an odd reluctance for some american workers to get back at it. the administration is blaming the pandemic, a number of things. the reasons for this, why people have not gone back to take jobs. critics say vaccine mandates are a factor here and the unemployment benefits are hurting. the president made brief remarks on the report. he left the room, didn t take any questions on the economy or the report. he insists progress is being made. jobs up, wages up, unemployment down. that s progress. martha: here now, andy puzder from cke restaurants and author of time to let america work again. mollie hemmingway from the federalist and a fox news contributor. great to have you with us. andy, obviously the president is going to try to put this in the best light possible when he looks at these numbers. but he says it s progress. he likes the fact that the unemployment number is lower. what is your take? number 1, we missed numbers two months in a row by a lot. in fact, the econom
trace: i got wine. huge problem. sandra: it is indeed, we ll be covering here on fox news channel. thank you for joining us and trace, great to have you, i m sandra smith. trace: i m trace gallagher in had for john roberts. the story martha: thanks, sandra. so glad he got his wine. i m martha maccallum. here s the story. the biden administration looks at the much weaker than expected u.s. jobs report and says we have work to do. the president still says we have work to do. you have 194,000 jobs that were added last month. the number was expected to be 500,000. that s a serious shortfall. you have about 11 million open available jobs in the u.s.
Or not that might be the bottom for home prices. everybody watching, you know, really the biggest investment in their personal portfolio, declining in value for the past five years now. bill: we ve seen it month after month. so we will get not one but two responses later tonight from the same party. it s never happened to us before. not that i can remember. tea party caucus founder michelle bachmann, why two responses? she delivers one of them. what will she say that s so different? fair and balanced debate coming up on that. also martha: bill, this is not a sculpture, it s not something that you drink vodka out of at a party, for example. bill: and it s not my car! martha: thank goodness. winter in new york and all across this country, folks, some of the beautiful winter wonderland images, like a frozen car! we ll be right back.
Department saying the unemployment rate rose in 20 states last month. only 15 states saw an improvement and the worst numbers were nevada, 14.5% unemployment and california and florida were close behind and the real estate markets, mirror the unemployment numbers, nevada and clark county, las vegas, the construction of the past ten years that went into that he area. martha: a lot of building. bill: very much suffering out there in nevada. martha: here s a question on our mind today, how will the new republican house leaders respond to the president s address to the country tonight? carl rove is about to weigh in on that and shares in sight in a few minutes from now, stick around. 2% milk natural cheese for a dollar or less equals 22 grams of delicious whole grain that are good for you and your wallet. when you can have triscuit, why snackrifice ?