. >> elise gould is senior economist at the economic policy institute, studying jobs, poverty, wages. she joins us now as we focus on the pandemic's impact on the u.s. workforce. elise first put us on the map in terms of how many u.s. jobs have been lost during the pandemic and how many we have been able to claw back in recent months. >> so, we saw, in march and april, was that we lost 22 million jobs. huge devastation in the labor market. over the last few months, we have gained back more than half of those. but we still remain in a deficit of about 9.8 million jobs. and what's particularly troubling is that the growth in jobs has slowed, every month since late summer. so, that -- filling that hole has been showlower and slower. and last month, we just saw an added 245,000 jobs. so, at that rate, we could be years away from a full recovery. >> you talk about filling that hole. for those who are stuck in that hole right now, that unemployment hole, what sort of extra benefits are actually still available from what was originally passed by congress and signed by the president, way back

elise gould is a senior economist. i asked elise gould is a senior economist.r elise gould is a senior economist. i asked her if mr biden was right to pressure congress and president trump. it was definitely the right move. the integration of all these relief measures, the unemployment insurance, eligibility extensions as well as the extended unemployment insurance are really more relieved to see at the expiration of a lot of the health measures as well as the page and leave measures. —— paid leave measures. continues to rage. what is the sticking point? why can't there be an agreement? that's purely a political question. it's what we need to do. we need to spend a lot of money. we have seenjob growth slow again. 0nly games of 245,000 jobs continue in the public sector. it is an absolutely dire situation and it's only going to get worse. you can actually see a double dip in the next year if any more aid is not provided. those new job those newjob figures were far lower than most economists expected. why is that? they were lower and significantly lower. i think

coming up this morning, electoral talks about -- elise gould talk about how the pandemic has affectedamerica's workforce and why robust covid-19 financial relief measures are needed. then "washington times" national billity correspondent gertz with the latest. "washington's journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern and join with your phone calls, facebook messages, text messages and tweets. >> president-elect joe biden spoke after the electoral college certified the vote count declaring him the official winner of the white house. mr. biden spoke from willington -- wilmington,

coming up this morning, electoral talks about -- elise gould talk about how the pandemic has affected america's workforce and why robust covid-19 financial relief measures are needed. then "washington times" national billity correspondent gertz with the latest. "washington's journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern and join with your phone calls, facebook messages, text messages and tweets. >> president-elect joe biden spoke after the electoral college certified the vote count declaring him the official winner of the white house. mr. biden spoke from willington -- wilmington, delaware, saying the results were clear and that the american people have spoken. this was about 15 minutes. pres.-elect biden: good evening, my fellow americans. have -- the electors have certified the winning candidates. today, a member of the electoral college representing the certified winner cast their votes for vice president of the united states in an act as old as the nation itself. , the rule of law, our constitution, and the will of the people prevailed. our democracy pushed, tested, threatened or approved to

host: where going to let elise gould jump in.st: you said it was more efficient to make sure the people who need the money they are getting the money. and that is how the unemployment system works. unemployed you apply, and hopefully your state is up and running quickly. expanding the program will directly go to people who have been unemployed in this crisis and they need the money. that is a very well targeted program to hit those people in need. host: you make them argument that span -- expanding unemployment assistance is a better way to help people than blanket stimulus checks up to a certain amount that you made in your tax filings last year? guest: that is right, because it is going to people economically harmed, so you could have some middle income families who have not been able to keep their job and giving the money while, it could help, perhaps save the economy, do not know if they will spend that money because our income has not dropped. you want to do what is the most efficient, to be able to provide the relief and yo

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