it is not just that we put out a posting that we have five jobs jobing, but that these five openings are drill down so that community people have an opportunity to apply. process thatof the the president is looking at to make this much more strategic to drill down to get to the people who are really in need of a job. that is one of the reasons that i believe that he was able to do the executive order for minimum wage. because the efforts that have in washington and other cities, that gave him the upper this to do his executive order. >> one of the things you said earlier was that the naacp and other organizations are not in lockstep with the president. one of the complaints that we have seen in the african-american community about this administration is that they do not believe president obama has put enough focus on the african-american community during his time in office. in ow -- now that we are his second term, do you think he is looking in america to widely, and not focusing on african-american unemployment issues that you, in your organization, are specifically interested in? >

morgan announcing000 more will go, they are adding jobes in -- jobs in other areas but still cutbackstinue, it might have to do with billions in finds they have to pay to uncle sam with the whole mortgage mess, what do you think? >> this is a long time coming. talk about the fees and finds to face, but then you can look at regulatory hurdles down the road, right now there is not a lot of business opportuties other than a rising starket, if that gs away, you will see more layoffs dn the line. neil: really problem. derrick, is what happening in mortgage business most of the layoffs have been i that area, which slod markedly, they might are to picks layoffs up? fire more? >> right, look at landscape, with mortgage rates slightly going up, fewer people are refinancg, right now change in consumer behavior, fewer people are going int banks or doing more on-line banking, atm, the bottom line if a person, works for a bank, theyeed to ask themselves, as part of their own career pns is technology replacing my job any time soon, the bottom line, don't think that the economy is suffering because

most people don't stay at those jobes and the reason why is because they stink. it's not fun. it's okay. you know. i practiced in a big firm for a while and i liked it all right, but except on payday i never missed a day, and one of my law professors used to say, lawyers get paid a lot of money for the same reason garbage people get paid a lot of money, because people wouldn't do the job for less. so, you take $180,000 of your job on wall street practicing law and you owe $180,000, you're actually a prisoner. because you can't leave that. so you -- after a year or two, decide you don't like and it want to do pro bone know work -- bono work for poor people, absolutely impossible with that level of debt. and the big killer, ultimate screw job -- can i say that? i just did -- the ultimate screw job on student loan debt it's not discharmable in bankruptcy. which means if you run up that $180,000 on the bet you're going to get the wall street job and then you don't -- which happens a lot -- you still owe it. you can borrow $180,000 to flip houses. if it doesn't work, you file bankr

results in job loss, in this particular study, you have a lot of people, reporting half a million jobebership others saying a million or more, fact that people will -- are going to be hu by the increase of minum wage, they say itt is fighting poverty, h is it fighting poverty if you lose your job. neil: do you find it a tad odd, when cbo says data that supports administration argument they are for it and when they dispute it they are against it, by way they are not only ones to do this. having said that is the cbo reliable or not. >> to be fair they sce that sized the available science, we don't have to look at what economists saye could look in the real world, states that raised minimum wage. we've seen there a net effect on jobs. in many of the the unemployment rate fell faster than the national average. neil: are you pegging it to those wages going up? or other factors that might be at py, like a booming state economy that doenot mirror at is going on nationaly. >> a combination, t increasing minimum wage, giving people more purchasing power, means those businesses grow. the economy

rigo you are investors if you should start to play it safe for jobe did?of societe generale of and from global excellent ceo. look that's the front we see the dow and the nasdaq and s&p charging for word it is the second month and a row that shows disappointing numbers something that you would expected the market. liz: you are the focus to economist let you attribute the positive feelings? >> i was floored. given the market reaction it was not close at all. liz: you thought it was outside? >> maybe some people were starting to think the fed may not be as aggressive:for word that is the state of execution in. liz: we ask labor secretary perle was that i think many of us who emphatically told david asman we will probably continue this pace but he told us they would continue. is that good for stocks? >> ultimately. look at that amount of tapering and having certainty is huge. we agree and ultimately it is long term but short term we will see volatility. liz: should it speedup for slowdown? >> they should pull back from the asset purchases because the economy

