there are numbers from the bureau of labor statistics. this report and the huffington post, the jobs numbers from the bls confirmed the effect of the great recession went deeper and lasted longer in role america than in the rest of the nation. the 2017 annual jobs report showed that rural counties defied is nonmetropolitan still have not got back to the levels of employment they saw in 20,000 -- 2008 at the beginning of the recession and rural counties had 750,000 fewer jobs in 2017 than in 2008. a drop of 3.5% over the nine years. the nation's largest metropolitan areas with populations of one million or more climbed out of their job deficit by 2012. in 2017, they had 10% more jobs than in 2008, an increase of 7.8 million jobs. christine in pennsylvania. go ahead. caller: i live in rural pennsylvania, oil country. neighboroilfield -- my dumped his oil -- he drilled a well and dumped his oil. when i have problems with the oil, i did not have legislators to back me up. because it is oil country. pennsylvania has been so gerrymandered that y

i wrote a column a couple of years ago, when i noticed in the bureau of labor statistics data, durableanufacturing workers, cars, airplanes, steel, were getting paid less per hour than workers in the rest of the private sector. that is never happened before, at least back to 1964. larry at the economic policy institute saw the column and other things people wrote and decided to dig deeper into the data that i had and came up with a convincing case for the fact that manufacturing jobs still pay better, if you are looking at comparable workers with similar education's and experience, and including benefits. david: we put up a chart taken from your piece, showing that for many years, average hourly pay of the manufacturing sector, the you line, well above -- yellow line, well above, then they come together. you said comparable jobs is one of the issues. >> comparable workers, people with similar experience and education. also balanced by gender and ethnicity. the other thing is benefits. found that that, he the pay differential has shrunk over the past 30 years. the benefit different joe

we truly sit from a place of racial equality and the proof is in the numbers according to the bureau of labor statistics since one nine hundred sixty eight rates of unemployment were twice as high for african-americans meaning being poor and white is twice as lucrative as being poor and black studies have revealed a job applicants with surnames that are perceived as black are fifty percent less likely to get a positive response than white sounding surnames but this is america right anyone regardless of race should be able to grow rich if they just try hard right or wrong the or. urban institute come data from a survey of consumer finances and found that the average wealth of white families was over seven hundred thousand dollars higher than the average wealth of black families shortly before his assassination in one nine hundred sixty eight martin luther was in the midst of organizing the poor people's campaign which hope to march on washington d.c. to demand a standard living wage poverty programs and housing for the nation's poor the passion for helping less fortunate does not weigh in in t

we truly sit from a place of racial equality and the proof is in the numbers according to the bureau of labor statistics since one nine hundred sixty eight rates of unemployment were twice as high for african-americans meaning being poor and whites is twice as lucrative as being poor and black studies have revealed the job applicants with surnames that are perceived as black are fifty percent less likely to get a positive response than white sounding surnames but this is america right anyone regardless of race should be able to grow rich if they just try hard right or wrong the. been institute come data from a survey of consumer finances and found that the average wealth of white families was over seven hundred thousand dollars higher than the average wealth of black families shortly before his assassination in one nine hundred sixty eight martin luther was in the midst of organizing the poor people's campaign which hope to march on washington d.c. to demand a standard of living wage poverty programs and housing for the nation's poor the passion for helping less fortunate don't wait in the mo

well short of what was promised from tax reform the latest employment situation report from the bureau of labor statistics shows weekly employee earnings have grown seventy five dollars since tax reform passed well short of the four thousand to nine thousand dollars annual increases projected by president and house speaker paul ryan so the tax passage basically americans have seen on average six dollars and twenty one cents increase in their weekly earnings which obviously falls it's like three hundred twenty three dollars a year they had promised forty six thousand nine thousand dollars that was also good now they know it's all about optics sounds good but you know there's a lot of gatekeepers and intermediaries in those generally are the big corporations that will always glob the majority of possibile gains by anyone at any time that's right and we'll actually get into that so in a in the next headline about how basically all the tax cuts indeed did inject well over a trillion dollars and it cost over a chilean dollars the most of it is gone to the top but back to the bottom we're assuming a

