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jeanna smialek thank you so much for being here. host: still ahead, coming up is our spotlight on podcast. he will talk about how the 2024 gop field is filling out. his podcast is called "politicology". up next, is open forum with a chance for you to weigh in on the subjects we've covered this morning. democrats use (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001 independents and others (202) 748-8002. go ahead and start dialing. >> the name of america which belongs to you and your national capacity. four score and seven years ago. ask not what your country can do for you. throughout history presidents have delivered pivotal speeches during times of challenge and farewells. what are 10 part series on american history tv. here are words of george washington, abraham lincoln to barack obama. lyndon johnson called on his better angels. in richard nixon's 1960 nine appealed to the silent majority to help a nation at odds over the vietnam war. and his recognition addressed during the watergate scandal. i have never been a quitter. so leave of

for more, let's bring from economics reporter jeanna smialek. od morning i think we have to start with the news jay powell on capitol hill jobs report on friday. two big mac ro moments >> kind of out of order. i bet jay powell wishes the jobs report came before the speech this week. i think they are both really important to watch clearly we are going keep an eye on whatever powell says about the speed of rate increases and the speed going forward. he is unlikely to commit in any direction. you see the creep on the committee where they may signal they will do more because the economy is so strong the jobs numbers on friday could confirm if that is accurate. we saw more than 500 million in january. >> you are the fed reporter and asking those questions one thing i want to point to here is how does the jobs report, i guess -- the gains in jobs have been in hospitality and leisure and consumer spending no other area of the economy is hit hard if we continue to see thie growth, what does that mean? >> it tells powell that vservics is hot you know, it

jeanna smialek, thank you. >> thank you. >>> and this morning, the justice department is suing the retail drug chain rite aid saying they contributed to the epidemic of opioids. >> paula is following this, and it began as whistle-blower lawsuit, and when did this start or the unlawful prescriptions begin getting filled? >> according to lawsuit, between may and june of 2014, the chain filled hundreds of thousands of prescriptions for opioids and including excessive amounts for opioids including oxycodone and fentanyl and trinities that are filled with codones that are filled. and so justice department anita gupta says that we filled thousands of prescriptions that did not meet requirements, and rite aid filled prescriptions that had obvious red flags, and they deleted internal notes about suspicious prescribers. last year walgreens and rite aid, two of the biggest pharmaceuticals in this country paid $10 billion for opioid lawsuits, but they did not admit any wrongdoing, and hundreds of thousands of americans have died as a result of opioid overdoses. >> no question, and those deaths conti