that s the fastest job growth at any point of any president. our job market continues to show resilience as we navigate through this economic transition we re n.for for sometime i ve been saying what we need to do in this transition, we have to move from historically a strong economic recovery to a more stable recovery. you heard the president there. u.s. added 263,000 jobs in september, just slightly beating expectations. the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, back to where it was just before the pandemic hit. employers are hiring, but the labor market is slowing down. this is the lowest monthly jobs increase since april of last year. today s report may not be enough to keep the fed from raising interest rates again next month all in an effort to try to squash inflation. investors are not happy today. the dow, s&p 500, nasdaq all down. all right. with us now is senior white house correspondent phil mattingly, cnn reporter matt egan, cnn economics and political commentat