well short of what was promised from tax reform the latest employment situation report from the bureau of labor statistics shows weekly employee earnings have grown seventy five dollars since tax reform passed well short of the four thousand to nine thousand dollars annual increases projected by president and house speaker paul ryan so the tax passage basically americans have seen on average six dollars and twenty one cents increase in their weekly earnings which obviously falls it's like three hundred twenty three dollars a year they had promised forty six thousand to one thousand dollars that was also good now you know it's all about optics yeah it sounds good but you know there's a lot of gatekeepers and intermediaries and those generally are the big corporations that will always glob the majority of possibile gains by anyone. that's right and we'll actually get into that so in a in the next headline about how basically all the tax cuts indeed did inject well over a trillion dollars and across over a chilean dollars most of it is gone to the top but back to the bottom we're assuming a full f

linked in you believe give you a good samples of the jobs market and it trackso closely what the bureau of labor statistics reports on a machinely basis. what are you expecting to hear tomorrow about the march jobs number? >> it is 145 million in the u.s. 540 million worldwide. when we look at those u.s. numbers what we areing is a nearly 20% increase in hiring year over year last month. and a 3% month over month up crease. when we will be at what's going on with people updating their profiles saying where they are working hiring is still very hoinday. we are s double digit hiring rates every month for the last seven months. don't expect that to slow. i think the bls numbers will show something similar. itstrain doesn't stop in tracks. the hiring has been so ho ligh lately that it's more likely to keep up than it is to slow down. >> whe do you see the hiring, blue collar or nstruction. >> financial services has been hottest for the last couple of months, and then it gets more blue collar. manufacturing autos and aerospace, and building have been some of the hottest --ti constr have been some of

monthly employment numbers the unemployment numbers which are released by the department's bureau of labor statistics the b.l.s. on the first friday of the month so we'll get to those april numbers next week but something occurred to us which we thought merited more of an in-depth look at unemployment i like to say the numbers matter and they mean something and that's particularly the case in fourteen states which all have established new record low unemployment rates in the last year almost a decade after we saw those high unemployment rates topping ten percent in the wake of the great recession where it put millions of people out of work and here to help us through some of these important numbers and the substance behind them is conservative t.v. and radio host steve malzberg thank you for joining us steve we appreciate it let's take a look at these fourteen states where are they around the country and one thing that we see is that the economic recovery is occurring in states that voted for president trump and those that did not we go from conservative texas to the more liberal californi

monthly employment numbers the unemployment numbers which are released by the department's bureau of labor statistics the b.l.s. on the first friday of the month so we'll get to those april numbers next week but something occurred to us which we thought merited more of an in-depth look at unemployment i like to say the numbers matter and they mean something and that's particularly the case in fourteen states which all have established new record low unemployment rates in the last year almost a decade after we saw those high unemployment rates topping ten percent in the wake of the.

monthly employment numbers the unemployment numbers which were released by the department's bureau of labor statistics the b.l.s. on the first friday of the month so we'll get to those april numbers next week but something occurred to us which we thought merited more of an in-depth look at unemployment i like to say the numbers matter and they mean something and that's particularly the case in fourteen states which all have established new record low unemployment rates in the last year almost a decade after we saw those high unemployment rates topping ten percent in the wake of the great recession where it put millions of people out of work and here to help us through some of these important numbers and the substance behind them is conservative t.v. and radio host steve malzberg thank you for joining us steve we appreciate it let's let's take a look at these fourteen states where are they around the country and one thing that we see is that the economic recovery is occurring in states that voted for president trump and those that did not we go from conservative texas to the more liberal cal

well short of what was promised from tax reform the latest employment situation report from the bureau of labor statistics shows weekly employee earnings have grown seventy five dollars since tax reform passed well short of the four thousand to nine thousand dollars annual increases projected by president and house speaker paul ryan so the tax passage basically americans have seen on average six dollars and twenty one cents increase in their weekly earnings which obviously falls it's like three hundred twenty three dollars a year they had promised forty six thousand to one thousand dollars that was also good now it's all about optics sounds good but you know there's a lot of gatekeepers and intermediaries in those generally are the big corporations that will always glob the majority of possibile gains by anyone at any time that's right and will actually get into that so in the next headline about how basically all the tax cuts indeed did inject well over a trillion dollars and they cost over chilean dollars most of it is gone to the top but back to the bottom we're assuming a full fifty two wee