results in job loss, in this particular study, you have a lot of people, reporting half a million jobep others saying a million or more, fact that people will -- are going to be hurt by the increase of minimum wage, they say it is fighting poverty, how is it fighting poverty if you lose your job. neil: do you find it a tad odd, when cbo says data that supports administration argument they are for it and when they dispute it they are against it, by way they are not only ones to do this. having said that ishe cbo reliable or not. >> to be fair they since that sized the available science, we dot haveo look at what economists say we could look in the real world, states that raised minimum wage. we've seen there a net effect on jobs. in many of them the unemployment rate fell faster than the national average. neil: are you pegging it to those wages going up? or other factors that might be at play, like a booming state economy that does not mirror what is going on nionaly. >> a combination, but increasing minimu wage, giving people more purchasing power, means those businesses grow. the econ

parker and rochelle jobe took a video of them finding out the sex of their baby.ost everyone was excited about the news. >> who is it? >> it's a boy. >> and a girl? >> it's a boy. >> and a girl. >> oh, god. >> i want a sister. >> you got a brother. ahhhhh! >> jimmy: all right, now hear to chat with us from their home in salem, the job family. hi, guys. well, thank you. walk me through this. what was the plan here? >> the plan was just like you said, take it to the store, have the store clerk put a boy outfit or a girl outfit into this box. we couldn't wait for the anticipation. >> you're funny, dad. >> jimmy: whose idea was it to do this? >> i couldn't find owait to fin i wanted to go shopping. it was fun to do a little shopping after we found out. >> jimmy: cambria, how old are you? >> 3 on my birthday i'm going to turn 4. >> jimmy: okay, you're only holding up two fingers. and why do you want a sister so much? >> because i want to play with a sister. >> jimmy: and why don't you want a brother? >> because i want a sister. >> jimmy: well, now, will you still be ni

>> i love how they throw around numbers, oh, we'll create this jobe and that job. not surprising dick durbin will be there cheerleader for the president as number two democrat in the senate. he will do whatever the president tells him what to do. has you checked with chamber of commerces and businesses how they will absorb that cost? so i'm a little suspect. i think everybody should get a fair and living wage. however you have to do it in a thoughtful, methodical manner to make sure businesses can afford to hire and continue to grow and expand. and that is part of the problem with the government right now. they're in your pockets, in your face, in your health care. just out of control. melissa: yeah. speaking of health care, "the washington post" reporting that 22,000 americans have filed appeals saying that their data was wrong in trying to get mistakes corrected. those just seem to be going into a vortex, into a black hole. as somebody that was in a state that had health care, does this make sense to you? is this part of the growing process? is this outrageous? >

bridge traffic jam the two principal figures in the investigation were jobing about creating traffic problems for political enemies. >> we're going through an internal investigation. >> governor chris christie says bridgegate is just water under the bridge. >> i'm not going to give into hysteria. >> this is madness, it's madness i tell you. >> you folks are the only people at the moment who are asking me about this. >> this is really becoming like a weird obsession thing. >> i will be damned if i let any of this stuff get in the way of my real job. >> he needs to focus on his job as governor. >> this is my real job. >> and today's top trender. do the right thing. >> after six days of protests -- >> what took you so long? >> governor jan brewer changed the chance to cheer, vetoing senate 662. >> they willingly put together a piece of legislation that was going to discriminate. >> the deal is broadly worded and could result in unintended and negative consequences. >> righties sajan brewer's in the wrong for her veto of senate bill 1062. >> this is not tolerating people's religious beli

. ♪ ♪ >>> the jobe family from oregon, they're expecting a second child.they had the doctor put the information in an envelope. they're in the parking lot and decided it open it there. >> we're about to find out the sex of the baby. are you ready sm. >> yes. >> i can't believe it. >> oh, god. >> oh, my god! >> it's a boy. >> and a girl? >> it's a boy! >> i want a sister! >> you got a brother. [ screams ] >> maybe she shouldn't be allowed to hold the baby for a few month. >> she started crying? that's hilarious. joining suss the co-anchor of the fourth hour of "today," hoda kotb. now out in paper back, i love this book. i already heard an alcohol effort. >> when i'm in the gym, i tune in to "morning joe" and i'm into it. >> what? >> we want you to feel comfortable. we usually have a 10:00 a.m. time. be someone has to be with me. you? >> yes. >> i'm not real comfortable. >> it usually white. >> we do red. we decided to be healthy. >> daniela, if you could pour the gentlemen some wine. >> i'll just drink out of the bottle. >> no, you will not drink out of the