when it comes to total labor force and the unemployed that figure rises to 62. 8 . Under the categor