tenth of a point to eight point five percent the lowest overall euro zone unemployment rate since two thousand and eight in the u.s. stocks fell sharply on friday while the labor department's bureau of labor statistics released our march jobs report which shows a continuing unemployment rate of four point one percent for the six months in a row and one hundred thousand jobs were created in march and that added to the economy which came in below however expectations of one hundred eighty five thousand jobs average wage growth is up two point seven percent year over year that comes out to be an increase of eight cents per hour and to give us more in-depth look at the markets and jobs report we're joined by danielle de martino booth founder of money strong the author of fed up and a former advisor to the u.s. federal reserve danielle thanks for being with us i want to get to the markets but first let's go over the jobs report and what do you make of it. you know i think that is as bad as the headline numbers seemed i mean it was basically half of what expectations were that really if you combine february's blowout three hundred twenty five thousand with march's one hundred thousand

according to the bureau of labor statistics, north carolina added 9,000 jobs this february alone. and thanks to lower rates for individuals and small businesses under the new code, north carolinians are keeping more of their hard-earned money. as you point out, congressman wilson, it's their money, not the government's money. this year married couples in the fifth district who take the new standard deduction could receive a tax cut to the tune of $1,834. for the over 52,000 taxpayers of the fifth district who have small business income, these tax savings are not crumbs. as my colleagues on the other side of the aisle falsely assert. a restaurant owner in -- owner recently told me that allowing immediate capital expensing under the tax cuts and jobs act empowered her to purchase a new $20,000 piece of equipment for her business. you spoke of the business round table. the business round table reports 68% of business leaders similarly expect their capital spending in the next six months to be at its highest in 15 years. this increased purchasing power for the backbone of our economy i

we're comparing the numbers of the bureau of labor statistics and the labor department came out during trump administration and during the obama administration, and we have seen significant growing and significant increases in the amount of people that are working and the amount of jobs that are open and benefits to the minority communes like the african-americans have never been better in the job market than they are today. >> the book is the capitalist comeback, the trump boom, and the left's plot to stop it. the author, andy puzder. you can find him on twitter,@andy puzder. you appreciate your time. >> guest: i hope people will buy the book and give it a chance. thank you. >> for nearly 20 years, deputy depth on book therefore has featuredded the nation's best known nonfiction writers to are live conversations but their books. this year is a special project, we're featuring best selling fiction writers for the program "in depth" fiction edition. join us with david baldacci, "the fallen" is a other novels cloud" end game, i "the fix, absolute power, which was major motion picture and

dated from the bureau of -- data from the bureau of labor statistics show that even those in the general population securing a job within three months is virtually unattainable. there will be a spirited debate about whether we ought to reduce nutrition for low-income people. but there are a whole range of other items that need to have attention. the commodities programs that channel 94% of the subsidies in the farm bill to people who row six commodities, this bill will exempt most corporate farms from payment limits and make it easier for large agriculture entities to call themselves family farms and get even more subsidies. it gets rid of payment limits for marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments, and exempts partnerships, joint venture, l.l.c.'s, and subchapter s. corporation from means testing. opening the loopholes wider. in the area of conservation, which matters deeply to americans across the country, makes a big difference to farmers and ranchers in oregon, this bill gets rid of the conservation stewardship program. one of the largest conservation programs in the farm bi

recently, i wrote an article that went over all spin, it is ot economic numbers comparing numbers, bureau of labor labor department came out with during the trump administration and during the administration and we have seen significant growth and ncreases in the amount of people working and the amount of jobs open and benefits to the like the ommunities african americans have never been better in the job market than they are today. host: the book is "the -- "the t comeback" capitalist comeback: the trump boom and the left's plot to stop it." ind him on twitter at ander puzder, we appreciate your time this morning, sir. guest: glad to do it, i hope the book and y give it a chance. thank you. host: up next, on "washington any al," open phones, public policy issue you want to talk about, the phone lines are yours to do it. numbers are on the screen, now.can start calling in we'll be right back. >> saturday our live coverage of annapolis book msnbc's clisz des matthews with the book "bobby white house correspondent april ryan with presidency," and amir, coming eur age of artificial intelligence. new

