Of Thousands Ofjobs for other programmes leaving the state. Our business correspondent, theo leggett, joins us now. As we heard, this is Notjust A grievance about rejecting a 25 pay rise, this is problem going back over 15 years, what is the history . We have seen in this vote which was absolutely emphatic, 96 of both pulled voted for the strike shows the depth of feeling between the workforce against management and how little trust there is between the workforce and bowing management. As you say, that does go back a long time because in past renegotiations of Contracts Bowing was in a strong position and it went into these negotiations threatening to remove production from the pacific Northwest Area and take it into other states. That went down very badly with Boeing Workers in the region who are to accept reduced terms and conditions including the removal of Pension Schemes and those resentments have remained. Over the past few years as well while boeing has been trying to mmp while
with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. as you know, i can t talk about the particulars of this or any other ongoing criminal matter. as i said when i pointed mr. smith, i did so because it underscores the justice department s commitment to both independence and accountability. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors and agents who share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in court. attorney general merrick gar garland with brief words for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment. is it just me or, willie, are we starting to see again not a complete breaking of ice but sort of more thawing of ice, mike pence day one, this is horrible. day two, it s bad, but i m going to pardon him. day three, too early to talk about pardons. because you know, the news came out and i m sure mike p
pass the costs through and that helps keep the inflation rate down. we need to see more competition on the pricing side. and, steve, it s very interesting. you talked twice about a strong economy and obviously republicans are talking about how weak the economy is. you look at the direction of the country. you look at consumer confidence. and it s more of a muddled picture and yet the most recent poll i saw where americans were asked are you doing better than you were a year ago and do you think you re doing well financially, about 75% of americans say yes. so there seems to be a disconnect between what americans are feeling and what we re seeing in some of these other numbers. yeah, i think the disconnect a bit, joe, as we talked about i think last week, americans do feel pretty good about their own situation today. they still do by a substantial majority say they re better off than a year ago. when you ask them about the future, they get pessimistic. they are worried about the