all this comes despite the fact that many economists were expecting a low number, perhaps even a negative number in the january report because the survey was taken in the middle of last month s covid spike. joining me now to break it all down, i want to bring in cnbc senior economics reporter steve liesman, jason fuhrman, douglas holtz-eakin, an economist and president of the american action forum, and karen kimbrough, chief economist for linked-in. i don t know if all of you are surprised as all the headlines would indicate we should be, but, steve, what s your take on these numbers is this report as good as it looks? i am surprised, but i m also a little skeptical. i think viewers have to know the bureau of labor statistics has had a very difficult time in this pandemic counting jobs. you teased that in your opening remarks when you said how much the prior months had been revised. there was an original print, i guess they said it was 210,000 in november. that number is no
and more of charlie s 60 minutes interview. we begin with a look at today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. everyone s sort of shell shocked. further south you get, the worst it looks. there s nothing left. recovery efforts begin in the wake of hurricane irma. there s a lot of work ahead. some areas remain flooded. homes are destroyed. phones don t work. there are widespread fuel shortages. it s going to be a long road. there s a lot of damage. look at those waves coming in. still a very dangerous situation. jacksonville, florida, a massive storm surge flooded the streets. the same threats facing other coastal communities. irma will continue to be a big-time rain maker for the remainder of the week. white house press secretary sara huckabee sanders responding to steve bannon s comments to 60 minutes. steve always likes to speak in kind of the most extreme measures. the united nations security council has unanimously approved new sanctions
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even though don t remember the war myself, it s been imprinted on me like an invisible brand, stamped between my shoulder blade citizen parents survived four decades of bar and famine and terrible things and even though they rarely spoke tot that hey exuded the force of that memory through treasure actions and feelings and so did everyone necessary the vietnamese american refugee community i grew up. as an american boy growing up wassing a cognizant of the fact that the vietnam was important to the vietnamese american refugee community and the american community as a whole but americans only saw one side of the story. apocalypse now, scared me for life. my life is very uninteresting. the novel is my revenge on hollywood and francis ford coppola, and my attempt to also tell the history of the vietnam war and city story of the vietnam war from the perspective that most americans never heard of before, which is how their own allies, their friends, the south vietnamese experience
christmas is mariah. the pop superstar sharing the story behind her holiday classic. all right here on a very special christmas on gma. caroling all the season here words of good cheer from everywhere filling the air grazing the sound joy gaily walking singing songs of cheer christmas is here. merry, merry, merry, merry christmas good morning, america and merry christmas to everyone at home celebrating. we re really not here. we re at home too. this is all on tape. we wanted to be i had a baby. [ laughter ] it s a christmas miracle. we went back in. we are spending the holidays with our family this glorious but we wanted to be here with you too. yeah, on a very special holiday show ahead. the baby is watching at home and while you here the singers here singing all morning long. our friend, emeril is with us with some great ways to help you celebrate. he ll show us some holiday hors d oeuvres and deserts. now a check of the news and weather from cecilia veg