bureau of labor statistics.he number one fastest-growing job in the united states for the last several years has been solar panel installer. solar jobs are now growing nine times fast er than other jobs i the economy. what is the second fastest growing job? wind turbine technician. what is the source of work that could be done by people in every community? retrofitting buildings. these are jobs that are waiting to be filled, and the cost of the renewables is coming down. it saves people money. by the way, in kentucky, neighboring tennessee, the famous coal museum in kentucky just installed solar panels all over its roof because it's saving them money. you create jobs, you make the air cleaner. >> when we come back, we're going to talk about a lot of this stuff. we've got a lot more with the vice president when we return. including how he tries to get through to climate deniers and skeptics. plus we're going to get his early take on the democrats who may challenge president trump in 2020. as we go to break, you k

an assessment, or at least analysis of the bureau of labor statistic shows unemployment up. was 4.4% in michigan and it went to 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 in february and then in march to 4.7. is this administration as good for michigan workers as the president claims? and as you claim? >> absolutely. absolutely. first, fiat chrysler announce ing moving their dodge truck back to michigan, creating jobs and $1 billion investment. those numbers are up incrementally because more people are joining the labor force. the more flawed those numbers are, they're hiding people looking for work. it has created opportunity. one thing i can absolutely say for this administration is working with congress, we've created more jobs in this country. if you look at the growth in domestic product, they're now projecting over 3%. it's been a very long time since we've had this kind of growth in this country. >> representative paul mitchell, thank you very much for being with us on "new day." >> thank you. >> "newsroom" now. sorry. we're in the "newsroom." thanks for being with us. >>> bloomberg news rep

since we are moving into a more of a digital economy, the bureau of labor statistics put out a report on the pearlsage of gdp driven by digital. this has taken up a huge portion of our attention not only in terms of the innovative side but economical. this will be a problem. it is a good problem to have but it also has consequences. >> let me also add a couple of points. in terms of afghanistan, there is enormous capacity for the community of nations using the digital environment to accelerate civil society, economic productivity, and even improve governance in many ways, apart completely from the security side of it. here is where i think the community of entities, which is bigger than the community of nations when we talk about entities, i'm talking about facebook and google, some of the most significant sovereign entities when you think about sovereignty, have the capacity to help to sling shot many countries that are in the developing world that would not otherwise be able to do it on their own through public/private/international partnerships, have the capacity to be quite helpfu

hall, i don't know if you have even seen it, but a report came out literally today from bureau of labor statistics and the report tells us the average worker in america has seen zero, zero wage growth over the past year after adjusting for inflation. in march of 2017, the typical nonmanager in america made about $22.60 an hour. in march of 2018, the same worker made the same, $22.60 an hour. that sound does that sound roughly right to you? dr. hall: it does sound roughly right. dr. hall, while we're at it, can you talk a little bit about income and wealth inequality. is it true, based on your understanding, that the three wealthiest people in this country own more wealth than the bottom-of the american people? dr. hall: that i don't know. we did just release a report, i don't have the numbers in my head but we released a report about income inequality that's worth looking at. senator sanders: we will do that. my colleague from wyoming, the chairman talked about social security and medicare. i introduced legislation that would lift the cap on taxable social security income for people mak

according to the bureau of labor statistics, in the last five years for millennials, there's an increaseel. in spite of a good macro economy, they face the challenge of finding a job. join us from los angeles is patrick jones, the founder. it's a startup company that collects millennial career seekers to jobs. what is the market like a fun graduating college right now? patrick: good morning. the job market right now is pretty robust. when you look at the macro people, first time entry-level workers who don't have a lot of experience, you want to put that potential on them. they have a very challenging job market through underemployment. one of the numbers that's difficult to unpack is funny of students that look across the stage with a degree will end up in a job, but it won't be commensurate with the investment they made in getting that degree. number is around 40% in spite of the good job market that exists today and through the recession leading up to today. that's a challenge if you are loading up on debt with a high expectation that having attained this degree i will have a robust p

