a downturn in twenty nineteen veteran market watchers will note the january gains often carry into february but we ll see about that. on another front there is positive news for the u.s. economy as the official unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a percent to a flat four percent for january the latest report from the bureau of labor statistics at the commerce department shows the number of jobs in the u.s. increasing by get this three hundred four thousand jobs last month in january that figure is well above expectations closer to one hundred eighty thousand jobs among the usual prognosticators and came despite that thirty five day partial government shutdown that we told you about perhaps more importantly for most americans the latest b.l.s. report shows wage growth in january maintain the previous months level of three point two percent. so with three hundred four thousand new jobs that look super great and it is. but get this the december numbers which we reported early
a russia steps office attacks. the g 7 group of leading nations imposed new sanctions against russia. and u. s. first lady, jill vida, makes a surprise visit to ukraine. she meets the president s wife and visits a refugee centre. ah, abraham muhammad, walking to the program as europe marks the 77th anniversary of the end of the 2nd world war. germany is chancellor. olaf sholtes is made a key note tv address. short says rushes leader vladimir putin cannot win the war. he added that putin likens the conflict in ukraine to the fight against nazi germany. that he says is the falsification of history. neither with dog. i m the fellow citizens of this country. yes 77 years ago to day saw the end of the 2nd world war in europe. when the weapons fell silent on the 8th of may 1945, it was like the hush of a cemetery. descending on the graves of more than 60000000 women, men and children often flocked. millions of them fell on the battlefield. millions were murdered in their towns and