election, we have launched an unprecedented economic boom, a boom that has rarely been seen before. there has been nothing like it. we have created 5.3 million new jobs, and i m tomportantimporta 600,000 manufacturing jobs, something almost everyone said was impossible to do but the fact is we are just getting started. [ applause ] wages are rising at the fastest pace in decades and growing for blue color workers who i promise to fight for, they are growing faster than anyone else thought possible.
getting those jobs. will this impact the president? we ll have to see how it plays out this year. this is partly why the white house continues to focus on immigration. they say immigration for them is not only an issue that s about national eye dent tishgs it s a way of connecting with blue color workers who may be frustrated with the way the economy s going for them. they see immigration as a way that protects their own jobs. union workers have often had reservations about rising immigration levels, whether it s illegal or legal immigration. er there trying to play to that impulse in the electorate as much as they are to play into the conservative side. either the economy is so good, look at low unemployment. or immigrants are stealing all our jobs. can t really have both. i want to take a quick look at markets. they opened now six minutes ago. can we take a look?
eastern tennessee overnight. reportedly killing two people and injuring dozens more people. the storm s tearing through parts of the great smoky mountains. the park spokesamerican telling wtae that a falling tree killed a woman and another man died when his motorcycle wrecked during the storm and rob mars an mow is going to let us know where they re going. good morning. well, the storms have weakened. around 5:00 they were rolling down the south, the western part of the smoky mountains. if you don t know east of knoxville. a lot of tourists get millions of visitors, as a matter of fact. as you would imagine in the middle of july, a lot of folks camping via tents and rv. that s the danger these storms pose. there was a storm there was a severe thunderstorm watch posted at the time but regardless kind of a couple cells or clusters of cells converging on this area as it drove down to the south. with all the heat that was built up, much like the deraiecho and funny things h