bureau of labor statistics -- projects medical coding jobs will increase by 15 percent through 20-24.more would-be programs will be announced within the next few weeks.few weeks. (pam) that was kody leibowitz reporting. this plan still needs to go to the legislature for funding. if it passes -- we are told, officials want to get the online college up and running by the fall of 20-19. it is still not clear how much students will have to pay for classes. (pam) happening tomorrow -- the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments over the latest version of president trump's travel ban. this version limits travel from eight countries. the ban being discussed... is not the first executive order he started with in january of 2017. it limited travel by citizens from six countries for 90- days. you may remember people protested this, in many airports around the country. on wednesday - justices will hear full arguments on the latest version. the trump administration is expected to tell justices, that the president has authority to install travel bans to protect national security. opponents argue, t

ainsley: according to the bureau of labor statistics the u.s. e remains unchanged at 4.1%. that is a good percentage, but that has to be disappointing number, just 103,000 jobs. they had 326,000 last month. brian: they expected 185. so it is below, a little below what they wanted. not a great number. 26 minutes before the top of the hour. ainsley: we're waiting to see when the national guard will arrive down at the the bored to secure our border but sanctuary defiance is growing. steve: more cities in california lining up to stop the sanctuary state policies. san diego board of supervisors will next to vote on issue. brian: i wanted griff jenkins to go and ainsley supported the move. we sent you to the border, to the wall and still so nun. reporter: still no sun yet, guys. whether or not san diego county chooses to follow huntington beach to file their own lawsuit or do what escondido did, join the trump administration lawsuit against california sanctuary laws has yet to be determined. i spoke with the chair about their plans and another supervis

when luke at african-american unemployment and over 50 years since the bureau of labor statistics hasou never had -- two things, african-american unemployment this low, and the spread between unemployment among whites and african-americans narrow that absolutely means that the job market is soliciting employees who have been out of the labor force, some of it just based on, you know, discrimination, some of it based on, you know, changes in education, access and technology changing seen when you look at that, you got to say something is going right. and even if you take into account the trade problem which is the thing i ready was talking to andrew about this is fareed saturday kara had a great article about negotiating a trade deal with china because china is so large. he used the word massive you have 1.3 billion consumers, that's a hell of a market to try to turn around unless you demand they give you something to balance it and we're in a situation with china where it's like, you are at a football game, you know, i got four downs and you have four downs to make favorite down. chin

the adp report reporting 241,000 jobs which was more than expected and we get the bureau of labor statisticsout tomorrow showing march jobs should also continue on that five week trend higher, above 200,000 i'm expecting. analysted were you expecting 185, but i think after the adp report, we're going to see another 200,000 jobs created in march, brian. brian: have you these things where the next generation feels for the first time in a long time that they are going to be more economically prosperous than their parents. people, the fear indexz has dropped significantly. in the big picture when those things happen, the president usually gets credit from the media. it's not there. however, his poll ratings are going up. on the average, he is around 42, 44, on rasmussen he is over 51. are the people ignoring the media? >> no. i do think that some of the media is ignoring the message that the economy is improving. i mean the jobs data is off the charts. unemployment is very low. wage growth is picking up, brian. amidst all of the other, i guess, scandalous tweets coming out and headlines, people

include a panel discussion with representatives of equal rights advocates and department of labor women's bureau and the american association of university wiomen in oakland, unequal bake sale by the university of women piedmont oakland branch at the student center in oakland. if you want to look at the complete list of events, check out nbcbayarea.com. i'm sharon katsuda qu"today in e ba bay". >> many women are held of house hold is it's well deserved. >> women here are excited about it. >> thanks so much, sharon. marin supervisors expected to follow through on restricting the size of buses traveling to and from muir woods. in january they first approved a measure to create an ordinance. since then they have been fine tuning restrictions that would limit buses to 30 feet or less. mike, you like to take your family up there. >> but you can see by the video that shows the party buses they are big enough but when you get the huge buses, tough to get around the area, yeah. looking over here, we have commuter buses and they are moving nicely throughout silicon valley. north 101, the crash at capitol

include a panel discussion with representatives of equal rights advocates and department of labor women's bureau and american association of university women. in oakland there will be an unequal bake sale to mark equal pay day coordinated by the american association of university women's piedmont oakland branch at the student center in oakland at 11:00 this morning. you can check out our website on nbcbayarea.com to see a complete list of events. reporting live in san jose, sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> you go, sharon. >> 5:37 right now. happening today, marin supervisors are expected to follow through on restricting the size of buses traveling to and from muir woods. in january supervisors had to first approve a measure that allowed them to create such an ordinance. since then the public works department has been fine tuning those instructions and will limit buses to 30 feet or less. the national park service and chp both support the measure. >> i've got to show you, my family loves that muir woods walk but thing we dislike is that parking situation, glad they continue to work on that.

when you look at african-american unemployment, in over 50 years since the bureau of labor statistics you've never had -- two things -- african-american unemployment this low and the spread between unemployment among why notes and african-americans narrowing -- whites and african-americans narrowing. that absolutely means that the job market is so liciting employees who have been out of the labor force. some of it just based on, you know, discrimination, some of it based on, you know, changes in education and access and technology changing. and so when you look at that, you've got to say something is going right. ed: something is going right. you don't hear people saying that often. >> right. but the numbers say it. even i through this last month, the second lowest unemployment rate for black americans in history. also the quality of jobs. one thing that's going on, goods-producing jobs, manufacturing, construction. i just talked about home builders. those are jobs that black folks are getting, hispanic folks are getting, and they pay more than or some of the jobs that were being crea

well short of what was promised from tax reform the latest employment situation report from the bureau of labortatistics shows weekly employee earnings have grown seventy five dollars since tax reform passed well short of the four thousand to nine thousand dollars annual increases projected by president and house speaker paul ryan so the tax passage basically americans have seen on average six dollars and twenty one cents increase in their weekly earnings which obviously falls it's like three hundred twenty three dollars a year they had promised forty six thousand nine thousand dollars that was also good now they know it's all about optics sounds good but you know there's a lot of gatekeepers and intermediaries and those generally are the big corporations that will always glob the majority of possibile gains by anyone at any time that's right and we'll actually get into that so in a in the next headline about how basically all the tax cuts indeed did inject well over a trillion dollars and they cost over a trillion dollars most of it is gone to the top but back to the bottom we're assuming a fu

our funders are the state department bureau of democracy rights and labor. thank you, laura. it has been a supporting us since the previous index and we are grateful for that support. ford foundation, the macarthur foundation who are a kind of foundational funders from the beginning without whom this would never have gotten off the ground. we appreciate their faith in us and there is also a set of advisers including leslie was here standing back there and others out there in the world listed on the website who has been giving us advice as we navigate a set of different pressures the people try to put on us. thank you so much. with that, i will stop thinking people in think the panel who i hope you will. [applause] >> hello. thank you all for staying for the discussion part of this. we were confirming that we will do audience q&a for the end of this. if you have questions and i'm sure you do after seeing a glimmer of the immense one of data in this report please hold onto them because he will leave money and time for questions. should probably introduce myself. my name is emma,

we truly sit from a place of racial equality and the proof is in the numbers according to the bureau of labortics since one nine hundred sixty eight rates of unemployment were twice as high for african-americans meaning being poor and whites is twice as lucrative as being poor and black studies have revealed a job applicants with surnames that are perceived as black are fifty percent less likely to get a positive response than white sounding surnames but this is america right anyone regardless of race should be able to grow rich if they just try hard right or wrong the. urban institute come data from a survey of consumer finances and found that the average wealth of white families was over seven hundred thousand dollars higher than the average wealth of black families shortly before his assassination in one nine hundred sixty eight martin luther was in the midst of organizing the poor people's campaign which hope to march on washington d.c. to demand a standard living wage poverty programs and housing for the nation's poor the passion for helping less fortunate does not weigh in in the moment

our funders are the state department bureau of democracy rights is labor, thank you laura. have been supporting us since the previous index. and we're grateful for that support. and very light touch. and ford foundation, open society foundation and the mcarthur foundation who are our foundational funders from the beginning who the whom this bould have never gotten off the ground. so we appreciate their faith in us and a set of advisers including leslie, and back there and others out there in the world. listed on the website is our sort of advisory council who have been giving us advice navigating a whole set of pressures that people try to put on us. so thanks so much and with that i will stop thanking people and thank the panel who i hope will come up now. [ applause ] >> there is a clock, okay. >> hello, thank you for staying for the discussion part of this. we were just confirming we will do audience q and a towards the end so if you have question, i'm sure you do after seeing the immense amount of data in the report. hold onto them because we will leave time for questio

our funders are the state department bureau of democracy rights and labor. thank you, laura. they have been supporting us since the previous index. and we're grateful for that support and very light touch. and ford foundation, open society foundation, and the macarthur foundation, who were our foundational funders from the beginning, without whom this would never have gotten off the ground. so we really appreciate their faith in us. there's also a set of advisers, including leslie, back there. there are some others out there in the world. we've been navigating a whole different set of pressures that people try to put on us. so thanks so much, and with that,ly st that, i will stop thanking people and thank the panel who i hope will come up now. [ applause ] >> hello. thank you all for staying for the discussion part of this. we were just confirming that we will do audience q&a towards the end of this. so if you have questions, i'm sure you do after seeing just a glimmer of the immense amount of data in this report, please hold on to them because we'll definitely leave plenty o

of women all over the south, particularly here in virginia, starting these friends asylums to help the children. we know the freedmens bureau agents did what they could, but we have to recognize that labor was still an issue, and so there are apprenticeship contracts fraught with issues, indentured contracts as well, where parents tried to keep their children free from the bureau. former slave owners wanted to hold onto those children, too, for the labor they could provide. so we see the tension between parents and the freedmen's bureau agents, and, in the middle were these children, caught in the cycle. we know about boy soldiers who fought, both black and white, union and confederate. and these are areas that need further explanations, further exploration. what were their experiences as children? oftentimes, many of the officials did not want to have children in contraband camps, nor did they want to have women. they saw them is a strange species that would weigh upon them. but yet, and still, the women and children kept coming. and where they could, they worked, even the little ones, three and four years old. if you can imagine now a three or four-year-old working, and working to the

of women all over the south, particularly here in virginia, starting these friend asylums to help the children. we know the freedom and bureau agency did what they could, but we have to recognize that labor was still an issue, and so there are very -- various apprenticeship contracts, and indentured contracts as well, where parents tried to keep their children free from the bureau. former slave owners wanted to hold onto those children too for the labor they could provide. so we see the tension between parents and the freedmen's , and thesets children caught in the cycle. we know about boy soldiers who fought, both black and white, union and confederate. and these are areas that need further explanations, further exploration. what were their experiences as children? often times, many of the officials did not want to have children in contraband camps, nor did they want to have women. they saw them is a strange species that would weigh upon them. but yet and still, the women and children cap coming. and where they could, they worked, even the little ones, three and four years old. if you can imagine now a three or four-year-old working, and working to the best of their ability, it gives yo

monthly employment numbers the unemployment numbers which are released by the department's bureau of labor statistics the b.l.s. on the first friday of the month so we'll get to those april numbers next week but something occurred to us which we thought merited more of an in-depth look at unemployment i like to say the numbers matter and they mean something and that's particularly the case in fourteen states which all have established new record low unemployment rates in the last year almost a decade after we saw those high unemployment rates topping ten percent in the wake of the great recession where it put millions of people out of work and here to help us through some of these important numbers and the substance behind them is conservative t.v. and radio host steve malzberg thank you for joining us steve we appreciate it let's take a look at these fourteen states where are they around the country and one thing that we see is that the economic recovery is occurring in states that voted for president trump and those that did not we go from conservative texas to the more liberal californi

can't find workers, 44% of those who are out of the workforce, according to a department of labor study from the bureau of labor statistics, 44% took a prescription pain medication the day before. the brookings study shows that 47% of men between 25 and 55, able-bodied men, are taking pain medication on a daily basis. these are frightening numbers. by the way, i can't imagine that's overreported. i imagine it's underreported because of the stigma attached to this issue of opioid addiction because of the potential legal liability people could be in for admitting it. and even so, almost half of those surveyed say they're not working. they're not even looking for work but they're taking pain medication on a daily basis. so this affects all of us. go to your firehouse in your community and ask them, are they doing more overdose runs or more fire runs? i'll bet you they'll say the former. they're doing more drug overdose runs than they are fire runs. we're all paying tporblgz. talk to -- for that. talk to your sheriff or local police chief and ask the them what the number one driver is in your community. i'